Hobbs v Hobbs and Cousens

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1959
Date1959
CourtProbate, Divorce and Admiralty Division
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    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
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    ...Peat Properties Ltd. v. Fitzroy Robinson Partnership, [1987] 1 W.L.R. 1027; [1987] 2 All E.R. 716, referred to. (22) Hobbs v. Hobbs, [1960] P. 112; [1959] 3 All E.R. 827, dicta of Stevenson J. applied. (23) Hughes v. BiddulphENR(1827), 4 Russ. 190; 38 E.R. 777, referred to. (24) Istil Group......
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    ...breast of it" to the lawyer: see eg Anderson v Bank of British Columbia (1876) 2 Ch D 644, 649 per Sir George Jessel MR; Hobbs v Hobbs and Cousins [1960] P 112, 116–7 per Stevenson J. As Mr Béar pointed out, it is the potential "chilling effect" of any uncertainty over whether such confiden......
  • R v Derby Magistrates' Court, ex parte B
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    • House of Lords
    • June 22, 1995
    ...I do not mean to say that privilege cannot be waived …" 55I may end with two more recent affirmations of the general principle. In Hobbs v. Hobbs [1960] P. 112, 116-117, Stevenson J. said: "Privilege has a sound basis in common sense. It exists for the purpose of ensuring that there shall ......
  • Lee Victor Addlesee (and the others listed in the Schedule annexed to the Amended Claim Form) v Dentons Europe LLP
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    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • October 2, 2019
    ...Lindley MR in Calcraft v Guest [1898] 1 QB 759, 761) “privilege attaches for all time and in all circumstances” (Stevenson J in Hobbs v Hobbs [1960] P 112, 116–117) 9 As Lord Taylor put it later in his speech: “… once any exception to the general rule is allowed, the client's confidence is ......
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  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 11-4, October 2007
    • October 1, 2007
    ...v Ashrif 1988 SLT 567 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168HMA v Ward 1993 SCCR 595 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Hobbs v Hobbs and Cousens [1960] P 112 . . . 323Hodgkinson v Simms (1998) 33 BCLR (2d)129, CA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 53Holland v HM Advocate [20......
  • Litigation Privilege: Transient or Timeless? Blank v Canada (Minister of Justice)
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 11-4, October 2007
    • October 1, 2007
    ...in Blank [2006] 2 SCR 319 at [36].13 [1898] 1 QB 759 at 761. See also Bullock vCorry (1878) 3 QBD 356 at 358–9.14 Hobbs vHobbs and Cousens [1960] P 112 at that never took place.15 Nor does it matter that the client has died.16 The privilegewill continue for the benefit of the client’s succe......
  • Costa Rican Electoral Trends, 1953-1966
    • United States
    • Sage Political Research Quarterly No. 20-4, December 1967
    • December 1, 1967
    ...and also in Moisés Poplete Troncoso and Ben G. Burnett,The Rise of the Latin American Labor Movement (New York: Bookman Associates,1960), pp. 112-14. The most current discussion is Joseph J. McGovern, "The Costa Ri-can Labor Movement: A Study in Political Unionism," Public and International......
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    ...and talks conventionally. It would be almost a contra-diction in terms for a politician to be a leader in the f‌ield of ideas (Hayek, 1960,p. 112).Interestingly, Hayek does envisage a role for philosophical expertise in developing andarticulating the case for liberty, the def‌ining pr incip......
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