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Case Law
4493 cases across 17 courts
4493 cases
Citation pending | 1952-06-24
The plaintiff claims that he is the owner of the triangular piece of land by virtue of two conveyances, the first of which is dated 7 November 1947, and was a conveyance by the defendant to a William James Farmerey of...
Citation pending | 1952-06-16
Appeal by the husband from an order of Willmer J dated 11 January 1952, and reported [1952] 1 AllER 297, dismissing an undefended petition for divorce on the ground of desertion. It was conceded that the parties lived...
Citation pending | 1952-06-16
DANCKWERTS J read the following judgment. This is an action by Her Majesty ’ s Attorney General at the relation of a Mr Edgar Hunt against the corporation of the borough of Colchester. The defendant corporation are the...
Citation pending | 1952-06-12
Appeal by the wife, respondent to a petition by the husband for divorce on the ground of her a dultery, from an order of Wallington J dated 29 April 1952, a llowing an appeal by the husband from an order of the...
Citation pending | 1952-05-23
Estate Duty – Incidence – Portions charged by will on property reversionary at date of testator ’ s death – Duty exigible on death of life tenant – Liability of portioners to be charged with duty – Finance Act, 1894 (c...
Citation pending | 1952-05-21
Appeal by the Crown from an order of Roxburgh J dated 27 July 1951 (reported [1951] 2 AllER 667), reversing the decision of the Special Commissioners, and holding that certain entertainment expenses were incurred by...
Citation pending | 1952-05-14
Will – Revocation – Construction of revocatory clause in codicil – Will “to be read as if the name of [M. B.] did not occur therein” – Gift to children of M.B – Effect on special power of a ppointment given to M.B.
Citation pending | 1952-05-09
Landlord and Tenant – Duration of tenancy – Weekly tenancy – Tenancy for one year at weekly rent – Holding over at weekly rent – Notice to quit on basis of weekly tenancy – Claim for compensation or new lease under...
Citation pending | 1952-03-14
Appeal by the plaintiff from the judgment of Parker J dated 7 December 1951, and reported a nte, p 56, dismissing his claim against the defendants, his employers, for damages for personal injuries sustained in an a...
Citation pending | 1952-03-11
The umpire found the custom was “reasonable, certain and … (in Cork) universal”. The shipowners contended that the custom was inconsistent with and repugnant to the charter, and, in particular, cl 9 thereof. Subject to...
Citation pending | 1952-03-06
Appeal from an interlocutor of the First Division of the Court of Session (Lord Cooper (Lord President), Lord Carmont and Lord Keith), dated 12 December 1950, a dhering to the interlocutor of Lord Blades (Lord...
Citation pending | 1952-02-29
and, therefore, the plaintiffs were not holders in due course. The learned judge originally ruled that this point should have been pleaded and he refused leave to a mend. He later held that it could be a rgued as a...
Citation pending | 1952-02-26
the Utility Mark and Apparel and Textiles (General Provisions) Order, 1947, made under the Defence (General) Regulations, 1939. The county court judge gave judgment for the plaintiff, but without costs, on the ground...
Citation pending | 1952-02-19
Appeal by the defendants from an order of Barry J dated 6 November 1951, a llowing the plaintiff bank ’ s claim for £582 19s 9d owing by the defendants to the bank. The defendants contended that their simple contract...
Citation pending | 1952-02-19
A judgment debtor had a sum of money in a deposit account with a bank, the contract between the bank and the debtor being subject to the conditions (a) that fourteen days ’ notice should be given of a withdrawal, and...
Citation pending | 1952-02-01
On 10 August 1948, a wife presented a petition for the dissolution of her marriage in which she a sked for the custody of the two sons of the marriage, maintenance of the younger son, and maintenance and a secured...
Citation pending | 1952-01-15
Justices – Husband and wife – Maintenance – Discharge of order – Adultery by wife after dissolution of marriage – Preferable jurisdiction of Divorce Court – Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act, 1895 (c 39), s 7.
Citation pending | 1952-01-11
WILLMER J. In this extremely difficult case relief is being sought on the ground of desertion, a lthough it is conceded that the parties have continued throughout to live under the same roof. There have been cases of...
Citation pending | 1951-12-20
In a ddition to the charges of fraud against the fifth and second defendants, the plaintiffs a lleged, as third and fourth charges of fraud, that the first defendant was guilty of fraud because (a) he had deliberately...
Citation pending | 1951-12-20
Croom-Johnson J made a number of declarations, including a declaration that the resolutions of 24 September 1947, and 12 July 1948, were ultra vires. He found that all the defendants had a cted bona fide and without...
Citation pending | 1951-12-12
On 3 July 1940, gold belonging to a Dutch banking company was transferred from safe deposit in London to the Custodian of Enemy Property by a vesting order made by the Board of Trade under the Trading with the Enemy...
Citation pending | 1951-12-07
The matter is, in my mind, a lmost concluded by authority, by Miller v William Boothman & Sons Ltd, Nicholls v Austin (Leyton) Ltd and Franklin v Gramophone Co Ltd. Those cases were dealing with other regulations, but...
Citation pending | 1951-12-06
MCNAIR J read the following judgment. This case, which comes before me for the determination of a preliminary point of law under RSC, Ord 25, r 2, raises in a neat form the question whether a husband can during
Citation pending | 1951-12-03
By his will, dated 8 October 1942, the testator directed his trustees out of his residuary estate to pay the sum of £10 a week free of income tax to his son M during his life on protective trusts. The testator died on...
Citation pending | 1951-11-29
Estate Duty – Incidence – Portions charged by will on property reversionary at date of testator ’ s death – Duty exigible on death of life tenant – Liability of portioners to be charged with duty – Finance Act, 1894 (c...
Citation pending | 1951-11-28
VAISEY J read the following judgment. The plaintiff in this action is the Attorney-General suing on the relation of Automobile Proprietary Ltd the owner of the Royal Automobile Club. The relator is not joined as a...
Citation pending | 1951-11-07
By his will, dated 22 October 1942, a testator devised and bequeathed his estate to his executor, a bank, on trust for sale and conversion with power to postpone sale, and directed “that the income of such of the same...
Citation pending | 1951-10-25
By her will, dated 15 October 1938, the testatrix a ppointed executors and bequeathed all her jewellery and personal chattels as defined in the Administration of Estates Act, 1925, to her sister a bsolutely and free of...
Citation pending | 1951-10-22
The tenant, while a member of the Royal Air Force, occupied premises, the property of the Air Ministry. On his discharge from the Air Force he was given two months ’ notice to quit. He failed to leave the premises and...
Citation pending | 1951-10-16
An appeal to the High Court under s 6(5) of the Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1948, against the refusal of the council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons to register a person ’ s name in the supplementary...
Citation pending | 1951-10-16
This point was raised before Willmer J in HMS Truculent Admiralty v The Divina (Owners). In my opinion he deals correctly with it. I propose to follow his decision and that a nswers this case in favour of the shipowner...
Citation pending | 1951-10-05
On 20 April 1951, at a court of summary jurisdiction sitting at Peterborough, an information was preferred by the a ppellant, a superintendent of police, under s 62 of the Offences against the Person Act, 1861,...
Citation pending | 1951-07-30
Appeal by the plaintiff from an order of McNair J dated 8 February 1951, and reported [1951] 1 AllER 569, in an action for a declaration that the plaintiff was entitled to receive an increase of pension under the...
Citation pending | 1951-07-30
Peace Treaty – Hungary – Charge on property within United Kingdom territory and belonging to Hungarian national – Gold and bank balances belonging to Dutch company – Shares of company held by Hungarian national –...
Citation pending | 1951-07-27
ROXBURGH J. At a meeting of the Commissioners for the Special Purposes of the Income Tax Acts held on 9 October 1950, Bentleys, Stokes and Lowless, to whom I will refer as “the firm,” a ppealed against an a ssessment...
Citation pending | 1951-07-16
By a settlement, dated 28 August 1896, the settlor, after declaring particular trusts for the benefit of his children and their issue, gave the surplus trust fund on trust for all or any his children or remoter issue...
Citation pending | 1951-07-11
By his will, dated 8 October 1942, the testator gave his residuary estate to his trustees on trust to pay the sum of £10 each week free of income tax to his son M during his life on protective trusts, and after M ’ s...
4 a llowed the said Colmar to have access in the manner set forth in | 1951-05-29
“on or about Sept, 1, 1948, a llowed one William George Colmar without the knowledge or authority of the plaintiff and without any possible right in the said Colmar so to do to enter the said parcels office, break open...
Citation pending | 1951-04-25
In December, 1919, the plaintiff mortgaged certain property to one R to secure a sum of £5,000. The defendant a cted as solicitor for both parties and retained the original documents of title together with the mortgage...
Citation pending | 1951-03-20
In their statement of claim in an action for damages for breach of contract the plaintiffs pleaded in effect that goods sold to them by the defendants were valueless and claimed the full purchase price which a mounted...
Citation pending | 1951-03-14
Divorce – Petition – Petition within three years of marriage – Leave to present – Jurisdiction of commissioner to grant – Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925 (c 49), s 70(5) – Matrimonial Causes Act,...
The husband is not entitled | 1951-02-22
Appeal by the husband from an order of Wallington J dated 20 November 1950, made under s 5(1) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1949, whereby he held that the husband had wilfully neglected to provide...
Citation pending | 1951-01-22
By her will, dated in April, 1929, a testatrix gave her residuary estate to trustees on trust for conversion and investment and “to pay the income a rising therefrom to my [daughter E.] during her life and after her...
67 | 1951-01-18
Rent Control – Notice to quit – Notice given after tenancy referred to tribunal – Validity and effect – Furnished Houses (Rent Control) Act, 1946 (c 34), s 5.
Citation pending | 1950-12-15
Settlement – After-a cquired property – Covenant to settle on trusts of a will – Covenantor a cquiring absolute interest (i) under the settlement and (ii) under the will – Application of covenant.
Citation pending | 1950-10-12
Appeal by the defendants from a judgment of Ormerod J delivered at Leeds Assizes on 4 May 1950, a warding damages to the plaintiffs, the widow and children of George Beadsley, a workman employed by the defendants at...
Citation pending | 1950-10-06
Appeal by the plaintiff from an order of Parker J in chambers, dated 11 July 1950, dismissing an appeal by the plaintiff from an order of Master Horridge, and had disallowed certain interrogatories.
[1968] GLR 257 | 1950-07-26
The plaintiffs and the defendants are by Ga -Mashie customary law of intestate succession all members of the immediate family of Madam Amorkor Abbey, deceased, being respectively her children and uterine grandchildren...
Citation pending | 1950-07-14
Company – Winding-up – Election – Application for order that winding-up invalid – Previous a pplication for leave to appeal out of time against rejection of proof – Consent to a djournment of a pplication for leave...
Citation pending | 1950-06-29
Appeal by the wife from a judgment of Mr Commissioner Grazebrook KC dated 13 March 1950, dismissing her petition for divorce on the ground that the charges of cruelty made by her were not proved beyond reasonable...