Attorney General for Ceylon v A. D. Silva
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 1953 |
| Date | 1953 |
| Year | 1953 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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Ukraine (Represented by the Minister of Finance of Ukraine acting upon the instructions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine) v The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C.
...which we will come. 85 In reaching this conclusion we have given careful consideration to the decision of the Privy Council in Attorney General for Ceylon v Silva [1953] AC 461, upon which Ukraine has placed particular reliance. The case concerned a quantity of goods which the Principal Co......
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Nayyar & Others v Denton Wilde Sapte
...by the agent as to the extent of his authority can amount to a 'holding out' by the principal – see Attorney-General for Ceylon v. Silva [1953] A.C. 461 at 479. 135 It is not contended that DWS itself made any specific representation of relevance to the Claimants about the existence or scop......
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Ukraine (Represented by the Minister of Finance of Ukraine acting upon the instructions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine) v The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C.
...grounds, in a different position from commercial parties. Reliance was placed on the decision of the Privy Council in Attorney-General for Ceylon v Silva [1953] AC 461. The Principal Collector of Customs sold goods which he believed were unclaimed goods, purporting to do so under powers co......
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Minister of Home Affairs and Another v American Ninja IV Partnership and Another
...Exploration Co Ltd 1961 (2) SA 467 (A) at 481C; Rootkin v Kent CC H [1981] 2 All ER 227 (CA); Attorney-General of Hong Kong v A D Silva [1953] AC 461 (PC) at 233A-B; Singh and Another v Group Areas Development Board and Another 1964 (4) SA 391 (D) at 395F; Collector of Customs v Cape Centra......
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Estoppel by Representation in Administrative Law
...actualauthority,butwithintheagent'sostensible authority.Onthis see: Attorney-General for Ceylon vSilva [1953] AC 461; LeverFinance Ltd vWestminster(City) London Borough Council [1971] 1QB 222; Western FishProducts vPenwith District Council [1981] 2All ER 204;DrummoyneMunicipal Council vPage......