Attorney General for Tuvalu v Philatelic Distribution Corporation Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLORD JUSTICE WOOLF
Judgment Date20 October 1989
Judgment citation (vLex)[1989] EWCA Civ J1020-8
Docket Number89/1053 1086/89
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Date20 October 1989
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    ...said that the general approach which the court was taking was similar to that adopted by Woolf LJ in Attorney-General for Tuvalu v Philatelic Distribution Corporation Ltd [1990] 1 WLR 926. He referred also to Lord Wilberforce's speech in Heaton's Transport (St Helen's) Ltd v Transport and G......
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    ...shown, although it can, as usual, be inferred from all the circumstances of the case. Similarly, citation of Attorney General for Tuvulu v. Philatelic Distribution Corporation Ltd [1990] 1 WLR 926 (CA) at 938B/C ("mere inactivity is not sufficient"…"not liable by virtue of his office and h......
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