Connecticut Fire Insurance Company v Kavanagh

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1892
Year1892
Date1892
CourtPrivy Council
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106 cases
  • Wilson (Dalton) v Raymond Reid
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 7 Abril 2006
    ...inclined to entertain an issue raised for the first time on appeal, there is no absolute prohibition against doing so. In Connecticut Fire Insurance Co v Kavanagh [1892] AC 473, Lord Watson, on behalf of their Lordships Board of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, at page 480 said......
  • Donaghey v P. O'Brien & Company
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 25 Mayo 1966
    ...In that case Lord Guest, in delivering the judgment of the privy Council, quoted and adopted the words of Lord Watson in Connecticut Fire insurance Company v. Kavanagh, (1892 Appeal Cases, page 473, at page 480) as follows: "When a question of law is raised for the first time in a court of ......
  • Feoso (Singapore) Pte Ltd v Faith Maritime Company Limited
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 25 Agosto 2003
    ... ... also apply to an appeal to this Court) by Lord Watson in Connecticut Fire Insurance v Kavanagh [1892] AC 475 , ... "When a question of law ... ...
  • Panwah Steel Pte Ltd v Koh Brothers Building & Civil Engineering Contractor (Pte) Ltd
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 18 Septiembre 2006
    ...16 The following observations by Lord Watson in the Canadian Privy Council decision of Connecticut Fire Insurance Company v Kavanagh [1892] AC 473 at 480 are, especially (as we shall see) in the context of the present proceedings, also When a question of law is raised for the first time in ......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Civil Procedure
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2003, December 2003
    • 1 Diciembre 2003
    ...for leave to introduce a new contention which was not argued below. The court relied on Connecticut Fire Insurance Company v Kavanagh[1892] AC 473 at 480 which stated that if the new contention was founded on undisputed facts, then the appellate court should normally entertain the plea. How......

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