Queens of the River Steamship Company Ltd v River Thames Conservators

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1899
Year1899
CourtQueen's Bench Division
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5 cases
  • R v Commissioners of Inland Revenue ex parte Woolwich Equitable Building Society
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 May 1991
    ...SA, (The La Pintada) UNKELR[1983] 1 Lloyds Rep 37 (QBD); [1985] AC 104 (HL) Queens of the River Steamship Co Ltd v Thames Conservators(1899) 15 TLR 474 R v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, ex parte CalveleyELR[1986] QB 424 R v IR Commrs, ex parte MFK Underwriting Agencies Ltd & OrsWLRT......
  • Woolwich Equitable Building Society v Commissioners of Inland Revenue
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 May 1991
    ...J.'s definition, though it seems that the other two judges probably were. 41Another case in this category was The Queens of the River Steamship Company Ltd v. Thames Conservators (1899) 15 T.L.R. 474. That decision is not binding upon us, and for my part I do not think it adds anything to ......
  • Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Islington London Borough Council
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 17 December 1993
    ...`more like the case of money paid without consideration.' In Queens of the River Steamship Co. Ltd. v Conservators of the River Thames, 15 T.L.R. 474, Phillimore J. founded his decision on the fact that there was no consideration for the payment. Although this stream seems subsequently to h......
  • Woolwich Equitable Building Society v Commissioners of Inland Revenue
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 20 July 1992
    ...a service unless an unlawful payment was made. In The Queens of the River Steamship Co. Ltd. v. Conservators of the River Thames (1899) 15 T.L.R. 474 Phillimore J. held that the steamship company was entitled to recover a charge for making use of the conservators' pier facilities which was ......
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