mistake of law

I do not, however, agree that this principle cannot apply where there is a mistake of law.

This is unlike a mistake of law, which is not usually a defense.

Mistakes of law have proved a more successful defense.

Do not make innocent victims pay for the mistakes of law enforcement."

The Hynix court explains the difference between a mistake of law ".

Further, this principle should not be inapplicable simply because the citizen paid the money under mistake of law.

His claim that he did not consider it insulting is, technically, a mistake of law, and as such no excuse.

Any mistake of law would mean that the authority had asked itself the wrong question, which would result in a jurisdictional error.

Fink said Spano "was operating on a mistake of law and fact," when he pleaded guilty.

Earlier the judge, after referring to the rule that money paid under mistake of law is irrecoverable had said, at p. 745:

Mistake is another defense and can be a mistake of fact or a mistake of law.

'Decisional mistakes are mistakes of law and occur when ".

I do not regard a judge who makes what an appellate court later regards as a mistake of law as abusing his powers.

An error iuris is a mistake of law and is not regarded as material if it relates to motive.

However if a party is induced to enter into a contract by the mistake of law then such a contract is not valid.

He recognized that although mistake of law is no excuse, the strict application of the doctrine could cause injustice:

It certainly is true that mere mistakes of law in the course of a trial are not to be corrected in that way.

Lord Slynn said the mistake of law bar was 'open to review by your Lordships' House'.

A separate action was for a mistake of law, including tax paid in ignorance of incompatibility with EU law.

An application for judicial review could be taken if a mistake of law was revealed on a perusal of the record of the proceedings.

If the Woolwich principle comprehends payments made under a mistake of law then such payments are also covered by the statutory provisions.

Depending on the jurisdiction in which the act took place, Jennifer may be allowed to raise the defense of mistake of law in such a scenario.

The general rule under common law is that "ignorance of the law or a mistake of law is no defense to criminal prosecution."

The defence of mistake of law only applies if the defendant honestly believes that he has a right in law to act in the given way.

Lord Simonds discussed why a mistake of law was different from a mistake of fact, because ignorantia juris neminem excusat.