Results: 35

• British Coal Corpn v The King

  06 Jun 1935 [1935] AC 500, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 4 neutral. Subsequent citations: 12.
  PRIVY COUNCIL — Canadian statute 23 & 24 geo. 5, c. 53, s. 17 — Right of Appeal to the King in Council
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  PRIVY COUNCIL — Canadian statute 23 & 24 geo. 5, c. 53, s. 17 — Right of Appeal to the King in Council — Competency of Dominion Legislature to abrogate the right — Nature of right — Judicial Committee Acts, 1833 and 1844 (3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 41, and 7 & 8 Vict. c. 69) — Powers of Canadian Legislature under British North America Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 3), s. 91 — Colonial Laws Validity Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 63) — Effect of Statute of westminster, 1931 (22 Geo. 5, c. 4).

  4 Statutes considered

• C Kasivisvanathan Chettiar v C v S Chokalingham Chettiar

  03 Dec 1934 [1935] AC 163, PC

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  LIMITATION OF ACTION — Straits settlements — Limitation
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  LIMITATION OF ACTION — Straits settlements — Limitation — Trust for specific purpose — Distribution upon intestacy — Suit by administrator against his attorney — Limitation Ordinance (Rev. Laws of S.S., 1926, No. 56), s. 9.

• Mcevoy v The Belfast Banking Co Ltd

  28 Jun 1934 [1935] AC 24, HL

  Subsequent citations: 3.
  BANKING — Banker and Customer — Deposit Account
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  BANKING — Banker and Customer — Deposit Account — Deposit Receipt in Names of father and infant son — Will of father — Son residuary legatee — Deposit money transferred by Bank to Account of executors — Claim of son against Bank — Ratification — Acquiescence.

• M’Gillivray v Hope

  21 Jun 1934 [1935] AC 1, HL

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  EMPLOYMENT — Workmen's compensation — Industrial Disease
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  EMPLOYMENT — Workmen's compensation — Industrial Disease — Silicosis — Total Disablement — Claim for Compensation — Liability of last employer — Contribution from former employers — Bankruptcy of last employer — Claim by trustee for contribution before payment — Various Industries (Silicosis) Scheme, 1928 (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1928, No. 974), cl. 9 — Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), s. 7, sub-s. 3; s. 47.

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Ohene Moore v Akesseh Tayee

  26 Oct 1934 [1935] AC 72, PC

  GOLD COAST — Jurisdiction — Appeal from Paramount Chief's Tribunal
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  GOLD COAST — Jurisdiction — Appeal from Paramount Chief's Tribunal — Condition to grant of leave to appeal — Native Administration Ordinance (Laws of Gold Coast Colony, 1928, c. 111), s. 77, sub-s. 2.

• Assam Railways and Trading Co Ltd v The Commissioners Of Inland Revenue

  11 Jul 1933 [1933] 2 KB 576, CA

  24 Jul 1934 [1935] AC 445, HL

  Subsequent citations: 6.
  REVENUE — Income tax — English Company
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  REVENUE — Income tax — English Company — Business carried on in India — United Kingdom Income Tax — Dominion Income Tax — Relief from United Kingdom Income Tax — “Part of Income” on which Dominion Income-Tax has been paid — Sums paid as Interest on Debentures — Profits of Tea Garden — Exemption in India — Chargeability in United Kingdom — Income Tax Act, 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 40), Sch. D, Case I. — Finance Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 18), s. 27 — Finance Act, 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 10), s. 46, Sch. V, Part II, s. 2 — Royal Commission — Report — Statute adopting recommendations — Report inadmissible as guide to construction of Statute.

  5 Statutes considered
• Astor v Perry

  15 Mar 1935 [1935] AC 398, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 4.
  REVENUE — Income tax — Foreign Securities
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  REVENUE — Income tax — Foreign Securities — Stocks and Shares — Trust Deed — Income payable to Beneficiary — Power reserved to Beneficiary to revoke — Power to obtain beneficial enjoyment for Beneficiary himself — Income paid to Beneficiary — Liability of Beneficiary to Income Tax — Income Tax Act, 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 40), Sch. D, Case V., Rules 1, 2 — Finance Act, 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 17), s. 20, sub-s. 1 (a).

  2 Statutes considered

• Official Assignee Of Madras v Mercantile Bank Of India Ltd

  15 Oct 1934 [1935] AC 53, PC

  Subsequent citations: 7.
  PLEDGE — Railway Receipt — Document of Title
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  PLEDGE — Railway Receipt — Document of Title — Railway Receipt handed to pledgor for special purpose — Insolvency — Possession, order or disposition — Equitable Charge on goods — Bankers — Indian Contract Act (IX. of 1872), s. 178 — Presidency-towns Insolvency Act (III. of 1909), s. 52, sub-s. 2 (c).

  2 Overseas Enactments considered
• Powell v Streatham Manor Nursing Home

  28 Feb 1935 [1935] AC 243, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 22.
  PRACTICE — Appeal — Trial before Judge alone
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  PRACTICE — Appeal — Trial before Judge alone — Question of Fact — Power of Court of Appeal to overrule Judge of first instance — Negligence — Personal Injury — Rules of Supreme Court, 1883, Order LVIII., r. 1.

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Woolmington v Director of Public Prosecutions

  23 May 1935 [1935] AC 462; 25 Cr App R 72; 51 TLR 446, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 4 positive; 5 neutral. Subsequent citations: 74.
  CRIME — Criminal law — Murder
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  CRIME — Criminal law — Murder — Onus of Proof — Accident — Unlawful Intention — Direction to the Jury — Reasonable Doubt of Guilt — Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 23), s. 4.

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered