Re Shoesmith

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1938
Date1938
CourtCourt of Appeal
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3 cases
  • Davis v Johnson
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 28 November 1977
    ...it thought it right to do so, see Newsholme Bros. v. Road Transport & General Insurance Co. (1929) 2 King's Bench 356 at page 384 and Re Shoesmith (1938) 2 King's Bench 637 at page 644. In another case in 1941, the Lancaster Motor case (1941) 1 King's Bench 675, the Court of Appeal again......
  • Star City Pty Ltd (fka Sydney Harbour Casino Pty Ltd) v Tan Hong Woon
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 25 February 2002
    ...Chiau Beng v Phua Swee Pah Jimmy [2000] 3 SLR (R) 761; [2001] 1 SLR 762 (refd) Saxby v Fulton [1909] 2 KB 208 (refd) Shoesmith, In re [1938] 2 KB 637 (refd) Société Anonyme des Grands Establissements de Touquet Paris-Plage v Baumgart (1927) 96 LJKB 789; 136 LT 799 (refd) Star Cruise Service......
  • Young v Bristol Aeroplane Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • Invalid date
    ... ... : and it seems to me that if that is right, it is equally right to say that, sitting with a quorum of three judges, it has exactly the same power as if it were sitting with six judges, though it would only be in most exceptional cases that those powers would be exercised.” In In re Shoesmith F38 , Greer L.J. said: “I wish to repeat what I said in the course of the argument, that the court has more than once, sitting as a court with all its six members, decided that it can overrule a decision of the Court of Appeal which has held the field for a number of years. If the Court of ... ...

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