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Doherty (Fc) (Appellant) and Others Vs. Birmingham City Council (Respo ...

Court : House of Lords

Subject : Land Acquisition

LORD HOPE OF CRAIGHEAD My Lords, 1. The question in this case is whether a local authority can obtain a summary order for possession against an occupier of a site which it owns and has been...

R (on the Application of Bancoult) (Respondent) Vs. Secretary of State ...

Court : House of Lords

Subject : Land Acquisition

LORD HOFFMANN My Lords, 1. This appeal concerns the validity of section 9 of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004 (“the Constitution Order”): “(1) Whereas the Territory was constituted and is set aside to...

Al-ameri (Fc) (Respondent) Vs. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea ...

Court : House of Lords

Subject : Land Acquisition

LORD BINGHAM OF CORNHILL My Lords, 1. The issue raised in these appeals was succinctly expressed by Simon Brown LJ in the opening sentence of his leading judgment in the Court of Appeal ([2003] EWCA Civ...

Owings Vs. Tiernan

Court : US Supreme Court

Subject : Education

Advocate for Respondent : Mr. Underwood

Owings v. Tiernan - 35 U.S. 447 (1835) U.S. Supreme Court Owings v. Tiernan, 35 U.S. 10 Pet. 447 447 (1835) Owings v. Tiernan 35 U.S. (10 Pet.) 447 ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE...

Birmingham City Council (Appellants) Vs. Walker (Fc) (Respondent)

Court : House of Lords

Subject : Land Acquisition

LORD HOFFMANN My Lords, 1. This appeal raises a short point on the construction of a provision of Part IV of the Housing Act 1985, which consolidates the law on secure tenancies originally introduced by Chapter...

Owings Vs. Tiernan

Court : US Supreme Court

Subject : Education

Owings v. Tiernan - 35 U.S. 24 (1836) U.S. Supreme Court Owings v. Tiernan, 35 U.S. 10 Pet. 24 24 (1836) Owings v. Tiernan 35 U.S. (10 Pet.) 24 ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE...

Downes Vs. Bidwell

Court : US Supreme Court

Subject : Education

Downes v. Bidwell - 182 U.S. 244 (1901) U.S. Supreme Court Downes v. Bidwell, 182 U.S. 244 (1901) Downes v. Bidwell No. 507 Argued January 8-11, 1901 Decided May 27, 1901 * 182 U.S. 244 ERROR...

Young Women's Christian Home Vs. French

Court : US Supreme Court

Subject : Land Acquisition

Young Women's Christian Home v. French - 187 U.S. 401 (1903) U.S. Supreme Court Young Women's Christian Home v. French, 187 U.S. 401 (1903) Young Women's Christian Home v. French Nos. 73, 74 Argued November 5-6,...

Brahma Shum Shere Jung Bahadur and anr. Vs. Chartered Bank of India, A ...

Court : Kolkata

Subject : BankingCivil

Acts : Evidence Act, 1872 - Sections 57, 63, 63(2) and 73; ;Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 - Sections 10, 85(1), 89 and 131

Reported in : AIR1956Cal399

Advocate for Respondent : B.C. Mitra, ;S. Burman and ;S.K. Lahiri, Advs. for Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China and ;N.N. Bose, Adv.

Bose, J. 1. This is a suit for a declaration that the accounts of the plaintiffs with the defendant No. 1 have been improperly debited with, and the plaintiffs are not liable for, the sum of...

Ross's Judicial Factor Vs. Martin

Court : House of Lords

Subject : Land Acquisition

LORD CHANCELLOR(Kilmuir).-This is an appeal against an interlocutor dated 20th November 1953, pronounced by the Second Division of the Court of Session, recalling, except so far as it dealt with expenses, an interlocutor pronounced by the...