Attorney General v De Keyser's Royal Hotel
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1919 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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Burmah Oil Company (Burma Trading) Ltd v Lord Advocate
...the prerogative right curtailed by legislation. 109As the Master of the Rolls pertinently said in his judgment in the Court of Appeal ( [1919] 2 Ch. 197): "What use would there be in imposing limitations, if the Crown could at its pleasure disregard them and fall back on prerogative?". 110......
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Burmah Oil Company (Burma Trading) Ltd v Lord Advocate
...Pickford, L.J., at p. 661; Halsbury's Laws of England, (3rd ed.) vol. vii, p. 260;Attorney-General v. De Keyser's Royal HotelELRELR, [1919] 2 Ch. 197, Swinfen Eady, M.R., at p. 225, Warrington, L.J., at p. 237, [1920] A. C. 508, Lord Dunedin at pp. 524–529, Lord Atkinson at pp. 539, 541–542......
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Re Herbert Berry Associates Ltd
...Statute, those powers can only be so exercised. While the Statute is in force the prerogative power is "merged in it" (Swinfen Eady M.R. [1919] 2 Ch 197 at page 216) or "in abeyance" (Lord Atkinson [1920] AC 508, at pages 539-40). On this last page Lord Atkinson continued: Whichever mode of......
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2 books & journal articles
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Democracy, Liberty and the Prerogative: The Displacement of Inherent Executive Power by Statute
...particulars'). 73 Swinfen Eady MR and Warrington LJ, Duke LJ dissenting. 74 Re a Petition of Right of De Keyser's Royal Hotel Limited [1919] 2 Ch 197, 216–7, relying on the exceptions to the strict rule that the prerogative cannot be taken away except by express words or necessary implicati......
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The Limits and Use of Executive Power by Government
...147 De Keyser [1920] AC 508, 539-40 (Lord Atkinson), 554 (Lord Moulton), 561–2 (Lord Sumner). 148 In re De Keyser's Royal Hotel Ltd [1919] 2 Ch 197, 216, adopted in De Keyser [1920] AC 508, 526 (Lord Dunedin), 539 (Lord Atkinson). 149 Ibid 526. See likewise, at 576 (Lord Parmoor): '[W]here ......