Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Trustees v Gibbs; Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Trustees v Penhallow

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1866
Year1866
CourtHouse of Lords
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49 cases
  • Wheeler v Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland
    • Ireland
    • Court of Appeal (Ireland)
    • 24 June 1901
    ... ... The Sligo Harbour CommissionersIR [1899] 2 I. R. 214 ... R. 2 C. L. 202. Mersey Docks CaseELR L. R. 1 H. L. 93 ... Carrigrohane Drainage Board Since reported — [1902] 2 I. R. 138. [540 ... 801. The Mersey Docks Trustees v. GibbsELR L. R. 1 H. L. 93. The ... Gibbs (2), that con­trary intention on the part of ... ...
  • The County Council of The County of Cavan and The Bailieborough Rural District Council v Kane, Brothers
    • Ireland
    • King's Bench Division (Ireland)
    • 21 June 1910
    ... ... Garner ( 6 ); The Mersey Docks Trustees v. Gibbs ( 1 ); Harbinson v ... brought by a public body: Wallasey Local Board v. Gracey ( 7 ); and therefore the only remedy ... ...
  • O'Neill v Drohan and The Waterford Country Council
    • Ireland
    • King's Bench Division (Ireland)
    • 18 May 1914
    ... ... same liability as a private individual: Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Trustees v. Gibbs ( 1 ) ... ...
  • Rice v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 4 April 2007
    ...suffering harm from the acts of third parties or natural causes. He said (at 946G) that it has been clear law, since Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Trustees v Gibbs (1866) LR 1 HL 93, that in the absence of express statutory authority, a public body is in principle liable for torts in the s......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Of Kings and Officers — The Judicial Development of Public Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 33-2, June 2005
    • 1 June 2005
    ...As to appointments by Secretaries of State see Viscount Canterbury v AG (1842) 1 Ph 306, 324 contrast The Mersey Docks Trustees v Gibbs (1866) LR 1 HL 93, 124–5, 128. 50 Finn, above n 13 ; Greiner v ICAC (1992) 28 NSWLR 125, 159. 51 (1720) 1 Br 153; 1 ER 481. 2005 Judicial Development of Pu......
  • Marine pilotage in Namibia
    • South Africa
    • Journal of Ocean Governance in Africa No. , April 2021
    • 8 April 2021
    ...cause was the lack of safe operations by the port, which required a system of regular inspection.92 Mersey Docks Trustees v Gibbs (1866) LR 1 HL 93. 93 Ibid par 726–729.94 See Mandaraka-Sheppard op cit note 90 at 822.JOGA_2020_BOOK.indb 165JOGA_2020_BOOK.indb 165 2021/03/04 12:382021/03/04 ......

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