Ejusdem Generis in UK Law

  • Brownsea Haven Properties v Poole Corporation
    • Court of Appeal
    • 16 Diciembre 1957
    ... ... provide numerous examples of the application of the so-called "ejusdem generis" rule of construction. I take for a statement of the appropriate ... ...
  • Quazi v Quazi
    • House of Lords
    • 22 Noviembre 1979
    ... ... to proceedings that are quasi judicial, by application of the ejusdem generis rule. This involves reading "other" as if it meant "similar" and, ... ...
  • Z Ltd v A-Z and AA-LL
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 16 Diciembre 1981
    ... ... They are not to be construed as ejusdem generis with "remove out of the jurisdiction". They can be found in the ... ...
  • Jones v Leeming
    • House of Lords
    • 18 Marzo 1930
    ... ... that profits and gains in Case VI must mean profits and gains ejusdem generis with the profits and gains specified in the preceding five Cases ... ...
  • Stag Line Ltd v Foscolo, Mango & Company Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 10 Diciembre 1931
    ... ... While I appreciate the difficulty of applying what is called the ejusdem generis rule where only one species is available out of which to ... ...
  • Istel (AT & T) Ltd v Tully
    • House of Lords
    • 20 Julio 1992
    ... ... the definition contemplates must be information of the same type ("ejusdem generis") as the other examples of intellectual property which are listed ... ...
  • Loch v Blackwood (John) Ltd
    • Privy Council
    • 1924
    ... ... Company - Winding Up - “Just and equitable” - Ejusdem generis Rule - Discretion of the Court - Companies (Consolidation) Act, ... ...
  • Ebrahimi v Westbourne Galleries Ltd; Re Westbourne Galleries Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 03 Mayo 1972
    ... ... and equitable" were interpreted so as only to include matters ejusdem generis as the preceding clauses of the section, but there is now ample ... ...
  • Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Duke of Westminster
    • House of Lords
    • 07 Mayo 1935
    ... ... 's employ were, in substance, payments for continuing service ejusdem generis with wages or salaries so long as the recipients in fact remain ... ...
  • Chandris v Isbrandtsen Moller Company Inc. (Evgenia Chandris.)
    • Court of Appeal
    • 1950
    ... ... , ammunition “or other dangerous “cargo” - Construction - Ejusdem generis rule - Turpentine loaded with knowledge of master - Breach of ... ...
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