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Compensation For Frivolous Or Vexatious Prosecution, Benjamin Joshua Ong
Compensation For Frivolous Or Vexatious Prosecution, Benjamin Joshua Ong
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
According to section 359(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code, an acquitted accused person may receive compensation if the prosecution was “frivolous or vexatious”. In Parti Liyani v Public Prosecutor, Singapore’s High Court – for the first time – comprehensively discussed what section 359(3) means and how it is to be applied. This article aims to outline and comment on the High Court’s decision, and to highlight several issues which may be explored in future.
Compensation For Abused Foreign Domestic Workers: A Problem Of Enforcement, Benjamin Joshua Ong
Compensation For Abused Foreign Domestic Workers: A Problem Of Enforcement, Benjamin Joshua Ong
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
In Tay Wee Kiat v Public Prosecutor [2018] 5 SLR 438; [2019] 5 SLR 1033, two offenders who had abused a foreign domestic worker had been ordered to pay her compensation, on pain of a default term of imprisonment. When they failed to pay, the Prosecution applied for the compensation order to be enforced by way of attachment of the offenders’ property or garnishment of debts due to the offenders (“garnishment/attachment orders”). The High Court refused to make garnishment/attachment orders on the grounds that (a) the Prosecution had applied for such orders belatedly; and (b) such orders would lead to …
Chatterjee V. Ontario: Property, Crime And Civil Proceedings, Michelle Gallant
Chatterjee V. Ontario: Property, Crime And Civil Proceedings, Michelle Gallant
Michelle Gallant
This paper examines the decision in Chatterjee v. Ontario (Attorney General), which upheld the constitutionality of provincial legislation permitting the pursuit of civil actions in response to criminal activity. The legislation in question, Ontario's Civil Remedies Act, enabled the pursuit of money remedies for criminal activities through civil legal proceedings. The Supreme Court of Canada in Chatterjee examined whether or not provincial legislation permitting civil actions for breaches of the federal Criminal Code was ultra vires provincial jurisdiction. This paper provides an overview and an analysis of the Chatterjee decision.