Asher v Seaford Court Estates

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1949
Date1949
CourtCourt of Appeal
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  • Preliminary Sections
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Nigerian Supreme Court Cases. 1979 Preliminary Sections
    • 17 November 2022
    ...v. Salomon & Co. Ltd. (1897) A.C. 22 212 Scott v. Frank F. Scott (London) Ltd. (1940) 1 Ch. 794. 146 Seaford Court Estates Ltd. v. Asher (1949) 2 K.B 481 at p.499 ...... 93 Secretary of State for Defence v. Warn (1968) 3 W.L.R. 609 at 614. 153 See (1952) AC 189; (1951) 2 All E.R. 839 at p.8......
  • Interpretation Of Statutes
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Sasegbon's Laws of Nigeria. Volume 12 Interpretation Of Statutes
    • 3 July 2016
    ...advocated in his book Discipline of Law at pages 11 to 14 by filling the gap as decided by him in Seaford Court Estate Ltd. v. Asher (1949) 2 K.B. 481 which was rejected by the House of Lords in Magor and St. Mellons Rural District Council v. New Port Corporation (1951) 2 All E.R. 839 that ......
  • Montesquieu and pepper (inspector of taxes) v. Hart
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 6-1, June 1996
    • 1 June 1996
    ...According to Lord Simonds, the proposition of Lord Denning that what "the legislature has not written, the court must write" is 44 [1949] 2 K.B. 481. 45 [1950] 2 All E.R. 1226 at p. 1236 . 46 [1952] A.C. 189 at p.l91. "a naked usurpation of the legislative function under the thin guise of i......
  • Comment: REVITALISING THE PENAL CODE WITH A GENERAL PART: A COMMENTARY
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2005, December 2005
    • 1 December 2005
    ...to be “insane”. However, this is inconsistent with the language of “unsoundness of mind” under s 84. 3 Seaford Court Estates Ld v Asher [1949] 2 KB 481 at 498—499. 4 Section 25 of the Penal Code states: “A person is said to do a thing fraudulently if he does that thing with intent to defrau......

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