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''BBC v Johns''
965Ch 32 is a case in
UK administrative law
United Kingdom administrative law is part of UK constitutional law that is designed through judicial review to hold executive power and public bodies accountable under the law. A person can apply to the High Court to challenge a public body's dec ...
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Facts
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argued that it was exempt from
income tax
An income tax is a tax imposed on individuals or entities (taxpayers) in respect of the income or profits earned by them (commonly called taxable income). Income tax generally is computed as the product of a tax rate times the taxable income. Tax ...
, claiming to be a monopoly established by
royal prerogative
The royal prerogative is a body of customary authority, privilege and immunity, recognized in common law and, sometimes, in civil law jurisdictions possessing a monarchy, as belonging to the sovereign and which have become widely vested in th ...
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Judgment
The court disagreed, ruling that is not possible to create new prerogative powers, and tax exemptions could only be granted by legislation.
The case is famous for the dictum of
Lord Diplock
William John Kenneth Diplock, Baron Diplock, (8 December 1907 – 14 October 1985) was a British barrister and judge who served as a lord of appeal in ordinary between 1968 and until his death in 1985. Appointed to the English High Court in 1 ...
who states that it is "350 years and a civil war too late for the Queen’s courts to broaden the royal prerogative".
See also
* ''
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Northumbria Police Authority''
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BBC v Harper Collins''
* ''
R (ProLife Alliance) v. BBC
''R (ProLife Alliance) v. BBC'' was a House of Lords case on the extent to which matters of good taste and decency are sufficient to justify the censorship of a party political broadcast.
The ProLife Alliance had submitted a video that showed the ...
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External links
* http://swarb.co.uk/the-british-broadcasting-corporation-v-johns-hm-inspector-of-taxes-ca-5-mar-1964/
1965 in United Kingdom case law
United Kingdom administrative case law
Johns
1965 in England
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