The Odessa. The Woolston

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date21 December 1914
Date21 December 1914
CourtPrivy Council
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22 cases
  • Trendtex v Central Bank of Nigeria
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • January 13, 1977
    ... ... But the guides must not be lightly deserted or cast aside": The Odessa. The Cape Corso , 1915 pages 52, 61-62 ... He may have felt a greater freedom in the Prize Court than a judge of a court of common law to let ... ...
  • Kathryn Bassano (Grantor/Claimant) v Alfred Toft (First Defendant) Peter Biddulph and Peter Biddulph Ltd (Second Defendants) Borro Loan Ltd and Borro Loan 2 Ltd (Third Defendants)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • February 26, 2014
    ...described in the authorities as a "special interest" or a "special property". The latter description was criticised by the Privy Council in The Odessa [1916] 1 AC 145 at 158–9, in which it was said that the pledgee has no proprietary interest in rem in the pledged chattel, but merely a pers......
  • Palgo Holdings Pty Ltd v Gowans
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • May 25, 2005
    ...at 240. 20Story on Bailments, §287 at 241. 21Ryall v Rolle (1749) 1 Atk 165 at 167 [ 26 ER 107 at 108–109]. 22The Odessa; The Woolston [1916] 1 AC 145 at 158 per Lord 23Story on Bailments, §287 at 241; Paton, Bailment in the Common Law, (1952) ( Paton on Bailment) at 355. 24Paton on Bailmen......
  • Chan Cheng Kum v Wah Tat Bank Ltd
    • Singapore
    • Privy Council
    • March 29, 1971
    ...of property rather than possession. A pledgee is said to have a special property in the goods. Mr Parker referring to The Odessa [1916] AC 145 has rightly pointed out that this is not property in the ordinary sense; the pledgee has not even temporarily the use and enjoyment of the goods but......
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