Wuta-Ofei v Danquah

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CourtPrivy Council
Judgment Date1961
Year1961
Date1961

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35 cases
  • Ocean Estates Ltd v Pinder
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • Invalid date
    ...them (post, p. 1364D, E). Bristow v. Cormican (1878) 3 App.Cas. 641 at 657, H.L.(E.) and Wuta-Ofei v. Danquah [1961] 1 W.L.R. 1238; [1961] 3 All E.R. 596, P.C. Per curiam. The question of what documentary title a vendor is entitled to insist on forcing upon a purchaser has no relevance to t......
  • Fowley Marine (Emsworth) Ltd v Gafford
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • January 23, 1968
    ...assert any title in himself, the slightest evidence of possession is sufficient to establish the plaintiff's claim; see, for example, Wuta-Ofei v. Danguah, (1961) 1 Weekly Law Reports, 1258, per Lord Guest at page 1243. 28 It is, I think, important to observe that the plaintiffs assert (and......
  • City Developments Ltd v Estate of Syed Allowee bin Ally Aljunied, deceased
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • December 22, 2008
    ...[2001] 2 SLR 509 (refd) Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v Waterloo Real Estate Inc [1999] 2 EGLR 85 (refd) R B Wuta-Ofei v Mabel Danquah [1961] 1 WLR 1238 (refd) Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd v Goh Chor Cheok [1999] 3 SLR (R) 236; [2000] 1 SLR 45 (refd) Simpson v Fergus (1999) 79 P & CR 398......
  • Brown v Rolle
    • Bahamas
    • Supreme Court (Bahamas)
    • September 16, 1994
    ...84 As to what suffices to establish possession of the Cay, Mr. Hanna decision of the Privy Council in Wuta — Ofei v Mabel Danquah, [1961] 1 W.L.R. 1238, 1243 where Lord Guest states: “Their Lordships do not consider that in order to establish possession it is necessary for a claimant to ta......
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1 books & journal articles
  • IS THERE A COMMON LAW 'RIGHT' TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH?
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 43 No. 1, August 2019
    • August 1, 2019
    ...'The Constitution: Ultimate Foundation of Australian Law?' (2005) 79(3) Australian Law Journal 167, 176-7. (14) Wuta-Ofei v Danquah [1961] 1 WLR 1238, 1243 (Lord Guest) (Privy (15) Re Bolton; Ex parte Beane (1987) 162 CLR 514, 523 (Brennan J); New South Wales v TD (2013) 83 NSWLR 566, 578 [......