Commissioner of Stamp Duties v Atwill

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1971
Year1971
Date1971
CourtPrivy Council
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11 cases
  • Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Hughes
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • Invalid date
  • Public Prosecutor v Pius Gilbert Louis
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 22 August 2003
    ...of the main provision and be a substantive provision of its own. This is explained in the case of Commissioner of Stamp Duties v Atwill [1973] AC 558, a decision of the Privy Council on appeal from the High Court of Australia and which concerned the Australian Stamp Duties Act 1920. There, ......
  • Semenyih Jaya Sdn Bhd v Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Hulu Langat
    • Malaysia
    • Federal Court (Malaysia)
    • Invalid date
  • Taylor v Provan (HM Inspector of Taxes)
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 13 March 1974
    ...construction of a positive enactment by reference to a proviso calls for considerable caution: seeCommissioner of Stamp Duties v. Atwill [1973] A.C. 558 and cases there cited. Provisoes are often inserted ex abundanti cautela. That, indeed, seems to be the purpose of proviso (b) to s. 163(3......
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