Re Robinson. Besant v The German Reich

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1931
Date1931
CourtChancery Division

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16 cases
  • Dreyfus Foundation Inc. v Commissioners of Inland Revenue
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 3 June 1954
    ...of public policy (meaning United Kingdom public policy) might be the answer. A somewhat extreme case was that of Re Robinson, (1931) 2 Chancery 122, where Mr Justice Maugham, after considering a number of authorities, appears clearly to have regarded a gift by a Testator of his residue to ......
  • Gaudiya Mission and Others v Kamalaksha DAS Brahmachary
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 July 1997
    ... ... In Re Robinson [1931] 2 Ch 122 (a gift to the German government for the benefit of ... ...
  • Re Resch's Will Trusts
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • Invalid date
    ... ... see also In re Robinson; Besant v. German Reich F43 per Maugham J. F44 approved, in the High ... ...
  • Ip (Or Yip) Cheung (Or Chiang) Kwok v Ip Siu Bun
    • Hong Kong
    • Court of Appeal (Hong Kong)
    • 15 June 1990
    ...As was pointed out in the Dreyfus case by Lord Evershed at p.684 and by Jenkin's L.J. at p.704, cases such as Pemsel and In re Robinson [1931] 2 Ch 122 are inconsistent with the proposition that the ingredient of public benefit must be found in relation to the English (or Hong Kong) communi......
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