Results: 50

• Paterson Steamships Ltd v Canadian Co-Operative Wheat Producers Ltd

  26 Jul 1934 [1934] AC 538, PC

  Subsequent citations: 3.
  SHIPPING — Canada — Shipping
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  SHIPPING — Canada — Shipping — Bill of lading — Stranding of Ship — Loss of Cargo — Concurrent Findings — Wheat in bulk — Absence of shifting boards — Unseaworthiness — Water-Carriage of Goods Act (R. S. Can., 1927, c. 207), ss. 4, 6, 7.

  1 Statute considered

• Rudd (By His Next Friend) (Pauper) v Elder, Dempster and Co Ltd

  05 Feb 1934 [1934] AC 244, HL

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  3 Statutes considered
• Adelaide Electric Supply Co Ltd v Prudential Assurance Co Ltd

  15 Dec 1933 [1934] AC 122, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 6.
  COMPANY — Shares — Company registered in England
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  COMPANY — Shares — Company registered in England — Business exclusively in Australia — English Stockholders — Dividends — Declaration in Australia — Payment — English or Australian Currency.
• Piracy Jure Gentium, In re

  26 Jul 1934 [1934] AC 586, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 10.
  INTERNATIONAL LAW — Piracy jure gentium — Actual Robbery not an essential element.
  VISCOUNT SANKEY L.C. On January 4, 1931, on the high seas, a number of armed Chinese nationals were cruising in two Chinese junks. They pursued and attacked a cargo junk which was also a Chinese vessel. The master of the cargo junk attempted to escape, and a chase ensued during which the pursuers came within 200 yards of the cargo junk. The chase continued for over half an hour, during which shots were fired by the attacking party, and while it was still proceeding, the steamship Hang Sang approached and subsequently also the steamship Shui Chow. The officers in command
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  INTERNATIONAL LAW — Piracy jure gentium — Actual Robbery not an essential element.

• JH Coles Proprietary Ltd (In Liquidation) v Need

  12 Oct 1933 [1934] AC 82, PC

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  TRADE NAME — Victoria — Trade or Business Name
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  TRADE NAME — Victoria — Trade or Business Name — Agreement for User — Revocable Licence — Revocation of Licence — Injunction — Deception of Public — Business Names Act, 1928 (Vict., No. 3648), s. 25, sub-s. 1.

  1 Statute considered
• Attorney-General for Ontario v Perry

  19 Jun 1934 [1934] AC 477, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 1.
  REVENUE — Canada (ontario) — Succession Duty
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  REVENUE — Canada (ontario) — Succession Duty — “Gift” — Marriage Settlement — Consideration — Interpretation of Statute — Evolution of Imperial enactment — Succession Duty Act (R. S. Ont., 1914, c. 24), s. 7, sub-s. 2 (b), amended by 4 Geo. 5, c. 10, ss. 4, 5.

  1 Statute considered

• Barstow v Ingham’s Thornhill Collieries Ltd

  09 Mar 1934 [1934] AC 304, HL

  EMPLOYMENT — Workmen's compensation — Injured Workman
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  EMPLOYMENT — Workmen's compensation — Injured Workman — Incapacity, total or partial — Probability of obtaining work — “Continuing effects of Injury” — Determination of Employment — Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), s. 9, sub-s. 4 — Workmen's Compensation Act, 1931 (21 & 22 Geo. 5, c. 18), s. 1.

  2 Statutes considered

• Attorney-General For British Columbia v Kingcome Navigation Co Ltd

  12 Oct 1933 [1934] AC 45, PC

  CONSTITUTION — Canada (british columbia) — Legislative Power of Province
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  CONSTITUTION — Canada (british columbia) — Legislative Power of Province — Taxation — Tax on Consumers of Commodity — Direct or indirect Taxation — Regulation of Trade and Commerce — Customs and Excise — Fuel Oil Tax Act (Brit.-Col., 1930, c. 71; 1932, c. 51) — British North America Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 3), s. 91, head 2; s. 92, head 2; s. 122.

  2 Statutes considered
• Peat v Gresham Trust Ltd

  27 Mar 1934 [1934] AC 252, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 4 positive. Subsequent citations: 5.
  BANKRUPTCY — Company — Winding-up
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  BANKRUPTCY — Company — Winding-up — Suffering judicial proceeding — “With a view of giving …. a preference” — Fraudulent Preference — No direct evidence of intent to prefer — No inference of intent to prefer to be drawn — Bankru

  2 Statutes considered
• London and North Eastern Railway Co v British Trawlers Federation Ltd

  22 Feb 1934 [1934] AC 279, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive.
  SHIPPING — Docks — Fish Market at Lowestoft
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  SHIPPING — Docks — Fish Market at Lowestoft — Removal of Fish by Motor Vehicle — Right of Dock Owners to impose Conditions — Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 27), ss. 33, 83.

  1 Statute considered