Fisher v Bell

Subject Matter

CRIME — Offensive weapon — “Offers for sale” — “Flick knife” displayed in shop window with ticket bearing description and price — Whether an offence committed — Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act, 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2, c. 37), s. 1 (1).

[1961] 1 QB 394; [1960] 3 WLR 919; [1960] 3 All ER 731, DC

STATUTE — Construction — Omission — Interpretation of words used — No power in court to fill in gaps.

[1961] 1 QB 394; [1960] 3 WLR 919; [1960] 3 All ER 731, DC

Legislation Considered

Statutes

Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act, 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz 2, c 37), s 1 (1),

Subsequent Consideration

Cases subsequently considering: Fisher v Bell [1961] 1 QB 394; [1960] 3 WLR 919; [1960] 3 All ER 731, DC

Cases citing

Cases citing: Fisher v Bell [1961] 1 QB 394; [1960] 3 WLR 919; [1960] 3 All ER 731, DC

A Local Authority v C [2021] EWCOP 25; [2021] 1 WLR 5689; [2021] WLR(D) 289, Ct of Protection

British Car Auctions Ltd v Wright [1972] 1 WLR 1519; [1972] 3 All ER 462; [1972] RTR 540, DC

British Steel Corpn v National Dock Labour Board [1973] 1 WLR 89; [1973] 1 All ER 305; [1973] 1 Lloyd's Rep 101; 14 KIR 152, HL(E)

Interfact Ltd v Liverpool City Council [2005] EWHC 995 (Admin); [2005] 1 WLR 3118; (2005) 169 JP 353; (2005) 155 NLJ 864; The Times, 31 May 2005, DC

R v Simpson (Calvin) [1983] 1 WLR 1494; [1983] 3 All ER 784; 78 Cr App R 115, CA

Reading Borough Council v Wm Morrisons Supermarkets plc [2012] EWHC 1358 (Admin); [2012] PTSR 1643; [2012] 2 Cr App R 189, DC

Secretary of State for Transport v Curzon Park Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 651; [2021] PTSR 1560; [2021] WLR(D) 260, CA

Standard Life Bank Ltd v Wilson [2008] ICR 947, EAT(Sc)

Topliss Showers Ltd v Gessey & Son Ltd [1982] ICR 501, QBD

WM Morrisons Supermarkets Plc v Reading Borough Council [2012] EWHC 1358 (Admin), QBD