Watson v Jones or McEwan et è contra
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Judgment Date | 28 July 1905 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1905] UKHL J0728-2 |
| Date | 28 July 1905 |
[1905] UKHL J0728-2
House of Lords
After hearing Counsel this day upon the Petition and Appeal of Sir Patrick Heron Watson, Knight, Doctor of Medicine; residing at 16 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, praying, That the matter of the Interlocutors set forth in the Schedule thereto, namely, an, Interlocutor of the. Lord Ordinary in Scotland, of the 12th of July 1904, except so far as regards the words "Disallows the second and fourth issues proposed by the pursuer " and also an Interlocutor of the Lords of Session there, of the Second Division, of the 18th of November 1904, except so. far as regards the words "Disallow the first issue proposed for the pursuer, to which extent alter the said interlocutor reclaimed against," might be reviewed before His Majesty the King in His Court of Parliament, and that the said Interlocutors, so far as aforesaid, might be reversed, varied, or altered, or that the Petitioner might have such other relief in the premises as to His Majesty the King in His Court of Parliament might seem meet; as also upon the Petition and Cross Appeal of Mrs. Jessie Prentice Jones or M'Ewan, of 2...
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Lincoln v Daniels
... ... In ( Watson v. HcEwan 1905 Appeal Cases, 430 ) the House of Lords held that it ... 368 ) Bankes and Wrrington L. JJ distinguished Watson v. McEwan , where a potential witness (the defendant in the action) at the request ... ...
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Jones v Kaney
...whether witness immunity should extend to protect the expert witness against a claim by his own client. 19 The Scottish case of Watson v M'Ewan [1905] AC 480 was a case where a claim was brought against a medical witness in respect of statements made in preparation of a witness statement an......
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Roy v Prior
... ... Lord Rokeby L.R. 8 Q.B. 255 , Watson v. M'Ewan [1905] A.C. 480 ). If a witness gives false evidence he may be ... ...
- Kassim (orse. Widmann) v Kassim (orse. Hassim) (Carl and Dickson cited)
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Subject Index
...[2007]HCA 48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 165Watson vDPP [2006] EWHC3429 (Admin) . . 278,293Watson vMcEwen [1905] AC480 . . . . . . . . . . . 101Waugh vKippen (1986) 160CLR 156 . . . . . . . . 137Weiss vR [2005] HCA81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163West......
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Subject Index
...283. . . . . . 14Warren v Attorney-General of Jersey [2011]UKPC 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268–271Watson vM’Ewan [1905] AC480 . . . . . . . . . . . 260Whalen vRoe 429 US589 (1977). . . . . . . . . . . . 291Wi vR [2010] 2NZLR 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......
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Case Commentaries
...which they (unlike the majority) claimed had been confirmed for all forms of civil action by the House of Lords in Watson v M’Ewan [1905] AC 480, a Scottish action for slander and breach confidence. They were not satisfied that the best policy was abolition. Lord Hope said that protection f......
