Attorney General v Cory Bros. & Company ; Kennard v Cory Bros. & Company
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1921 |
| Date | 1921 |
| Court | House of Lords |
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Transco plc v. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, (2003) 315 N.R. 123 (HL)
...(Scotland) Ltd. v. Strathclyde Regional Council, [1985] S.L.T. 214, refd to. [para. 5]. Attorney General v. Cory Brothers and Co., [1921] 1 A.C. 521, refd to. [para. Rainham Chemical Works Ltd. v. Belevedere Fish Guano Co., [1921] 2 A.C. 465, refd to. [paras. 6, 104]. Cambridge Water Co. v.......
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Colour Quest Ltd v Total Downstream UK Plc [QBD (Comm)]
...to pursue their claim in negligence. 398 I turn to the authorities. In this regard Total placed particular emphasis on Attorney General v. Cory Brothers [1921] 1 AC 521. The facts of the two actions included in the proceedings were as follows. A colliery company had tipped a vast mass of co......
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Anthony and Others v The Coal Authority
...neighbours was not foreseeable. 123 The use of land for the storage of mining waste was considered by the House of Lords in Attorney General v. Cory Bros. & Co [1921] 1 AC 521. Cory Brothers were found liable both in negligence and under the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher. In describing the f......
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Transco Plc v Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
...With memories of the tragedy at Aberfan still green, the same view might now be taken of Attorney General v Cory Brothers and Co Ltd [1921] 1 AC 521 even if the claimants had failed to prove negligence, as on the facts they were able to do. I would regard Rainham Chemical Works Ltd v Belved......
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Environmental Law
...both heads of tort ( i.e. (1) negligence and (2) the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher – (see Attorney General & Others v. Cory Brothers (1921) 1 A.C. 521 at 536 per Viscount Haldane.” - Per Idigbe, J.S.C. in Umudje and Anor. v. Shell B.P. Pet. Dev. Co. (Nig.) Suit No. S.C. 254/73; (1975) 9 – 11 ......