Mercer v Graves

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1865
Year1865
CourtCourt of the Queen's Bench
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17 cases
  • Lett & Company Ltd v Wexford Borough Council
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 16 March 2016
    ...and accurately a lien because it has not the characteristics of a lien. That was made clear by Cockburn C.J. in Mercer v. Graves [(1872) L.R. 7 Q.B. 499, 503], in which he said: ?There is no such thing as a lien except upon something of which you have possession ? although we talk of an att......
  • Candey Ltd v Tonstate Group Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 2 July 2021
    ...claim or right to ask for the intervention of the court for his protection”: see Harris v Solland (No.2) (above), at [21(iii)], citing Mercer v Graves (1872) LR 7 QB 499, 503, per Cockburn CJ and James Bibby Ltd v Woods and Howard [1949] 2 KB 449, 453f per Lord Goddard 16 In the latter ca......
  • Re A Debtor (No. 21 of 1950) (No. 2)ex parte the Petitioning Creditors v The Debtor
    • United Kingdom
    • Divisional Court
    • Invalid date
    ......B. 219 , In re A Debtor [ 1907 ] 2 K. B. 896 , In re Drummond [ 1909 ] 2 K. B. 622 , Mercer v. Graves ( 1872 ) L. R. 7 Q. B. 499 , Pringle v. Gloag ( 1879 ) 10 Ch. D. 676 , Blakey v. Latham ( 1889 ) 41 Ch. D. 518 , and ......
  • Clifford Harris & Company v Solland International Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 12 February 2005
    ...lien over property recovered in proceedings is 'only a claim or right to ask for the intervention of the court for his protection' ( Mercer v Graves (1872) LR 7 QB 499, 503 per Cockburn CJ): see James Bibby Ltd v Woods and Howard [1949] 2 KB 449, 453f per Lord Goddard CJ. (iv) It is not di......
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