Attorney General v Emerson

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1891
CourtHouse of Lords
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15 cases
  • Roberts v Oppenheim
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • Invalid date
  • Lim Soon Gong and Others; R
    • Malaysia
    • Court of Appeal (Malaysia)
    • Invalid date
  • Levy v Administrator
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 23 April 1963
    ...OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS R.C. Rattray for the appellants; H.G. Edwards for the respondent. Cases cited: (1) Att. Gen. v. Emerson, [1891] A.C. 649, observations of Lord Herschell applied. (2) Att.-Gen. (Jamaica) v. Foote(1893), 1 Steph. Sup. Ct. Jam. 1037, dicta of Northcote, Ag. C.J. applied. ......
  • Roberts v Crown Estate Commissioners
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 14 March 2007
    ...be regarded as acts of possession of the soil itself than would be more ephemeral forms of fishing – consider Attorney General v Emerson [1891] AC 649 passim. That is relevant here as most of the fishing in the areas with which I am concerned have been, certainly as to commercial rather tha......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (August 28 – September 1)
    • Canada
    • LexBlog Canada
    • 3 September 2023
    ...14 A.C. 446, Re Provincial Fisheries (1896), 26 S.C.R. 444, Dixson v. Snetsinger (1873), 23 U.C.C.P. 235, Attorney General v. Emerson, [1891] A.C. 649, Ngati Apa v. Attorney-General, [2003] NZCA 117, 3 N.Z.L.R. 643, Restoule v. Canada (Attorney General), 2021 ONCA 779, Manitoba Metis Federa......
2 books & journal articles
  • Accommodating Legal Pluralism in Pacific Courts: Problems of Proof of Customary Law
    • United Kingdom
    • International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 15-1, January 2011
    • 1 January 2011
    ...J. Corrin ‘Customary Land and theLanguage of the Common Law’ (2008) Common Law World Review 305.128 Attorney-General vEmerson [1891] Appeal Cases 649; Lonsdale (Earl) vAttorney-General [1982] 1 WLR887; New South Wales vCommonwealth of Australia (1975) 135 CLR 337.129 Unreported, 2 July 2009......
  • Conveyancers' title information sources in the Cayman Islands
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 15-1/2, June 2005
    • 1 June 2005
    ...Revision). 30. Eden v R [1952-79] CILR. 4 0 6 Re Salt Rocks Dock [1990-91] CILR, N-17 (Summary Court, Case 109/88) following AG v Emenon [1891] AC 649. Overriding Statutory Charges The Water Authority is entitled by statute to a charge over a parcel to secure sums in respect of connecting a......

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