Cope v Sharpe (No. 2)
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1912 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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7 cases
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Ashley v Chief Constable of Sussex Police
...defendant was justified in killing the dog because it was threatening his sheep. This court considered a number of cases, including Cope v Sharpe (No 2) [1912] 1 KB 496, where, as Scott LJ (giving the judgment of the court) put it at page 247, "the question was whether the defendant was jus......
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Ashley v Chief Constable of Sussex Police
...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......
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Austin v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
...of 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 [19......
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Ashley et al. v. Chief Constable of Sussex Police, (2008) 390 N.R. 140 (HL)
...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 ......
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