Smith v Anderson

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1880
Date1880
CourtCourt of Appeal
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  • Case Comments: A global view of business, trade, and property under section 34(1) of the Insolvency Act 24 of 1936
    • South Africa
    • South Africa Mercantile Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • 25 May 2019
    ...that 'anything which occupies the time and attention and labour of a man for the purpose of profit is business' (Smith v Anderson (1880) 15 Ch D 247 at 258; at 259 Jessel MR approvingly quoted Willes J in Harris (supra); Jessel MR's definition survived the reversal of his decision by the Co......
  • The Nature of the Proceeds Derived from the Sale of an Asset for the Purposes of Income Tax
    • South Africa
    • South Africa Mercantile Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • 25 May 2019
    ...it 36 The Appellate Division in Platt v Commissioner of Inland Revenue 1922 AD 42 referred to the English decision in Smith v Anderson (1880) 15 ChD 247 (CA) when reaching this conclusion. This principle was accepted in CIR v Stott supra note 16. See further e g CIR v Leydenburg Platinum su......
  • Business and Property Income
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Income Tax Law. Second Edition Part III
    • 16 June 2012
    ...personal or hobby element to the taxpayer’s activity. It 2 Stewart v Canada , 2002 SCC 46 [ Stewart ]; see also Smith v Anderson (1880), 15 Ch D 247 at 258 (Eng CA); Terminal Dock and Warehouse Co v MNR , [1968] 2 Ex CR 78, [1968] CTC 78 (Ex Ct), aff’d (1968), 68 DTC 5316 (SCC). 3 (1881), 4......

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