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John E. Brownlee Vs. Vivian Macmillan

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Right to Information

Advocate for Appellant : F. Gahan, for Appellant. Solicitors for Appellant, Charles Russell and Co. ; Solicitors for Respondent, Blake and Redden.

LORD THANKERTON: This appeal comes by special leave granted on 1st July 1937, from a judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada. By a majority of four Judges to one the Supreme Court allowed the respondent's...

Abitibi Power and Paper Co., Ltd. Vs. Montreal Trust Co. and Others

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Reported in : AIR1944PC7

Advocate for Appellant : Sir Walter Monckton and Frank Gahan, for Appellant; D.N. Pritt and P. Devlin and Hon. C. Romer and G. Crispin, for Respondents (Montreal Trust Co.and J. Ripley and others, respectively). W. Barton and F. Gahan, for Intervener (Attorney-General of Ontario)

Lord Atkin: This is an appeal from the Court of Appeal for Ontario who by a majority (Gillanders J., dissenting) dismissed the appeal of the appellant from an order of Middleton J. A. which, ordered that...

The Labour Relations Board of Saskatchewan Vs. John East Iron Works Lt ...

Court : Privy Council

Subject : MRTP

Reported in : AIR1949PC129

Advocate for Appellant : F.A. Brewin (Canadian Bar) and M.C. Shumiatcher (Canadian Bar), for Appellant; E.C. Leslie (Canadian Bar) and F. Gahan, for Respondent. Solicitors for Appellant, Laurence Jones and Co.; Solicitors for Respondent, Blake and Redden; Solicitors for intervene

Lord Simonds: In this appeal, which is brought from a judgment of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan, a question of constitutional importance is raised whether certain provisions of the Trade Union Act, 1944, of the...

Noor Mohamed Vs. the King

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Reported in : AIR1949PC161

Advocate for Appellant : W.W.K. Page, T.B.W. Ramsay and G. Stone, for Appellant; F. Gahan, for Respondent. Solicitors for Appellant, Hy. S.L. Polak and Co, Solicitors for Respondent, Burchells and Co.

Lord du Parcq: After hearing the arguments of counsel for the appellant and for the Crown, their Lordships announced that they would humbly advise His Majesty that this appeal should be allowed and the conviction of...

Mohamed Sugal Esa Mamasan Rer Alalah Vs. the King

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Excise

Advocate for Appellant : A.G.P. Pullan, for Appellant; F. Gahan for the King. Solicitors for Appellant A.L. Bryden and Co., Solicitors for Respondent Burchells.

Lord Goddard: Their Lordships now give their reasons for the advice they humbly tendered to His Majesty on 31st July that this appeal should be dismissed. The appellant together with his brother Elmi was charged on...

Bank of Montreal Vs. Dominion Gresham Guarantee and Casualty Co.

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Advocate for Appellant : Sir Boyd Merriman and F.J. Tucker, for Appellants; J.A. Mann (Canadian Bar) and F. Gahan, for Respondents. Solicitors for Appellants, Linlaters and Pains; Solicitors for Respondents, Lawrence Jones and Co.

Lord Tomlin: This is an appeal from a judgment dated 27th May 1989, of the Supreme Court of Canada, whereby the Court by a majority reversed a judgment of the Court of King's Bench in appeal...

international Railway Co. Vs. Niagara Parks Commission

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Advocate for Appellant : D.N. Pritt and J.L. Stone, for Appellant; C.T. Lequesne and F. Gahan, for Respondent. Solicitors for Appellant, Blake and Redden; Solicitors for Respondent, Gard Lyell and Co.

Lord Justice Luxmoore: On 29th August 1938 the International Railway Company (hereinafter called "the Appellant Company") instituted an action in the Supreme Court of Ontario against the Niagara Parks Commission (hereinafter called "the Commission") to recover...

Connors Bros. Ltd. and Others Vs. Bernard Connors

Court : Privy Council

Subject : MRTP

Advocate for Appellant : F.Gahan, for Appellants; Respondent Ex parte. Solicitors for Appellants, Norton Rose Greenwell and Co.; Respondent Ex Parte.

Viscount Maugham: This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada dated 19th December 1938, which (by a majority of three Judges to two) reversed the judgment of the supreme Court of...

Thomas Shorunke Vs. the King

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Advocate for Appellant : Elliot Gorst, for Appellant; Sir Patrick Hastings (for A.G.) and F. Gahan, for Respondent. Solicitors for Appellant, A.L. Bryden and Co.; Solicitors for Respondent, Burchells.

Lord Porter: This is an appeal in forma pauperis brought by special leave from a judgment of the West African Court of Appeal dated the 27th April 1940, whereby, the appellant appeals against his conviction by...

Narayanan Chettiar Vs. Kaliappa Chettiar

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Advocate for Appellant : Wilfred Barton and F. Gahan, for Appellant; C.S. Rewcastle and R.K. Handoo, for Respondent. Solicitors for Appellant, Peake and Co., Solicitors for Respondent, Lee and Pembertons.

Lord Thankerton: The present appeal raises a question with regard to the division of an estate in Ceylon which carried both tea and rubber on it and which had been held jointly by a certain number...