Napier v National Business Agency Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1951
CourtCourt of Appeal
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  • Red Sail Frozen Foods Ltd ((in Receivership))Red Sail Kilmore Ltd ((in Receivership)) and Red Sail Exports Ltd ((in Receivership)) Tom Grace
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • October 20, 2006
    ...of that, he referred the decision of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in Napier v. National Business Agency Limited [1951] 2 All E.R. 264, stating that the facts in that case were almost identical to the facts in the case under consideration by him. He quoted the following passage f......
  • 21st Century Logistic Solutions Ltd ((in Liquidation)) v Madysen Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • February 17, 2004
    ...also "expenses" that included the income tax payable on the salary was against public policy and therefore unenforceable. In Napier v National Business Agency Ltd [1951] 2 All E.R. 264 the Court of Appeal took the same approach. Here, the plaintiff sought to sue for wrongful dismissal on a ......
  • Top Ten Entertainment Pte Ltd v Lucky Red Investments Ltd
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • September 15, 2004
    ...object of defrauding the revenue authority, ie, Miller v Karlinski (1945) 62 TLR 85 (“Miller”), Napier v National Business Agency, Ltd [1951] 2 All ER 264 (“Napier”) and Alexander v Rayson [1936] 1 KB 169 (“Alexander”). However, in none of these cases, which we will now examine, was the sub......
  • Top Ten Entertainment Pte Ltd v Lucky Red Investments Ltd (by counterclaim)
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • February 25, 2004
    ...inventory. This removed the present case from the likes of Miller v Karlinski [1945] 62 TLR 85, Napier v National Business Agency Ltd [1951] 2 All ER 264 and Alexander v Rayson [1936] 1 KB 169, where the schemes were clearly calculated to deceive the revenue authorities and served no other ......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Illegality
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Contracts. Third Edition Vitiating Factors
    • August 4, 2020
    ...v Johnson (1913), 5 WWR 117 (BCSC). 14 [1936] 1 KB 169 (CA) [ Alexander v Rayson ]. See also Napier v National Business Agency Ltd , [1951] 2 All ER 264 (CA) (employment contract — income tax) [ Napier ]; Stuart v Kingman (1978), 91 DLR (3d) 142 (Ont HCJ) (land transfer tax); Tucker Estate ......
  • Illegal conduct and employment rights - a matter of contract
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 2-2, December 1992
    • December 1, 1992
    ..."Illegality and the Enforcement of Employment Rights", (1992) 36 Journal o f Business Law 516. Napier v. National Business Agency [1951] 2 All E.R. 264. [1988] 2 All E.R. 23 at 29. Case Note 203 would the applicant be prevented from enforcing his claim where the defendant’s part in the affa......

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