R v Judge of City of London Court
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 18 December 1891 |
| Date | 18 December 1891 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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Barnes and Barnes v the Minister of the Environment 1991 Civil Jur No 45 1991 Civil Jur No. 280
...UnionUNK [1971] 1 All ER 1148 R v Herfordshire CC ex parte Cheung, The Times 4 April 1986 R v City of London Court Judge and PayneELR [1892] 1 QB 273 R v Devon CC ex parte Baker, The Times 21 January 1993 Attorney General of Hong Kong v Ng Yuen ShiuUNK [1983]2 All ER 346 R v Secretary of St......
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DPP v P. McC
...rule of interpretation. There is authority that this should be applied even if the result be absurd. Thus Esher L.J. said in R. v. Judge of City of London Court [1892] 1 Q.B. 273 at p. 290:- "If the words of an Act are clear, you must follow them, even though they lead to a manifest absurd......
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Gatoil International Inc. v Arkwright-Boston Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company
...that the county court had jurisdiction over a claim for damages for breach of a charterparty. In Reg. v. Judge of City of London Court [1892] 1 Q.B. 273 it was held by the Court of Appeal that, since the Admiralty Court had no jurisdiction over a claim against a pilot for damages on the gro......
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Greenweb Ltd v Wandsworth London Borough Council
...designed to combat. It is not enough that the words, though clear, lead to a “manifest absurdity”: per Lord Esher M.R. in Reg. v. Judge of the City of London Court [1892] 1 Q.B. 273, 290. Lord Atkinson put the point starkly in Vacher & Sons Ltd. v. London Society of Compositors [1913] A.C. ......
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6 books & journal articles
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Preliminary Sections
...R. v. City of London Court Judge (1892) 1 Q.B. 273 at 290. .......93 R. v. Gilmore (1961) N.Z.L.R. 384. 78 70 R. v. Hycienth Egbe 13 W.A.C.A. 105 .............................................................. 192 R. v. Inyang (1946) 12 W.A.C.A. 5. R. v. Marsham, Ex Parte Lawrence (1912) K.B......
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Agency
...would have to re-write the whole of Section 14 of Decree No. 6 of 1999. That I ought not to do. In R. v. Judge of City of London Court (1892) 1 Q.B. 273 at 290 Lord Esther M.R. said: - “If the words of an Act are clear, you must follow them, even though they lead to a manifest absurdity. Th......
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Statutory Interpretation
...be ineffectual or surplusage). 13 Shannon Realties Ltd v Ville de St Michel , [1924] AC 185 (PC). 14 R v Judge of City of London Court , [1892] 1 QB 273 (CA) (whether amount received from employer for completing course constituted a “prize”). See also Gill v Donald Humberstone & Co , [1963]......
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Interpretation Of Statutes
...that era was the opinion of Lord Esher in R. v. Dodge of the Paras. 171-173 Vol. 12: INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES 88 City of London Court (1892) 1 Q. B. 273 ax 290 that: - “If the words of an Act are clear, you must follow them, even though they lead to a manifest absurdity. The Court has not......
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