“…In ex parte Alice Woodhall (1888) 20 QBD 832 the Court of Appeal applied the provisions of s.47 of the 1873 Act to a “decision by way of judicial determination”, suggesting that the two terms were used in…”
“…een uniformly interpreted as applying generally to all orders made in a criminal cause or matter: see R v Steel (1876) 2 QBD 37; Ex parte Alice Woodhall (1888) 20 QBD 832. I would therefore reject this submission.” That conclusion is binding on this court.…”
“…ave repeatedly declined to provide an exhaustive definition of what is or is not a criminal cause or matter. But since the decision in ex parte Woodhall (1888) 20 QBD 832 it has been necessary to have regard to the underlying subject matter of the proceedings to determine whether something is a criminal cause or matter. The mere…”
“…It has been the law at least since the decision in ex parte Woodhall (1888) 20 QBD 832 that in such a context it is necessary to have regard to the underlying subject matter of the proceedings in question. That general approach has been recently …”
“…Thus in ex parte Woodhall (1888) 20 QBD 832 a point arose as to whether an application for a writ of habeas corpus to be issued on behalf of a person who had been remanded pending extradition on a charge…”