Results: 22

• In Re St Dunstan’s, Stepney

  19 Jun 1937 [1937] P 199, Const Ct

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Local government — Disused burial ground
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  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Local government — Disused burial ground — Faculty to erect buildings thereon under private Act — Prohibition in earlier public Act — Validity of private Act — Disused Burial Grounds Act, 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 72), s. 3 —

  2 Statutes considered

• The Curlew

  20 Oct 1936 [1937] P 30, PDA

  SHIPPING — Collision — “Under way”
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  SHIPPING — Collision — “Under way” — “At anchor” — Anchor of sailing barge foul of moorings of a dredger — Lights to be exhibited — Port of London River Bye-laws, 1914–34, Nos. 5 and 14.

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• The Mulbera

  19 Jan 1937 [1937] P 82, PDA

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  SHIPPING — Damage — Lighter loading cargo from steamship
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  SHIPPING — Damage — Lighter loading cargo from steamship — Lighter in charge of owners of steamship — Sinking through unknown cause — Absence of proof of negligence — Onus of proof.

• Greenwood v Greenwood (No 2)

  29 Apr 1937 [1937] P 157, PDA

  DIVORCE — Petition by Wife — Deeds of separation
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  DIVORCE — Petition by Wife — Deeds of separation — Unreasonable delay — Connivance — Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 49), s. 178, sub-ss. 2, 3 (a).

  1 Statute considered

• The Stranna

  22 Mar 1937 [1937] P 130, PDA

  SHIPPING — Bill of lading — Timber cargo
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  SHIPPING — Bill of lading — Timber cargo — Loss of deck cargo owing to ship listing while loading — Exceptions — “Perils …. and accidents of the sea” — “At charterer's risk” — Negligence.

• Brown v Brown

  30 Jul 1936 [1937] P 7, PDA

  DIVORCE — Post-nuptial settlement — Variation
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  DIVORCE — Post-nuptial settlement — Variation — Purchase by spouse of annuity payable to other spouse — Absolute gift of annuity — Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 49), s. 192.

  1 Statute considered

• The Ronald West

  21 Jul 1937 [1937] P 212, PDA

  SHIPPING — Port authority — Raising sunken barge
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  SHIPPING — Port authority — Raising sunken barge — Obstruction to navigation — Negligence — Counterclaim for damages — Statutory duty or authority — Private obligation — Limitation of time for bringing counterclaim — Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 61), s. 1 — Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 27), s. 56.

  2 Statutes considered

• King v Bishop Of Truro

  25 Sep 1936 [1937] P 36, PDA

  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Vacant benefice — Institution of new incumbent
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  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Vacant benefice — Institution of new incumbent — Notification of vacancy to parochial church council — Condition precedent — Non-existence of parochial church council — Benefices (Exercise of Rights of Presentation) Measure, 1931 (21 & 22 Geo. 5, No. 3), s. 1.

  1 Statute considered

• Farnham v Farnham Otherwise Daniels

  20 Nov 1936 [1937] P 49, PDA

  MARRIAGE — Nullity of marriage — Incapacity of woman to consummate
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  MARRIAGE — Nullity of marriage — Incapacity of woman to consummate — Finding of frigida quoad hunc — Birth of child to woman as a result of intercourse with another man — Declaration of paternity by woman — Admissibility of evidence — Distinction between non-consummation and adultery — Bastardy of child — Rule in Russell v. Russell not applicable.

• The Madrid

  21 Dec 1936 [1937] P 40, PDA

  Subsequent citations: 5.
  SHIPPING — Collision — Jurisdiction
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  SHIPPING — Collision — Jurisdiction — Lis alibi pendens — Service on a foreign corporation — Share register office within jurisdiction — No effective remedy under foreign law — Right to proceed in this country — Companies Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 23), ss. 344, 349, 352.

  1 Statute considered