Abbott v Refuge Assurance Company Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1961
Year1961
CourtCourt of Appeal
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  • Rea v Gibbs
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 5 July 1994
    ...P. Lamontagne, Q.C. and I.F. Archie, Senior Crown Counsel, for the defendants. Cases cited: (1) Abbott v. Refuge Assur. Co. Ltd., [1962] 1 Q.B. 432; [1961] 3 All E.R. 1074, distinguished. (2) Abrath v. North E. Ry. Co.ELR(1883), 11 Q.B.D. 440, dictum of Bowen, L.J. applied. (3) Cedeno v. O”......
  • Gibbs, Commissioner of Police v Attorney-General et Al
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 29 January 1998
    ... ... is a fact to which a court cannot simply shut its eyes and take refuge in the technicalities of pleading. It is something, which goes to the root ... Abbott, C.J. said ( 1 Dow. & Ry. K.B. at 103 ) that as the allegation was – ... He then described the steps, which he took in the company of officials of the bank on the morning of October 28th, 1991 to enforce ... ...
  • Conway v Rimmer
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 8 June 1967
    ...for malicious prosecution, those documents are of crucial importance, see Glinski v. Mclvor, 1962 A. C. at pp. 644/645: Abbott v. Refuge Assurance Co. LIMITED., 1962, 1 Q. B. p. 432 at pp. 449, 454. In order to ensure frankness and candour, the law gives to those instructions, as it does t......
  • Dorene Ltd v Suedes (Ireland) Ltd
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 1 January 1982
    ...not to reasonable and probable cause." (Pages 138, 139, 140) 19 The point was again considered in Abbott .v. Refuge Assurance Co. Ltd. (1962) 1 Q.B. 432. This is of particular relevance because the Defendant in those proceedings, like the Plaintiff in the present proceedings, had obtained ......
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