Fender v St. John-Mildmay

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1936
Date1936
CourtCourt of Appeal
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28 cases
  • Oh Thevesa v Sia Hok Chai
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 1992
  • H.A.H. v S.A.A. (Validity of marriage)
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 15 June 2017
    ...... harm to the public is substantially incontestable, and does not depend upon the idiosyncratic inferences of a few judicial minds ’ (citing Fender v. St John-Mildmay [1938] A.C. 1 ). . 46 In Cheni v. Cheni Lord Simon observed that, in deciding whether or ......
  • Kerr v Morris
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 15 May 1986
    ......If I were in any doubt on the matter, which I am not, then, in the words of Lord Atkin in Fender v. St. John-Mildmay (1938) A.C. 1 . at page 12, I would in this case give the benefit of the doubt to the contract. . 56 The ......
  • Johnstone v Bloomsbury Health Authority
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 19 December 1990
    ......The courts should be wary of extending the scope of the doctrine beyond the well-recognised categories: see Fender v. Mildmay [1938] A.C. 1 per Lord Atkin at p.12. It should be even more reluctant to embark upon a wide-ranging inquiry into matters of public ......
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