Browne v Dunn
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Judgment Date | 28 November 1893 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1893] UKHL J1128-1 |
| Date | 28 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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2 firm's commentaries
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Property & Projects - What's News in Property & Projects - 26 June 2012
...– 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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Work Health & Safety - What's News - 5 August 2014
...v Briginshaw [1938] HCA 34; (1938) 60 CLR 336 - whether the Tribunal erred in not requiring compliance with the rule in Browne v Dunn (1894) 6 R 67 - whether notice was given in any event satisfying the rule in Brown v Dunn and affording the appellant procedural fairness. EVIDENCE - rules o......
6 books & journal articles
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Litigation
...this principle is commonly known as the rule in Browne v Dunn , after the Scottish appeal to the House of Lords in Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67; as to which see, eg, Seymour v Australian Broadcasting Commission (1990) 19 NSWLR 219; Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd v CE Heath Underwriting & Agenc......
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The COVID-19 Pandemic, the Courts and Online Hearings: Maintaining Open Justice, Procedural Fairness and Impartiality
...Getswift cases.118Being ableto give instructions is important to a party receiving a fair trial as it is a pre-requisite to a party111. (1893) 6 R 67. Browne v Dunn is a rule of fairness designed to allow witnesses to confront any proposed challenges totheir evidence, and to enable the fact......
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...is irrational and not part of South African law. The rule in Browne v Dunn—Australia (NSW) According to the rule in Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67, HL a party must put to opposing party’s witness in cross-examination any part of that witness’s evidence that is not accepted. In R v Liristis [20......
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Table of cases
...v. Jones [2004] EWHC 1189 (QB) 241 Boxall v. Waltham Forest LDC (2001) 4 CCL Rep. 258 57 Brawley v.Marczynski [2003] 1 WLR 813 57 Browne v. Dunn (1893) 6 R 67, HL 359 Burchell v. Bullard [2005] EWCA Civ 358; [2005] CP Rep 36; [2005] BLR 330; [2005] 3 Costs LR 507; (2005) 155 NLJ 593; Indepe......
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