Results: 51

• Robert Hall v Pelmadulla Valley Tea and Rubber Co Ltd

  27 Jun 1929 [1929] AC 662, PC

  LAND REGISTRATION — Ceylon — Registration of Instruments
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  LAND REGISTRATION — Ceylon — Registration of Instruments — Immovable Property purchases with Knowledge of an existing Contract — Existing Contract incapable of Registration — Fraud or Collusion — Device to gain Priority — Land Registration Ordinance (No. 14 of 1891), s. 17 — Trusts Ordinance (No. 9 of 1917), s. 93.

  2 Statutory Instruments considered

• Thomson v Commissioner Of Stamp Duties

  19 Feb 1929 [1929] AC 450, PC

  REVENUE — New south wales — Death Duty
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  REVENUE — New south wales — Death Duty — Settlement — Trust arising on Death of either Settlor or Wife — Death of Settlor — “Trust to take effect after his death” — Stamp Duties Act, 1898 (No. 27, N. S. W.), s. 58, sub-s. 1.

  1 Statute considered

• Cheang Thye Phin v Lam Kin Sang

  04 Jul 1929 [1929] AC 670, PC

  TRUST — Limitation — Interest
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  TRUST — Limitation — Interest — Advances by Trustees — Claim against Trustees barred as to Principal — Liability for Interest — Interest accessory to Principal — Wilful Default — Debtor substituted for his Agent within statutory Period — Limitation Ordinance (No. 6 of 1896, Straits Settlements), Sch., art. 99.

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Board of Trade v Hain Steamship Co Ltd

  14 Jun 1929 [1929] AC 534, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 2.
  SHIPPING — Charterparty T.99 — Requisitioned Vessel Collision
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  SHIPPING — Charterparty T.99 — Requisitioned Vessel Collision — War or Marine Risk — Consequence of “warlike operations” — Mine Planter, with Mines on Board, proceeding after Armistice to United States — Both Vessels to blame.

• Bakare Ajakaiye v Lieutenant-Governor, Southern Provinces

  01 Jul 1929 [1929] AC 679, PC

  LAND — Nigeria — Title to Land
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  LAND — Nigeria — Title to Land — Island of Lagos — Land held under native Title — Failure to claim under Ordinance — Construction of Ordinance — Descriptive Title of Ordinance not exhaustive — Ikoyi Lands Ordinance (No. 16 of 1908, Southern Nigeria), s. 7.

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Anchor Donaldson Ltd v Crossland

  30 Nov 1928 [1929] AC 297, HL

  EMPLOYMENT — Workmen's compensation — Ending weekly Payments
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  EMPLOYMENT — Workmen's compensation — Ending weekly Payments — Interim Award — Competency — Order for Payment into Court — Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), s. 12.

  1 Statute considered
• Addie (Robert) & Sons (Collieries) Ltd v Dumbreck

  25 Feb 1929 [1929] AC 358, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 3 neutral. Subsequent citations: 19.
  NEGLIGENCE — Dangerous Machine — Injury to Child
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  NEGLIGENCE — Dangerous Machine — Injury to Child — Liability of Occupier — Trespasser or Licensee.
• Gosse Millerd Ltd v Canadian Government Merchant Marine Ltd

  23 May 1927 [1927] 2 KB 432, KBD

  25 Nov 1927 [1928] 1 KB 717, CA

  16 Nov 1928 [1929] AC 223, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 16.
  SHIPPING — Bill of lading — Delivery of Cargo in damaged Condition
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  SHIPPING — Bill of lading — Delivery of Cargo in damaged Condition — Damage by Rain — Hatch Covers negligently left off during Repair of Vessel — “Act, neglect or default …. in the management of the ship” — Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1924 (14 & 15 Geo. 5, c. 22), Schedule, Art. III., r. 2; Art. IV., r. 2 (a).

  3 Statutes considered
• Hyman v Hyman

  30 Apr 1929 [1929] AC 601; (1929) FLR Rep 342, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 4 positive; 2 neutral; 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 42.
  DIVORCE — Deed of Separation — Covenant by Wife not to sue for Alimony or Maintenance
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  DIVORCE — Deed of Separation — Covenant by Wife not to sue for Alimony or Maintenance — Decree for Divorce on Wife's Petition — Petition for Permanent Maintenance — Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 49), s. 190.

  1 Statute considered

• Messager v British Broadcasting Co Ltd

  29 Jul 1927 [1927] 2 KB 543, KBD

  20 Jan 1928 [1928] 1 KB 660, CA

  08 Nov 1928 [1929] AC 151, HL

  Subsequent citations: 4.
  COPYRIGHT — Infringement — Opera
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  COPYRIGHT — Infringement — Opera — Broadcasting — Performing Rights Agreement — Construction — Licence or Assignment.

  2 Statutes considered