Southwark London Borough Council v Williams

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Year1971
Date1971

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40 cases
  • Thornton v Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 19 February 1979
    ...both the questions which I have stated as being the questions here. 30 The later cases, Mr. Carnwath submitted, such as Southwark London Borough Council v. Williams (1971) 1 Chancery 734, and Wyatt v. London Borough of Hillingdon (unreported), of which we have teen provided with a transcrip......
  • R (Mullaney) v Adjudication Panel for England
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 10 February 2009
    ... ... Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, WC2A 2LL (Transcript of the Handed Down Judgment ... Claimant who is a councillor on the Birmingham City Council appeared in person and was assisted by an MP (Mr ... 33 of the judgment of Edmund Davies LJ in Southwark Borough Council v Williams [1971] 1 Ch 734 shows that, as ... ...
  • West Glamorgan County Council v Rafferty
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 May 1986
    ...does not by itself afford to the defendants any defence, nor does it deprive the Council of its right to possession: see London Borough of Southwark v. Williams [1971] Chancery 734; Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council v. Wells [1972] Local Government Reports 289, Wyatt v. Hillingdon Lon......
  • R v Burns
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 27 April 2010
    ...of nuisances: see Winfield and Jolowicz on Tort, 17th edition, at 22–47. 12 More recently, in Southwark London Borough v Williams [1971] Ch 734, Edmund Davis LJ described how “…. the law regards with the deepest suspicion any remedies of self-help, and permits these remedies to be resorted ......
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6 books & journal articles
  • Judicially Licensed Unconstitutionality.
    • Canada
    • University of British Columbia Law Review Vol. 55 No. 2, November 2022
    • 1 November 2022
    ...could well become the last resort of scoundrels and in the words of Edmund Davies L.J. in Southwark London Borough Council v. Williams, [1971] Ch. 734, it could "very easily become simply a mask for anarchy". (228) Reference re Secession of Quebec, supra note 3 at (229) Ibid. (230) Canada (......
  • Chapter VIII. Decisions of National Tribunals
    • United States
    • United Nations Juridical Yearbook No. 2001, January 2001
    • 1 January 2001
    ...[1995] 2 AC 513; [1995] 2 WLR 464; [1995] 2 All ER 244 Southwark London Borough Council v Williams [1971] 1 Ch 734; [1971] 2 WLR 467; [1971] 2 All ER 175 United States v Bailey, 444 US 394; 62 L Ed 2d 575 (1980) Ward v Robertson, 1938 JC 32; 1938 SLT Introduction: On 21 January 2000, the Lo......
  • Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v. C.G. Berbatis Holdings Pty. Ltd.; curbing unconscionability: Berbatis in the High Court of Australia.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 28 No. 1, April 2004
    • 1 April 2004
    ...Oil GB Ltd [1983] 1 All ER 944; D & C Builders Ltd v Rees [1966] 2 QB 617. (128) See, eg, Southwark London Borough Council v Williams [1971] Ch 734, 746 (Edmund Davies (129) In salvage law, there must be a danger or real threat to person or property such that 'no reasonably prudent and ......
  • The redistributive potential of section 7 of the Charter: incorporating socio-economic context in criminal law and in the adjudication of rights.
    • Canada
    • Ottawa Law Review Vol. 42 No. 3, December 2011
    • 22 December 2011
    ...fundamental values such as the commitment to equality provided for in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms" at para 34). (36) [1971] Ch 734, [1971] 2 All ER 175 (CA), (sub nom Southwark London Borough Council v Williams) [Southwark cited to All (37) R v Latimer, 2001 SCC 1 at para 27......
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