Davies v Snead

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1865
Year1865
CourtCourt of the Queen's Bench
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14 cases
  • Reynolds v. Times Newspapers Ltd. et al., (1999) 250 N.R. 1 (HL)
    • Canada
    • 28 Octubre 1999
    ...1 W.L.R. 743, refd to. [paras. 10, 64]. Toogood v. Spyring (1834), 1 Cr. M. & R. 181, refd to. [para. 13]. Davies v. Snead (1870), L.R. 5 Q.B. 608, refd to. [para. 13]. Horrocks v. Lowe, [1975] A.C. 135 (H.L.), refd to. [paras. 15, 106, 159, 172]. Adam v. Ward, [1917] A.C. 309 (H.L.), r......
  • Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 28 Octubre 1999
    ...(1834) 1 C.M. & R. 181, 193, when the 'common convenience and welfare of society' call for frank communication on questions of fact. In Davies v. Snead (1870) L.R. 5 Q.B. 608, 611, Blackburn J. spoke of circumstances where a person is so situated that it 'becomes right in the interests of s......
  • Bashford v Information Australia (Newsletters) Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 11 Febrero 2004
    ...initiated by a defendant where they are necessary to protect the immediate interests of a person — usually the recipient 85. In Davies v Snead, Blackburn J said 86: ‘[W]here a person is so situated that it becomes right in the interests of society that he should tell to a third person certa......
  • Aktas v Westpac Banking Corporation Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 4 Agosto 2010
    ...J in Amann v Damm (1860) 8 CB (NS) 597 at 602 [ 141 ER 1300 at 1302] and Lindley LJ in Stuart v Bell [1891] 2 QB 341 at 347. See also Davies v Snead (1870) LR 5 QB 608 at 611 per Blackburn J. 53 [1950] IR 195 at 222. 55 Brown, The Law of Defamation in Canada, 2nd ed (1994), vol 1, par 13......
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