Robins v National Trust Company
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 1927 |
| Date | 1927 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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129 cases
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Huyton-with-Roby U. D. C. v Hunter
...burden raised by the state of the evidence. The part played by a legal burden of proof was well stated by Lord Dunedin in Robins v. National Trust Company Ltd. reported in 1927 Appeal Cases, page 515, at page 520: "Onus as a determining factor of the whole case can only arise if the tribuna......
- Taylor v Taylor
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R Ats. Thorpe v Molyneaux
...Elliott's case was correct and should be followed: he relied on Lord Dunedin's dictum in Robins v. National Trust Co. A.C. 515 at 519; (1927) 2 D.L.R. 97; [1927] All E.R. 73 at 76. 102 Further, for the purposes of his alternative argument, respondent's counsel challenged the correctness of ......
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Thomas v Crampad International Marketing Company Ltd et Al
...have not overlooked the principle enunciated in Trimble v. Hill (1879) 5 App. Case 342 at 344, modified by Robins v. National Trust Co. [1927] A.C. 515, at 519, both of which cases were reviewed in the judgment of the privy council, delivered by Lord Diplock in the recent case of De Lasala ......
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14 books & journal articles
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Table of Cases
...[2007] UKPC 56, [2008] 3 LRC 261, (2007) 71 WIR 1, [2007] 1 Ex LR 281, [2007] All ER (D) 219 (Oct) 25.5 Robins v National Trust Co Ltd [1927] AC 515, [1927] All ER Rep 73, 96 LJPC 84, PC 13.35 Rockware Glass Ltd v MacShannon [1978] AC 795, [1978] 2 WLR 362, [1978] 1 All ER 625, HL 22.20 Rol......
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The Development of the High Court's Willingness to Overrule Common Law Precedent
...Duties v Pearse (1953) 89 CLR 51 (PC) 63–4. The House of Lords had a lso approved of this practice. In Robins v National Trust Co Ltd [1927] AC 515, 519 Viscount Dunedin stated that ‘the House of Lords … is the supreme tribunal to settle English law, and that being settled, the Colonial Cou......
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The Common Law in Australia: Its Nature and Constitutional Significance
...in one colony, although it was in another _____________________________________________________________________________________ 12 [1927] AC 515, 519. 13 Eg, Piro v Foster (1943) 68 CLR 313, 320, 326, 335–6. 14 Ibid 342. 15 Lord Dunedin's statement was criticised by Lord Wright in (1943) 8 ......
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The Common Law in Australia: Its Nature and Constitutional Significance
...in one colony, although it was in another _____________________________________________________________________________________ 12 [1927] AC 515, 519. 13 Eg, Piro v Foster (1943) 68 CLR 313, 320, 326, 335–6. 14 Ibid 342. 15 Lord Dunedin's statement was criticised by Lord Wright in (1943) 8 ......
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