Meekins v Henson
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1962 |
| Date | 1962 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division |
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19 cases
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Egger v Chelmsford (Viscount)
...by Mr Justice Slade in Longdon-Griffiths v. Smith 1951, 1 King's Bench, p. 295 and in the case of partners by Mr Justice Winn in Meekins v. Henson 1962, 3 Weekly Law Reports, p. 299. I entirely agree with those decisions. Applying the like principle in this case, it means that the three mem......
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Dubai Aluminium Company Ltd v Salaam
...act or omission must have been performed in the ordinary course of the business of the party sought to be made vicariously liable. In Meekins v Henson [1964] 1 QB 472, 477 Winn J observed that section 10 of the Partnership Act produced "a necessary equation of a partnership firm with emplo......
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Akbar and Others t/a Mumtaz Paan House
...1 BVC 455 C & E Commrs v Glassborow VAT(1974) 1 BVC 4 Johnson v Blackpool General Commrs TAX[1996] BTC 501 Meekins v Henson UNK[1962] 1 All ER 899 Santi Bag Restaurant VAT(MAN/93/1177) No. 13,114; [1996] BVC 4073 The Bengal Brasserie VAT(LON/90/604) No. 5925; [1991] BVC 1363 Civil penalty -......
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Yeung Kam Fuk v Len Shing Construction Co Ltd And Others
...of the Partnership Ordinance. The English Act which is identical in these circumstances, was considered in the case of Meekins v. Henson (1964) 1 QB 472, and it was concluded that this is the vicarious liability section. If that be right, liability is expressly excluded to "a partner in the......
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2 books & journal articles
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Legal Profession
...his rights under s 10 and insisting on making all the partners primarily, as opposed to secondarily, liable: see also Meekins v Henson[1964] 1 QB 472. An entrustment to a partner as principal followed by a breach for which the firm is vicariously liable, however, involves a two-step demonst......
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Parties
...should involve an examination of the relevant legislation governing the rights and liabilities of partners. Meekins v. Henson, [1964] 1 Q.B. 472, per WinnJ. at 476 (Q.B.). In British Columbia, the relevant legislation is the Partnership Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 348, which provides in section ......