White v Ridley

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation[1978] HCA 38,1978-1005 HCA B
Year1978
Date1978
CourtHigh Court
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  • Jamie Ngahuia Ahsin v R and Raeleen Matewai Noyle Rameka v R
    • New Zealand
    • Supreme Court
    • 30 October 2014
    ...restatement of principles” [2001] Crim LR 769; and David Lanham “Accomplices and Withdrawal” (1981) 97 LQR 575. See also White v Ridley (1978) 140 CLR 342 where, because the applicable statute did not preserve common law defences, the High Court of Australia was required to consider the ext......
  • He Kaw Teh v R
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • Invalid date
  • Pinkstone v R
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 20 May 2004
    ...the imposition of criminal responsibility on one person for the acts of another. It is therefore preferable to speak, as Stephen J did in White v Ridley36, of an ‘innocent instrument’ rather than an ‘innocent agent’. His Honour there observed: ‘[I]t may be noted that the term “instrument”, ......
  • The Queen v LK
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 26 May 2010
    ...268 Code, s 5.6(2). 269 Mogul Steamship Co Ltd v McGregor, Gow & Co (1888) 21 QBD 544 at 549 per Lord Coleridge CJ. 270 White v Ridley (1978) 140 CLR 342 at 348–350 per Gibbs J; [1978] HCA 38. See also the discussion in Howard's Criminal Law, 5th ed (1990) at 271 Code, s 11.5(5). 272 In the......
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