R v Judge of City of London Court

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date18 December 1891
Date18 December 1891
CourtCourt of Appeal
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  • Eschersheim, The (Dortmund, Erkowit, Jade, Salus (formerly Rotesand))
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 31 March 1976
    ...was exercisable in rem at that date by the High Court of Admiralty or after 1875 until 1920 by the High Court of Justice. In R. v. Judge of City of London Court [1892] 1 Q.B. 273 Lord Esher in the Court of Appeal expressed the view that Parliament should be presumed not to have intended to ......
  • Barnes and Barnes v the Minister of the Environment 1991 Civil Jur No 45 1991 Civil Jur No. 280
    • Bermuda
    • Supreme Court (Bermuda)
    • 27 June 1994
    ...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......
  • DPP v P. McC
    • Ireland
    • Court of Appeal (Ireland)
    • 3 October 2018
    ...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......
  • Eschersheim, The (Dortmund, Erkowit, Jade, Salus (formerly Rotesand))
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 July 1975
    ...Appeal presided over by Sir George Jessel, Master of the Rolls, considered that the words clearly covered a charter-party. In R. v. Judge of City of London Court (1892) 1 Queens Bench, page 273, a Court of Appeal presided over by Lord Esher, Master of the Rolls, thought that the decision in......
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6 books & journal articles
  • Preliminary Sections
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Nigerian Supreme Court Cases. 1979 Preliminary Sections
    • 17 November 2022
    ...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......
  • Agency
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Sasegbon’s Laws of Nigeria. Volume 1 Agency
    • 8 September 2016
    ...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......
  • Statutory Interpretation
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Income Tax Law. Second Edition Part I
    • 16 June 2012
    ...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]......
  • Interpretation Of Statutes
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Sasegbon's Laws of Nigeria. Volume 12 Interpretation Of Statutes
    • 3 July 2016
    ...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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