Unwin v Hanson

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1891
Date1891
Year1891
CourtCourt of Appeal
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  • Jenner v Allen West & Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 10 March 1959
    ...he argues, are addressed to the tirde and must be construed in the light of that fact. Lord Eeher, Master of the Rolls, said in Unwin v. Hanson (which is reported in 1891, 2 Queen's Bench Division, at page 119): "If the Act is directed to dealing with matters affecting everybody generally, ......
  • R v George Barbar
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • Invalid date
  • Gorstew Ltd and Another v Contractor-General
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 30 January 2013
    ...the Act read in its context required that the word ‘award’ should be given the technical meaning advanced by the applicants. Firstly, in Unwin v Hanson [1891] 2 KB 115 at page119, Lord Esher stated: [I]f the Act is directed to dealing with matters affecting everybody generally, the words us......
  • Brosnan (Inspector of Taxes) v Leeside Nurseries Ltd
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 1 January 1998
    ...36 CRONIN V STRAND DAIRIES LTD 3 ITR 441 CORPORATION TAX ACT 1976 PART IV SALE OF GOODS ACT 1893 FINANCE ACT 1980 S39(1) UNWIN V NANSON 1891 2 QB 115 INSPECTOR OF TAXES V KIERNAN 1981 IR 117 Synopsis REVENUE Corporation tax; manufacturing; relief for goods manufactured within the state; pr......
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  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Statutory Interpretation. Third Edition Preliminary Sections
    • 23 June 2016
    ...24 DLR (4th) 628, 44 Sask R 231, [1985] SJ No 913 (CA) ....................................................151–52 Unwin v Hanson, [1891] 2 QB 115 (CA) .............................................................. 75 STATUTORY INTERPRETATION 396 Vabalis, (Re) (1983), 43 OR (2d) 609, 2 DLR (......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Statutory Interpretation. Second Edition
    • 31 August 2007
    ...R. 231, [1985] S.J. No. 913 (C.A.) ............................................................................ 188 Unwin v. Hanson, [1891] 2 Q.B. 115 (C.A.) ....................................................... 264 Vabalis, (Re) (1983), 43 O.R. (2d) 609, 2 D.L.R. (4th) 382, [1983] O.J. N......
  • Technical Meaning and Meanings Fixed by Law
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Statutory Interpretation. Third Edition Establishing First Impression Meaning
    • 23 June 2016
    ...Income Tax Act , for example, is addressed to everyone, but particular provisions target specialized 6 Pfizer , above note 5 at 460. 7 [1891] 2 QB 115 at 119 (CA). 8 (1876), 1 Ex D 242 at 248. 9 See Re Witts and Attorney-General for British Columbia (1982), 138 DLR (3d) 555 (BCSC). 10 See O......
  • Technical Meaning and Meanings Fixed by Law
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Statutory Interpretation. Second Edition
    • 31 August 2007
    ...the courts have adopted technical meanings for such common words as “sex” (in British Columbia’s Horse Racing 6 Ibid. at 460. 7 [1891] 2 Q.B. 115 at 119 (C.A.). 8 (1876), 1 Ex. D. 242 at 248. Technical Meanings and Meanings Fixed by Law 65 Act ), 9 “earthenware” (in a tariff item under the ......

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