City of London v Wood

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1701
Year1701
CourtCourt of the King's Bench
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6 cases
  • DPP v Cawley
    • Ireland
    • Central Criminal Court (Ireland)
    • 14 June 2002
    ...114(a)]. In this view he was supported by Lord Hobart in Day v. Savadge [(1614) Hob. 85] and by Lord Holt in City of London v. Wood (1701) 12 Mod. Rep. 669. However, with the recognition by the English courts of the sovereignty of Parliament in the eighteenth century, this view was no longe......
  • Hamilton v Hamilton
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 9 February 1982
    ... ... 114(a). 22 Day v. Savadge (1614) Hob. 85. 23 City of London v. Wood (1701) 12 Mod. Rep. 669. 24 Gardner v. Lucas (1878) 2 ... ...
  • British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd v Armstrong Patents Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 27 February 1986
    ...as I do, the observation of Holt C.J. that "Parliament can do no wrong, though it may do several things that look pretty odd" City of London v. Wood (1701) 12 Mod. Rep. 669, 687, I hold, in common with the majority of your Lordships, that an affirmative answer must be given to this first Q......
  • Duport Steels Ltd and Others v Sirs and Others (on Their Own Behalf and on Behalf of all Members of the Executive Council of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 1 February 1980
    ... ... an Act of Parliament can do no wrong, though it may do several things that look pretty odd" ( City of London v. Wood (1701) 12 Mod. Rep. 669, at 687 ). From time to time some judges have been ... ...
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