Results: 59

• Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd v Attorney-General

  11 Dec 1925 [1926] AC 172, HL

  SHIPPING — Charterparty — Requisition
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  SHIPPING — Charterparty — Requisition — Charterparty T. 99 — Ambulance Transport — Consequences of warlike Operations — Collision caused by Negligence of requisitioned Ship — Liability of Crown — Measure of Damages — Indemnity against Damages payable to third Parties — Compensation for Loss of Hire.
• Birkdale District Electric Supply Co Ltd v Corpn Of Southport

  12 Feb 1926 [1926] AC 355, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 15.
  ELECTRICITY — Provisional Order — Maximum Charge
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  ELECTRICITY — Provisional Order — Maximum Charge — Local Authority as Undertakers — Transfer to new Undertakers, with Board of Trade's Approval — Collateral Contract by new Undertakers, without Board of Trade's Approval, not to exceed Prices of adjoining Borough — Ultra vires — Electric Lighting Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 56), s. 11 — Electric Lighting Act, 1909 (9 Edw. 7, c. 34), s. 14, sub-s. 1.

  2 Statutes considered
• Hoystead v Comr of Taxation

  17 Dec 1925 [1926] AC 155, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 2 neutral; 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 46.
  ESTOPPEL — Estoppel by Judgment — Admission in previous Litigation
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  ESTOPPEL — Estoppel by Judgment — Admission in previous Litigation — Matter fundamental to previous Judgment — Land Tax Assessment Act, 1910–1916 (Aust.), s. 38, sub-s. 7.

  1 Statute considered

• Palatine Insurance Co Ltd v Gregory

  22 Oct 1925 [1926] AC 90, PC

  INSURANCE — Canada (new brunswick) — Insurance (Fire)
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  INSURANCE — Canada (new brunswick) — Insurance (Fire) — Variation of statutory Conditions — Insurance of Timber — Clear Space Clause — Fire Insurance Policies Act, 1913 (3 Geo. 5, c. 26, New Bruns.), ss. 4, 5.

  1 Statute considered

• Yamike Kweku v Annor Adjaye

  21 Jun 1926 [1926] AC 755, PC

  GOLD COAST — Arbitration — Order failing to fix Time for making Award
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  GOLD COAST — Arbitration — Order failing to fix Time for making Award — Power to set aside Award — Filing Award in Court — Award to have effect of Judgment — Absence of Right of Appeal — Supreme Court Ordinance (No. 4 of 1876, Gold Coast), Order LII., rr. 3, 12 (c), 13, 14.

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Palmer v Carey

  19 Apr 1926 [1926] AC 703, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive. Subsequent citations: 22.
  EQUITY — Equitable assignment — Advances to Trader for Purchase of Goods
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  EQUITY — Equitable assignment — Advances to Trader for Purchase of Goods — Agreement to pay Proceeds into Lender's Bank — Purchased Goods and Proceeds in Borrower's Hands — Bankruptcy.
• Khoo Hooi Leong v Khoo Hean Kwee

  23 Mar 1926 [1926] AC 529, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral.
  MARRIAGE — Straits settlements — Marriage Law
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  MARRIAGE — Straits settlements — Marriage Law — Chinese Resident — Children by secondary Wife — Gift to Sons and Grandsons — Extrinsic Evidence — Christian T'sip — Legitimacy.
• Jones (R E) Ltd v Waring & Gillow Ltd

  18 Jun 1926 [1926] AC 670, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 15.
  MISTAKE — Money paid under a mistake of fact — Recovery
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  MISTAKE — Money paid under a mistake of fact — Recovery — Fraud — Estoppel — Cheque — “Holder in due course” — Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 61). ss. 2, 21, sub-s. 2; 29, sub-s. 1; 31.

  1 Statute considered
• Admiralty Comrs v SS Susquehanna

  18 Jun 1926 [1926] AC 655, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive. Subsequent citations: 14.
  SHIPPING — Collision — Measure of Damages
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  SHIPPING — Collision — Measure of Damages — Loss of Use of Admiralty Oil Tanker — Substitution of stand-by Vessel — Vessels exclusively engaged on Admiralty Service but of a Class which are sometimes let on Hire — Basis of Assessment of Damages.

• Australian Bank Of Commerce Ltd v Perel

  08 Jun 1926 [1926] AC 737, PC

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  BANKING — New south wales — Bank
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  BANKING — New south wales — Bank — Issue of Bank Cheques — Authority of Manager of Customer's Business — Ostensible Authority.