Clarke-Jervoise v Scutt
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1920 |
| Date | 1920 |
| Court | Chancery Division |
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8 cases
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Balfour Beatty Regional Construction Ltd v Grove Developments Ltd
...of interim payments covering the whole of the work which the contractor performs. 52 Ms Slow prays in aid the decision of Eve J in Clarke-Jervoise v Scutt [1920] 1 Ch 382. That case concerned a tenancy agreement in which the tenant agreed not to plough "any grass land". Eve J construed that......
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J v C
...its wording seems to be deliberately wide and general. It relates to any proceedings before any Court, and as Eve J. said in Clarke-Jervoise v. Scutt, [1920] 1 Ch. 382 at 388�"'Any' is a word with a very wide meaning, and prima facie the use of it excludes limitation." 88 Thus read the s......
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Ing Bank N.v., Hong Kong Branch v Certain Deluxe Ltd
...the phrase, "any decree or order" in legislation, that the words of the section were "as wide as possible". In Clarke-Jervoise v Scutt [1920] 1 Ch 382 at 388 Eve J described "any" as a word of very wide meaning, and that prima facie the use of it excludes limitation. It may be noted that St......
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A. E. Farr Ltd v Ministry of Transport
...is of particular significance. Salmon L.J. regarded it as the equivalent of "all" in this context and I would respectfully agree. In Clarke-Jervoise v. Scutt [1920] 1 Ch. 382 at 388, Eve J. said that "'any' is a word with a very wide meaning, and prima facie the use "of it excludes limitat......
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