Results: 144

• Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District Council v East Dorset Assessment Committee

  13 Jun 1940 [1940] 2 KB 420, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive. Subsequent citations: 2.
  RATING — “Agricultural land” — “Land used as a race-course”
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  RATING — “Agricultural land” — “Land used as a race-course” — Pasture ground used several times a year for motor-cycle racing — Field whether separate rateable hereditament from farm — Rating and Valuation (Apportionment) Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 44), s. 2, sub-s. 2.

  1 Statute considered

• The King v Cowell

  08 Apr 1940 [1940] 2 KB 49, CCA

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  CRIME — Criminal law — Evidence
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  CRIME — Criminal law — Evidence — Objection to admissibility of statement of prisoner as not being voluntary — Right of prisoner to give evidence thereon.

• Perkins v Hugh Stevenson and Sons Ltd

  19 Jul 1939 [1940] 1 KB 56, CA

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  MASTER AND SERVANT — Workmen's Compensation — Injury to workman
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  MASTER AND SERVANT — Workmen's Compensation — Injury to workman — Claim for and receipt of compensation — Ignorance of right to elect remedy under the Workmen's Compensation Act and remedy independently of it — Loss of right to recover damages at common law — Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), s. 29, sub-s. 1.

  1 Statute considered

• Lee v Proprietors Of Hay’s Wharf Ltd

  11 Jun 1940 [1940] 2 KB 306, CA

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  COUNTY COURT — Action in county court under Employers' Liability Act, 1880 (43 & 44 Vict. c. 42) — Concurrent common law action in High Court
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  COUNTY COURT — Action in county court under Employers' Liability Act, 1880 (43 & 44 Vict. c. 42) — Concurrent common law action in High Court — Removal of county court action into High Court — Discretion — County Courts Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 53), s. 111, sub-s. 1.

  2 Statutes considered

• Rousou v Photi; Gort Estates Co (Third Party)

  29 Apr 1940 [1940] 2 KB 379, CA

  HOUSING — Landlord and tenant — Repair, maintenance and sanitary condition of houses
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  HOUSING — Landlord and tenant — Repair, maintenance and sanitary condition of houses — Small houses — Conditions to be implied on letting — “Rent not exceeding 40 l.” — Actual rent payable — No deduction for rates — Housing Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8, c. 51), s. 2, sub-s. 1.

  1 Statute considered
• Griggs v Petts

  10 Oct 1939 [1940] 1 KB 198, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 1.
  COSTS — Payment into Court by defendant — Non-acceptance by plaintiffs within seven days of payment in
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  COSTS — Payment into Court by defendant — Non-acceptance by plaintiffs within seven days of payment in — Acceptance by plaintiffs at trial of action — Application by plaintiffs for costs up to date of payment in — Application by defendant for costs incurred since date of payment in — Refusal by judge to give those costs to defendant — Appeal by defendant — Appeal as to exercise of judge's discretion and not as to costs — Injustice done to defendant — R. S. C., Order XXII., r. 3.

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Hills v Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd

  18 Apr 1940 [1940] 2 KB 74, KBD

  19 Jun 1940 [1940] 2 KB 435, CA

  MASTER AND SERVANT — Servant's action in High Court for negligence of masters' servants — Defence of common employment
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  MASTER AND SERVANT — Servant's action in High Court for negligence of masters' servants — Defence of common employment — Plaint in county court under Employers' Liability Act, 1880 (43 & 44 Vict. c. 42), s. 1 — Allegations in both cases the same — Judgment in county court for plaintiff — Effect on action sn High Court.

  2 Statutes considered

• Digby v General Accident, Fire and Life Assurance Corpn Ltd

  13 Feb 1940 [1940] 1 KB 643, KBD

  INSURANCE — Insurance (motor) — Third-party liability
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  INSURANCE — Insurance (motor) — Third-party liability — Policy issued by respondents to cover policyholder — Extension “to indemnify in like manner any person whilst driving …. on the order or with the permission of the policyholder” — Extended cover subject to the terms, exceptions and conditions of the policy “in so far as they can apply” — Arbitration clause — Collision — Damages recovered by policyholder against her authorized driver for personal injuries — Claim by authorized driver to be indemnified by respondents under policy — Road Traffic Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 43), s. 36, sub-s. 4.

  1 Statute considered

• Brackenborough v Spalding Urban District Council

  25 Jan 1940 [1940] 1 KB 675, CA

  15 Dec 1941 [1942] AC 310, HL

  MARKET — Cattle — Escape of steer
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  MARKET — Cattle — Escape of steer — Fatal injuries to person on highway — Liability of market authority.

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Tooke v Bennett (T W) and Co Ltd

  01 Nov 1939 [1940] 1 KB 150, KBD

  MONEYLENDER — Moneylenders — Contract
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  MONEYLENDER — Moneylenders — Contract — Note or memorandum in writing — Reference to bill of sale attached — Onerous conditions in bill of sale set out in memorandum — Two documents to be read together — Valid memorandum done — Moneylenders Act, 1927 (17 &

  1 Statute considered