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Case Law
3174 cases across 17 courts
3174 cases
Citation pending | 1970-01-12
Per Dunn J. Only if the words are a mbiguous does it become necessary for me to consider whether s 6 is penal in its effect or designed for the protection of the subject, in which case s 6(4) falls to be construed...
Citation pending | 1969-12-19
Shipping – General a verage expenditure – Vessel and cargo in position of peril – Towage contract on UK Standard Towage Conditions giving wide indemnity to tug owners – Contract a general a verage act – Expenditure...
Citation pending | 1969-12-17
In the first appeal, a Dutch company, resident in the Netherlands, carried on the business of reinsurance with overseas subsidiaries and had a permanent branch in London. Under its constitution it could be and was...
Citation pending | 1969-12-15
MILMO J read the following judgment. In this case the plaintiffs are claiming from the defendants £3,094 7s 9d as holders in due course of five cheques, four for £500 each and one for £850, dated 17 November 1964,...
27 of 1943 | 1969-12-02
Archer J.A. delivered the judgment of the court. This is an appeal from the decision of the High Court, Accra, which refused to grant leave for the issue of an order of certiorari to quash an a ssessment made by the...
Citation pending | 1969-12-01
In June 1968, the husband petitioned for divorce on the ground of the wife ’ s a dultery, a sked for custody of the child of the marriage and for damages and ‘ that the co-respondent be ordered to pay the costs of this...
Citation pending | 1969-11-17
The Minister has been given by Parliament a complete discretion under s 43(4); he is a cting, during the exercise of that discretion, a dministratively as between the local authority and himself, and there are no...
Citation pending | 1969-10-13
This was an action brought by a husband and wife, Jehangir Hormusji Bativala and Dhum Bativala, against Mrs J L West (trading under the name Westways Riding Academy) to recover damages in negligence for injuries...
Citation pending | 1969-10-08
This was an appeal by Sandra Lesley Barnes (an infant suing by Leslie Frederick Barnes her next friend) from an order of the Court of Appeal (Diplock LJ and Goff J; Lord Denning MR dissenting) dated 5 July 1968 and...
Citation pending | 1969-09-11
of £500 in respect of every aircraft of a particular type sold by Handley Page. The type of aircraft in question was one particularly suitable for the a viation executive market and was known as the ‘ Jetstream ’ ....
Citation pending | 1969-07-28
The a rbitrator in a dispute between the claimants, who were building contractors, and the respondent (for whom they had built a house) made an a ward in which he itemised 43 matters which had been referred to him and...
Citation pending | 1969-07-11
By his will, the testator, who died in February 1954, devised a cottage to his trustees on trust for his widow for life so long as she remained unmarried, thereafter to his sister for life (she predeceased the testator...
Citation pending | 1969-06-05
Settlement – Tenant for life – Joint tenants – Power of sale – Disagreement as to exercise of power – No evidence of mala fides in refusing to concur in sale – Whether court could order sale – Whether court should do...
Citation pending | 1969-05-23
This was an appeal to the judge in chambers by the plaintiff in an action for personal injuries, Albert John Atwell, from the decision of Master Diamond given on 7 May 1968, refusing to order on a summons for...
Citation pending | 1969-05-22
The court, having the widest possible powers under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1965, s 31, to vary orders for maintenance, is not precluded from entertaining a husband ’ s a pplication to vary maintenance orders made by...
Citation pending | 1969-05-19
By his policy of insurance it was obligatory on the defendant to inform his insurers, the third party, at the risk of forfeiture, of any claim made against him within five days of the claim. The defendant drove his...
Citation pending | 1969-05-09
This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, Beecham Foods Ltd by writ issued on 17 October 1963, against the Commissioners of Customs and Excise for: (i) a declaration that the plaintiffs ’ product “Ribena” was not...
2 | 1969-03-21
Pursuant to a Baltime charterparty between the owners of a vessel and time charterers, the vessel was ordered by the charterers to proceed to Duluth, Minnesota, and there load a cargo of grain. It was the duty of the...
Citation pending | 1969-03-21
On 15 June 1967 the Minister gave the a ppellant notice in writing of her determination in respect of his a pplication of 31 January 1967. On 5 October 1967 the Minister furnished a written statement of the grounds of...
22 | 1969-03-16
Charles Crabbe J.S.C. delivered the judgment of the court. The plaintiff -a ppellant (hereinafter referred to as the a ppellant) claimed before the judicial committee of the Kwahu Traditional Council (KTC) at Mpraeso:...
Citation pending | 1969-03-13
A tenant of premises which comprised a shop and living a ccommodation closed the shop but continued to live on the premises with his family and to carry on a Sunday school for one hour each Sunday in the loft or...
35 | 1969-03-12
This was an appeal by Margaret Agbor, the plaintiff, from the refusal of Mars-Jones J on 7 March 1969 to grant ex parte an order that the plaintiff be restored to possession of the ground floor of No 35, Woodstock...
Citation pending | 1969-03-12
DONALDSON J. This action is concerned with three motor cars of which both parties to the action claim to be the owners. When I add that the plaintiff is a hire-purchase company the story is a familiar one, a lthough...
Citation pending | 1969-02-26
This was a Case Stated by the justices of the peace for the West Riding of the county of York a cting in and for the petty sessional division of Saddleworth in respect of their a djudication as a magistrates ’ court...
11294 in favour of | 1969-02-12
This was an action by Alicia Hosiery Ltd the purchasers, against Brown Shipley & Co Ltd the bank, for damages for breach of contract, detinue, or negligent mis-statement. The facts are set out in the judgment.
Citation pending | 1969-02-05
This was an appeal by the plaintiffs, Austin Securities Ltd from an order of Milmo J made on 27 November 1968. The plaintiffs had issued a writ against the defendants, Northgate and English Stores Ltd in February 1966....
Citation pending | 1969-01-31
As to how far members of a company can impose their will on directors in regard to the exercise of powers under a rticles, see 6 Halsbury ’ s Laws (3rd Edn) 298, para 602; and for cases on the subject, see 9 Digest...
21/63. Agyeman for the defendants in suit No. 21/33. Amposah -Dadzie for the plaintiffs in suit No. 10/66. James Mercer for the defendant in suit No. 10/66. | 1969-01-14
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 3 In 1958 the first defendant, as the head of the stool family of Ewumaso in the Breman Asikuma Traditional Are a and as the representative of the stool...
[1968] GLR 1150 | 1968-12-23
This action a rose out of the negligent driving of an Austin omnibus No. WR 3646 by the first defendant on the Apowa — Takoradi motor road on or about 9 March 1965. The plaintiff's brother, Mark Kweku Bosumtwe, was...
[1968] GLR 1137 | 1968-12-23
Amissah J.A. delivered the judgment of the court. This is a tragedy of errors. The real a ppellants in this case are the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Ltd. who shall henceforth be referred to simply as the...
[1968] GLR 1120 | 1968-12-20
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 4 defendant a dmits that his family sued the plaintiff for the recovery of the house and the setting a side of the sale, he denies however that he a cted...
5 of 1st November 1956 or is the successor in title of such owner | 1968-12-17
The a ppellants were a British company which owned a mining property in Egypt worth more than £4,000,000. In 1956, after the Israel-Egypt hostilities, the property, together with other properties owned by British...
Citation pending | 1968-12-17
This was an appeal by Mohammed Avais, against the judgment of the Court of Appeal (Lord Denning MR, and Diplock LJ; Lord Upjohn dissenting), dated 13 October 1967, and reported [1967] 3 AllER 987, reversing the...
Citation pending | 1968-12-10
Negligence – Contributory negligence – Appeal – Apportionment of liability – Principle on which a ppellate court will intervene – Apportionment by trial judge not interfered with save for error in principle or where...
Citation pending | 1968-12-05
Magistrates – Custody – Breach by father of custody order in favour of mother – Committal of father to prison for fixed term – Sentence suspended – Refusal to grant stay of execution – Power of Divisional Court to...
[1968] GLR 1083 | 1968-12-03
On 21 September 1968, the a ppellant herein was put before the Circuit Court, Takoradi, and he pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to steal contrary to sections 23 (1) and 124 (1) of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act...
[1968] GLR 1058 | 1968-11-28
This is an a pplication for leave to appeal against the ruling of his worship J.F.S. Hansen, Esquire, delivered in these extradition proceedings on Thursday, 5 September 1968. In that ruling, the learned magistrate...
Citation pending | 1968-11-21
Income Tax – Income – Copyright – Royalties – Death of author – Assignment by beneficiary under will – Liability of a ssignee to tax – Income Tax Act 1952(15 & 16 Geo 6 & 1 Eliz 2 c 10), Sch, D.
[1968] GLR 1032 | 1968-11-19
When this appeal came on for hearing before me on 11 November 1968 counsel for the plaintiff - respondent raised the preliminary point that there was no appeal in existence for this court to entertain. Counsel relied...
[1968] GLR 1027 | 1968-11-18
The a ppellant was charged with a ccepting a bribe after doing an act contrary to section 244 of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29). The particulars of offence read as follows: "On 16 July 1967 at Kankang in the Anyinam...
Citation pending | 1968-11-15
Practice – Rules of court – Setting down for trial – Speedy trial – Pleadings not closed – Application under inherent jurisdiction – Order that action be set down for trial in Part 1 of list, fixing date, and...
2 | 1968-11-15
Adade J.S.C. (read the first judgment at the invitation of Sowah C.J.). The defendant a ppellant is the owner of a large tract of forest land which he a cquired by purchase from the Andow stool, in the Central Region....
[1968] GLR 1016 | 1968-11-15
Azu Crabbe J.A. delivered the judgment of the court. The a ppellant in this case was convicted on 14 March 1967, before Sowah J. sitting with a jury, of the murder of one Wihemani Moshie a lias Osumanu Moshie, and was...
[1968] GLR 1009 | 1968-11-13
This a pplication is for an order staying execution of the judgment debt and costs ordered by the District Court Grade I, Kumasi, in the above -mentioned suit pending the hearing and determination of the appeal of the...
Citation pending | 1968-11-11
(ii) in respect of events occurring between 26 December 1963 and 27 March 1964, the a ctions of the British forces were not of such character that the court had no jurisdiction to entertain the action, since (Lord Reid...
[1968] GLR 986 | 1968-11-07
www.zuclibrary.org ZUC Law Platform -Shaping the Future of Law. 5 I have considered with some care the evidence on record, and I am unable to say that the evidence justified an irresistible inference of a greement by...
[1968] GLR 993 | 1968-11-07
On 29 April 1968, the plaintiff obtained judgment against the defendants in a running -down action and was a warded damages of N¢5,684.00 together with N¢350.00 costs. The defendants have
[1968] GLR 985 | 1968-11-06
I reserved this matter for a ruling on the question whether counsel could unilaterally withdraw from a suit. I was concerned about the dangers inherent in permitting counsel unfettered facility to opt out of a suit....
4 Ordinary Dividend Share Account. I enclose herewith a cheque valued at | 1968-10-31
At an a nnual general meeting of R R on 2 July 1964, payment of 120 per cent dividend was a pproved. No date was fixed for payment, a lthough the directors expected payment to be made on July 24. Negotiations were...
Citation pending | 1968-10-30
ORMROD J. This is a very sad case for which I think nobody is to be blamed. It is a petition by Mr Ronald Henry Bennett a sking for a decree of nullity of marriage on the ground that at the time of the marriage the...