Rainham Chemical Works Ltd v Belvedere Fish Guano Company Ltd
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Year | 1921 |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Date | 1921 |
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Wah Tat Bank Ltd and Others v Chan Cheng Kum and Others
...tortfeasors. That was the question, and Mr Le Quesne proceeded to cite two authorities, Rainham Chemical Works v Belvedere Fish Guano Co [1921] 2 AC 465 and Performing Right Society v Ciryl Theatrical Syndicate [1924] 1 KB 2.Mr Le Quesne submitted that the question was: did the first defend......
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TV Media Pte Ltd v De Cruz Andrea Heidi and Another Appeal
...prove that the directors who manage its affairs are also guilty of the tort: Rainham Chemical Works, Ltd v Belvedere Fish Guano Co Ltd [1921] 2 AC 465, Gabriel Peter & Partners v Wee Chong Jin [1998] 1 SLR 118 The law has carved out an exception to this principle. Where directors order an a......
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Gabriel Peter & Partners (suing as a firm) v Wee Chong Jin and Others
...who manage its affairs are guilty of the tort as well ( Rainham Chemical Works Ltd (in liquidation) v Belvedere Fish Guano Co Ltd [1921] 2 AC 465, Wah Tat Bank Ltd & Ors v Chan Cheng Kum [1975-1977] SLR 1 , C Evans & Sons Ltd v Spritebrand Ltd [1985] 2 All ER 415). 33.There is, however, an ......
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Transco plc v. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, (2003) 315 N.R. 123 (HL)
...General v. Cory Brothers and Co., [1921] 1 A.C. 521, refd to. [para. 6]. Rainham Chemical Works Ltd. v. Belevedere Fish Guano Co., [1921] 2 A.C. 465, refd to. [paras. 6, Cambridge Water Co. v. Eastern Countries Leather plc., [1994] 2 A.C. 264; 162 N.R. 301 (H.L.), refd to. [paras. 6, 33, 51......
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4 books & journal articles
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TORTIOUS ACTS AND DIRECTORS
...CLJ 491; H Carty, “Joint Tortfeasance and Assistance Liability”(1999) 19 Legal Studies 489. 13(1866) LR 1 Ex 265; (1868) LR 3 HL 330. 14[1921] 2 AC 465. 15 Rainham Chemical Works Ltd v Belvedere Fish Guano Co LtdELR [1921] 2 AC 465 at 476. 16 Rainham Chemical Works Ltd v Belvedere Fish Guan......
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Rylands v. Fletcher Revitalised
...o Fletcher v. Rylands, supra, fn 6. 5' Attorney General v. Cork, supra, fn 43. 52 Supra, fn 30. s' Supra, fn 24. 54 Ibid., at 174. S[ 1921] 2 AC 465. 56 Bell, Ball and Bell on Environmental Law (4"' Ed., Blackstone Press, 1997), at 200. ' Supra, En 35, at 95. s" Carroll, "The Rule in Ryland......
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Directors’‘Tortious’ Liability: Contract, Tort or Company Law?
...on Agency 16th ed, (London: Sweet &Maxwell, 1996) para 9–114.40 Rainham Chemical Works Ltd (in liq) vBelvedere Fish Guano Co Ltd [1921] 2 AC 465; PerformingRight Society Ltd vCiryl Theatrical Syndicate Ltd [1924] 1 KB 1 (CA); Wah Tat Bank Ltd vChan[1975] AC 507 (PC); C Evans & Sons Ltd vSpr......
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Case Comments: Directors' Co-liability for Delicts
...during the period of his directorship (see Rainham Chemical Works Ltd (in liquidation) & Others v Belvedere Fish Guano Company Ltd [1921] 2 AC 465 (HL) at 476; British Thomson-Houston Company Ld v Sterling Accessories Ltd (1924) 41 RPC 311 (ChD) at 317; Prichard & Constance (Wholesale) Ltd ......