R v Overseers of Tonbridge
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1883 |
| Date | 1883 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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6 cases
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R v Bolton and Another, ex parte Beane
...that absurdity and inconvenience are to be avoided. As was stated by Brett MR in R v Overseers of the Parish of TonbridgeELR (1884) 13 QBD 339 at 342: ‘… if the inconvenience is not only great, but what I may call an absurd inconvenience, by reading an enactment in its ordinary sense, where......
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Halbauer v. Insurance Corp. of British Columbia, 2002 BCCA 5
...revd. (1969), 71 W.W.R.(N.S.) 669 (B.C.C.A.), affd. [1971] S.C.R. 493, consd. [paras. 33, 35, 37]. R. v. Tonbridge Overseers (1884), 13 Q.B.D. 339 (C.A.), refd to. [para. Campbell v. Canada Life Assurance Co. (1990), 65 Man.R.(2d) 95; 45 C.C.L.I. 73 (C.A.), appld. [para. 51]. Rose v. Revere......
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R v Fillington and Mathias
... ... Bradfield R.D.C., [1949] 2 K.B. 1, at p. 7. In R. v. Tonbridge Overseers, [1884] 13 Q.B.D. 339, BRETT, L. J., said: “If the inconvenience is not only great, but what I may call an absurd ... ...
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2 books & journal articles
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Statutory Interpretation
...Crystal ), [1894] AC 508 (HL) (interpretation of “possession” at time of salvage and destruction of vessel); R v Overseers of Tonbridge (1884), 13 QBD 339 (CA) (dispute over jurisdiction to levy rates by opposing burial boards; ordinary meaning conflicted with other Act). Statutor y Interp......
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UWAIFO V. A-G. BENDEL STATE & ORS.
...provisions clearly refer to and include retired public officers. CASES REFERRED TO IN JUDGMENT: 15 1. Queen v. Overseers of Tonbridge (1884) 13 Q.B.D. 339 at 342. 2. Western Bank Ltd. v. Schindler (1977) Ch. D 1 at 13f to 14a. 3. Luke v. Inland Revenue Commissioners (1963) A.C. 557 at 577. ......