Results: 48

• Parke Davis & Co v Comptroller-General Of Patents, Designs And Trade Marks

  11 Mar 1954 [1954] AC 321, HL

  PATENT — International Convention — Medicine

  STATUTE — Construction — International convention
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  PATENT — International Convention — Medicine — Compulsory licence — Application — International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, 1934 (Cmd. No. 5833), Treaty Series No. 55 (1938), art. 5A (4) — Patents Act, 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6, c. 87), ss. 41 (1), 45 (3).

  STATUTE — Construction — International convention — Statute subject to convention — Construction of convention.

  1 Statute considered
• Marshall v Gotham Co Ltd

  21 Nov 1952 [1953] 1 QB 167, CA

  01 Apr 1954 [1954] AC 360; [1954] 2 WLR 812; [1954] 1 All ER 937, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 2 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 21.
  MINES — Mines and minerals — Metalliferous mines

  FACTORY — Practicability of precautions. “Reasonably practicable.”
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  MINES — Mines and minerals — Metalliferous mines — Regulations — Breach of statutory duty — Fall of roof — Caused by slickenside — Duty to make roof secure “so far as may be reasonably practicable” — System of tapping — No propping — Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 77), s. 23 — Metalliferous Mines General Regulations, 1938 (S.R. & O. No. 630), reg. 7 (3).

  FACTORY — Practicability of precautions. “Reasonably practicable.”

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Bank voor Handel en Scheepvaart v Slatford

  [1953] 1 QB 248, CA

  01 Apr 1954 [1954] AC 584; [1954] 2 WLR 867, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 36.
  CROWN — Prerogative — Revenue

  INTERNATIONAL LAW — Foreign legislation transferring movable property in England — Whether enforceable in England

  REVENUE — Income tax. Trading with the Enemy.
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  CROWN — Prerogative — Revenue — Immunity — Crown servant — Custodian of Enemy Property — Income of investments of property by Custodian — Income tax exemption — Trading with the Enemy Act, 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6, c. 89), s. 7.

  INTERNATIONAL LAW — Foreign legislation transferring movable property in England — Whether enforceable in England — Decree of allied government in London — Public policy.

  REVENUE — Income tax. Trading with the Enemy.

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Gondicalo Hypolito Constancio Noronha v Damji Devji

  16 Nov 1953 [1954] AC 49; [1953] 3 WLR 972, PC

  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Kenya — Landlord and Tenant
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Kenya — Landlord and Tenant — Claim to possession — Jurisdiction of Supreme Court — Statute — Repealing legislation — Pending action — Statute not retroactive — Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance of Kenya (Laws of Kenya, 1948, c. 1), s. 13 (3) — Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Ordinance, No. 12 of 1940 — Increase of Rent (Restrictions) Ordinance, No. 22 of 1949, s. 35.

  3 Overseas Enactments considered

• Davies v Director of Public Prosecutions (on appeal from R v Davies (Michael))

  04 Dec 1953 [1954] 1 WLR 214, CCA

  19 Feb 1954 [1954] AC 378; [1954] 2 WLR 343, HL

  Subsequent citations: 10.
  CRIME — Criminal law — Evidence

  FACT OR LAW — Fact or law.
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  CRIME — Criminal law — Evidence — Accomplice — Warning — Necessity for — Rule of law — “Accomplice” — Meaning — Receivers — Evidence of system — Issue of accomplice vel non — Whether determinable by judge or jury — Murder — Fight between groups of youths — Death from stab wound — Participant in fight acquitted of murder and convicted of common assault — Witness against participant charged with murder — Whether warning necessary in charge to jury.

  FACT OR LAW — Fact or law.

• In Re The Union Of The Benefices Of Whippingham And East Cowes, St James; Derham v Church Commissioners For England

  30 Mar 1954 [1954] AC 245, PC

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Union of benefices — Scheme
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  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Union of benefices — Scheme — “Consultation so far as is practicable with … parochial church” — Meaning — Pastoral Reorganization Measure, 1949 (12 & 13 Geo. 6, No. 3), s. 3 (1).

  1 Statute considered
• Chapman v Chapman; In re Chapman’s Settlement Trusts

  17 Dec 1952 [1953] Ch 218; [1953] 2 WLR 94; [1953] 1 All ER 103, CA

  25 Mar 1954 [1954] AC 429; [1954] 2 WLR 723; [1954] 1 All ER 798, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 1 neutral; 3 negative. Subsequent citations: 40.
  TRUST AND TRUSTEE — Scheme to avoid tax — Jurisdiction of court to sanction

  REVENUE — Settlement — Tax avoidance

  TRUST — Scheme of family arrangement — Intention to save duty
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  TRUST AND TRUSTEE — Scheme to avoid tax — Jurisdiction of court to sanction — Modification of beneficial rights — Inherent equitable jurisdiction — Statutory jurisdiction — Settled Land Act, 1925 (15 Geo. 5, c. 18), s. 64 — Trustee Act, 1925 (15 Geo. 5, c. 19), s. 57.

  REVENUE — Settlement — Tax avoidance

  TRUST — Scheme of family arrangement — Intention to save duty — Modification of beneficial rights — Inherent equitable jurisdiction of the court — Jurisdiction to sanction a compromise — Statutory jurisdiction — Settled Land Act, 1925 (15 Geo. 5, c. 18), s. 64 — Trustee Act, 1925 (15 Geo. 5, c. 19), s. 57.

  1 Case considered

  2 Statutes considered
• Briess v Woolley

  01 Apr 1954 [1954] 2 WLR 832, HL

  01 Apr 1954 [1954] AC 333, HL

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 32.
  COMPANY — Shares — Sale

  FRAUD — Fraud. vicarious liability.
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  COMPANY — Shares — Sale — Fraud of director during negotiations — Sale authorized by members — Fraud preceding authorization — Tort complete when fraud acted on — Whether innocent shareholders liable vicariously to purchasers of shares.

  FRAUD — Fraud. vicarious liability.
• Oakes v Comr of Stamp Duties of New South Wales

  03 Dec 1953 [1954] AC 57, PC

  03 Dec 1953 [1953] 3 WLR 1127, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 7.
  REVENUE — Australia (new south wales) — Revenue
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  REVENUE — Australia (new south wales) — Revenue — Estate duty — Gift — Reservation of benefit — Remuneration for managing trust property — Whether beneficial interest — Grazing property — Settlor and his children co-beneficiaries in equal shares — Children's shares used for their maintenance and education — New South Wales Stamp Duties Act, 1920–1940, s. 102 (2) (d) — Finance Act, 1940 (3 & 4 Geo. 6, c. 29), s. 43 (2) (a).

  2 Statutes considered
• Meghji Lakhamshi & Brothers v Furniture Workshop

  13 Jan 1954 [1954] 2 WLR 159, PC

  13 Jan 1954 [1954] AC 80, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; most recently considered: 2025. Subsequent citations: 5.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — East africa — Landlord and Tenant

  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Landlord and tenant. privy council — Appeal
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — East africa — Landlord and Tenant — Claim to possession — Application for order for partial ejectment — Jurisdiction of Rent Control Board — Increase of Rent (Restriction) Ordinance, No. 22 of 1949 (Kenya), s. 16 (1) (k).

  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Landlord and tenant. privy council — Appeal — Competency — “Value” — Value of the property the determining factor — Eastern African (Appeal to Privy Council) Order in Council, 1951 (S.I. 1951, No. 609), art. 3 (a). “Value.”

  1 Statute considered

  2 Statutory Instruments considered