Hearings
19 Dec 1986 [1989] QB 26; [1987] 2 WLR 998; [1988] 2 WLR 998; [1987] 2 All ER 282, DC
18 Nov 1987 [1989] QB 26; [1988] 2 WLR 590; [1988] 1 All ER 556, CA
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Northumbria Police Authority
Additional names
Northumbria Police Authority, Ex parte
Subject Matter
CROWN — Prerogative — Statute, application to — Minister establishing central store of police riot equipment — Chief constables enabled to obtain supplies therefrom without consent of local police authority — Whether minister's prerogative powers in maintaining peace sufficient to justify supply of equipment without consent of police authority — Whether prerogative powers limited by statute — Police Act 1964, ss 4(4), 41
[1989] QB 26; [1987] 2 WLR 998; [1988] 2 WLR 998; [1987] 2 All ER 282, DC
[1989] QB 26; [1988] 2 WLR 590; [1988] 1 All ER 556, CA
POLICE — Secretary of State's powers — Central services — Police riot equipment — Minister establishing central store — Chief constables able to obtain supplies without consent of local police authority — Whether Minister empowered to maintain central store — Whether entitled to supply equipment without consent of police authority — Whether monopoly power conferred on police authority in relation to supply of equipment — Police Act 1964, ss 4(4), 41
[1989] QB 26; [1987] 2 WLR 998; [1988] 2 WLR 998; [1987] 2 All ER 282, DC
[1989] QB 26; [1988] 2 WLR 590; [1988] 1 All ER 556, CA
Appellate History
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Northumbria Police Authority [1989] QB 26; [1987] 2 WLR 998; [1988] 2 WLR 998; [1987] 2 All ER 282, DC
Decision of the Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division affirmed
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Northumbria Police Authority [1989] QB 26; [1988] 2 WLR 590; [1988] 1 All ER 556, CA