Results: 66

• Bamgbose v Daniel

  12 Oct 1954 [1955] AC 107; [1954] 3 WLR 561; [1954] 3 All ER 263, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 1.
  ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES — West africa (nigeria) — Succession

  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Succession — Legitimacy
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  ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES — West africa (nigeria) — Succession — Intestacy — Child of marriage under Marriage Ordinance, 1884 — Polygamous marriages — In accordance with native law and custom — Right of issue to succeed on intestacy — Applicability of law of England — Marriage Ordinance, No. 14 of 1884 (Lagos), s. 41 — Statute of Distributions, 1670 (22 & 23 Car. 2, c. 10).

  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Succession — Legitimacy — Domicile of parents at birth of child — Polygamous marriage.

  2 Statutes considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Chan Kau Alias Chan Kai v The Queen

  11 Jan 1955 [1955] AC 206; [1955] 2 WLR 192, PC

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  CRIME — Hong kong — Criminal law

  CRIME — Criminal law.
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  CRIME — Hong kong — Criminal law — Murder — Self defence — Onus of proof on prosecution throughout — Issue of provocation expressly withdrawn from jury — Fit case for jury on provocation — Verdict of manslaughter substituted for murder.

  CRIME — Criminal law.
• Morgan (Inspector of Taxes) v Tate & Lyle Ltd

  18 Dec 1952 [1953] Ch 601; [1953] 1 WLR 145; 35 TC 367, Ch D (Harman J)

  06 May 1953 [1953] Ch 601; [1953] 3 WLR 1; [1953] 2 All ER 162; 35 TC 367, CA (Singleton, Jenkins and Hodson L.JJ.)

  01 Jun 1954 [1955] AC 21; [1954] 3 WLR 85; [1954] 2 All ER 413; 35 TC 367, HL (Lord Morton of Henryton, Lord Reid, Lord Tucker, Lord Asquith of Bishopstone, and Lord Keith of Avonholm)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 18.
  REVENUE — Income tax Expenses — Company
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  REVENUE — Income tax Expenses — Company — Advertising to prevent nationalization of industry — “Trade” — Income Tax Act, 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 40), Sch. D, Cases I and II, r. 3 (a).

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered

• M Takim & Co v Fazal Kassam Velji

  19 Apr 1955 [1955] AC 617; [1955] 2 WLR 991, PC

  REVENUE — East africa — Revenue

  REVENUE — Revenue. “at” — “At or before the time of execution.”
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  REVENUE — East africa — Revenue — Stamp duty — Time of stamping — “At or before the time of execution” — Meaning of “at” — Contract — Sale of goods — “Local contract note” — “Memorandum of an agreement” — Not a “broker's note” — Exemption from stamp duty — Admissible in evidence — Sale of Goods Decree (Laws of Zanzibar, 1934, c. 81), s. 3 (1) — Stamp Decree, 1940 (No. 5 of 1940) (Zanzibar), ss. 4, 19, 39; 1st Sch., arts. 5 (1) (a), 41.

  REVENUE — Revenue. “at” — “At or before the time of execution.”

  1 Statute considered

• Port of Spain Corpn v Gordon, Grant & Co Ltd

  14 Mar 1955 [1955] AC 389; [1955] 2 WLR 723, PC

  RATING — Trinidad and tobago — Rates and rating

  RATING — Rates and rating.

  PRIVY COUNCIL — Appeal — Leave to appeal
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  RATING — Trinidad and tobago — Rates and rating — Assessment — Rateable value — Rent restriction legislation — Application — “Standard rent” the value for purpose of rate — English principle inapplicable — Port of Spain Corporation Ordinance (Revised Ordinances of Trinidad and Tobago, 1950, c. 39, No. 1), ss. 89, 101, 114 — Rent Restriction Ordinance (Revised Ordinances, 1950, c. 27, No. 18), ss. 3 (1), 8, 9.

  RATING — Rates and rating.

  PRIVY COUNCIL — Appeal — Leave to appeal — Jurisdiction of colonial court — Trinidad and Tobago — Decision of Supreme Court on appeal from court of summary jurisdiction — Jurisdiction to grant leave to appeal to Privy Council — Order in Council, April 2, 1909, r. 2.

  3 Statutory Instruments considered

• Shephard v Cartwright

  01 Dec 1954 [1955] AC 431, HL

  Subsequent citations: 11.
  TRUSTS — Advancement — Presumption

  PRESUMPTION — Evidence — Intention
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  TRUSTS — Advancement — Presumption — Gift to children — Qualified and conditional gifts — Shares registered by father in names of children — Children not informed of transaction — Shares sold and proceeds dealt with under mandates signed by children — Children unaware of nature of transactions until father's death — Whether entitled to claim on basis of advancement — Admissibility in evidence of donor's subsequent conduct.

  PRESUMPTION — Evidence — Intention — Subsequent conduct.
• Kuruma v The Queen

  11 Jan 1955 [1955] AC 197; [1955] 2 WLR 223; [1955] 1 All ER 236, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 4 positive; 4 neutral. Subsequent citations: 39.
  CRIME — East africa (kenya) — Criminal Law

  CRIME — Criminal law. privy council — Reference to Secretary of State.
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  CRIME — East africa (kenya) — Criminal Law — Evidence — Illegally obtained — Test of admissibility — Relevance to matters in issue — Principle applicable in both civil and criminal cases — Rule as to admissibility of confessions not qualified — Search without warrant — Illegal possession of ammunition — Reference to Home Secretary — Emergency Regulations, 1952 (Kenya), regs. 8A (1) (b), 29.

  CRIME — Criminal law. privy council — Reference to Secretary of State.

  CRIME — East africa (kenya) — Criminal Law — Evidence — Illegally obtained — Test of admissibility — Relevance to matters in issue — Principle applicable in both civil and criminal cases — Rule as to admissibility of confessions not qualified — Search without warrant — Illegal possession of ammunition — Reference to Home Secretary — Emergency Regulations, 1952 (Kenya). regs. 8A (1) (b), 29.

  2 Statutory Instruments considered

• Edwin G Baker v National Trust Co Ltd (In re Cox, Decd)

  19 May 1955 [1955] AC 627; [1955] 3 WLR 42, PC (Viscount Simonds L.C., Lord Oaksey, Lord Reid, Lord Tucker, Lord Somervell of Harrow.)

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  CHARITY — “Charitable purposes only, for” — Limited class of beneficiaries
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  CHARITY — “Charitable purposes only, for” — Limited class of beneficiaries — Gift of income of residue to employees and ex-employees of company “in perpetuity for charitable purposes only” — Not a valid charitable bequest — Poverty, relief of — Class of beneficiaries.

• Antonio Assaf v Daniel Olatunji Fuwa

  04 Oct 1954 [1955] AC 215; [1954] 3 WLR 552, PC

  Subsequent citations: 3.
  VENDOR AND PURCHASER — West africa — Vendor and purchaser
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  VENDOR AND PURCHASER — West africa — Vendor and purchaser — Priorities — Contracts to sell mortgaged land — Fee simple in mortgagees — Priority between purchasers — Equitable doctrine of conversion — Right to “call for” title deeds — Qui prior est tempore potior est jure. Vendor and Purchaser. Mortgage — Law before 1926.
• Summers (John) & Sons Ltd v Frost

  24 Mar 1955 [1955] 2 WLR 825, HL

  24 Mar 1955 [1955] AC 740, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 6 positive; 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 12.
  FACTORY — Dangerous machinery — Fencing

  STATUTORY DUTY — Breach — Contributory negligence.
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  FACTORY — Dangerous machinery — Fencing — Grindstone — Duty to fence — Compliance with Act rendering machine unusable — Factories Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 67), s. 14 (1).

  STATUTORY DUTY — Breach — Contributory negligence.

  2 Statutes considered