Smith v Churchwardens Company, of Birmingham

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1888
CourtCourt of Appeal
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4 cases
  • Almond v Ash Brothers & Heaton Ltd ; Dawkins (Valuation Officer) v Ash Bros & Heaton Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 26 March 1969
    ...cease. That would be to contradict the hypothesis which you are bound to assume." 11 His decision was affirmed by the Court of Appeal (1889) 22 Q.B.D. 703 where Coleridge C.J. at page 705 said: "In this case we have to do what Courts have from time to time in such cases complained of having......
  • Best Origin Ltd v Commissioner Of Rating And Valuation
    • Hong Kong
    • Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong)
    • 21 December 2012
    ...v Houghton and Chester-le-Street Assessment Committee [1937] 2 KB 445, 475 and Lord Coleridge CJ in Smith v Birmingham (Churchwardens) (1889) 22 QBD 703, 705-706. These passages serve to reinforce the fundamental points that I take from the Tribunal’s decision, that is (i) that as a result ......
  • Agrila Ltd. And Others v Comissioner Of Rating And Valuation
    • Hong Kong
    • Court of Appeal (Hong Kong)
    • 16 December 1999
    ...whether, if attention had been directed to it, such a gloss would or would not have been acceptable. Smith v. Birmingham (Churchwardens), 22 Q.B.D. 703 does not, in my opinion, help on this It is conceded, as I think it must be, that if the state or construction of some hereditament was suc......
  • Best Origin Ltd v Commissioner Of Rating And Valuation
    • Hong Kong
    • Court of Appeal (Hong Kong)
    • 19 November 2010
    ...their profits, is mere child’s play.” at 475 32. Lord Coleridge CJ was to similar effect in Smith v. Birmingham (Churchwardens) (1889) 22 QBD 703 at “It has been pointed out in the court below that the terms of the (Parochial Assessment Act) are really not applicable to a number of very val......

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