Results: 81

• Attorney-General of the Gambia v N’Jie

  03 May 1961 [1961] AC 617; [1961] 2 WLR 845; [1961] 2 All ER 504, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 23.
  BARRISTER — Discipline — Disciplinary power of judge

  PRIVY COUNCIL — West africa — Gambia

  LEGAL PRACTITIONER — West africa — Gambia
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  BARRISTER — Discipline — Disciplinary power of judge — Exercise by deputy — Whether a judicial power — Gambia

  PRIVY COUNCIL — West africa — Gambia — Appeal to Privy Council — Competency — Locus standi of Attorney-General — “Person aggrieved” — West African (Appeal to Privy Council) Order in Council, 1949, s 31

  LEGAL PRACTITIONER — West africa — Gambia — Legal practitioner — Professional misconduct — Disciplinary power of deputy judge to suspend or strike off — Judicial power — Supreme Court Ordinance (Laws of the Gambia, 1955, c 5), s 7 — Rules of the Supreme Court of the Gambia, 1928, Ord IX, r 7

  5 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  3 Overseas Enactments considered
• Barclays Bank Ltd v Inland Revenue Comrs

  17 Dec 1958 [1959] Ch 341; [1959] 2 WLR 99; [1959] 1 All ER 65, Ch D (Danckwerts J)

  21 Jul 1959 [1959] Ch 659; [1959] 3 WLR 240, CA (Lord Evershed M.R., Romer and Pearce L.JJ.)

  21 Jun 1960 [1961] AC 509; [1960] 3 WLR 280; [1960] 2 All ER 817, HL(E) (Viscout Simonds, Lord Reid, Lord Cohen, Lord Keith of Avonholm and Lord Denning)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 5.
  STATUTE — Meaning of “deemed” — Humpty Dumpty.

  REVENUE — Estate duty — Valuation

  COMPANY — Control — Estate duty purposes
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  STATUTE — Meaning of “deemed” — Humpty Dumpty.

  REVENUE — Estate duty — Valuation — Shares — Control of company — Shares held by deceased beneficiary — Further shares held as trustee — Whether register of members conclusive — Whether deceased in control of company — Method of valuation — Finance Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 30), s. 7 (5) — Finance Act, 1940 (3 & 4 Geo. 6, c. 29), ss. 55, 58 (as amended by Finance Act, 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6, c. 64), s. 47, Sch. 11).

  COMPANY — Control — Estate duty purposes — Trustee shareholder — Register of members — Whether conclusive — Finance Act, 1940, s. 55.

• Institution of Mechanical Engineers v Cane

  22 Nov 1960 [1961] AC 696, HL(E)

  November 22. VISCOUNT SIMONDS. My Lords, the question raised in this appeal is whether the appellants, the Institution of Mechanical engineers, whom I will call “the institution,” are entitled in respect of their occupation of certain premises at 1, Birdcage Walk and 5, Storey's Gate, in the City of West-minster, to exemption from rating under section 1 of the Scientific Societies Act, 1843. The Lands Tribunal, reversing a decision of the Local Valuation Court, held that they were so entitled, but upon case stated the Court of Appeal allowed the appeal of the valuation officer and the corporation of the
• Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v Morts Dock & Engineering Co Ltd (The Wagon Mound)

  18 Jan 1961 [1961] AC 388; [1961] 2 WLR 126; [1961] 1 All ER 404; [1961] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 6 positive; 6 neutral; 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 85.
  NEGLIGENCE — Australia — New South Wales

  DAMAGES — Remoteness — Polemis rule
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  NEGLIGENCE — Australia — New South Wales — Negligence — Oil spilled on harbour waters — Fire — Foreseeability of consequences test of liability — Remission of claim founded on nuisance

  DAMAGES — Remoteness — Polemis rule — Damage directly caused by negligent act — Dangerous thing — Furnace oil — Spilled on harbour waters — Fire — Causation — Damage to wharf — Foreseeability of consequences the effective test of liability — One criterion for determining liability and compensation

  11 Case(s) considered
• R v Smith (Jim) (Director of Public Prosecutions v Smith)

  18 May 1960 [1961] AC 290; [1960] 3 WLR 92; [1960] 2 All ER 451, CCA

  28 Jul 1960 (sub nom DPP v Smith) [1961] AC 290; [1960] 3 WLR 546; [1960] 3 All ER 161, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 4 negative. Subsequent citations: 38.
  CRIME — Homicide — Intention to kill or cause grievous bodily harm

  PRESUMPTION — Intention — Natural and probable consequence of acts
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  CRIME — Homicide — Intention to kill or cause grievous bodily harm — Presumption of intention — Extent of application — Homicide Act, 1957 (5 & 6 Eliz. 2, c. 11), ss. 1 (1), 5.

  PRESUMPTION — Intention — Natural and probable consequence of acts — Homicide.

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered
• The Hebridean Coast

  19 Jun 1959 [1959] 3 WLR 569, PDA

  10 Mar 1960 [1960] 3 WLR 29, CA

  21 Dec 1960 [1961] AC 545; [1961] 2 WLR 48; [1961] 1 All ER 82, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 4.
  SHIPPING — Collision — Damages for detention
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  SHIPPING — Collision — Damages for detention — Damaged vessel owned by public authority and not profit-earning — No other vessels chartered to replace damaged vessel — Measure of damages — Assessment of actual loss — Rate of interest on capital.

  SHIPPING — Collision — Damages for detention — Damaged ship owned by public authority — Not profit-earning — No other ship chartered to replace damaged ship — Measure of damages — Assessment of actual loss — Rate of interest on capital

  3 Case(s) considered
• Plato Films Ltd v Speidel

  19 May 1960 [1960] 3 WLR 391, CA

  02 Mar 1961 [1961] AC 1090; [1961] 2 WLR 470; [1961] 1 All ER 876, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 5 neutral. Subsequent citations: 29.
  LIBEL — Pleadings — Reputation

  PRACTICE — Pleadings — Damages

  LIBEL AND SLANDER — Pleadings — Striking out
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  LIBEL — Pleadings — Reputation — Striking out — Defence — Mitigation of damage — Reputation of plaintiff — Admissibility of specific instances of misconduct — Different kinds of reputation — Necessity of pleading — New issue of fact — R.S.C., Ord. 19, r. 15; Ord. 21, r. 4.

  PRACTICE — Pleadings — Damages — Defence — Need to plead new issue of fact in mitigation — Libel — Bad reputation of plaintiff — R.S.C., Ord. 19, r. 15: Ord. 21, r. 4.

  LIBEL AND SLANDER — Pleadings — Striking out — Defence — Mitigation of damages — Reputation of plaintiff — Admissibility of specific instances of misconduct — Different kinds of reputation — Necessity of pleading — New issue of fact — RSC, Ord 19, r 15; Ord 21, r 4

  7 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutory Instruments considered
• Abbott v Philbin

  19 Mar 1959 [1959] 1 WLR 667; [1959] 2 All ER 270, Ch D (Roxburgh J)

  19 Mar 1959 [1960] Ch 27; [1959] 3 WLR 739; [1959] 3 All ER 590; 39 TC 82, CA

  21 Jun 1960 [1961] AC 352; [1960] 3 WLR 255; [1960] 2 All ER 763; 39 TC 82, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 5 positive; 3 neutral. Subsequent citations: 25.
  REVENUE — Income tax — Employment
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  REVENUE — Income tax — Employment — Perquisite — Option to purchase shares — Purchase of option to subscribe for shares in employing company — Whether perquisite — Whether emolument — Whether taxable in the year of purchase or the year of exercise — Income Tax Act, 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2, c. 10), Sch. 9, r. 1.

  7 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• Gollan v Randwick Municipal Council

  11 Oct 1960 [1960] 3 WLR 785, PC

  11 Oct 1960 [1961] AC 82; [1960] 3 WLR 785; [1960] 3 All ER 449, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 2.
  RATING — Australia — New South Wales
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  RATING — Australia — New South Wales — Rating — Valuation of land — Unimproved value — Grant of Crown land — Restrictions and conditions — Whether to be taken into account in ascertaining unimproved value — “Fee simple” in Act an absolute or “pure” title — Valuation of Land Act (No. 2), 1916–1951 (N.S.W.), ss. 5, 6 — Land Tax Assessment Act, 1910–1950 (Federal), s. 3 — Local Government Act, 1919–1954 (N.S.W.) — Australian Jockey Club Act, 1873 (N.S.W.), s. 3.

  1 Statute considered

• Nadesan v Ramasamy

  08 May 1961 [1961] AC 763; [1961] 2 WLR 940, PC

  LAND — Ceylon — Land
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  LAND — Ceylon — Land — Fidei commissum — Gift of undivided share — Subject to fidei commissum — Partition — Fidei commissum thereafter attaching to land allotted in severalty — Partition Ordinance, 1863, s 9 — Inapplicable to rights of fidei commissarii

  5 Case(s) considered

  1 Overseas Enactment considered