Attorney General for New Zealand v Brown

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1917
Year1917
Date1917
CourtPrivy Council

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12 cases
  • Attorney General v Royal Trust Company and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • Invalid date
  • Attorney General v Royal Trust Company Ltd et Al
    • Bahamas
    • Court of Appeal (Bahamas)
    • 26 October 1983
    ...law in holding that he was bound in this matter by the decision in the case of the Attorney General of New Zealand v. Brown and others, [1917] AC 393 and holding that that case was a precedent for concluding that the word ‘and’ may be changed to ‘or’ in this case (6) the learned Chief Justi......
  • Chichester Diocesan Fund & Board of Finance (Incorporated) v Simpson
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 21 June 1944
    ...is a bequest in favour of benevolent purposes to be selected by the testator's trustees sufficiently specific. (See, e.g. Attorney-General for New Zealand v. Brown [1917], A.C. 393, and Attorney-General of New Zealand v. New Zealand Insurance Co., Ltd., 1936, 3 All Eng. Rep. 8One class of ......
  • Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd, NO v Betts Brown and Others
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...1949 (2) A.E.R. 537 at pp. 539H - 540A, 543C. The purpose may be benevolent but it is not charitable. A.G. for New Zealand v Brown, 1917 A.C. 393; A.G. for New Zealand v N.Z. Insurance Co. Ltd., 1936 (3) A.E.R. 888; Chichester Diocesan Fund case, supra. Benevolent purposes may go beyond cha......
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