Results: 87

• Griffith v Pelton

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 12.

• In Re Andrews (Infants); Sullivan v Andrews

  08 May 1958 [1958] Ch 665, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  INFANT — Ward of court — Jurisdiction
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  INFANT — Ward of court — Jurisdiction — Custody order by Divorce Division — Children subsequently wade wards of court — Whether conflict of jurisdiction — Principles applicable — Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6, c. 100), s. 9.

  1 Statute considered

• In Re Thirlwell, Decd Evans v Thirlwell

  25 Oct 1957 [1958] Ch 146, Ch D

  POWER OF APPOINTMENT — General power — Exercise
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  POWER OF APPOINTMENT — General power — Exercise — Will — No reference to power in residuary gift — Reference to two other powers in will — No expression of contrary intention — Whether first power exercised — Wills Act, 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 26), s. 27.

  1 Statute considered
• General Nursing Council for England and Wales v St Marylebone Borough Council

  27 Jun 1957 [1957] 1 WLR 941, Ch D

  26 Nov 1957 [1958] Ch 421; [1957] 3 WLR 1039, CA

  28 Jan 1958 [1959] AC 540; [1959] 2 WLR 308, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 3.
  RATING — Rates and rating — Social welfare
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  RATING — Rates and rating — Social welfare — Health — Council required by statute to maintain register of nurses — Claim for rating relief — Advancement of “social welfare” — Meaning — Nurses Act, 1957 (5 & 6 Eliz. 2, c. 15) — Rating and Valuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1955 (4 Eliz. 2, c. 9), s. 8.

  2 Statutes considered
• Meux, In re

  06 Jun 1957 [1957] 3 WLR 377, Ch D

  06 Jun 1957 [1958] Ch 154, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral.
  PLANNING — Town and country planning — Compensation

  TRUST AND TRUSTEE — Variation of trusts — Infant tenant in tail in remainder
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  PLANNING — Town and country planning — Compensation — Land held on trust for sale — Compensation not to be treated as proceeds of sale arising under trust for sale — Law of Property Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 20), s. 28 (i) — Settled Land Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 18), s. 58 (1) — Town and Country Planning Act, 1954 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2, c. 72), s. 66 (i) — Town and Country Planning (Mortgages, Rentcharges, etc., etc.) Regulations, 1955 (S.I. 1955, No. 38), reg. 10.

  TRUST AND TRUSTEE — Variation of trusts — Infant tenant in tail in remainder — Proposal that infant's entailed interest be sold to tenant for life and purchase price be paid to trustees of new settlement for the infant's benefit — Trustee Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 19), s. 53.

  PLANNING — Town and country planning — Compensation — Land held on trust for sale — Compensation not to be treated as proceeds of sale arising under trust for sale — Law of Property Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 20), s. 28 (1) — Settled Land Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 18), s. 58 (1) — Town and Country Planning Act, 1954 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2, c. 72), s. 66 (1) — Town and Country Planning (Mortgages, Rent-charges, etc.) Regulations, 1955 (S.I. 1955, No. 38), reg. 10.

  2 Statutes considered

  2 Statutory Instruments considered
• Berry v St Marylebone Borough Council

  22 Feb 1957 [1957] 1 WLR 495, Ch D

  26 Nov 1957 [1958] Ch 406; [1957] 3 WLR 1029, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 3.
  RATING — Rates and rating — “Religion”
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  RATING — Rates and rating — “Religion” — Moral virtue — “Education” — “Social welfare” — Theosophical Society — Objects of society not wholly charitable — Written constitution — Whether activities relevant in ascertaining “main objects” — Rating and Valuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1955 (4 Eliz. 2, c. 9), s. 8.

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered
• Gillingham Bus Disaster Fund, In re

  02 Jul 1958 [1959] Ch 62, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 neutral; 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 8.
  CHARITY — Imperfect trust provision — Memorial fund
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  CHARITY — Imperfect trust provision — Memorial fund — Marine cadets killed in road accident — Trusts for paying funeral expenses, care of disabled and “other worthy causes” — Void for uncertainty — Whether validated by Charitable Trusts (Validation) Act, 1954 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2, c. 58).
• El Sombrero Ltd, In re

  02 Jul 1958 [1958] 3 WLR 349, Ch D

  02 Jul 1958 [1958] Ch 900, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 7.
  COMPANY — Meeting — Jurisdiction of court to order
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  COMPANY — Meeting — Jurisdiction of court to order — Annual general meeting — Failure of directors to hold — Application by shareholder to court to direct holding of meeting — Opposition by directors — “If for any reason it is impracticable to call a meeting of the company” — “Impracticable,” meaning of — Companies Act, 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6, c. 38), s. 135 (1).

  2 Statutes considered
• Berendsen (S) Ltd v Inland Revenue Comrs

  06 Feb 1957 [1957] 2 WLR 447, Ch D (Wynn-Parry J)

  30 May 1957 [1958] Ch 1; [1957] 3 WLR 164; [1957] 2 All ER 612; 37 TC 517, CA (Lord Evershed MR, Morris and Pearce LJJ)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 1.
  REVENUE — Profits tax — “Controlling interest”
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  REVENUE — Profits tax — “Controlling interest” — Body corporate a shareholder — Whether register of members sole test of shareholding — Finance Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 54), Sch. 4, para. 11 — Finance Act, 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2, c. 33), s. 34.

  1 Case considered

  2 Statutes considered

• In Re McMorran, Decd Mercantile Bank Of India Ltd v Perkins

  20 Dec 1957 [1958] Ch 624, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Power of appointment — Special power

  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Scottish and English law — Power of appointment
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  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Power of appointment — Special power — Power under English will — Donee domiciled in Scotland — Scotland will — Whether power exercised by will — Whether principles of construction of Scottish or English law applicable.

  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Scottish and English law — Power of appointment — General disposition by will — Whether exercise of special power — Conflicting rules.