Witted v Galbraith

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1893
Date1893
CourtCourt of Appeal
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16 cases
  • McCarthy v Pillay
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 24 March 2003
    ...843. Tromso Sparebank v. Beirne (Unreported, Supreme Court, 15th December, 1989). Waddell v. Norton [1966] N.I. 85. Witted v. Galbraith [1893] 1 Q.B. 577. Appeal from the High Court. The facts have been summarised in the headnote and are more fully set out in the judgment of Hardiman J., in......
  • Microsoft Mobile OY (Ltd) v Sony Europe Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 28 February 2017
    ...properly brought against D1 if it is bound to fail: The Brabo [1949] A.C. 326, 338–9, per Lord Porter. He also put the point (echoing Witted v Galbraith [1893] 1 Q.B. 577) on the basis that leave will not be granted if the lack of a plausible cause of action against D1 shows that the pres......
  • HRH Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi and Others (suing on behalf of themselves and the people of Ogale Community) v (1) Royal Dutch Shell Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 14 February 2018
    ...properly brought against D1 if it is bound to fail: The Brabo [1949] AC 326, 338–9, per Lord Porter. He also put the point (echoing Witted v. Galbraith [1893] 1 QB 577) on the basis that leave will not be granted if the lack of a plausible cause of action against D1 shows that the presence......
  • Multinational Gas and Petrochemical Company v Multinational Gas and Petrochemical Services Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 16 February 1983
    ...1 (1) (j)—of Order 11 applies". Lord Justice Lopes also agreed on the same basis as Lord Esher. 38The next case was Witted v. Galbraith [1893] 1 QB 577. That was an action brought to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff's husband under the Fatal Accidents Act. He had been killed ......
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