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Pepper (Inspector of Taxes) v Hart [1992] UKHL 3, is a landmark decision of the House of Lords on the use of legislative history in statutory interpretation.The court established the principle that when primary legislation is ambiguous then, in certain circumstances, the court may refer to statements made in the House of Commons or House of Lords in an attempt to interpret the meaning of the ...
Hart wrote of ten of the killings, "these men were shot because they were Protestant". [21] Others point to evidence suggesting that, while the IRA action was unauthorised, the men were targeted due to allegations they were informers, not because of their religion. Again, criticism centered on Hart's use of evidence.
It is a hearing to determine the admissibility of evidence, or the competency of a witness or juror. [5] As the subject matter of the voir dire often relates to evidence, competence or other matters that may lead to bias on behalf of the jury, the jury may be removed from the court for the voir dire.
(The Center Square) – Evidence and witnesses involving AT&T are the focus of court proceedings Tuesday at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and ...
The Act did not change the circumstances in which such statements could become admissible in evidence (which are still prescribed in the Criminal Procedure Act 1865), but it did change the evidential effect of such statements once admitted. Formerly, such statements were not evidence of the facts stated in them (unless the witness agreed with ...
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The Act would have codified the ruling in United States v. Leon and expanded the good-faith exception to warrantless searches. [18] Under the Act, evidence would be admissible as long as the officer had an objectively reasonable belief that their actions were constitutional at the time of the search. [19]
President Joe Biden answers a question from Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy as he speaks to members of the media while departing the White House on November 09, 2023 in Washington, DC (Getty ...