Bourne v Norwich Crematorium Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtChancery Division
Judgment Date1967
Year1967
Date1967

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  • Damien McCabe v Governor of Mountjoy Prison
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 3 June 2014
    ...but they take their meaning from the context in which they appear. As Stamp J. famously observed in Bourne v. Norwich Crematorium Ltd. [1967] 1 W.L.R. 691, 696:- "English words derive colour from those which surround them. Sentences are not mere collections of words to be taken out of the s......
  • DPP v T.N.
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 28 May 2020
    ...[1990] 1 I.R. 394, Hamilton P (as he then was) endorsed the following statement of Stamp J in Bourne v. Norwich Crematorium Ltd. [1967] 1 W.L.R. 691 where he stated at p. 696 that: “English words derive colour from those which surround them. Sentences are not mere collections of words to b......
  • Cummins and Others v an Coimisiún Pleanála
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 3 October 2025
    ...its central meaning.” (iv) As regards statutory context, as Stamp L.J. said in Bourne (Inspector of Taxes) v. Norwich Crematorium Ltd [1967] 1 W.L.R. 691, [1967] 2 All E.R. 576, [1967] 3 WLUK 24, 44 T.C. 164, (1967) 46 A.T.C. 43, [1967] T.R. 49, (1967) 111 S.J. 256 at 696 (emphasis added......
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