The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[1975] QB 262
[QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION]
DAVIES AND OTHERS v. WHITEWAYS CYDER CO. LTD. AND ANOTHER
[1971 D. No. 2149]
1974 April 3,
5,
8,
9,
10,
30;
May 22
May 22
O'Connor J.
Fatal Accidents Acts
— Damages
— Estate duty
— Gifts by husband to wife and son inter vivos
— Death of husband within seven years of making gifts
— Estate duty paid on gifts
— Whether loss of benefit accruing from relationship with deceased
— Whether recoverable in damages
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Fatal Accidents Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 93), s. 2