Smith v Selwyn

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1914
CourtCourt of Appeal
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59 cases
  • Carlisle v Orr
    • Ireland
    • Court of Appeal (Ireland)
    • 19 June 1917
    ...or necessarily charge a felony, and that the Court, in the exercise of its discretion, ought not to stay proceedings. Smith v. Selwyn, [1914] 3 K. B. 98, distinguished. Notice of Motion on the part of the defendant for an order that all proceedings in the action be stayed on the ground that......
  • Panton v Financial Institutions Services Ltd (Jamaica)
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 25 October 2001
    ...judgment of Langrin, J.A. and agree with his conclusion and reasons therefor. 2 It is only necessary for me to add, for emphasis that Smith v. Selwyn [1914–15] All E.R. (Reprint) 224 should not be followed in this jurisdiction. Instead, the dicta of Carey, J.A. in Bank of Jamaica v. Dextra ......
  • Todd v Smith; Todd v Burgess
    • Bermuda
    • Court of Appeal (Bermuda)
    • 20 January 1994
    ...(Messrs Appleby, Spurling & Kempe) for the Respondent. Mr. Riihiluoma for the Appellant. Mr. Pachai for the Respondent. Selwyn v SmithELR [1914] 3 KB 98 The Tasmania (1890) 15 AC 223 Wells v AbrahamELR (1872) LR 7 QB 554 Civil action based up criminal act — Right to pursue civil action befo......
  • Chevalier v Attorney-General and Another
    • Trinidad & Tobago
    • Court of Appeal (Trinidad and Tobago)
    • Invalid date
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6 books & journal articles
  • Action
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Sasegbon’s Laws of Nigeria. Volume 1 Action
    • 8 September 2016
    ...INJURIES WHICH WHEN INFLICTED CONSTITUTE A FELONY 424. Injuries under circumstances, which constitute felony (rule in Smith v. Selwyn (1914) 3 K.B. 98). “Mr. Ojikutu submitted to us that the principle in Smith v. Selwyn (1914) 3 K.B. 98 was that the plaintiff must be deprived from benefitin......
  • Preliminary Sections
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Nigerian Supreme Court Cases. 1968 Preliminary Sections
    • 12 November 2022
    ...(1884) 10 App. Casd. 74. 249 Shofoluwe v. The King [1951] 13 W.A.C.A. 264. 73 Smith v. Allen, 176 Eng. Rep. 73. 158 Smith v. Selwyn (1914) 3 K.B. 98. 33 Sowande v. Sowande F.S.C. 130/1962. 24 Stathem v. Stathem (1929) 45 T.L.R. 127. 193 Strand Electric and Engineering Co Ltd. v. Brisford En......
  • Table of Cases
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Sasegbon's Laws of Nigeria. Volume 17. Part III Preliminary sections
    • 11 July 2016
    ...2181, 2486, 2527, 2682, 2702, 2703 Skenconsult v. Ukey (2001) 49 W.R.N. 63………………......……….2102, 2121, 2122, 2169, 2170 Smith v. Selwyn (1914) 3 K.B. 98.…………………………........………………………….2080, 2507 Sneade v. Wotherton Barytes & Lead Mining Co. Ltd. (1904) 1 K.B. 295….……………….2712 Sobakin v. The St......
  • Nigerian Legal System
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Sasegbon's Laws of Nigeria. Volume 16 Nigerian Legal System
    • 11 July 2016
    ...The trial Judge quoted in his judgment the following passage from the judgment of Swinfen-Eady, L.J. in the case of Smith v. Selwyn (1914) 3 K.B. 98 and held himself bound by it: - “It is well established that according to the law of “England, where injuries are inflicted on an “individual ......
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