Madrassa Anjuman Islamia v Johannesburg Municipal Council

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1922
Date1922
CourtPrivy Council
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  • Stevens v Bromley London Borough Council
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 13 December 1971
    ...by the learned trial judge from the speech of Viscount Cave in Madrasse Anguman Islamia of Kholwad v. Johannesburg Municipal Council (1922 1 AC 500, at 504). As to the term "occupier", the learned Lord concluded, "Its precise meaning in any particular statute or document must depend on the ......
  • Principal and Fellows of Newnham College v HM Revenue and Customs
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 16 April 2008
    ...that this is a word which can mean different things in different contexts: see, for example, Viscount Cave in Madrassa Anjuman Islamia v Johannesburg Municipal Council [1922] 1 AC 500, 504 ("a word of uncertain meaning") and Lord Mustill in Southern Water Authority v Nature Conservancy Cou......
  • Southern Water Authority v Nature Conservancy Council
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 16 July 1992
    ...for they draw their meaning entirely from the purpose for which and the context in which they are used: see Madrassa Anjuman Isalmia of Kholwad v. Municipal Council of Johannesburg [1922] 1 A.C. 500, per Lord Cave at page 504. Indeed the Act itself demonstrates that the word "occupier" has......
  • Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs v Feakins and another
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 26 November 2004
    ...purpose to be achieved in relation to the non-Garron animals. I was referred to the case of Kholwad v. Municipal Council of Johannesburg [1922] 1 AC 500 as an example of the court applying such a construction. Mr Harris on behalf of Defra developed this argument in powerful written closing ......
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