Results: 100

• Rochdale Corpn v Lancashire County Council

  29 Jan 1937 [1937] 1 KB 632, DC

  POOR — Poor law — Settlement
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  POOR — Poor law — Settlement — Removability — Rate-aided patient in mental hospital — Whether period of residence in hospital to be excluded in determining husband's settlement — Poor Law Act, 1930 (20 Geo. 5, c. 17), ss. 18, 85, sub-s. 2; 86, sub-s. 1; 93, sub-s. 1 — Mental Treatment Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 23), s. 18, sub-s. 1.

  2 Statutes considered

• Lloyds Bank Ltd v Bank Of America National Trust and Savings Association

  26 May 1937 [1937] 2 KB 631, KBD

  10 Mar 1938 [1938] 2 KB 147, CA

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  PRINCIPAL AND AGENT — Mercantile agent — Pledge of documents
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  PRINCIPAL AND AGENT — Mercantile agent — Pledge of documents — Surrender by pledgees to pledgors as trustees for sale — Unauthorized pledge of documents by pledgors to third parties — “Owner” — “Mercantile Agent” — Validity of second pledge — Factors Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 45), s. 1, sub-s. 1; s. 2, sub-s. 1.

  2 Statutes considered
• Cooper v Wilson

  23 Mar 1937 [1937] 2 KB 309, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 10.
  POLICE — Power of dismissal of constable by Chief Constable or Watch Committee — Resignation of constable
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  POLICE — Power of dismissal of constable by Chief Constable or Watch Committee — Resignation of constable — Right to return of rateable deductions — Towns Police Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 89), s. 10 — Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), s. 191 — Police Pensions Act, 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 31), s. 20 — Police Appeals Act, 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 19), s. 1.

  4 Statutes considered
• R v Governor of Brixton Prison, Ex parte Bidwell

  13 Aug 1936 [1937] 1 KB 305, DC

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 negative.
  CRIME — Fugitive offender — Warrant for apprehension
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  CRIME — Fugitive offender — Warrant for apprehension — Arrest and imprisonment of accused — Application for habeas corpus — Grounds for — Alleged insufficiency of indorsement of warrant by magistrate only and not by Secretary of State also — Alleged absence of evidence raising “strong or probable presumption” against accused — Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 69), ss. 3, 5, 9.

  1 Statute considered

• The King v Cornwall County Valuation Committee , Ex Parte Falmouth Rating Authority

  08 Dec 1936 [1937] 1 KB 493, DC

  17 Mar 1937 [1937] 2 KB 222, CA

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  RATING — County rating — Valuation
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  RATING — County rating — Valuation — Proposal by county valuation committee for increase — Right to proceed in parts of county successively — Uniformity of assessment — Rating and Valuation Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 90), s. 18, sub-s. 2; s. 37, sub-s. 1.

  2 Statutes considered

• Marriott v Minister Of Health

  24 Jun 1936 [1937] 1 KB 128, CA

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  HOUSING — Local Government — Clearance area
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  HOUSING — Local Government — Clearance area — Compulsory purchase order — Objection by owner of part of the houses — Houses demolished by owner before public inquiry — Confirmation of order by Minister — Jurisdiction — Order in part quashed — Housing Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 39), s. 1, sub-ss. 1, 3; ss. 3, 5; s. 11, sub-s. 3; Sch. II., Part I., para. 5.

  1 Statute considered

• National Mortgage and Agency Co Of New Zealand Ltd v Commissioners Of Inland Revenue

  11 Feb 1937 [1937] 1 KB 685, CA

  REVENUE — Income tax — Business carried on in New Zealand by company
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  REVENUE — Income tax — Business carried on in New Zealand by company — Company controlled in the United Kingdom — Relief from double taxation — Sum on which granted — Finance Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 18), s. 27, sub-s. 1.

  1 Statute considered

• Palmer v Cattermole

  19 Apr 1937 [1937] 2 KB 581, KBD

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  REVENUE — Income tax — Omission of testator to deliver statement of profits
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  REVENUE — Income tax — Omission of testator to deliver statement of profits — Assessment of executrix in respect thereof — Inclusion therein of income of testator's wife — Profits accruing before year of assessment — “Profits …. which arose or accrued to him before his death” — Apportionment of profits arising in year of death — Income Tax Act, 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 40), All Schedules Rules, rr. 16, 18.

  1 Statute considered

• Berg v Sadler and Moore

  15 Feb 1937 [1937] 2 KB 158, CA

  Subsequent citations: 9.
  CONTRACT — Contract procured by plaintiff by false pretences — Payment for goods by plaintiff
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  CONTRACT — Contract procured by plaintiff by false pretences — Payment for goods by plaintiff — Refusal by vendor to deliver goods or return purchase-money — Action for money had and received — Refusal of Court to assist plaintiff — Ex turpi causa non oritur actio.

• Langley Cartage Co Ltd v Jenks

  15 Apr 1937 [1937] 2 KB 382, DC

  ROAD TRAFFIC — Traffic sign — Portable board bearing words “Stop, Road Traffic Officer, Bucks C. C.”
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  ROAD TRAFFIC — Traffic sign — Portable board bearing words “Stop, Road Traffic Officer, Bucks C. C.” — Device for stopping vehicles required to be weighed — Sign for regulating the movement of traffic — Authorization of the Minister of Transport — Validity — Road Traffic Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 43), s. 48, sub-ss. 1, 9; s. 49 — Road Traffic Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 50), Sch. 3.

  2 Statutes considered