Cope v Sharpe (No. 2)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal
Year1912
Date1912

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9 cases
  • Austin v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 23 March 2005
    ...authority as to the nature and limits of necessity as a defence in tort. Counsel for the defendant referred me to three cases. Cope v Sharpe (No 2) [1912] 1 KB 496 was a case of alleged trespass where the defendant had sought to prevent a heather fire from spreading. Cresswell v Sirl [1947]......
  • Ashley v Chief Constable of Sussex Police
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 23 April 2008
    ...the Master of the Rolls acknowledged what he called, at para 39, its "undoubted force", especially in the light of Cope v Sharpe (No 2) [1912] 1 KB 496 and Cresswell v Sirl [1948] 1 KB 241. The argument is encapsulated in Sedley LJ's crisp observation that "honest belief in a non-existent s......
  • Ashley et al. v. Chief Constable of Sussex Police
    • Canada
    • 23 April 2008
    ...1 K.B. 318 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 28]. Chase, Re, [1989] 1 N.Z.L.R. 325 (C.A.), refd to. [paras. 28, 63, 131]. Cope v. Sharpe (No. 2), [1912] 1 K.B. 496, refd to. [paras. 55, Cresswell v. Sirl, [1948] 1 K.B. 241 (C.A.), refd to. [paras. 55, 76]. Hepburn v. Chief Constable of Thames Valley ......
  • Rigby v Chief Constable of Northamptonshire
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • Invalid date
    ... ... RIGBY AND ANOTHER v. CHIEF CONSTABLE OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ... [1981 R. No. 22] ... 1985 Feb. 4, ... Taylor J ... Trespass - Necessity as defence - Extent of defence ... Bonthrone v. Millan (unreported), 10 October 1981, Court of Session ... Cope v. Sharpe (No. 2) [ 1912 ] 1 K.B. 496 , C.A ... Cresswell v. Sirl [ 1948 ] 1 K.B ... ...
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