Results: 33

• Holmes v Director of Public Prosecutions

  04 Jul 1946 [1946] AC 588, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 9.
  CRIME — Criminal law — Murder
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  CRIME — Criminal law — Murder — Provocation — Wife's confession of adultery — Not sufficient provocation to reduce killing from murder to manslaughter.
• Attorney-General For Ontario v Canada Temperance Federation

  21 Jan 1946 [1946] AC 193, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 3.
  AGENCY — Canada — Ontario
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  AGENCY — Canada — Ontario — Dominion Temperance Act — Re-enactment of previous materially identical legislation — Constitutional validity — Relative to the “peace, order and good government of Canada” — Binding authority — Canada Temperance Act, R.S.C., 1927, c. 196, Pts. I., II. and III. — British North America Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Vict., c. 3), ss. 91, 92.

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Karunapejjalage Bilindi v Wellawa Attadassi Thero

  19 Nov 1945 [1946] AC 95, PC

  REVENUE — Ceylon — Appeal to Supreme Court
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  REVENUE — Ceylon — Appeal to Supreme Court — Stamp duty — Litigants with same interest — Represented by same proctor — One appeal only — Stamp Ordinance (Legislative Enactments, Revised Ed. 1938, c. 189) — Civil Procedure Code (of Ceylon) (Legislative Enactments, Revised Ed. 1938, c. 86), ss. 754, 755.

  2 Statutory Instruments considered

• Mohamed Sugal Esa Mamasan Rer Alalah v The King

  09 Oct 1945 [1946] AC 57, PC

  CRIME — Somaliland — Criminal law
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  CRIME — Somaliland — Criminal law — Murder — Evidence — Unsworn — Admissibility — Corroboration — Indian Oaths Act (X. of 1873), s. 13.

  1 Statute considered
• Nicholls v F Austin (Leyton) Ltd

  12 Apr 1946 [1946] AC 493, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 6 positive; 3 neutral; 4 negative. Subsequent citations: 4.
  FACTORY — Factory acts — Dangerous machinery
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  FACTORY — Factory acts — Dangerous machinery — Fencing — Circular saw — Fragments of wood thrown from machine — Factories Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 67), s. 14, sub-s. 1.

  1 Statute considered
• Srimati Bibhabati Devi v Kumar Ramendra Narayan Roy

  30 Jul 1946 [1946] AC 508, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 16.
  APPEAL — Appeal to privy council — Practice

  LIMITATION OF ACTION — Limitation — Wife's possession of estate not adverse against husband whom she rega
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  APPEAL — Appeal to privy council — Practice — Rule as to concurrent findings of fact — Propositions applicable — Special circumstances justifying departure from rule.

  LIMITATION OF ACTION — Limitation — Wife's possession of estate not adverse against husband whom she rega

• Thakur Jagannath Baksh Singh v The United Provinces

  01 May 1946 [1946] AC 327, PC

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  LAND — India — Legislative competency
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  LAND — India — Legislative competency — Crown grant of land — Sanad — Rights of grantee infringed by Provincial legislation — Validity — Principles applicable — United Provinces Tenancy Act (U.P. Act XVII. of 1939) — Government of India Act, 1935, s. 100, 7th sch., list II, item 21 — Crown Grants Act (XV. of 1895), s. 3.

  3 Statutes considered

• Berkeley v Berkeley Et A Contra

  21 Jun 1946 [1946] AC 555, HL

  Subsequent citations: 3.
  WILL — Annuity free of tax given before September 3, 1939 — Confirmation by codicil after that date
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  WILL — Annuity free of tax given before September 3, 1939 — Confirmation by codicil after that date — Provision — When made — Finance Act, 1941 (4 & 5 Geo. 6, c. 30), s. 25, sub-s. 1.

  1 Statute considered
• Woods v Duncan

  27 Feb 1946 [1946] AC 401, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive. Subsequent citations: 6.
  NEGLIGENCE — Submarine — Sunk with loss of life
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  NEGLIGENCE — Submarine — Sunk with loss of life — Diving trials — Torpedo tube test-cock blocked with paint — Claims for damages — Liability — Res ipsa loquitur.

• No-Nail Cases Proprietary Ltd v No-Nail Boxes Ltd

  24 Mar 1943 [1943] KB 633, KBD

  21 Apr 1944 [1944] KB 629, CA

  29 Mar 1946 [1946] AC 447, HL

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  PATENT — Licence in respect of box-making machines — Provision for minimum royalties based on maximum capacity
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  PATENT — Licence in respect of box-making machines — Provision for minimum royalties based on maximum capacity — Licensor to declare maximum capacity of each machine — Failure to do so — Provision for minimum payment inoperative.

  2 Statutes considered