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The next few appointees were unimportant and uncontroversial, until Sir Charles Willie Matthews QC, a man Rozenberg describes as "the first real DPP". The Prosecution of Offences Act 1908 repealed the section of the 1884 Act that unified the DPP and Treasury Solicitor, giving Matthews an office of his own on his appointment in the same year. [7]
Chen v DPP [1997] EWHC Admin 221 (4 March 1997) [38] [39] [40] – held that although an item may technically be an offensive weapon per se, the whole circumstances need to be taken into account. The High Court in this case ruled that whether an item is an offensive weapon or not is not a question for the law to decide, but the jury in this ...
McNulty v DPP [2009] IESC 12; [2009] 3 IR 572 The Supreme Court upheld the decisions of the lower courts and decided that the question of Judicial Review was not to be dealt with by the Supreme Court. DPP v McLoughlin [2009] IESC 65: The admissibility of hearsay evidence for bail applications Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform v Dolny
It is led by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The agency was founded in 1974, assuming prosecutorial functions previously held by the Attorney General of Ireland. It is responsible for conducting reviews of files prepared by law enforcement agencies including the Garda Síochána and deciding whether to prosecute.
In the case of Paul v DPP (1989), the court had to decide whether a kerb crawler was 'likely to cause a nuisance to other persons in the neighbourhood'. The defendant was convicted on the basis that the magistrates knew that kerb crawling was a problem in that residential area. [ 97 ]
In DPP v Orum [1989] 1 WLR 88, [1988] 3 All ER 449, [1989] 88 Cr App R 261 the Divisional Court confirmed that police officers are not unable to be victims of section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 caused by swearing and other abusive/threatening behaviour, but this behaviour must be in excess of what the officer is or should be used to.
DPP offices in Omagh. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is the head of the Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland, and is appointed by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland. [1] The position of DPP was established in 1972. [2] The current DPP is Stephen Herron who was appointed in 2017. He replaced Barra McGrory QC.
After the brief hearing Mr. Justice Kelly remitted what was left of Sheedy's sentence. Neither the gardaí nor the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) were told of the review or the fact that Sheedy was released. The only representation by the state was the appearance of a clerk in the Chief State Solicitor's office who saw a listing for the ...