Browne v Dunn

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date28 November 1893
Judgment citation (vLex)[1893] UKHL J1128-1
CourtHouse of Lords
Date28 November 1893
Browne
and
Dunn.

[1893] UKHL J1128-1

House of Lords

1

After hearing Counsel for the Appellant, as well on Friday last as yesterday and this day, upon the Petition and Appeal of James Loxham Browne, of Woodbine Cottage, The Vale, Hampstead, in the county of Middlesex, praying, That the matter of the Order set forth in the Schedule thereto, namely, an Order of Her Majesty's Court of Appeal, of the 7th of March 1893, might be reviewed before Her Majesty the Queen in Her Court of Parliament, and that the said Order might...

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    • Mondaq Australia
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    ...– Reliability of Plaintiffs' witnesses – application of Jones v Dunkel [1959] HCA 8; (1959) 101 CLR 298 – application of Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 (HL) – Evidence Act 2008 (Vic) s 140. Joseph Street Pty Ltd & Ors v Tan & Ors [2012] VSCA 113 CONTRACT – Sale of land – Specific perfo......
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