Hearings
England & Wales
04 Jul 1967 [1968] 1 QB 32; [1967] 3 WLR 1098; [1967] 3 All ER 118; 65 LGR 483, CA
26 Oct 1967 (pet dis) [1967] 1 WLR 1504, HL(E)
R v East Riding of Yorkshire Quarter Sessions, Ex p Newton
Additional names
Newton v Farmer
Subject Matter
JUSTICES — Quarter sessions — Jurisdiction — Appeal from licensing justices — Licensing justices refusing to renew public music, singing and dancing licence — Whether licensing justices “court of summary jurisdiction” — Whether “magistrates' court” — Whether appeal lies to quarter sessions — Interpretation Act, 1889, ss 13 (11), 38 (1) — Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, s 51 — Public Health Act, 1936, s 301 — Magistrates' Courts Act, 1952, ss 87, 124, Sch 6
[1968] 1 QB 32; [1967] 3 WLR 1098
LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — Music — Right to stop it being heard?
[1968] 1 QB 32; [1967] 3 WLR 1098
LICENSING — Justices — Jurisdiction — Public music, singing and dancing licence — Grant, renewal or refusal — Whether licensing justices “court of summary jurisdiction” — Whether “magistrates' court” — Whether right of appeal to quarter sessions