Results: 66

• Morris v West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co Ltd

  31 Jan 1956 [1956] AC 552, HL

  Subsequent citations: 13.
  NEGLIGENCE — Safe system of work — General practice
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  NEGLIGENCE — Safe system of work — General practice — Ship — Open hold — Guard-rails not erected — Injury to seaman.

• Sharkey (Inspector of Taxes) v Wernher

  24 Jul 1953 [1953] Ch 782; [1953] 3 WLR 549, Ch D

  07 Jul 1954 [1954] Ch 713; [1954] 3 WLR 367, CA

  07 Nov 1955 [1956] AC 58; [1955] 3 WLR 671, HL

  Subsequent citations: 10.
  REVENUE — Income tax — Stock in trade
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  REVENUE — Income tax — Stock in trade — Disposal for owner's own use — Stud farm — Trade under Schedule D — Racing stables — Recreational and not ta cable — Transfer of horses from farm to stables — Value attributable in stud farm accounts — Income Tax Act, 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 40), Sch. D, Case I.

  1 Statute considered
• Sharkey v Wernher

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 3 negative. Subsequent citations: 11.
• Kasumu v Baba-Egbe

  17 Jul 1956 [1956] AC 539; [1956] 3 WLR 575; [1956] 3 All ER 266, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 12.
  MONEYLENDER — Non-compliance with statutory requirements — Unenforceable transaction
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  MONEYLENDER — Non-compliance with statutory requirements — Unenforceable transaction — Loan — Security by way of mortgage of property — Borrower entitled to recover possession of property without repaying outstanding balance of loan — “Not be entitled to enforce any claim in respect of any transaction” — Construction — Moneylenders Ordinance (Consolidated Ordinances of Nigeria, c. 136), s. 19.

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Bonsor v Musicians’ Union

  05 Mar 1954 [1954] Ch 479; [1954] 2 WLR 687, CA

  07 Nov 1955 [1956] AC 104; [1955] 3 WLR 788, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 4 neutral. Subsequent citations: 22.
  TRADE UNION — Whether legal entity — Action against union by member
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  TRADE UNION — Whether legal entity — Action against union by member — Expulsion of member — Rules of union — Expulsion ultra vires — Claim for damages — Nature of contract between trade union and members — Whether trade union a legal entity vis-à-vis members — Trade Union Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 31).

  1 Statute considered

• Kanapathipillai v Parpathy

  24 Jul 1956 [1956] AC 580; [1956] 3 WLR 584, PC

  BASTARDY — “Access,” meaning of — Absence of personal contact
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  BASTARDY — “Access,” meaning of — Absence of personal contact — Ceylon — Evidence Ordinance (Legislative Enactments of Ceylon, 1938 Rev., c. 11), s. 112.

  1 Overseas Enactment considered

• Ramsook Ramlochan v The Queen

  14 May 1956 [1956] AC 475, PC

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  CRIME — Trinidad and tobago — Criminal law

  CRIME — Criminal law.
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  CRIME — Trinidad and tobago — Criminal law — Practice — Retrial — Accused not entitled as of right to access to judge's notes of previous trial — Murder — Alternative theories of how crime was committed — Inferences from evidence — Not a change of front by prosecution.

  CRIME — Criminal law.

• A V Pound & Co Ltd v M W Hardy & Co Inc

  01 Mar 1956 [1956] AC 588; [1956] 2 WLR 683, HL

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  SALE OF GOODS — F.O.B. — Export licence
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  SALE OF GOODS — F.O.B. — Export licence — Contract made in London — F.A.S. — Goods to be shipped from Portugal — Export licence required — Obtainable only by suppliers — Duty to obtain licence — Whether on buyers or sellers.

• Kai Nam (A Firm) v Ma Kam Chan

  08 Mar 1956 [1956] AC 358, PC

  Subsequent citations: 3.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Hong kong — Landlord and tenant

  ESTOPPEL — Conduct, by — Law, representation of
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Hong kong — Landlord and tenant — Business premises — Claim to possession — “Entirely new buildings” — Excluded from operation of Act — Test of “new building” — Estoppel — Cannot be founded on representation of law — Landlord and Tenant Ordinance (Hong Kong) No. 25 of 1947, s. 3 (1) (a).

  ESTOPPEL — Conduct, by — Law, representation of — Cannot found estoppel — Landlord and tenant. Landlord and tenant.

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Minister of National Revenue v Anaconda American Brass Ltd

  13 Dec 1955 [1956] AC 85; [1956] 2 WLR 31; [1956] 1 All ER 20, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 4.
  REVENUE — Canada — Revenue

  REVENUE — Income tax — Profits of trade
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  REVENUE — Canada — Revenue — Excess profits tax — Manufacturing company — Method of computing profits — Relevant cost of raw materials — F.I.F.O. or first-in-first-out assumption applicable — Proper weight to be given to ascertainable facts — L.I.F.O. or last-in-first-out method inappropriate — (Canadian) Excess Profits Tax Act, 1940, c. 32, s. 3.

  REVENUE — Income tax — Profits of trade — Cost of raw materials.

  2 Statutes considered