Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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REG. v. KELLY AND OTHERS (THE "WINSTON CHURCHILL")

[1981] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 384

HOUSE OF LORDS

Before Lord Wilberforce, Lord Edmund-Davies, Lord Fraser of Tullybelton, Lord Keith of Kinkel and Lord Roskill

Criminal law - Jurisdiction - Offence of criminal damage committed on foreign ship on high seas by British subject - Whether English Courts have jurisdiction - Whether offenders "passengers" on board foreign ship - Merchant Shipping Act 1894, s. 686 (1) - Criminal Damage Act 1971, s. 1 (1).

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