Ellesmere (Earl) v Wallace
Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
Year | 1929 |
Date | 1929 |
Court | Court of Appeal |
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29 cases
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IFX Investment Company Ltd and Others v Revenue and Customs Commissioners
...as HMRC contends, though of course past cases can help if those facts recur. But that is not so here. 44 The UT also relied on Earl of Ellesmere v Wallace. In this action the Jockey Club sued a race horse owner for the deposits due to it for entering his horse in two races. It did not sue f......
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Lipkin Gorman (A Firm)(Appellants(Plaintiffs) v (1) Karpnale Ltd (formerly Playboy Club of London Ltd) (Respondent (2) Lloyds Bank Plc (Respondent(Defendant)
...was void under the statute and that consequently the Club had given no consideration for the exchange. However in Ellesmere v. Wallace [1929] 2 Ch.1 the court clearly held that the phrase a "contract by way of gaming or wagering" meant a contract for or of gaming or wagering (see e.g. Lawre......
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Tote Investors Ltd v Smoker
...cannot lose, or may lose but cannot win, it is not a wagering contract". That definition has been approved many times, particularly in Ellesmere v. Wallace, 1929, 2 Chancery, p. 1. I would not myself liketo treat it as a rigid definition or interpret it as a statute, but it does bring out ......
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MORGAN GRENFELL & CO LTD V WELWYN HATFIELD DISTRICT COUNCIL (ISLINGTON LONDON BOROUGH COUNCIL, THIRD PARTY)
...interest as it will have a very direct bearing on any settlement negotiations. REFERENCES 1 [1892] 2 QB 484 at 490-491. 2 At 491-492. 3 [1929] 2 Ch 1 at 2. 4 [1991] 1 All ER 545 at 549-550; 2 AC 1 at 23-24. 5 [1991] 3 All ER 180. 6 Strachan v Universal Stock Exchange Ltd (No. 2) [1895] 2 QB......