- Explained — Rasal Khaimah Investment Authority v Farhad Azima & Ors 2023-05-15
“…[1981] QB 720) when given to a jury is usually in terms which explain that, where a defendant has told lies about something (which is either admitted or proved beyond reason…”
- Cited — T (Fact-Finding: Second Appeal) 2023-05-05
“…ar in mind that there are many reasons why a witness may lie and such lies do not mean that a witnesses lied about everything, the direction given in R v Lucas [1981] QB 720 remains relevant and I have given myself the appropriate direction.”…”
- Applied — Re C & Ors (Care Proceedings: Fact Finding) 2023-01-26
“…ssue of dishonesty and lies. Although she expressly acknowledged that a person may lie for several reasons, she applied only part of the principle in R v Lucas [1981] QB 720, omitting any reference to the possibility that a person may lie for innocent reasons such as an attempt to bolster a just cause or the need for caution in tak…”
- Cited — LM (Albania) (R on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department 2022-07-15
“…The ground of appeal relating to a lies direction is a reference to the decision of the Court of Appeal Criminal Division in R v Lucas [1981] QB 720 at 724. Lord Lane CJ said “To be capable of amounting to corroboration the lie told out of court must first of all be deliberate. Secondly it must relate to a …”
- Cited — CK (A Child: Fact-finding) 2022-07-13
“…ttached weight to those statements that she found to be lies without carrying out any or any adequate analysis as required by case law, in particular R v Lucas [1981] QB 720 and Re A, B and C (Children) [2021] EWCA Civ 451. Although the judge said at five points in her judgment words to the effect that she was giving herself a Luca…”
- Applied — Re C 2022-05-04
“…the principle in R v Lucas [1981] QB 720. although she added that “no one has asked that I apply that to any of the evidence”;…”
- Cited — Natwest Markets Plc & Anor v Bilta (UK) Ltd & Ors 2021-05-10
“…ile untruthfulness can be a powerful indicator of dishonesty it is not necessarily so. As the Judge put it, borrowing from directions given in crime (R v Lucas [1981] QB 720):…”
- Cited — A, B And C (Children), Re (Rev 1) 2021-04-01
“…R v Lucas (Ruth) [1981] QB 720 @p 123 H.…”
- Cited — A (A Child) (Rev 1) 2020-09-22
“…The case of R v Lucas [1981] QB 720 is routinely quoted, as it was here at [15] of the judge’s judgment, as a reminder to the court that people lie for all sorts of reasons; the fact that a perso…”
- Cited — S (Children) 2020-04-09
“… reliability of the parties (see [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], and [81] below), the judge gave herself a direction in accordance with the guidance in R v Lucas [1981] QB 720; she expressed herself thus:…”
- Cited — Uddin v The Secretary of State for the Home Department 2020-03-12
“…is case the existence of family life with the foster mother’s family), known as a ‘Lucas direction’ (derived in part from the judgment of the CACD in R v Lucas [1981] QB 720 per Lord Lane CJ at 723C). The classic formulation of the principle is said to be this: if a court concludes that a witness has lied about one matter, it does …”
- Cited — Staechelin & Ors v ACLBDD Holdings Ltd & Ors 2019-05-14
“…In the criminal context, as the Court of Appeal held in R v Lucas [1981] QB 720:…”
- Cited — W-C-T (Children) 2019-04-04
“…e parties. They of course included clear statements of principle about the burden and standard of proof and about lies in accordance with the case of R v Lucas [1981] QB 720. As relevant to this case, it also referred to the authorities that reminded the court that no case of alleged sexual abuse without physical evidence can be re…”