In Re Hastings (No 3)

Subject Matter

HABEAS CORPUS — Criminal cause or matter — Successive applications — Refusal of applications by Queen's Bench Divisional Court — Application renewed to Chancery Divisional Court — Based on same evidence and same grounds — Whether court entitled to entertain application — Applications to different judges of same Division — Habeas Corpus Act, 1679 (31 Car. 2, c. 2), s. 2 — Habeas Corpus Act, 1816 (56 Geo. 3, c. 100), ss. 3, 6 — Supreme Court of Judicature Act, 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 66), ss. 3, 46 — Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 49), ss. 1, 63.

HIGH COURT — Jurisdiction — Divisional Court — Jurisdiction of judge to reserve point for its consideration — Supreme Court of Judicature Act, 1873, s. 46.

HIGH COURT — Division — Judge of High Court — Assignment to particular Division — Divisions not separate courts.