Attorney General for Jersey v Holley
Attorney General for Jersey v Holley | |
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Court | Judicial Committee of the Privy Council |
Full case name | Her Majesty's Attorney General for Jersey v Dennis Peter Holley |
Decided | 15 June 2005 |
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Transcript(s) | Full text of the judgment |
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Attorney General for Jersey v Holley [2005] UKPC 23, is a decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on the defence of provocation as a partial defence to murder under Jersey law.
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Judgment[edit]
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Precedence value in England and Wales[edit]
Decisions of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council are considered to be persuasive authorities in England and Wales, and as such are not binding upon the courts.[1] The decision in Holley departed from the precedent set in R v Smith (Morgan)[note 1].[2]
Case citations[edit]
- ↑ [2001] 1 AC 146
References[edit]
- ↑ Law, Jonathan, ed. (2018). "Judicial Committee of the Privy Council". A Dictionary of Law (9th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191840807. Retrieved 29 May 2021. Search this book on
- ↑ Elvin, Jesse (September 2006). "The Doctrine of Precedent and the Provocation Defence: A Comment on R v James". The Modern Law Review. Blackwell Publishing. 69 (5): 819–842 – via JSTOR.
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