Montreal Street Railway Company v Normandin

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1917
Date1917
CourtPrivy Council
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  • Cheong Seok Leng v Public Prosecutor
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 1 June 1988
    ...was expressed by Lord Campbell in the case of Liverpool Borough Bank Turner (1861) 30 LJ Ch 379.In Montreal Street Railway Co v Normandin [1917] AC 170, Sir Arthur Channell, in delivering the judgment of the Privy Council, said (at p 174): The question whether provisions in a statute are di......
  • Thomas R Walcott Applicant v Attorney General of Saint Lucia Respondent [ECSC]
    • St Lucia
    • High Court (Saint Lucia)
    • 24 January 1996
    ...act would not promote the main object of the provision." 54 That 'question was answered by the Privy Council in Montreal Street Railway Company v Normandin (1917) A.C. 170. mere, Sir Arthur Channel (delivering the judgment of the Board said at p.176) "When the provisions of a statue relate ......
  • Bin Hee Heng v Management Corp Strata Title No 647
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 14 March 1991
    ...which seeks to provide for the efficient administration and management of subdivided buildings.In Montreal Street Railway Co v Normandin [1917] AC 170, the House of Lords applied the following principle: When the provisions of a statute relate to the performance of a public duty and the cas......
  • Chippewas of Sarnia Band v. Canada (Attorney General) et al., (1999) 101 O.T.C. 1 (SC)
    • Canada
    • Ontario Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • 1 December 1997
    ...Babcock v. Archibald et al. (1981), 34 O.R.(2d) 65 (H.C.), refd to. [para. 688, footnote 363]. Montreal Street Railway Co. v. Normandin, [1917] A.C. 170, refd to. [para. 728, footnote Fahey v. Roberts (1916), 51 N.B.R.(2d) 329; 134 A.P.R. 329 (K.B.), refd to. [para. 732, footnote 378]. R. v......
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  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Statutory Interpretation. Third Edition Preliminary Sections
    • 23 June 2016
    ...258 DLR (4th) 595, 2005 SCC 62 .................................................. 293–94, 295 Montreal Street Railway Co v Normandin, [1917] AC 170, 116 LT 162, 33 DLR 195 (PC) .........................................................................91 Montréal v 2952-1366 Québec Inc, [2005......
  • Technical Meaning and Meanings Fixed by Law
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Statutory Interpretation. Third Edition Establishing First Impression Meaning
    • 23 June 2016
    ...synonym for “mandatory”; but this is confusing and misleading given the use of “imperative” to mean “binding” in Interpretation Acts. 45 [1917] AC 170 at 174–75 (PC) [ Montreal Street Railway ]. 46 [1994] 2 SCR 41 at 123–24. 47 [1995] 4 SCR 344 at para 42. STATUTORY INTERPRETATION 92 The co......

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