Results: 84

• R v Windle

  12 May 1952 [1952] 2 QB 826, CCA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 4.
  CRIME — Criminal law — Defence of insanity
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  CRIME — Criminal law — Defence of insanity — McNaghten rules — Knowledge of accused that act committed was “wrong” — Meaning of “wrong” — McNaghten rules not confined to cases of delusion — No evidence of insanity — Right of judge to withdraw issue from jury.
• Burgess v Jarvis And Sevenoaks Rural District Council

  19 Feb 1952 [1952] 2 QB 41, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 3.
  PLANNING — Town and country planning — Enforcement notice under town planning scheme
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  PLANNING — Town and country planning — Enforcement notice under town planning scheme — Notice not stating period at expiration of which it came into effect — No opportunity given for appealing against demolition order — Invalidity of notice — Town and Country Planning Act, 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6, c. 51), s. 23 (2), (3).

  1 Statute considered
• Burnell v Downham Market Urban District Council

  22 Feb 1952 [1952] 2 QB 55, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 6.
  RATING — Open space — Rateable occupation
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  RATING — Open space — Rateable occupation — Land conveyed to local authority as open space — Used by sports clubs — Exclusion of public for short periods — Payment occasionally required for admission — Occupation by public — Whether local authority in beneficial occupation — Open Spaces Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 25), ss. 10, 15.

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• Pegler v Craven

  21 Feb 1952 [1952] 2 QB 69, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 2.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Tenancy of shop and living accommodation — Shop carried on by company and tenant managing director
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Tenancy of shop and living accommodation — Shop carried on by company and tenant managing director — Shares held by tenant and his wife, relations and friends — Expiring tenancy — Application by tenant for new tenancy — Refusal on ground tenant not “occupier of shop” — Leasehold Property (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1951 (14 & 15 Geo. 6, c. 38), s. 10 (1) and (2), s. 12 (3) (b) and s. 20 (1).

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered
• Rama Corpn Ltd v Proved Tin and General Investments Ltd

  05 Feb 1952 [1952] 2 QB 147, QBD

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 4.
  COMPANY — Director — Authority
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  COMPANY — Director — Authority — Articles of association — Power of board of directors to delegate their powers to single director — No delegation — Contract made with firm by single director — Repudiation by company — Firm's ignorance of power to delegate — No ostensible or apparent authority — Company not liable.

  3 Case(s) considered

• Jeffery v Johnson

  11 Feb 1952 [1952] 2 QB 8, CA

  BASTARDY — Corroboration — Alleged letter from respondent to complainant
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  BASTARDY — Corroboration — Alleged letter from respondent to complainant — No evidence of respondent's handwriting other than that of complainant — Whether statute satisfied — Bastardy Laws Amendment Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 65), s. 4.

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• Du Jardin v Beadman Bros Ltd

  28 May 1952 [1952] 2 QB 712, QBD

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 3.
  SALE OF GOODS — Motor-car — Possession of motor-car obtained by fraud
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  SALE OF GOODS — Motor-car — Possession of motor-car obtained by fraud — Sale to innocent third parts — False pretences — Larceny by a trick — “Consent” of the original owner — Title of innocent purchaser — Sale of Goods Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 71), s. 25 — Factors Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 45), ss. 2, 9.

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered
• R v Manchester Legal Aid Committee, Ex parte R A Brand & Co Ltd

  14 Feb 1952 [1952] 2 QB 413, DC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 7.
  LEGAL AID — Certificate granted to trustee in bankruptcy by legal aid committee — Whether committee subject to certiorari
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  LEGAL AID — Certificate granted to trustee in bankruptcy by legal aid committee — Whether committee subject to certiorari — Whether defendants in action are persons aggrieved — Legal Aid and Advice Act, 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6, c. 51), ss. 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 (3) — Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations, 1950 (S.I. 1950, No. 1358) — Legal Aid (General) Regulations, 1950 (S.I. 1950, No. 1359).

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Jones v Livox Quarries Ltd

  25 Apr 1952 [1952] 2 QB 608, CA (Singleton, Denning and Hodson LJJ)

  Subsequent considerations : 4 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 11.
  NEGLIGENCE — Contributory negligence — Causation
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  NEGLIGENCE — Contributory negligence — Causation — Private roadway — Plaintiff riding on back of vehicle contrary to defendant employers' orders — Injured by following vehicle of defendants — Whether plaintiff's so riding a cause of his injuries — Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act, 1945 (8 & 9 Geo. 6, c. 28), ss. 1 and 4.

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered
• Leek and Moorlands Building Society v Clark

  21 Jul 1952 [1952] 2 QB 788, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive. Subsequent citations: 9.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Joint tenancy of husband and wife — Purchase of dwelling-house by husband
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Joint tenancy of husband and wife — Purchase of dwelling-house by husband — “Subject to existing tenancy” — Resale by husband, with a provision that vacant possession would be given on completion — Property mortgaged by sub-purchaser to plaintiff building society — Default of mortgagor — Action by mortgagees for possession — Rights of wife as joint tenant.

  2 Case(s) considered