Williams v Quebrada Railway Land and Copper Company

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1895
Year1895
CourtChancery Division
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  • Canada Trust Company and Others v Century Holdings Ltd and Others
    • British Virgin Islands
    • High Court (British Virgin Islands)
    • 8 July 1998
    ...being sought for the client's guidance in the commission of the fraud, even though the solicitor is ignorant of the fact. Williams v Quebrada Rly Land and cooper Co [1895] 2 ch. 751; see contra, Charlton v Coombes (1863) 4 Giff 372. The rule does not apply merely because fraud, fraudulent m......
  • Maycock v Attorney General and Another; and related appeals
    • Bahamas
    • Court of Appeal (Bahamas)
    • Invalid date
  • Kennedy v Law Society of Ireland
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 5 October 1999
    ...AG V LEEDS CORP 1929 2 CH 291 GRAY & CATHCART V PROVOST OF TRINITY COLLEGE 1910 1 IR 370 WILLIAMS V QUEBRADA RAILWAY LAND & COPPER CO 1895 2 CH 751 MURPHY V KIRWAN 1993 3 IR 501 JACKSON & POWELL ON PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE 3ED 650–1 LONDON & GENERAL BANK (NO 2), IN RE 1895 2 CH 673 KINGS......
  • LS v PS
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • 23 December 2021
    ...dicta in the case go further in extending the scope of the fraud / crime exception generally.” Given the decision in Williams v Quebrada Railway, Land and Copper Company [1895] 2 Ch 751, which, so far as I am aware, has never been questioned, it is not easy to see why the actual decisions ......
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