R v Mitchell [2014] 2 Cr App R 2
Citation: R v Mitchell [2014] 2 Cr App R 2
Rule of thumb: What does holding public office mean? Legally, it means any position in the public sector with high responsibility & high public interest.
Judgment:
The basic facts of this case were it was stated that not everyone is defined as holding a position of public office. It was stated that in order to be considered to be in a position of public office the person had to have a particularly high status. In the Johnston case it was stated, ‘... where Sir Brian Leveson P said that defining a public office involved three questions: i) What is the position held? ii) What duties are undertaken by the officer? Judgment Approved by the court for handing down. Johnson v Westminster Magistrates Court iii) Does their discharge fulfil a responsibility of government such that the public has a significant interest in the discharge additional to or beyond that of a person who might be directly affected by a serious failure in its performance?’
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