Hadkinson v Hadkinson

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLORD JUSTICE SOMERVELL,LORD JUSTICE ROMER,LORD JUSTICE DENNING
Judgment Date25 July 1952
Judgment citation (vLex)[1952] EWCA Civ J0725-3
CourtCourt of Appeal
Date25 July 1952
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281 cases
  • DPP v T
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 5 April 2006
    ...rule that an order of a court must be obeyed unless and until set aside was expressed as follows by Romer LJ in Hadkinson v Hadkinson [1952] P 285, 288: "It is the plain and unqualified obligation of every person against, or in respect of whom, an order is made by a court of competent juris......
  • X Ltd v Morgan-Grampian (Publishers) Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 4 April 1990
    ...in the 19th century, the only modern authority relied upon by Brandon L.J. in reaching this conclusion was Hadkinson v. Hadkinson [1952] P. 285 in which passages from the judgment of Romer L.J. at pp. 288-289 directly support Brandon L.J.'s formulation of both the general rule and the excep......
  • Isaacs v Robertson
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 13 June 1984
    ... ... For this proposition Robotham, J.A. (Acting) cited the passage in the judgment of Romer, L.J. in Hadkinson v. Hadkinson [1952] 2 All E.R. at p. 569:- “It is the plain and unqualified obligation of every person against, or in respect of, ... ...
  • Wee Choo Keong v MBf Holdings Bhd and Another and Another Appeal
    • Malaysia
    • Supreme Court (Malaysia)
    • Invalid date
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1 books & journal articles
  • CONTEMPT ORDERS AND JUDICIAL “ATTACHMENT” OF EQUITABLE PROPERTY
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2017, December 2017
    • 1 December 2017
    ...must be resolved where they engage a private right of the claimant or a reviewable question of public law.” 52 See Hadkinson v Hadkinson[1952] P 285 at 288. 53 The first strand has in recent times been relaxed and courts now accept that the court should exercise a discretion to entertain a ......

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