Results: 44

• Gamini Bus Co Ltd v Commissioner Of Income Tax, Colombo

  29 Jul 1952 [1952] AC 571, PC

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  REVENUE — Ceylon — Revenue
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  REVENUE — Ceylon — Revenue — Income tax — Omnibus company — Estimated assessment — Governing factors — Income Tax Ordinance, c. 188 of 1932, as amended, ss. 4 (1), 64 (2), 69, 73 (4).

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Royal College of Surgeons of England v National Provincial Bank Ltd

  28 Feb 1952 [1952] AC 631, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 7.
  CHARITY — Royal College of Surgeons — Incorporation by Royal Charter
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  CHARITY — Royal College of Surgeons — Incorporation by Royal Charter — Objects — Charitable institution — Will — Construction Gift to hospital for department of medical school — Defeasance to operate if hospital nationalized — Nationalization of hospital but not of medical school — National Health Service Act, 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6, c. 81), ss. 6, 7, 8 (2), 11 (8), 151.

  1 Statute considered

• Memudu Lagunju v Olubadan-In-Council

  05 May 1952 [1952] AC 387, PC

  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — West africa (nigeria) — Chief
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  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — West africa (nigeria) — Chief — Appointment — Whether in accordance with native law and custom — Governor the sole judge — Jurisdiction of courts excluded — “Due inquiry” — Duties of Governor — Appointment and Deposition of Chiefs Ordinance, 1948, c. 12 of Nigeria (No. 14 of 1930 as amended by No. 20 of 1945), s. 2 (1) (2).

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Thrasyvoulos Ioannou v Papa Christoforos Demetriou

  05 Dec 1951 [1952] AC 84, PC

  Subsequent citations: 3.
  EVIDENCE — Admissibility — “public document”
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  EVIDENCE — Admissibility — “public document” — Definition.
• East End Dwellings Co Ltd v Finsbury Borough Council

  20 Oct 1950 [1951] 1 KB 441, CA

  25 Jul 1951 [1952] AC 109, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 32.
  WAR — Emergency Legislation — War damage
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  WAR — Emergency Legislation — War damage — Rent restricted flats demolished by enemy action — Compulsory acquisition of site by local authority — Notice to treat served on landlords before any war damage made good — Cost lf works payment — Assessment of value of notionally rebuilt flats — Assumption that new tenancies not rent-restricted — Town and Country Planning Act, 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6, c. 51), s. 53 (1) (a).

  1 Statute considered
• Canada Steamship Lines Ltd v The King

  21 Jan 1952 [1952] AC 192; [1952] 1 All ER 305, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 11 positive; 10 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 55.
  CONTRACT — Canada — Contract
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  CONTRACT — Canada — Contract — Freight shed — Lease by Crown — Fire caused by negligence of Crown's servants — Loss of goods — Liability of Crown — Third party proceedings — Indemnity clause — Construction.

  1 Case considered
• Lewis (John) & Co Ltd v Tims

  24 Apr 1952 [1952] AC 676, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 14.
  FALSE IMPRISONMENT — Arrest — Arrest without warrant
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  FALSE IMPRISONMENT — Arrest — Arrest without warrant — Duty of person arresting — Taking arrested person forthwith to justice or police officer.

• British Movietonews Ld v London and District Cinemas Ld

  21 Jun 1950 [1951] 1 KB 190, CA

  21 Jun 1950 [1951] 1 KB 190, CA

  26 Jul 1951 [1952] AC 166, HL

  Subsequent citations: 6.
  CONTRACT — Supply of newsreel films — Frustration

  CONTRACT — Frustration — Supply of newsreel films
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  CONTRACT — Supply of newsreel films — Frustration — No frustrating event — Uncontemplated turn of events — Contract terminated.

  CONTRACT — Frustration — Supply of newsreel films — No frustrating event — Uncontemplated turn of events — Effect on contract.

  3 Case(s) considered

• Mobberley & Perry Ltd v Holloway

  26 Jul 1951 [1952] AC 133, HL

  EMPLOYMENT — Workmen's compensation — Pneumoconiosis
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  EMPLOYMENT — Workmen's compensation — Pneumoconiosis — Employment as miner for thirty years to October, 1946 — Woodworker until May, 1949 — Certification in August, 1949, as totally incapacitated from May, 1949 — Claim to compensation — National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act, 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6, c. 62), s. 89 (1) (a).

  1 Statute considered
• Best v Samuel Fox & Co Ltd

  10 May 1951 [1951] 2 KB 639, CA

  11 Jul 1952 [1952] AC 716, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 17.
  NEGLIGENCE — Personal injuries — Injury to husband resulting in sexual impotence
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  NEGLIGENCE — Personal injuries — Injury to husband resulting in sexual impotence — Claim by wife against defendants for interference with consortium.