Devonport Corporation v Tozer

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1903
Date1903
CourtCourt of Appeal
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12 cases
  • Mr Ioan Daniel Nemeti and Others v Sabre Insurance Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 23 November 2012
    ...right and the action is one which ought to have been initiated by relator proceedings in the name of the Attorney General ( Devonport Corporation v Tozer (1903) 1 Ch 759); (4) Where the plaintiff is a shareholder suing to enforce a right vested in the company and the company is a necessary ......
  • Wyld v Silver
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 12 July 1962
    ...there referred to. It is distinguishable also from cases where the plaintiff had no proprietary right, such as ( Devonport v. Tozor 1903, 1 Ch., 759). In ( Hammerton v. Honey 24 W. R., 603) whore individual inhabitants sought to enforce a customary right of recreation over certain property,......
  • Martin v Kaisary (No 1)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 16 March 2005
    ...is one which ought to have been initiated by relator proceedings in the name of the Attorney General ( Devonport Corporation v Tozer (1903) 1 Ch 759); (4) Where the plaintiff is a shareholder suing to enforce a right vested in the company and the company is a necessary party to the action (......
  • Chairman, Aldermen, Councillors and Electors of the Region of Diego Martin and Attorney General v Edfam
    • Trinidad & Tobago
    • High Court (Trinidad and Tobago)
    • 25 June 2015
    ...rights did not include the right to commence civil actions for the protection against public wrongs - related actions; 5.3. Devonport Corporation v. Tozer [1903] 1 Ch. 759; 5.4. Gouriet v. Union of Post Office Workers [1978] A.C. 435; The First Named claimant 6 Essentially, the first named......
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