Crompton (Alfred) Amusement Machines Ltd v Commissioners of Customs and Excise (No. 2)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1971
Date1971
CourtHouse of Lords
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  • D. (Married Woman) (Respondent) v National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (Appellants)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 2 February 1977
    ...assist the court to ascertain facts which are revelant to an issue upon which it is adjudicating. ( Alfred Crompton Amusement Machines Ltd. v. Customs and Excise Commissioners (No. 2) [1974] A.C. 405 at pp. 433/4). The private promise of confidentiality must yield to the general public inte......
  • Irish Press Publications Ltd v Minister for Enterprise
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 15 October 2002
    ...General Defendants Cases mentioned in this report:- Alfred Crompton Amusement Machines Ltd. v. Customs and Excise Comrs. (No. 2) [1974] A.C. 405; [1973] 3 W.L.R. 268; [1973] 2 All E.R. 1169. Ambiorix Ltd. v. Minister for the Environment (No. 1) [1992] 1 I.R. 277; [1992] I.L.R.M. 209. Attorn......
  • Telesystem Intl Wireless Inc. v CVC/Opportunity Equity Partners LP
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 14 November 2001
    ...v. Guest, [1898] 1 Q.B. 759; (1899), 67 L.J.Q.B. 505. (5) Crompton (Alfred) Amusement Machines Ltd. v. Customs & Excise Commrs. (No. 2), [1974] A.C. 405; [1973] 2 All E.R. 1169. (6) Goddard v. Nationwide Bldg. Socy., [1987] Q.B. 670; [1986] 3 All E.R. 264. (7) Helliwell v. Piggott-Sims, [19......
  • R. v. Trang (D.) et al., (2002) 307 A.R. 201 (QB)
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 21 January 2002
    ...v. Beharriell , supra; R. v. Johal , supra; Crompton (Alfred) Amusement Machines Ltd. v. Customs and Excise Commissioners (No. 2) , [1974] A.C. 405 (H.L.); Waterford v. Australia (1987), 163 C.L.R. 54 (Aust. H.C.); Hickman v. Taylor (1947), 329 U.S. 495 (U.S.S.C.); Jordan et al. v. United S......
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4 books & journal articles
  • Australia
    • United States
    • ABA Antitrust Library Obtaining Discovery Abroad. Third Edition
    • 8 December 2020
    ...Tompkins v Greater London Council & Anor [1988] 3 All ER 737. 83 . Alfred Crompton Amusement Mach. Ltd. v Customs & Excise Comm’rs (No 2) [1974] AC 405, [1973] 2 All ER 1169, [1973] 3 WLR 268; D v National Soc’y for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children [1978] AC 171, [1977] 1 All ER 589, [......
  • Secrecy Provisions in Commonwealth Legislation
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 19-1, March 1990
    • 1 March 1990
    ...Ltd vCommissionerofTaxation (1963) 113 CLR 475.59See DMeagher. Organised Crime (1983) 90 (hereafter referred to as Meagher).60 [1973] 2All ER 1169. 58Federal Law Review [VOLUME 9Anumberofsecrecy provisions inCommonwealthlegislation expresslyprohibit any disclosureofinformation which is abre......
  • Electronic discovery issues: disclosure requirements in Britain, Canada, and Australia.
    • United States
    • Defense Counsel Journal Vol. 65 No. 2, April 1998
    • 1 April 1998
    ...exist, termed confidentiality as between client and professional advisors and post litem motam privilege. (29.) See Alfred Crompton, [1974] A.C. 405. However, a distinction is drawn for certain purposes under European law where the European Commission exercises regulatory powers to order di......
  • Evidence
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Religious Institutions and The Law in Canada. Fourth Edition
    • 20 June 2017
    ...privilege and solicitor-client privilege is set out in Alfred Crompton Amusement Machines Ltd . v. Customs and Excise Commissioners , [1974] A.C. 405 (H.L.); and D . v. National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children , [1978] A.C. 171 (H.L.). In one English case, an assize court ......

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