Results: 27

• The Thames

  07 May 1940 [1940] P 143, CA

  SHIPPING — Limitation of liability — Hirer of barge who has undertaken “sole charge and management”
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  SHIPPING — Limitation of liability — Hirer of barge who has undertaken “sole charge and management” — Barge owner responsible for wear and tear — Fault or privity of hirer — Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60), s. 503 -

  2 Statutes considered

• The Alwaki and Other Ships

  22 Jul 1940 [1940] P 215, PDA

  ADMIRALTY — Prize court — Practice
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  ADMIRALTY — Prize court — Practice — Absence of claim — Right to condemn on lapse of time — Six months rule — Order XV., r. 9, of Prize Court Rules, 1939 — General usage of nations.

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Reeves v Reeves (King’s Proctor Showing Cause)

  15 Nov 1939 [1940] P 28, PDA

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  DIVORCE — Discretion — Decree nisi for wife petitioner
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  DIVORCE — Discretion — Decree nisi for wife petitioner — Wife's adultery after decree nisi — Intervention of King's Proctor — Purpose of interval before decree absolute — Not a test of morality — Principles applicable — Decree to stand — Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 49), s. 178, proviso, as amended by Matrimonial Causes Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 57), ss. 4, 181, 183, sub-s. 1.

  1 Statute considered

• The Amazone

  08 May 1939 [1939] P 322, PDA

  14 Dec 1939 [1940] P 40, CA

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  SHIPPING — Possession of a yacht — Diplomatic immunity
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  SHIPPING — Possession of a yacht — Diplomatic immunity — Foreign military attaché — Diplomatic Privileges Act, 1708 (7 Anne, c. 12), s. 3.

  2 Statutes considered

• Nash Otherwise Lister v Nash

  21 Dec 1939 [1940] P 60, PDA

  MARRIAGE — Nullity of marriage — Wife petitioner's alternative pleas of impotence and wilful refusal to consummate
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  MARRIAGE — Nullity of marriage — Wife petitioner's alternative pleas of impotence and wilful refusal to consummate — Defence of insincerity — Real issue — Principles to be applied — Matrimonial Causes Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 57), s. 7, sub-s. 1.

  1 Statute considered

• Mansey v Mansey

  09 Apr 1940 [1940] P 139, PDA

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  DIVORCE — Desertion — Cross-charges of desertion
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  DIVORCE — Desertion — Cross-charges of desertion — Husband's genuine offer of home — Wife's duty to accept — Decree nisi for husband — Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 49), s. 176 (b) — Matrimonial Causes Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 57), s. 2.

  2 Statutes considered

• The Varmdo

  17 Oct 1939 [1940] P 15, PDA

  03 May 1940 [1940] P 137, CA

  SHIPPING — Collision — Navigation in Copenhagen Sound
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  SHIPPING — Collision — Navigation in Copenhagen Sound — Narrow Channel and Crossing Rules Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1910, arts. 19 and 25.

  2 Statutory Instruments considered

• Smith v Smith Otherwise Hand (By Her Guardian)

  24 Apr 1940 [1940] P 179, PDA

  MARRIAGE — Nullity of marriage — Husband's Petition
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  MARRIAGE — Nullity of marriage — Husband's Petition — Respondent alleged to be subject to recurrent fits of insanity at time of marriage ceremony — Meaning of “insanity,” “unsoundness of mind,” and “fits” — Decree — Matr

  1 Statute considered

• Ettenfield v Ettenfield

  10 May 1939 [1939] P 377, PDA

  23 Jan 1940 [1940] P 96, CA

  DIVORCE — Evidence — Husband's petition on ground of adultery
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  DIVORCE — Evidence — Husband's petition on ground of adultery — Agreement for separation — Birth of child to wife — Husband's evidence as to non-access not admissible — Rule in Russell v. Russell applicable.

• Andrews v Andrews (King’s Proctor Showing Cause)

  01 May 1940 [1940] P 184, PDA

  DIVORCE — Husband's petition — Petitioner living in adultery
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  DIVORCE — Husband's petition — Petitioner living in adultery — Exercise of the Court's discretion — Requirement to separate from partner in illicit union — Not a universal rule — Principles applicable — Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 49), s. 178, sub-s. 1, proviso — Matrimonial Causes Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 57), s. 4.

  2 Statutes considered