Phillip v Director of Public Prosecutions

Subject Matter

HABEAS CORPUS — Jurisdiction — Pre-trial pardon — Insurgents granted pardon in return for release of captives — Detention and prosecution of insurgents for offences committed during insurrection — Prima facie case that insurgents validly pardoned — Whether entitled to writ of habeas corpus — Whether court determining habeas corpus proceedings having jurisdiction to determine validity of pardon — Trinidad and Tobago

[1992] 1 AC 545; [1992] 2 WLR 211

CONSTITUTION — Trinidad and Tobago — Constitution — Human rights and fundamental freedoms — Insurgents granted pardon — Detention and prosecution for offences committed during insurrection — Application for redress alleging prosecution breach of constitutional rights — Whether applicants entitled to raise pardon prior to arraignment — Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Act, Sch, ss 4(a)(b), 14(1)(2) — Criminal Procedure Act, s 32

[1992] 1 AC 545; [1992] 2 WLR 211

Legislation Considered

Overseas Enactments

(TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO) Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Act (No 4 of 1976), Sch., ss 4(a)(b), 14(1)(2)

(TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO) Criminal Procedure Act (Laws of Trinidad and Tobago, 1980 ed, c 12:02), s 32

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: Phillip v Director of Public Prosecutions [1992] 1 AC 545; [1992] 2 WLR 211; [1992] 1 All ER 665, PC

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Phillip v Director of Public Prosecutions [1992] 1 AC 545; [1992] 2 WLR 211; [1992] 1 All ER 665, PC

Biddle v. Perovich (1927) 274 U.S. 480

Cuddington v. Wilkins (1615) Hob. 67, 81

Dominick v. Bowdoin (1871) 44 Ga. 357

Garland, Ex parte (1866) 4 Wall. 333

Hay v Justices of The Tower Division of London 24 QBD 561, DC

Mohammed-Holgate v Duke [1984] AC 437; [1984] 1 WLR 34; [1984] 2 WLR 660; [1984] 1 All ER 1054; 79 Cr App R 120, HL(E)

Murphy v. Ford (1975) 390 F.Supp. 1372

R v Connelly [1964] AC 1254; [1964] 2 WLR 1145; [1964] 2 All ER 401; 48 Cr App R 183, HL(E)

R v Foster (Barry Arthur) [1985] QB 115; [1984] 3 WLR 401; [1984] 2 All ER 679; 79 Cr App R 61, CA

R v Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Ex parte Greene [1942] AC 284, HL

Reg. v. Boyes (1861) 1 B. & S. 311

Rex v. Cosgrove [1948] Tas. S.R. 99

Rex v. Rudd (1775) 1 Cowp. 331

Royal Commission on Thomas Case, In re [1980] 1 N.Z.L.R. 602

Thomas John Barnardo v Mary Ford [1892] AC 326, HL

Subsequent Consideration

Cases subsequently considering: Phillip v Director of Public Prosecutions [1992] 1 AC 545; [1992] 2 WLR 211; [1992] 1 All ER 665, PC

Cases citing

Cases citing: Phillip v Director of Public Prosecutions [1992] 1 AC 545; [1992] 2 WLR 211; [1992] 1 All ER 665, PC

Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago v Phillip [1995] 1 AC 396; [1994] 3 WLR 1134; [1995] 1 All ER 93, PC

R (Hilali) v Governor of Whitemoor Prison [2007] EWHC 939 (Admin); [2008] AC 805; (sub nom Hilali v Governor of Whitemoor Prison (Secretary of State for the Home Department intervening)) [2007] 3 WLR 621; [2007] 3 All ER 422, DC

R (Hilali) v Governor of Whitemoor Prison [2008] UKHL 3; [2008] AC 805; [2008] 2 WLR 299; [2008] 2 All ER 207, HL(E)

R v Oldham Justices, Ex parte Cawley [1997] QB 1; [1996] 2 WLR 681; [1996] 1 All ER 464; (1996) 146 NLJ 49; The Times, 7 December 1995, DC

R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Bentley [1994] QB 349; [1994] 2 WLR 101; [1993] 4 All ER 442, DC

R v Uxbridge Magistrates' Court, Ex p Adimi [2001] QB 667; [2000] 3 WLR 434; [1999] 4 All ER 520, DC