Hearings
13 Apr 1992 [1993] QB 645; [1993] 2 WLR 621; [1993] 1 All ER 219; 96 Cr App R 405, DC
R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, Ex parte South Coast Shipping Co Ltd
Ships
Bowbelle
Marchioness
Additional names
South Coast Shipping Co Ltd, Ex parte
Subject Matter
CRIME — Practice — Private prosecution — Deaths resulting from collision on river — Master of boat prosecuted by Director of Public Prosecutions for minor offence — Husband of victim instituting private prosecution for manslaughter — Whether husband having locus standi — Whether publicity and delay amounting to abuse of process — Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, ss 3(2), 6(1)(2)
Commentary
Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Parties to Criminal Proceedings - Prosecutions by Other Persons
D3.56
Abuse of Process: The Power to Stay Proceedings - Abuse of Executive Power: Bringing Justice into Disrepute - Private Prosecutions D3.107