Mercer v Denne
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1905 |
| Date | 1905 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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...to explain it, see section 98 of the Judicature Act, 1925, and this has been done from time to time, see, for instance, Mercer v. Denne [1905] 2 Ch. 538 at p. 544 and Southport Corporation v. Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd. [1953] 3 W.L.R. 773 at p. 774. The one thing that the Court ought not to ......
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John Henry Loose v Lynn Shellfish Ltd and Others (Defendants/Part 20) Michael George Le Strange Meakin (Claimants Part 20 Defendant)
...be shown that the custom existed. At first instance Farwell J held (at 557–560) that it could. His decision was upheld on appeal (at [1905] 2 Ch 538). Giving judgment on this issue, Stirling LJ said (at 581–582): "It is next said that a considerable portion of the "beach ground" consists of......
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Table of Cases
...6.9, 14.7 Melwich v Luter (Luther) (1587) Cro Eliz 102, 78 ER 361, (1588) 4 Co Rep 26b, 76 ER 935 6.2, 8.3 Mercer v Denne [1904] 2 Ch 534, 3 LGR 385, [1904–07] All ER Rep 71, aff’d [1905] 2 Ch 538, 3 LGR 1293, [1904–07] All ER Rep 71, CA 4.2, 4.3 Mercer and Moore, Re (1880) LR 14 Ch D 287, ......
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Custom and Variety
...in different manors. If someone claimed the benefit of a special custom he not only had to prove that the custom 7 [1904] 2 Ch 534, [1905] 2 Ch 538. 46 The Law of the Manor existed and applied to the particular locality in question but also had to bring evidence to show what the terms of th......
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Representative Procedures and the Future of Multi‐Party Actions
...for the court toorder otherwise.43 See R.J. Smith, Property Law (London: Longman, 1996) 467.44 Wyld vSilver [1963] Ch 243; Mercer vDenne [1905] 2 Ch 538 where the plaintiffs brought an actionon behalf of all persons carrying on the trade or business of fishermen in the parish of Walmeralleg......
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`Since time immemorial': a story of common law jurisdiction, native title and the Case of Tanistry.
...a more recent case see Egerton v Harding [1974] 3 All ER 689. (53) Hale, above n 1, 18. (54) See, eg, A-G v Wright (1897) 2 QB 318. (55) [1905] 2 Ch 538, (56) Ibid 541. (57) (1992) 175 CLR 1, 49. (58) Some of these works include: Jon Crawford, Anglicizing the Government of Ireland: The Iris......