Butler v Gregory

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1902
Date1902
CourtDivisional Court
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5 cases
  • Re M, an Infant
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • July 6, 1955
    ...meaning according to the context in which it is used, and the subject-matter of the Statute in which it is used. For example, in Butler v. Gregory (1902) 18 Times Law Reports, page 370, the father of an illegitimate child had been summoned under section 23 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Ch......
  • R v Secretary of state for the home department ex parte Crew
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • November 25, 1982
    ...appellant. Simon Brown for the respondent. Cases referred to in the judgments: In re M., An InfantELR [1955] 2 QB 479. Butler v Gregory [1902] 18 TLR 370. Children Application by illegitimate daughter born Hong Kong to join father Immigration Act 1971 s 2(1)(b). The applicant, the twenty th......
  • The Queen v Secretary of State for the Home Office and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • November 25, 1982
    ...the father of an illegitimate child unless the context otherwise requires. This is implied in the decision of Butler v. Gregory (1902) 18 T.L.R. 370, with which I agree. The reason is that the law of England has from time immemorial looked upon a bastard as the child of nobody, that is to s......
  • B.M.F., Re, (1981) 8 Man.R.(2d) 331 (CoCt)
    • Canada
    • Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (Canada)
    • March 4, 1981
    ...the father of an illegitimate child unless the context otherwise requires. This is implied in the decision in Butler v. Gregory (1912), 18 T.L.R. 370, with which I agree. The reason is that the law of England has from time immemorial looked upon a bastard as the child of nobody, that is to ......
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