Southwark London Borough Council v Williams

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1971
Year1971
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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  • 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
    ...necessity to trespass. As to the latter a citation in the Monsanto case in paragraph 33 of the judgment of Edmund Davies LJ in Southwark Borough Council v Williams [1971] 1 Ch 734 shows that, as he says: “But when and how far is the plea of necessity available to one who is prima facie guil......
  • 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
    ...by the abatement (or removal) 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 ......
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  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Sovereignty, Restraint, & Guidance. Canadian Criminal Law in the 21st Century
    • 25 June 2019
    ...Communications Inc v Davidson, [1989] 1 SCR 1038 ........................................ 115 Table of Cases Southwark LBC v Williams, [1971] Ch 734 (CA) ................................................................506 State of South Dakota v Zobel, 134 NW2d 101 (SD 1965) .....................
  • 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......
  • 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 (......
  • Notes
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Getting Away With Murder. The Canadian Criminal Justice System Conclusion
    • 27 August 1999
    ...5 Ibid, at 389. 6 Ibid, at 390. 7 R. v. Dudley and Stephens (1884), 14 QB 273 at 281. 8 Southwark London Borough Council v. Williams, [1971] Ch. 734, [1971] 2 All ER 175 (CA). 9 The queen never got over the indignity, and when Gulliver's enemies con-spired to charge him with treason, she wa......
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