Great thanks a mill Fern. Best of luck tomorrow. Can't believe it's here already....
On Sep 28, 12:00 am, Fern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > I'm not the best informed person on here but I don't like to see a > question go unanswered, so this is subject to anything that anyone > else may wish to say on the topic. > > Perjury came up in Q7, October 2007 and the examiner's report on it is > quite detailed. It says it's a common law offence and gives the > following caselaw: AG v Oles, 2002 and Looney v Bank of Ireland SC > Unrep. 1997. Apparently also, one could refer to the Law Reform > Commission Report on Oaths and Affirmations, 1990 (but it's not like > I'd have a few copies of it in the back of the wardrobe...). I would > have very little to write on perjury, just the definition and the mens > rea really. > > Unfortunately, the April 06 reports are really short for criminal. In > my notes on scandalising the court, I have the following caselaw:The > State (DPP) v Walsh, 1981 > and AG v Connolly, 1947. For contempt in facie curia I have: Morris v > the Crown Court, 1970 – welsh student protests; Assaulting a witness, > juror or judge – Mitchell v Smyth, 1894; Insulting behaviour – Ex > parte Tanner, 1889; Attempting to persuade a witness not to attend > court – Kelly v Deighan, 1984; Refusing to be sworn in or answer a > question as a witness and refusal to reveal journalistic sources on > the grounds of privilege. In re O’Kelly, 1997. > > On Sep 27, 6:22 pm, tiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hey > > > Has anyone got any relevant case laws for perjury or contempt (in > > particular scandalising the court). My notes on it seem very minimal > > considering it came up unmixed with other topics in April 06.... > > > Also, are they statutory offences or ones of common law?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FE-1 Study Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ie/group/FE-1-Study-Group?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
