Everett v Griffiths

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1920
Date1920
CourtCourt of Appeal
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  • THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INTERESTS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2015, December 2015
    • 1 December 2015
    ...to have been accepted, although the actions failed on other grounds: see, eg, Thompson v Schmidt[1892] 56 JP 212 and Everett v Griffiths[1920] 3 KB 163. For further discussion of these cases, see Donal Nolan, “New Forms of Damage in Negligence”(2007) 70(1) MLR 59 at 64. 61[1993] 1 All ER 69......
  • The Law of Bureaucratic Negligence in South Africa: A Comparative Commonwealth Perspective
    • South Africa
    • Juta Acta Juridica No. , August 2019
    • 15 August 2019
    ...[1941] 4All ER 527; [1941] AC 74 (HL),contra per Lord Atkin dissenting [1941] 4 All ER 527 at 534A–B; per Atkin LJ, Everett vGriff‌iths [1920] 3 KB 163 at 199. See also the New South Wales Court ofAppeal denying thatthe duty of care principle was applicable to public bodies: Revesz v Common......
  • New Forms of Damage in Negligence
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 70-1, January 2007
    • 1 January 2007
    ...were prepared to acceptthe actionabilityof detention in an appropriate case.3426 (1927) 96 LJKB 1056.27 ibid,1060.28 (1892) 56 JP 212.29 [1920]3 KB 163. Atkin LJdisse nted,but the dec isionwas a⁄rmed by the House of Lords: [1921]1AC 631.30 [1993]1 All ER 692.31 [1995] QB 335.32 Morritt LJ a......
  • Negligent False Imprisonment – Scope for Re‐emergence?
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 61-4, July 1998
    • 1 July 1998
    ...to the European Court of HumanRights is currently being considered.3ibid.4Defreville vDill (1927) 96 LJKB 1056, Everett vGriffiths [1920] 3 KB 163 (CA) and Thompson vSchmidt (1892) 56 JP 212 in particular.5 [1995] QB 335 (CA).6Unreported, Transcript 29 November 1996 CA. This was a case in w......

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