Kiriri Cotton Company Ltd v Dewani
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 1960 |
| Date | 1960 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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DD Growth Premium 2X Fund (in Official Liquidation) v Rmf Market Neutral Strategies (Master) Ltd (Cayman Islands)
...In support of this submission, he cited Smith v Bromley (1760) 2 Doug KB 696n, Browning v Morris (1778) 2 Cowp 790, and Kiriri Cotton Co Ltd v Dewani [1960] AC 192. These are all decisions about the rule of public policy against the recovery of money paid for an illegal purpose. They are a......
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Tokyo Investment Pte Ltd and Another v Tan Chor Thing
...that the plaintiff was in pari delicto, he was also entitled to recover the shares on this ground: Kiriri Cotton Co Ltd v Dewani [1960] AC 192.Thirdly, the statutory definition of `futures broker` includes a person who, in connection with the carrying on of his business of futures trading, ......
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Shelley v Paddock
...me altogether different when the parties are not in pari delicto. I ventured to summarise such cases in the case of Kiriri Cotton Co. Limited. v. Ranchhoddas Keshavji Dewani (1960) Appeal Cases 192. In the instant case the property was never conveyed to Miss Shelley. As I said in the Kiriri......
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Tan Chor Thing v Tokyo Investment Pte Ltd and Another
...no allegation that the plaintiff was in pan delicto, he was also entitled to recover the shares on this ground: Kiriri Corton Co v Dewani [1960] AC 192; [1960] 1 All ER 177.Thirdly, the statutory definition of `futures broker` includes a person who, in connection with the carrying on of his......
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6 books & journal articles
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Illegality
...is sufficient if the defendant’s conduct 240 Holman , above note 236 at 343 (Cowp). 241 Oom v Bruce (1810), 12 East 225, 104 ER 87. 242 [1960] AC 192 (PC). 243 Burgess v Zimmerli (1914), 17 DLR 708 (BCCA); Haug & Nellermoe v Murdoch (1916), 26 DLR 200 (Sask SC en banc ); North Saskatchewan......
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VITIATING FACTORS IN CONTRACT LAW — THE INTERACTION OF THEORY AND PRACTICE
...also generally Ashmore, Benson, Pease & Co Ltd v Dawson[1973] 1 WLR 828. 419 See eg, Kiriri Cotton Co Ltd v Ranchhoddas Keshavji Dewani[1960] AC 192 and Amar Singh v Kulubya[1964] AC 142. 420 See eg, Kearley v Thomson(1890) 24 QBD 742. 421 See eg, Kearley v Thomson(1890) 24 QBD 742 and Tayl......
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The Rise and Fall of the Mistake of Law Rule
...take the form of fraud, oppression, undue influence or breach of fiduciary relationship. For example in Kiriri Cotton Co. Ltd. v. Dewani [1960] AC 192, it was held that as the payer was not in pari delicto with the payee he was entitled to recover the sum Trinity College Law Review Academic......
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Restatement (Third) of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment, vols.1-2.
...(1997) 189 CLR 215, 228, 230 (McHugh and Gummow JJ), 250-1 (Kirby J). (82) Smith v Bromley (1760) 2 Doug 696, 697; 99 ER 441, 443. (83) [1960] AC 192, 205 (Lord Denning for Lords Denning and Jenkins and L M D de (84) For example, there is no collision with the policy underlying the doctrine......
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