[“in or in the vicinity of” under Official Secrets Act 1920, s. 3]
Chandler and Others v Director of Public Prosecutions [1964] A.C. 763
[section 1 (1) of the Official Secrets Act 1911 could not be limited to espionage but embraced also acts of sabotage; if a person’s direct […]
R v Blake [1962] 2 QB 377
[Spying; Official Secrets Act, 1911; s. 1 (1) (c); sentencing]
R v Oakes [1959] 2 QB 350; [1959] 2 All ER 92
[an act preparatory to the commission of an offence against section 1 (1) (c) of the Official Secrets Act, 1911, contrary to section 7 of […]
Lewis v Cattle [1938] 2 All ER 368
[Whether a police officer is a “person holding office under His Majesty” within the meaning of s 2(1) of the Official Secrets Act 1911]
The King v Michael O’Kelly Simington [1921] 1 K.B. 451
[proper construction of Official Secrets Act, 1911 s. 2 (1) (b); clause the words “which relates to or is used in a prohibited place or […]
R v Crisp and Homewood (1919) 83 JP 121
[It was not necessary to show that the documents had been entrusted specially in confidence to the defendant, but it was sufficient if it was […]
R v Chief Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, ex p Choudhury [1991] 1 QB 429
[incitement to violence as a prerequisite requirement under common law]
Wallace-Johnson Appellant; And the King Respondent. On Appeal from the West African Court of Appeal [1940] AC 231
[incitement to violence not necessary under a codified law on sedition without an explicit mentioning of which]
R v Aldred (1909) 74 JP 55, 22 Cox CC 1
[Accused may not plead the truth of the statements that he makes as a defence to the charges nor may he plead the innocence of […]
R v Burns (1886) 16 Cox CC 355
[An intention to excite ill-will between different classes of Her Majesty’s subjects may be a seditious intention; sedition embraces everything, whether by word, deed, or […]
R v Fussell (1848) 12 JP 537, 6 State Tr NS 723, 3 Cox CC 291
[Expressions intended and tending under the circumstances of the time to produce hatred and contempt of the institutions of the country and to induce unlawful […]
R v Lovett (1839) 9 C & P 462, 3 State Tr NS 1177, 173 ER 912
[If a paper, published by the defendant, has a direct tendency to cause unlawful meetings and disturbances, and to lead, to a violation of the […]
R v Collins (1839) 9 C & P 456, 3 State Tr NS 1149, 173 ER 910
[Every man has a right to give every public matter a candid, full, and free discussion ; but although the people have a right to […]
Rex v Lambert and Perry (1810) 2 Camp. 398; 170 ER 1196
[It is not libellous for a writer who allows the Sovereign to be solicitous for the welfare of his subjects, and who has no intention […]
The Case of the Seven Bishops (1688) 87 ER 136
[haebaus corpus proceeding]
R v Lane and another [2019] 1 All ER 299
[Criminal law — Terrorism — Terrorist offences — Funding arrangements — Meaning of ‘has reasonable cause to suspect’ — Terrorism Act 2000, s 17]
Regina v Ali (Humza) [2018] 1 WLR 6105
[dissemination of terrorist publication; how s 2 of the Terrorism Act 2006 was understood so that it does not infringe people’s right to free speech; […]
Regina v Alamgir and others [2018] 4 WLR 40
[encouraging support for a proscribed organisation under section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000; sentencing]