Towers & Company Ltd v Gray

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1961
Year1961
CourtDivisional Court
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  • Merren v R
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 23 Junio 2000
    ...81; 10 C.C.C (2d) 384, considered. (11) R. v. WilliamsUNK(1998), 40 O.R. (3d) 301; 125 C.C.C. (3d) 552. (12) Towers & Co. Ltd. v. Gray, [1961] 2 Q.B. 351; [1961] 2 All E.R 68, followed. Legislation construed: Customs Law (Law 17 of 1990), s.51(a): The relevant terms of this paragraph are se......
  • DPP v Foley
    • Ireland
    • Court of Appeal (Ireland)
    • 1 Enero 1995
    ...and said:— "'Possession' is an ambiguous word and one which, as Lord Parker of Waddington observed in Towers & Co. Ltd. v. Gray [1961] 2 Q.B. 351 at 361, is always giving rise to trouble. Its precise meaning must depend on the context and policy of the statute using it and no comprehensive ......
  • R v George Angus McKenzie
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Northern Ireland)
    • 11 Febrero 2005
    ...He stated at p. 199:- “’Possession’ is an ambiguous word and one which, as Lord Parker of Waddington observed in Towers & Co Ltd v Gray [1961] 2 QB 351, at 361, is always giving rise to trouble. Its precise meaning must depend on the context and policy of the statute using it, and no compre......
  • Warner v Metropolitan Police Commissioner; R v Warner
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 2 Mayo 1968
    ...L.C.J. in Oliver v. Goodger [1944] 2 All E.R. 481 at 482 remarked that it was not a term of art. Again, Lord Parker L.C.J. in Towers & Co. Ltd. v. Gray [1961] 2 Q.B. 351 at page 361 after observing that the term "possession" is always giving rise to trouble, and after considering various ......
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