Liyanage v The Queen

Core Citations

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CONSIDERS

• Ceylon Independence Act 1947 - Articles : S-1
• Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 - Articles : S-2
• Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 - Articles : S-3

REFERS TO

• Campbell v Hall

CITES

• Abeyesekera v Jayatilake

APPLIES

• Ibralebbe alias Rasa Wattan v The Queen

CONSIDERED in

• Trinidad and Tobago Civil Rights Association and Another v Attorney General
• An Application by Norris Williams and Cecil Salisbury; an Application under Articles 2, 10, 19, 47 and 73 of the Constitution of Guyana
• Chue and another v Attorney General of Guyana

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• R v Martin Hutchinson Hinds Thomas
• Woodside v The Attorney General
• Davis, Newbold and White v Attorney General
• Woodside v Attorney General
• The Commissioner of Police v Ramrattan
• Thornhill v Attorney General
• Jones v the Attorney-general
• Indep. J'ca Council for Human Rights (1988) Ltd et Al v President of Senate et Al
• Robert John King v The Honourable Terence John Higgins Ao
• Gargan v Magistrate Dillon and Another
• Lay v Employers Mutual Ltd
• R v Baker
• Lewis v Chief Executive Department of Justice and Community Safety (ACT)
• Johnson v The Commissioner of Police
• Braynen v The Attorney General et Al
• McQueen v Attorney General
• KS v Veitch (No 2)
• Jones v Attorney General; Poitier v Attorney General; Schroeter v Attorney General
• R v Boxx
• Polyukhovich v Commonwealth of Australia
• Watson (Lambert) v R
• Boxx (Dale) v R
• Trinidad Island-Wide Cane Farmers' Association Inc. and Attorney General v Prakash Seereeram
• Attorney-General v Mohamed Alli and Others
• Moses Hinds Elkanah Hutchinson Henry Martin Samuel Thomas v R and; DPP v Trevor Jackson Attorney-General Intervener
• Nicholas v The Queen
• Sugumar Balakrishnan v Pengarah Imigresen Negeri Sabah and Another
• Kok Wah Kuan v Pengarah Penjara Kajang, Selangor Darul Ehsan
• Collymore and Abraham v Attorney General
• Knight v Victoria
• Faheem Khalid Lodhi v R
• Hanna v Attorney General
• Forbes et Al v Forbes et Al
• Brown v Attorney General
• Thompson v The Attorney General et Al
• Trinidad and Tobago Civil Rights Association and Basdeo v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago
• Zuniga et Al v Attorney General et Al
• Alexander v the Queen
• Rudder (T/A Myron Rudder Agencies) and Kanhai (T/A St. Clair Financial Services) v Attorney General
• Beneby v Commissioner of Police
• Chue et Al v The Attorney General of Guyana
• Quentino Carey a.k.a. “Cyber” v Director of Public Prosecutions
• Deborah Patrick-Gardner v Jacqueline Mendez and Public Service Commission
• Trinidad Island-wide Cane Farmers' Association Inc. and Attorney General v Prakash Seereeram
• Payne v Attorney General
• Ferguson v The Attorney General and The Director of Public Prosecutions; Edoo v The Attorney General and The Direction of Public Prosecutions and Maritime Life (Caribbean) Ltd Maritime General Insurance Company Ltd and Fidelity Finance and Leasing Company Ltd v The Attorney General and The Director of Public Prosecutions
• Forbes et Al v Forbes et Al
• Bristol v Commissioner of Police
• Bata Shoe Company Guyana Ltd v Commissioner of Inland Revenue; Attorney General Guyana Unit Trust Management Company Ltd et Al v Commissioner of Inland Revenue and Attorney General
• James Spencer v The Attorney General of Antigua and Barbuda
• James Spencer v The Attorney General of Antigua and Barbuda
• Allman and Others v The A.G. of Trinidad & Tobago & Thornhill
• Ferguson v the Attorney General and the Director of Public Prosecutions
• Attorney General v Ferguson, Evans, Stubbs and Knowles
• Attorney General v Financial Clearing Corporation
• Attorney General of the Turks and Caicos Islands v Michael Eugene Misick, Floyd Basil Hall, McAllister Eugene Hanchell, Lillian Boyce, Jeffrey Christoval Hall, Clayton Stanfield Greene, Thomas Chalmers Misick, Lisa Michelle Hall and Melbourne Arthur Wilson
• Lucas v Mallalieu-Webbe et Al; Murray v Mallalieu-Webbe et Al; Carty v Mallalieu-Webbe et Al
• Lai v The Attorney General
• Bata Shoe Company Guyana, Ltd et Al v Commissioner of Inland Revenue and Attorney General Diamond Liquors Ltd et Al v The Commissioner of Inland Revenue and Attorney General
• Boyce and Trustees of the Btl Employees Trust v The Attorney General and Minister of Public Utilities
• DPP of Jamaica v Mollison
• Carey v Commissioner of Police
• Bata Shoe Company Guyana Ltd et Al v Commissioner of Inland Revenue et Al; The Guyana Unit Trust Management Company Ltd et Al v C.I.R et Al
• Attorney General v Alli et Al
• Hilroy Humphreys Claimant v Attorney General of Antigua and Barbuda Defendant. [ECSC]
• Humphreys v Attorney General of Antigua and Barbuda
• Nixon v The Attorney General
• Jerry Martin Appellant v The Queen Respondent
• La Fleur v Attorney General
• Cox v Parris
• Albarran v Members of the Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board
• Fardon v Attorney-General for the State of Queensland
• Baker v R
• Davis, Newbold and White v Attorney General
• Watson v R
• Mineralogy Pty Ltd v Western Australia
• Sir Gerald Watt, Kcn, QC Appellant v [1] Prime Minister [2] Juno Samuel Respondents [ECSC]
• Durham Holdings Pty Ltd v New South Wales
• Re Macks; ex parte Saint;Re Macks; ex parte Johnson
• Bowe and another v The Queen
• Watson v The Queen
• Claudette Clarke v Greg Tinglin
• Robinson v The Queen
• R v Jackson
• Panton v Minister of Finance
• R v Thomas Chalmers Misick
• Roberts v The Attorney-general
• Director of Public Prosecutions v Mollison (No. 2)
• Surratt v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago
• R v Martin et Al
• Mitchell et Al v Attorney General et Al
• Greg Tinglin v Claudette Clarke; The Attorney General of Jamaica v Claudette Clarke
• Belize Sugar Industries Ltd v Attorney General of Belize
• NSW Food Authority v Nutricia Australia Pty Ltd
• Kitsilano Coalition for Children & Family Safety Society v British Columbia (Attorney General),
• Watt v Prime Minister and Samuel
• Chagos Islanders v Attorney General and Another
• Lendore and Others v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago

CITED in

• R v Trevor Jackson
• John and Others v DPP for Dominica
• Esso Australia Resources Ltd v Dawson

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• Zuniga and Others v Attorney General
• Mcginty v Western Australia
• Mabo v Queensland
• Chu Kheng Lim and Others v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs and Another
• Bata Shoe Company Guyana Ltd and Others v Commissioner of Inland Revenue and Attorney General and; Guyana Unit Trust Management Company Ltd and Others v Commissioner of Inland Revenue and Attorney General
• DPP Appellant v Patrick John Malcolm Reid Julian David Dennis Joseph Respondents [ECSC]
• Watt v Prime Minister and another
• R (on the application of Anderson) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
• Indira Gandhi a/p Mutho v Pengarah Jabatan Agama Islam Perak and Others and other appeals
• Tan Eng Hong v Attorney General
• Lim Meng Suang and Another v Attorney General
• Amazi bin Hawasi v Public Prosecutor
• James Bristol Appellant v Commissioner of Police Respondent [ECSC]
• Blascaod Mor Teoranta v Commissioner of Public Works
• Dennis Robinson v R
• Ebanks (AG) v R
• Collymore and Abraham v The Attorney‑General
• South Australia v Totani
• Steve Ferguson v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago
• Jay Chandler v The State
• R (on the application of Anderson) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
• R (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2)
• R (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2)
• Zuniga and Others v Attorney General of Belize

REFERRED in

• R (Misick) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Autistic Association of New South Wales v Dodson
• H A Bachrach Pty Ltd v Queensland

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• Australian Building Construction Employees' and Builders Labourers' Federation v Commonwealth
• Bainbridge v Minster for Immigration and Citizenship
• Kable v DPP for Nsw
• Haskins v Commonwealth
• Silbert v DPP (Wa)
• Houng Hai Kong and Others; MBf Holdings Bhd and Another
• Anuar Ghazali v PP
• Kariapper v Wijesinha
• Société United Docks v Government of Mauritius
• Mega Sasa Sdn Bhd v Kinta Bakti Sdn Bhd and Others
• JRI Resources Sdn Bhd v Kuwait Finance House (M) Bhd (President of Association of Islamic Banking Institutions Malaysia and Another, interveners)
• Rovin Joty Kodeeswaran v Lembaga PencegahanJenayah and Others and Other Appeals
• Dato Seri Ir Hj Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin v Dato Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir; Attorney General (Intervener)
• Jimmy Seah Thian Heng & 4 Ors v Public Prosecutor (and 4 Other Applications)
• Kok Wah Kuan v Public Prosecutor
• Semenyih Jaya Sdn Bhd v Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Hulu Langat
• Iki Putra bin Mubarrak v Kerajaan Negeri Selangor and Another
• Leap Modulation Sdn Bhd v PCP Construction Sdn Bhd (and Another Appeal)
• Maria Chin Abdullah v Ketua Pengarah Imigresen and Another
• Letitia Bosman v Public Prosecutor
• Amazi bin Hawasi v PP
• Brantley and Others v Constituency Boundaries Commission and Others (Saint Christopher and Nevis)
• Tan Eng Hong v AG
• Grape Bay Ltd v Attorney General, 1997 Civil Jur. No.273
• Chng Suan Tze v Minister of Home Affairs and Others and other appeals
• Mohammad Faizal bin Sabtu v Public Prosecutor
• Ali (Mohammed Muktar) v The Queen; Rasool (Shaik Murtuza Ali Haji Gulam) v The Queen
• R (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• R (Bancoult) v Foreign Secretary (No 2)
• Hinds et Al v The Queen; and Director of Public Prosecutions v Jackson

DISTINGUISHED in

• R v Humby; ex parte Rooney
• Hi-Fert Pty Ltd v Kuikiang Maritime Carriers Inc. (No 2)
• Public Prosecutor v Lau Kee Hoo

FOLLOWED in

• Dato' Yap Peng; PP

NOT FOLLOWED in

• Director General of Inland Revenue; National Land Finance Co-operative Society Ltd

APPLIED in

• Gilbert Ahnee and Others v DPP

REPORTED OPINION OF in

• [1966] 1 All ER 650
• [1966] 2 WLR 682
• [1967] 1 AC 259