Results: 43

• Andrews v H E Kershaw Ltd

  05 Oct 1951 [1952] 1 KB 70, DC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral; 1 negative.
  ROAD TRAFFIC — Heavy motor vehicle — Construction
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  ROAD TRAFFIC — Heavy motor vehicle — Construction — Overhang — Pantechnicon — User with tailboard down — Alleged excess overhang — Road Traffic Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 43), s. 3 (1) — Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations, 1947 (S. R. & O., 1947, No. 670), regs. 3 and 33.

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Biddle v Truvox Engineering Co Ltd

  16 Oct 1951 [1952] 1 KB 101, KBD

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 1.
  FACTORY — Factories — Negligence
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  FACTORY — Factories — Negligence — Personal injuries — Machine gearing defectively encased — Liability of vendor of machine to contribute towards damages awarded against owner of factory — Joint tortfeasor — Factories Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 67), s. 17.

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Ward v Shell-Mex And BP Ltd

  17 Oct 1951 [1952] 1 KB 280, KBD

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  EVIDENCE — Admissibility — Doctor member of medical board as witness
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  EVIDENCE — Admissibility — Doctor member of medical board as witness — Evidence as to reasons for board's findings — National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act, 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6, c. 62).

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered

• Boots v E Christopher & Co

  16 Nov 1951 [1952] 1 KB 89, CA

  AGENCY — Estate agent — Commission
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  AGENCY — Estate agent — Commission — “Able and willing” purchaser introduced — Binding agreement entered into by purchaser — Financial ability of purchaser to complete — Refusal of purchaser to complete — Deposit forfeited — Commission not payable.

  2 Case(s) considered

• R v Agricultural Land Tribunal (South Eastern Area), Ex Parte Hooker

  10 Oct 1951 [1952] 1 KB 1, DC

  AGRICULTURAL HOLDING — Notice to quit — Appeal to agricultural land tribunal from executive committee
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  AGRICULTURAL HOLDING — Notice to quit — Appeal to agricultural land tribunal from executive committee — Decision of tribunal certified by chairman and secretary — Error in description of land — Amended decision sent to tenant two months later — Invalidity of later decision — Certiorari — Agriculture Act, 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6, c. 48), s. 73 — Agriculture (Procedure of Agricultural Land Tribunals) Order, 1948 (S. R. & O., 1948, No. 186).

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Armstrong v Strain

  20 Dec 1951 [1952] 1 KB 232, CA

  Subsequent citations: 20.
  FRAUD — Principal and agent — Constructive fraud
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  FRAUD — Principal and agent — Constructive fraud — False representation made by agent, innocently — Knowledge by principal of facts which falsified representation — Both principal and agent innocent of fraud — No liability of principal for fraud, on ground of agency.

  7 Case(s) considered
• Errington v Errington and Woods

  19 Dec 1951 [1952] 1 KB 290, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 2 neutral; 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 29.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Dwelling-house — Possession
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Dwelling-house — Possession — House purchased by father as home for son and son's wife — Lump sum paid by father — Mortgage instalments to be paid by son and son's wife during occupation — Promise to transfer house to son and daughter-in-law when final instalment paid — Interest of occupiers — Tenants at will or licensees?

  2 Case(s) considered
• Christmas v General Cleaning Contractors Ltd And Caledonian Club Trust Ltd

  29 Nov 1951 [1952] 1 KB 141, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 4.
  NEGLIGENCE — Window cleaner injured on occupier's premises — Window defective
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  NEGLIGENCE — Window cleaner injured on occupier's premises — Window defective — Lay out of work by employers of cleaner — Cleaner an invitee — Wether unusual danger — Liability to cleaner — Whether on occupier or employers or both.

  1 Case considered
• R v National Arbitration Tribunal, Ex parte South Shields Corpn

  12 Oct 1951 [1952] 1 KB 46, DC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 1.
  MASTER AND SERVANT — Industrial Disputes Tribunal — “Dispute”
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  MASTER AND SERVANT — Industrial Disputes Tribunal — “Dispute” — “Workmen” — Dispute between town clerk and municipal corporation — Reference to tribunal — Competence — Interpretation Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 63), s. 1 — Conditions of Employment and National Arbitration Order, 1940 (S. R. & O. 1940, No. 1305) — Industrial Disputes Order, 1951 (S.I. 1951, 1376), art. 12 (1).

  1 Statute considered

  2 Statutory Instruments considered

• Baylis v Blackwell

  06 Dec 1951 [1952] 1 KB 154, KBD

  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Ante-nuptial tort by wife against future husband — Subsequent marriage of parties
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Ante-nuptial tort by wife against future husband — Subsequent marriage of parties — Action for tort by husband during coverture not maintainable.