Weld-Blundell v Stephens

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CourtHouse of Lords
Judgment Date13 May 1920
Judgment citation (vLex)[1920] UKHL J0513-1
Date13 May 1920
Weld-Blundell
and
Stephens.

[1920] UKHL J0513-1

House of Lords

1

After hearing Counsel, as well on Thursday the 19th, as Friday the 20th and Monday the 23d, days of February last, upon the Petition and Appeal of Charles Joseph Weld-Blundell, of 2 Grosvenor Crescent, in the County of London, praying, That the matter of the Order set forth in the Schedule thereto, namely, an Order of His Majesty's Court of Appeal, of the 31st of January 1919, so far as therein stated to be appealed against, might be reviewed before His Majesty the...

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    ...Co. Ltd. The Times July 23 1957Ward v Weeks [1830] 7 Bingham, 211 as approved by the majority of the House of Lords in Weld-Blundell v Stephens [1920] AC, 956 and/or (d) The reviews would have been read by many readers of the newspapers pleaded who had not seen the programme complained of ......
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  • Butler v Board of Trade
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • Invalid date
    ...763; [1962] 3 All E.R. 256, H.L.(E.) Saull v. Browne (1874) 10 Ch.App. 64. Weld-Blundell v. Stephens [1919] 1 K.B. 520, C.A. affirmed [1920] A.C. 956, H.L.(E.) Williams v. Quebrada Railway, Land & Copper Co. [1895] 2 Ch. 751. The following additional cases were cited in argument: Ainswo......
  • Khouly Construction & Engineering Ltd v Edmond Mansoor
    • Antigua and Barbuda
    • Court of Appeal (Antigua and Barbuda)
    • April 15, 2021
    ...wrong in law was suffered and, that such breach or wrong was caused by an act or omission of the defendant. Weld-Blundell v Stephens [1920] AC 956 applied; Jones v Livox Quarries Ltd [1952] 2 QB 608 applied. 7. In this instant case, it is apparent that several of the respondent's expert wi......
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3 books & journal articles
  • AN ACCOUNT OF ACCOUNTS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2016, December 2016
    • December 1, 2016
    ...over the loss (Transfield Shipping v Mercator Shipping[2009] 1 AC 61). 118 Lambert v Lewis [1982] AC 225; Well-Blundell v Stephens[1920] AC 956. 119[1988] Ch 1. 120Bristol & West Building Society v Mothew[1988] Ch 1 at 17, endorsing Bank of New Zealand v New Zealand Guardian Trust Co Ltd[19......
  • ADMISSIBILITY, PRIVILEGE AND THE EXPUNGING OF EVIDENCE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1994, December 1994
    • December 1, 1994
    ...D 644 at 649. Nearer home: PP v Haji Kassim[1971] 2 MLJ 115. 74 Taylor v Blacklow (1836) 3 Bing. (N.C.) 235; cf. Weld-Blundell v Stephens[1920] AC 956. 75 As Templeman LJ clearly thought in Great Atlantic Insurance Co v Home Insurance, supra, note 50, at 491. Further, at p 494, he said, “Th......
  • Biomedical Law and Ethics
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2019, December - January 2019
    • December 1, 2019
    ...was asserted by Jeffries J in Duncan v Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Committee [1986] 1 NZLR 513 at 521. 72 Weld-Blundell v Stephens [1920] AC 956 at 978–979. 73 Furniss v Fitchett [1958] NZLR 396. 74 See Campbell v MGN [2002] EWHC 499; Cornelius v De Taranto [2001] EMLR 329 and Lady A......