Caledonian Railway Company v Walker's Trustee

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date29 March 1882
Docket NumberNo. 2.
Date29 March 1882
CourtHouse of Lords
    • This document is available in original version only for vLex customers

      View this document and try vLex for 7 days
    • TRY VLEX
21 cases
  • Argyle Motors (Birkenhead) Ltd v Birkenhead Corporation
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 15 December 1972
    ...would have a right to compensation merely because, but for the statutory powers, an action for damages would lie. 30 In Caledonian Railway Company -v- Walker's Trustees (7 A.C. p.209), which was a case. ".rising under the Railway Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845 in which similar la......
  • Argyle Motors (Birkenhead) Ltd v Mayor, Etc., of Birkenhead
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 11 December 1973
    ...and Lord Penzance agreed, saying that the rule was well settled ( loc. cit. p. 262). 10 In the third case in this House, Caledonian Railway Company v. Walker's Trustees (1881) 7 A.C. 259, a case on the similar Scottish Act. the rule was again stated, in firm language by Lord Selborne L.C. a......
  • R (Smith) v Oxfordshire Assistant Deputy Coroner
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 30 June 2010
    ...unusual view of the circumstances in which he was bound by previous authority, he also referred to Lord Selborne LC, in Caledonian Railway Company v Walker's Trustees (1882) 7 App Cas 259, at 275: "A judgment which is right, and consistent with sound principles, upon the facts and circumsta......
  • Wildtree Hotels Ltd and Others v Harrow London Borough Council
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 22 June 2000
    ...cut off his access across the public highway to a dock on the river. In the later case of Caledonian Railway Co. v. Walker's Trustees (1882) 7 App. Cas. 259, 296, in which compensation was awarded for the closing of an access to a main street in Glasgow at some distance from the premises, L......
  • Request a trial to view additional results

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT