Results: 24

• Hickman v Peacey

  20 Jun 1945 [1945] AC 304, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 2.
  ADMINISTRATION — Survivorship — Presumption
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  ADMINISTRATION — Survivorship — Presumption — Evidence of simultaneous death — Air-raid — Testators and legatees killed by same bomb — Law of Property Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 20), s. 184.

  1 Statute considered
• Inland Revenue Comrs v Oswald

  19 Apr 1945 [1945] AC 360, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 2.
  REVENUE — Income tax — Mortgage of reversionary interest
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  REVENUE — Income tax — Mortgage of reversionary interest — Capitalization of mortgage interest — Falling in of reversion — Income tax in respect of capitalized interest — Income Tax Act, 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 40), All Schedules Rules, r. 21.

  1 Statute considered
• King-Emperor v Benoari Lal Sarma

  06 Nov 1944 [1945] AC 14, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 5.
  CRIME — India — Emergency legislation
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  CRIME — India — Emergency legislation — Special criminal courts — Constitutional validity — Intra vires the Governor-General — Government of India Act, 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 42) (read with the India and Burma (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1940 (3 & 4 Geo. 6, c. 33, s. 1, sub-s. 3)), s. 72 of sched. IX. — Special Criminal Courts Ordinance, No. II. of 1942 (as amended by Ordinances Nos. XXIV., XLII. and LXI. of 1942).

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Cricklewood Property and Investment Trust Ltd v Leighton’s Investment Trust Ltd

  25 Jan 1945 [1945] AC 221, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 3.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Building lease — Frustration
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Building lease — Frustration — War — Inability to carry on building operations — Liability to pay ground rent.

• Shafiqa Bint Jamal Eddin Dasuki v Sadr Eddin Et-Tibi

  18 Apr 1945 [1945] AC 214, PC

  EVIDENCE — Palestine — Admissions
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  EVIDENCE — Palestine — Admissions — Binding validity — Opposite party's decisive oath that admission was true — Mejelle (Tyser's translation), arts. 79, 1588, 1589 — Evidence Ordinance, 1924, s. 14.

  2 Statutory Instruments considered

• Sellasamy v Kaliamma

  27 Nov 1944 [1945] AC 29, PC

  ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES — Ceylon — Administration
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  ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES — Ceylon — Administration — Distribution — Gift to child — “On the occasion of” marriage — Subject to collation — Onus of proof of release — Matrimonial Rights and Inheritance Ordinance, Revised Leg. Enactments, 1938, c. 47, s. 35.

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Alexander v Tredegar Iron and Coal Co Ltd

  25 Jun 1945 [1945] AC 286, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 1.
  MINES — Mine — Coal mine

  MASTER AND SERVANT — Common employment — Miner
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  MINES — Mine — Coal mine — Haulage road — Obstruction — Horse-drawn damaged truck — Coal Mines Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 50), s. 47.

  MASTER AND SERVANT — Common employment — Miner — Essential Work (Coalmining Industry) (No. 3) Order 1941 (St. R. & O. 1941 No. 2096), para. 4.

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Parashuram Detaram Shamdasani v King-Emperor

  29 May 1945 [1945] AC 264, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 3.
  CONTEMPT OF COURT — Litigant in Person — Insult to opposing counsel during argument
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  CONTEMPT OF COURT — Litigant in Person — Insult to opposing counsel during argument — Reflection on taxing masters — Not a contempt — Principles applicable — Costs.

• Part Cargo Ex MV Glenroy HM Procurator-General v M C Spencer, Controller Of Mitsui & Co Ltd

  07 Mar 1945 [1945] AC 124, PC

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  SHIPPING — Prize — Cargo
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  SHIPPING — Prize — Cargo — Pre-war contract — Neutral shipper — Irrevocable letter of credit — Refusal of bank to accept draft — Documents not taken up — Cancellation of contract — No passing of property — Enemy house of trade — Enemy goods — Locus poenitenti.
• Regional Properties Ltd v Oxley

  30 Jul 1945 [1945] AC 347, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Rent restriction — Conditions of statutory tenancy
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Rent restriction — Conditions of statutory tenancy — Terms of original tenancy — Proviso for reduction of rent on punctual payment — Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 17), s. 15, sub-s. 1.

  1 Statute considered