Smurthwaite v Hannay

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date03 August 1894
Date03 August 1894
CourtHouse of Lords
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  • Cheah Wai Poh v Chin Brothers & Company Ltd
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 1958
  • Crane & Sons v Wallis
    • Ireland
    • Court of Appeal (Ireland)
    • 27 October 1915
    ...(1) 16 Q. B. D. 57. (2) 20 Q. B. D. 764. (3) [1911] 2 K. B. 942. (1) 20 Q. B. D. 764. (2) [1911] 2 K. B. 942. (3) 34 Ch. D. 172. (4) [1894] A. C. 494, at p. (1) [1894] A. C. 494, at p. 501. (1) [1911] 2 K. B., at p. 944. (1) 20 Q. B. D. 764. (1) 20 Q. B. D. 764. (1) [1894] A. C. 494, at p. ......
  • Rhoden (Delroy) (by next friend- Edgar Rhoden) v Construction Developers Associates Ltd and Trevor Reid
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 18 March 2005
    ...was only an irregularity." 29 Craig v. Kanseen is a case of importance. At page 111 Lord Greene M.R. cites Lord Russell in Smurthwaite v Hannay [1894] A.C. 494, the earliest of the decisions on this issue from the House of Lords to demonstrate that if the point is a nullity it is never too ......
  • Frankson (Barrington) v Monica Longmore
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 2 December 2000
    ...steps not warranted by the rules or capable of being sanctioned is wholly void and may be set aside' and he cites Smurthwaite v Hannay [1894] A.C. 494(H.L.). Then, in referring to the necessity of showing that the application is made promptly in the case of applications under R.S.C., Ord, 7......
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    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Sasegbon’s Laws of Nigeria. Volume 1 Action
    • 8 September 2016
    ...in tort applies also to misjoinder of parties or causes of action in contract as in the present suit. In Smurthwaite & Ors. v. Hannay (1894) A.C. 494 the House of Lords held that the several plaintiffs who claimed to have shipped cargo in a general ship under similar bills of lading could n......

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