Goodwin v Robarts

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1875
CourtExchequer Division
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9 cases
  • Pan-Electric Industries Ltd (in liquidation) v Sim Lim Finance Ltd and Others
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 31 Mayo 1993
    ...like negotiable instruments. The absence of any such evidence of mercantile usage not only distinguishes this case from Goodwin v Robarts LR 10 Ex 76; 1 App Cas 476, but renders the reasoning on which that case was decided wholly inapplicable to the case now before us, and makes it unnecess......
  • Toll Logistics (Nz) Ltd v Andrew John McKay and John Joseph Cregten Coa
    • New Zealand
    • Court of Appeal
    • 16 Mayo 2011
    ...(HL) at 414. 50 Winchester v Fleming [1938] 1 QB 259. 51 Edie v East India Co (1761) 2 Burr 1216, 97 ER 797(KB). 52 Goodwin v Robarts (1875) LR 10 Ex 337 53 Teheran-Europe Co Ltd v S T Belton (Tractors) Ltd [1968] 2 QB 53; aff'd in part [1968] 2 QB 545 (CA). 54 At 558. 55 The banker's lie......
  • Re Shields' Estate
    • Ireland
    • Land Commission (Ireland)
    • 28 Noviembre 1900
    ...De Gex F. & J. 338. Ex parte Coe 3 DeG. F. & J. 335. Ex parte WilsonENR 1 Atk. 217. Foley v. Hill 2 H. L. Cas. 28. Goodwin v. RobartsELR L.R. 10 Ex. 337,351. Guinness' Case 1 Ir. Jur. 359. Hayden v. CarrollENR 2 Ridg. 545. Hayden v. Carroll 3 Ridg. P. C. 545. In re Guinness 1 Ir. Jur. 359. ......
  • Wah Tat Bank Ltd and Others v Chan Cheng Kum and Others
    • Singapore
    • Federal Court (Singapore)
    • 7 Julio 1967
    ...or persons ... The effect of this usage or custom in relation to the common law is thus described by Cockburn CJ in Goodwin v Robarts (1875) LR 10 Exch 337 at p 352: ... bills of lading may also be referred to as an instance of how general mercantile usage may give effect to a writing which......
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  • Are Cryptoassets Property Under English Law?
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 23 Julio 2019
    ...securities statute", July 2004, pg 13, available at http://www.fmlc.org/uploads/2/6/5/8/26584807/3b.pdf. [7] See Goodwin v Robarts (1875) LR 10 Exch 337, per Cockburn CJ holding that mercantile custom was to be adopted by common law as it [8] S. Green & F. Snagg, "Intermediated Securiti......
  • Are Cryptoassets Property Under English Law?
    • United Kingdom
    • LexBlog United Kingdom
    • 19 Julio 2019
    ...securities statute”, July 2004, pg 13, available at http://www.fmlc.org/uploads/2/6/5/8/26584807/3b.pdf. [7] See Goodwin v Robarts (1875) LR 10 Exch 337, per Cockburn CJ holding that mercantile custom was to be adopted by common law as it evolved. [8] S. Green & F. Snagg, “Intermediated Sec......

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