Results: 70

• Will v United Lankat Plantations Co Ltd

  01 Jul 1912 [1912] 2 Ch 571, CA

  27 Oct 1913 [1914] AC 11, HL

  COMPANY — Preference Shares — Ordinary Shares
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  COMPANY — Preference Shares — Ordinary Shares — Distribution of Profits — Rights of Shareholders inter se.

• Earl Fitzwilliam v Commissioners Of Inland Revenue

  06 Apr 1914 [1914] AC 753, HL

  REVENUE — Reversion Duty — Determination of Lease
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  REVENUE — Reversion Duty — Determination of Lease — Value of Benefit accruing to Lessor — Total Value of Land — Licensed Premises — Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910 (10 Edw. 7, c. 8), ss. 13, 25.

  1 Statute considered
• Attorney-General for Commonwealth of Australia v Colonial Sugar Refining Co Ltd

  17 Dec 1913 [1914] AC 237, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 2.
  COLONY — Legislative power of the commonwealth parliament — Constitution of the Commonwealth
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  COLONY — Legislative power of the commonwealth parliament — Constitution of the Commonwealth — Royal Commissions — Power to enforce Attendance of Witnesses — Penalties — Ultra vires — Federal Principle of Constitution — Royal Commissions Act, 1902 (No. 12 of 1902 of the Commonwealth) — Royal Commissions Act, 1912 (No. 4 of 1912 of the Commonwealth) — Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, 1900 (Imperial, 63 & 64 Vict. c. 12), s. 9; Constitution, ss. 51, 107, 128.

  3 Statutes considered

• Lightfoot (By His Next Friend) v Maybery

  06 Apr 1914 [1914] AC 782, HL

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  WILL — Construction — Realty
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  WILL — Construction — Realty — Devise — “Nearest male heir” — “Nearest and eldest male relative” — Vesting — Postponement — Intestacy.

• Maclaren v The Attorney-General For The Province Of Quebec

  28 Jan 1914 [1914] AC 258, PC

  RIVER — Riparian owners — “Navigable and floatable rivers”
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  RIVER — Riparian owners — “Navigable and floatable rivers” — Construction of Grants — Boundaries of Townships — River floatable for Loose Logs only — Civil Code of Lower Canada, art. 400.

• Arnold v The King-Emperor

  07 Apr 1914 [1914] AC 644, PC

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  PRIVY COUNCIL — Practice of the judicial committee — Criminal Proceedings
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  PRIVY COUNCIL — Practice of the judicial committee — Criminal Proceedings — Appeal in Criminal Matter.

• State Of South Australia v State Of Victoria

  28 Jan 1914 [1914] AC 283, PC

  COLONY — Boundary of states — Letters Patent creating Province
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  COLONY — Boundary of states — Letters Patent creating Province — Degree of Longitude stated as Boundary — Implied Authority of Executives to locate.

• Cook v Corpn Of The City Of Vancouver

  23 Jun 1914 [1914] AC 1077, PC

  RIVER — Riparian owner — Water Rights in British Columbia
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  RIVER — Riparian owner — Water Rights in British Columbia — Grant from Crown — Water Clauses Consolidation Act, 1897 (R. S. B. C. 1897, c. 190).

  1 Statute considered

• Bank of Scotland v Macleod

  06 Feb 1914 [1914] AC 311, HL

  COMPANY — Scottish law — Company
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  COMPANY — Scottish law — Company — Winding-up — Bankruptcy — Preferential Claim — Obligation to assign Debenture in Security for Debt — Assignation not completed at Date of Liquidation.

• Attorney-General For The Province Of British Columbia v Attorney-General For The Dominion Of Canada Attorney-General For The Province Of Ontario Intervenants

  02 Dec 1913 [1914] AC 153, PC

  Subsequent citations: 10.
  COLONY — Legislative authority of province — Power to grant Fishing Rights
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  COLONY — Legislative authority of province — Power to grant Fishing Rights — Railway Belt — Tidal Waters — Navigable Non-tidal Waters — Territorial Waters — British North America Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 3), ss. 91, 92, 109.

  1 Statute considered