Paynter v Lewis
| Jurisdiction | Trinidad & Tobago |
| Date | 1965 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Trinidad and Tobago) |
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6 cases
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Earl Ferguson v General Legal Council
...and Wales & the Secretary of State for Justice [2021] 1 WLR 4126 was cited for a definition and illustration of functus officio. Paynter v Lewis (1965) 8 WIR 318, particularly pages 320B and 321C, was also referenced to demonstrate that a magistrate was considered to be functus officio af......
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Lucas v Mallalieu-Webbe et Al; Murray v Mallalieu-Webbe et Al; Carty v Mallalieu-Webbe et Al
...and/is of no effect. The applicants rely on the cases of Beswick v. R (1987) 36 W.I.R. 318; Cummings v. The State (1995) 49 W.I.R. 406; Paynter v. Lewis (1965) 8 W.I.R. 318. In Paynter v. Lewis (1965) 8 W.I.R. 318 at 320 Wooding C.J. said: “Once a magistrate has accepted a plea of guilty or......
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Polo v The State
...retirement.” 6 It would seem that the learned judge presumably had this provision in mind when he made the order for re-trial. 7 In Paynter v. Lewis (1965) 8 W.I.R. p.318, a magistrate convicted the respondent of larceny of certain goods, but then recalled the conviction and acquitted her, ......
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DPP v Paul Lewis
...appeal is a nullity. 12 [13] Mr Bishop also referred me to three cases on his functus officio point, that is, Paynter v Lewis (1965) 8 WIR 318, Cummings (Steve) v The State (1995) 49 WIR 405 and Beswick v R (1987) 39 WIR 317. 13 Was oral notice of appeal validly given in this case? 14 [14] ......
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Case Law
...functus officio after it has made a final order, e.g. upholding a no case submission or a verdict of guilt or acquittal. Paynter v Lewis (1965) 8 WIR 318 Cummings (Steve) v The State (1995) 49 WIR 405 Beswick v R (1987) 36 WIR 318 R v Gilbert Henry [2018] CCJ 21 (AJ) Prince Duncan and Herma......