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Citation
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Judgment date
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| April 2020 |
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24 April 2020 |
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22 April 2020 |
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22 April 2020 |
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21 April 2020 |
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21 April 2020 |
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20 April 2020 |
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Court granted ex parte permission and a seven-day interlocutory injunction restraining enforcement of the COVID-19 lockdown pending review.
Judicial review – Public Health (Corona Virus Prevention, Containment and Management) Rules 2020 – COVID-19 lockdown – Ex parte permission to apply for judicial review – Interlocutory injunction restraining enforcement pending hearing – Urgent hearing in open court.
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17 April 2020 |
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Amendment to Trials Without Jury Order validly applied retrospectively; no substantial prejudice shown, jury trial application dismissed.
Criminal procedure – Trial by jury – Ministerial Order adding offences triable without jury – Retrospective operation of subsidiary legislation – General Interpretation Act s18 – Procedural provisions and retrospectivity – Ultra vires challenge to delegated legislation – Fair trial prejudice assessment.
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16 April 2020 |
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9 April 2020 |
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9 April 2020 |
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9 April 2020 |
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Court denied leave for judicial review, holding the DPRA valid for epidemics and college closure a lawful public-health measure.
Constitutional law – State of disaster vs state of emergency – Interpretation of section 32 DPRA and section 29(a) PHA – Limitation of rights and right to education – Judicial review leave and justiciability in public health emergency.
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7 April 2020 |
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6 April 2020 |
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3 April 2020 |
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Continuation of injunction to prevent expulsion where entry was refused without reasons amid challenged emergency measures.
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3 April 2020 |
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2 April 2020 |
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1 April 2020 |
| March 2020 |
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31 March 2020 |
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30 March 2020 |
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The applicant’s custodial sentence for theft was reduced to time served due to pregnancy and mitigating factors.
Criminal law – Sentencing – Pregnant woman and first offender – Failure to apply sections 339, 340 and 337 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Code – Preference for non-custodial measures (Bangkok Rules) – Review power to alter sentence.
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27 March 2020 |
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24 March 2020 |
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23 March 2020 |
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23 March 2020 |
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19 March 2020 |
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19 March 2020 |
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19 March 2020 |
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16 March 2020 |
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13 March 2020 |
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13 March 2020 |
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13 March 2020 |
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12 March 2020 |
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Applicants may not discontinue a claim orally; discontinuance requires compliance with Order 12, rule 46 of the CPR.
Customary succession – rotation among royal families – disputed unilateral appointment by Traditional Authority and Village Headmen; injunction; discontinuance procedure – Order 12 r.46 CPR – notice and service required; oral application insufficient.
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10 March 2020 |
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5 March 2020 |
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5 March 2020 |
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4 March 2020 |
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4 March 2020 |
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4 March 2020 |
| February 2020 |
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28 February 2020 |
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28 February 2020 |
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26 February 2020 |
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26 February 2020 |
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18 February 2020 |
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18 February 2020 |
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A withdrawal order awarding costs permitted the 2nd respondent to assess and recover costs despite the petitioner’s agreement with the 1st respondent.
Election petition — withdrawal and discontinuance — court order for costs consequent to withdrawal — scope of agreed costs between petitioner and first respondent — entitlement of joined 2nd respondent to assessment of costs.
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18 February 2020 |
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Court dismissed respondents' applications to stay enforcement, addressing invalid oaths, Attorney General's role, and onus to obtain a stay.
Administrative and constitutional law — Suspension (stay) of enforcement of judgment — Order 28 r.48 CPR — Onus on party seeking stay — Validity of sworn statements and competent Commissioner for Oaths — Attorney General’s locus to represent respondent in subsequent appeals — Notice of appeal procedural requirements — Public interest in electoral remedies.
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12 February 2020 |
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12 February 2020 |
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5 February 2020 |
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Court found pervasive irregularities in election administration, nullified the presidential result and ordered fresh elections within 150 days.
Electoral law — presidential election — management of polling, tallying and transmission — use of duplicate, tippexed and altered Form 66C tally sheets — preservation of polling records — role and duties of Electoral Commission under sections 76, 77 and 119 PPEA — standard and burden of proof in electoral petitions — interpretation of "majority of the electorate" under section 80(2) of the Constitution (majority = 50% + 1 of valid votes cast) — remedy: nullification and fresh election.
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3 February 2020 |
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3 February 2020 |
| January 2020 |
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31 January 2020 |