Knights v Wiffen

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1865
CourtCourt of the Queen's Bench
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16 cases
  • Re Goldcorp Exchange Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • May 25, 1994
    ...had title to bullion held by it, could not now be heard to say that they did not gained support from cases, of which Knights v Wiffen ((1870) LR5QB 660) was the most prominent. But the present case was quite different, for there was no existing bulk and therefore nothing from which a title ......
  • Cadbury Schweppes Plc and another v Halifax Share Dealing Ltd and another
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • May 23, 2006
    ...under the seal of the company estops the company from denying the title of a person who has accepted and acted on the certificate. In Knights -v- Wiffen [LR 5 QB 660 at 665] Blackburn J defines estoppel as follows: "Where one states a thing to another, with a view to the other altering his ......
  • Kensington v Liggett [PC]
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • May 25, 1994
    ...999. Indian Oil Corp Ltd v Greenstone Shipping SA (Panama)ELR [1988] QB 345. Kayford Ltd, ReWLR [1975] 1 WLR 279. Knights v WiffenELR (1870) LR 5 QB 660. Laurie & Morewood v Dudin & SonsELR [1926] 1 KB 223. London Wine Co (Shippers) Ltd, Re [1986] PCC 121. Mac Jordan Construction Ltd v Broo......
  • Australian Financial Services and Leasing Pty Ltd v Hills Industries Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • May 7, 2014
    ...49 CLR 507 at 549, referring to Greenwood v Martins Bank Ltd [1933] AC 51. 356 Thompson v Palmer (1933) 49 CLR 507 at 527–528, citing Knights v Wiffen (1870) LR 5 QB 660 at 665 and Dixon v Kennaway & Co [1900] 1 Ch 833. 357 (1992) 175 CLR 353 at 384–385. 358 [1991] 2 AC 548 at 578–579. ......
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