R v Chard

Subject Matter

CRIME — Evidence — Medical evidence — No issue of insanity diminished responsibility or mental illness — Evidence inadmissible on issue of intent

(1971) 56 Cr App R 268

CRIME — Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) — Reference by Secretary of State — Power to refer “whole case” — Whether consideration of court confined to grounds of reference — Criminal Appeal Act 1968, s 17(1)(a)

[1984] AC 279; [1983] 3 WLR 835

JUDICIAL PRECEDENT — Statute — Construction — Re-enactment of statutory provision — Use of interpreted word in subsequent statute — Proper approach to construction

[1984] AC 279; [1983] 3 WLR 835

Words & Phrases

"Whole case" — Criminal Appeal Act 1968, s 17(1)(a)

Cases Cited


Cases cited in: R v Chard [1984] AC 279; [1983] 3 WLR 835; [1983] 3 All ER 637; 78 Cr App R 106, HL(E)

Attorney-General for Northern Ireland v Gallagher [1963] AC 349; [1961] 3 WLR 619; [1961] 3 All ER 299; 45 Cr App R 316, HL(NI)

Barras v Aberdeen Steam Trawling and Fishing Co Ltd [1933] AC 402, HL(Sc)

Davies v Director of Public Prosecutions (on appeal from R v Davies (Michael)) [1954] AC 378; [1954] 2 WLR 343, HL

R v Bardoe [1969] 1 WLR 398; [1969] 1 All ER 948; 53 Cr App R 287, CA

R v Box [1964] 1 QB 430; [1963] 3 WLR 696; [1963] 3 All ER 240, CCA

R v Caborn-Waterfield [1956] 3 WLR 277, CCA

R v Humphreys [1977] AC 1; [1976] 2 WLR 857; [1976] 2 All ER 497; [1976] RTR 339; 63 Cr App R 95, HL(E)

R v Sparkes [1956] 1 WLR 505, CA

R v Swabey [1972] 1 WLR 925; [1972] 2 All ER 1094, Ct-MAC

Reg. v. Hamid (1979) 69 Cr.App.R. 324, C.A.

Reg. v. Hinds [1966] Crim.L.R. 100, C.C.A.

Reg. v. Lattimore (1975) 62 Cr.App.R. 53, C.A.

Reg. v. Pattinson (1973) 58 Cr.App.R. 417, C.A.

Reg. v. Stones (No. 2) (1968) 52 Cr.App.R. 624, C.A.

Rex v. Allen (1910) 5 Cr.App.R. 225, C.C.A.

Rex v. Collins (1950) 34 Cr.App.R. 146, C.C.A.

Rex v. McGrath [1949] 2 All E.R. 495, C.C.A.

Stafford v Director of Public Prosecutions [1974] AC 878; [1973] 3 WLR 719; [1973] 3 All ER 762; 58 Cr App R 256, HL(E)

Cases citing


Cases citing: R v Chard [1984] AC 279; [1983] 3 WLR 835; [1983] 3 All ER 637; 78 Cr App R 106, HL(E)

A v Hoare [2006] EWCA Civ 395; [2006] 1 WLR 2320; [2006] 2 FLR 727, CA

A v Hoare (Iorworth) : H v Suffolk County Council & Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs (Intervenor) : (1) X (2) Y v London Borough of Wandsworth [2006] EWCA Civ 395, CA

Asda Stores Ltd v Brierley UKEAT/286/15; UKEAT/289/15; UKEAT/9/16; UKEAT/227/16; UKEAT/59/16; [2018] ICR 921, EAT

B (A Minor) v Director of Public Prosecutions [2000] 2 AC 428; [1999] 3 WLR 116; [1998] 4 All ER 265; [1999] 1 Cr App R 163; (1998) 148 NLJ 1177, DC

Buchler v Talbot [2004] UKHL 9; [2004] 2 AC 298; [2004] 2 WLR 582; [2004] 1 All ER 1289, HL(E)

Dunnachie v Kingston upon Hull City Council [2004] UKHL 36; [2005] 1 AC 226; [2004] 3 WLR 310; [2004] ICR 1052; [2004] 3 All ER 1011, HL(E)

Dunnachie v Kingston upon Hull City Council [2004] EWCA Civ 84; [2004] ICR 481; [2004] 2 All ER 501, CA

G v G [2002] EWHC 306 (Fam), Fam D

G v G (Maintenance Pending Suit: Legal Costs) [2002] EWHC 306 (Fam); [2003] 2 FLR 71, Fam D

Gallagher v Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints [2008] UKHL 56; [2008] 1 WLR 1852; [2008] 4 All ER 640, HL(E)

Gover v Propertycare Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 286; [2006] ICR 1073; [2006] 4 All ER 69, CA

Hounslow London Borough Council v Thames Water Utilities Ltd [2003] EWHC 1197 (Admin); [2004] QB 212; [2003] 3 WLR 1243, DC

In re Smith (A Bankrupt), Ex parte Braintree District Council [1990] 2 AC 215; [1989] 3 WLR 1317; [1989] 3 All ER 897; 88 LGR 393, HL(E)

Jordan v Lord Chancellor [2007] UKHL 14; [2007] 2 AC 226; [2007] 2 WLR 754, HL(NI)

R (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 4) [2016] UKSC 35; [2017] AC 300; [2016] 3 WLR 157; [2017] 1 All ER 403; [2016] WLR (D) 344; Case details, SC(E)

R (Cooper) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2011] UKSC 60; [2012] 2 AC 1; [2012] 2 WLR 1; [2012] PTSR 310; [2012] 2 All ER 46; The Times, 28 December 2011; Case details, SC(E)

R (Cooper) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2010] EWCA Civ 1431; [2011] 1 WLR 1723; [2011] PTSR 912; [2011] BPIR 223, CA

R (W) v Lambeth London Borough Council [2002] EWCA Civ 613; [2002] 2 All ER 901; [2002] LGR 351; [2002] 2 FLR 327, CA

R v Lalchan [2022] EWCA Crim 736; [2022] QB 680; [2022] 3 WLR 385; [2022] 2 Cr App R 12; [2022] WLR(D) 235, CA

R v Maguire (Anne) [1992] QB 936; [1992] 2 WLR 767; [1992] 2 All ER 433; 94 Cr App R 133; The Times, 28 June 1991, CA

R v Mills (No 2) [2003] EWCA Crim 1753; [2003] 1 WLR 2931; [2004] 1 Cr App R 78, CA

R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Hickey (No 2) [1995] 1 WLR 734; [1995] 1 All ER 490, DC

R v Thornton (Sara) (No 2) [1996] 1 WLR 1174; [1996] 2 All ER 1023; [1996] 2 Cr App R 108, CA

Sheffield City Council v Kenya Aid Programme [2013] EWHC 54 (Admin); [2014] QB 62; [2013] 3 WLR 422; [2013] WLR (D) 23, DC

W v The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Lambeth [2002] EWCA Civ 613, CA

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