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| Case Name | Citation(s) | Court † | Jurisdiction | Date | Full Text | Citation Index | |
| Cockings (Herbert) v Cockings (Grace) | [2018] JMCA 60 | Court of Appeal of Jamaica | Jamaica | 29 Jun 2018 | CommonLII |
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| Slessor v Commissioner of Police | [2023] NZCA 612 | Court of Appeal of New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 Dec 2023 | NZLII |
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| Leason v Attorney-General |
[2013] NZCA 509; |
Court of Appeal of New Zealand | New Zealand | 25 Oct 2013 | NZLII |
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| Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health Services (UK) Ltd | [2024] EWCA Civ 138 | England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division | United Kingdom - England and Wales | 20 Feb 2024 | BAILII |
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| XX v Whittington Hospital NHS Trust |
[2018] EWCA Civ 2832; |
England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division | United Kingdom - England and Wales | 19 Dec 2018 | BAILII |
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| R (Best) v Chief Land Registrar |
[2015] EWCA Civ 17; |
England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division | United Kingdom - England and Wales | 21 Jan 2015 | BAILII |
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| Vellino v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police |
[2001] EWCA Civ 1249; |
England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division | United Kingdom - England and Wales | 31 Jul 2001 | BAILII |
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| Minister for the Environment v Sharma |
[2022] FCAFC 35; |
Federal Court of Australia | Australia - Commonwealth | 15 Mar 2022 | AustLII |
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| Miller v Miller |
[2011] HCA 9; |
High Court of Australia | Australia - Commonwealth | 7 Apr 2011 | AustLII |
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| Miller v Miller | [2010] HCATrans 287 | High Court of Australia | Australia - Commonwealth | 4 Nov 2010 | AustLII |
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| RO v Gray | [2021] EWHC 2770 (QB) | High Court of England and Wales | United Kingdom - England and Wales | 15 Oct 2021 | BAILII |
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| Barrowfen Properties Ltd v Patel | [2021] EWHC 200 (Ch) | High Court of England and Wales | United Kingdom - England and Wales | 5 Feb 2020 | BAILII |
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| Faichney v Aquila Advisory Ltd | [2018] EWHC 565 (Ch) | High Court of England and Wales | United Kingdom - England and Wales | 20 Mar 2018 | BAILII |
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| Ramblers Association v Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | [2017] EWHC 716 (Admin) | High Court of England and Wales | United Kingdom - England and Wales | 7 Apr 2017 | BAILII |
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| Singularis Holdings v Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd |
[2017] EWHC 257 (Ch); |
High Court of England and Wales | United Kingdom - England and Wales | 16 Feb 2017 | BAILII |
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| Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd v Independent Power Tanzania Ltd | [2016] EWHC 2908 (Comm) | High Court of England and Wales | United Kingdom - England and Wales | 16 Nov 2016 | BAILII |
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| Cunningham Cummins v The Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal (Approved) | [2024] IEHC 143 | High Court of Ireland | Republic of Ireland | 23 Feb 2024 | BAILII |
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| H141 Heaphy v Murphy | [2018] IEHC 141 | High Court of Ireland | Republic of Ireland | 7 Mar 2018 | BAILII |
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| Shaughnessy v Nohilly | [2016] IEHC 767 | High Court of Ireland | Republic of Ireland | 21 Dec 2016 | BAILII |
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| Carr v Olas | [2012] IEHC 59 | High Court of Ireland | Republic of Ireland | 15 Mar 2012 | BAILII |
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| Bank of Scotland Plc v Mallon | [2015] NICh 13 | High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland | United Kingdom - Northern Ireland | 2 Jul 2015 | BAILII |
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| Lu v Kiribati Police Services | [2019] KIHC 73 | High Court of Kiribati | Kiribati | 26 Jul 2019 | PacLII |
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| BCH Investments Ltd v Nguy | [2021] NZHC 2932 | High Court of New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 Nov 2021 | NZLII |
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| Woolley v Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd | [2021] NZHC 2690 | High Court of New Zealand | New Zealand | 8 Oct 2021 | NZLII |
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| Ferreira v Stockinger | [2015] NZHC 2916 | High Court of New Zealand | New Zealand | 20 Nov 2015 | NZLII |
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| Shanghai Neuhof Trade Co Ltd v Zespri International Ltd | [2014] NZHC 2353 | High Court of New Zealand | New Zealand | 26 Sep 2014 | NZLII |
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| [2003] Hkcfi 200 (10 March 2003) | [2003] HKCFI 200 | Hong Kong Court of First Instance | Hong Kong | 10 Mar 2003 | HKLII |
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| [2007] HKDC 6 (5 January 2007) | [2007] HKDC 6 | Hong Kong District Court | Hong Kong | 5 Jan 2007 | HKLII |
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| Gray v Thames Trains Ltd |
[2009] UKHL 33; |
House of Lords | United Kingdom | 17 Jun 2009 | BAILII |
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| Nahour v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development (6057/2007) | [2018] ZAKZPHC 65 | Kwazulu-Natal High Court, Pietermaritzburg | South Africa | 3 Aug 2018 | SAFLII |
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| Ennismore Fund Management Ltd v Fenris Consulting Ltd (Cayman Islands) | [2022] UKPC 27 | Privy Council | United Kingdom | 27 Jan 2022 | BAILII |
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| D Geddes (Contractors) Ltd v Neil Johnson Health & Safety Services Ltd | [2017] ScotCS CSOH_42 | Scottish Court of Session | United Kingdom - Scotland | 14 Mar 2017 | BAILII |
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| Blackwater v Plint |
[2005] SCC 58; |
Supreme Court of Canada | Canada | circa 2005 | AustLII |
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| Ingles v Tutkaluk Construction Ltd |
[2000] 1 SCR 298; |
Supreme Court of Canada | Canada | 2 Mar 2000 | Supreme Court of Canada |
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| 65302 British Columbia Ltd v Canada | [1999] 3 SCR 804 | Supreme Court of Canada | Canada | 25 Nov 1999 | Supreme Court of Canada |
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| Galaske v O'Donnell | [1994] 1 SCR 670 | Supreme Court of Canada | Canada | 14 Apr 1994 | Supreme Court of Canada |
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| McGlashan, Winsome v Nicholson Phillips | [2022] JMSC 242 | Supreme Court of Jamaica | Jamaica | 9 Dec 2022 | CommonLII |
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| Hunter Area Health Service v Presland |
[2005] NSWCA 33; |
Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal | Australia - New South Wales | 21 Apr 2005 | AustLII |
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| Kacific Broadband Satellites International Ltd v Registrar of Companies | [2021] TOSC 93 | Supreme Court of Tonga | Tonga | 8 Jun 2021 | PacLII |
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| Henderson v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust |
[2020] UKSC 43; |
United Kingdom Supreme Court | United Kingdom | 30 Oct 2020 | BAILII |
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| Grondona v Stoffel & Co |
[2020] UKSC 42; |
United Kingdom Supreme Court | United Kingdom | 30 Oct 2020 | BAILII |
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| XX v Whittington Hospital NHS Trust |
[2020] UKSC 14; |
United Kingdom Supreme Court | United Kingdom | 1 Apr 2020 | BAILII |
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| Patel v Mirza |
[2016] UKSC 42; |
United Kingdom Supreme Court | United Kingdom | 20 Jul 2016 | BAILII |
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| Bilta (UK) Ltd v Nazir (No 2) |
[2015] UKSC 23; |
United Kingdom Supreme Court | United Kingdom | 22 Apr 2015 | BAILII |
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| Hounga v Allen |
[2014] UKSC 47; |
United Kingdom Supreme Court | United Kingdom | 30 Jul 2014 | BAILII |
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| DF v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (ESA) (Capital : Ownership/Possession) | [2015] UKUT 611 | United Kingdom Upper Tribunal | United Kingdom | 4 Nov 2015 | BAILII |
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| Journal Article Title | Citation(s) | Author † | Jurisdiction | Date | Full Text | Citation Index | |
| - The Illegality Defence | [2010] EWLC 320 | Law Commission | United Kingdom | 16 Mar 2010 | BAILII |
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| Case Name | Citation(s) | Court † | Jurisdiction | Date | Full Text | Citation Index | |
| Butterfield v Forrester |
[1809] EngR 175; |
King's Bench | United Kingdom | circa 1809 | CommonLII |
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| Nahour v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development (6057/2007) | [2018] ZAKZPHC 65 | Kwazulu-Natal High Court, Pietermaritzburg | South Africa | 3 Aug 2018 | SAFLII |
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| - The Illegality Defence | [2010] EWLC 320 | Law Commission | United Kingdom | 16 Mar 2010 | BAILII |
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| (1991) 36 McGill Law Journal 609 |
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McGill Law Journal | Canada | circa 1991 | HeinOnline / LexisNexis |
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| "The Special Morality of Tort law" |
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McGill Law Journal | Canada | circa 1989 | HeinOnline / LexisNexis |
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| "The Wrongdoing Plaintiff" |
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McGill Law Journal | Canada | circa 1972 | HeinOnline / LexisNexis |
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| "Tort and Illegality: The Ex Turpi Causa Defence in Negligence Law (Part one)" | (1977-1978) 11 Melbourne University Law Review 32 | Melbourne University Law Review | Australia | circa 1978 | AustLII |
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| "Defence of Illegality in Negligence Actions, The" | (1963-1964) 4 Melbourne University Law Review 534 | Melbourne University Law Review | Australia | circa 1964 | AustLII |
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| "Moving the Boundary Stone by Statute - The Law Commission on Psychiatric Illness" | (1999) 22 University of New South Wales Law Journal 350 | Mullany, Nicholas J ; Handford, Peter R | Australia | circa 1999 | AustLII |
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| Ennismore Fund Management Ltd v Fenris Consulting Ltd (Cayman Islands) | [2022] UKPC 27 | Privy Council | United Kingdom | 27 Jan 2022 | BAILII |
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| (1991) 55 Saskatchewan Law Review 1 |
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Saskatchewan Law Review | Canada | circa 1991 | HeinOnline / LexisNexis |
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| D Geddes (Contractors) Ltd v Neil Johnson Health & Safety Services Ltd | [2017] ScotCS CSOH_42 | Scottish Court of Session | United Kingdom - Scotland | 14 Mar 2017 | BAILII |
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| Blackwater v Plint |
[2005] SCC 58; |
Supreme Court of Canada | Canada | circa 2005 | AustLII |
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| Ingles v Tutkaluk Construction Ltd |
[2000] 1 SCR 298; |
Supreme Court of Canada | Canada | 2 Mar 2000 | Supreme Court of Canada |
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| 65302 British Columbia Ltd v Canada | [1999] 3 SCR 804 | Supreme Court of Canada | Canada | 25 Nov 1999 | Supreme Court of Canada |
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| Galaske v O'Donnell | [1994] 1 SCR 670 | Supreme Court of Canada | Canada | 14 Apr 1994 | Supreme Court of Canada |
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| London Drugs Ltd v Kuehne & Nagel International Ltd | [1992] 3 SCR 299 | Supreme Court of Canada | Canada | 29 Oct 1992 | Supreme Court of Canada |
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| Norberg v Wynrib |
[1992] 2 SCR 226; |
Supreme Court of Canada | Canada - British Columbia | 18 Jun 1992 | Supreme Court of Canada |
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| Just v British Columbia |
(1989) 64 DLR (4th) 689; |
Supreme Court of Canada | Canada | 7 Dec 1989 | Supreme Court of Canada |
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| Dube v Labar | [1986] 1 SCR 649 | Supreme Court of Canada | Canada | 1 May 1986 | Supreme Court of Canada |
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| Kamloops (City of) v Nielsen |
[1984] 2 SCR 2; |
Supreme Court of Canada | Canada | 26 Jul 1984 | Supreme Court of Canada |
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| Jordan House Ltd v Menow | [1974] SCR 239 | Supreme Court of Canada | Canada | 7 May 1973 | Supreme Court of Canada |
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| Eid v Dumas | [1969] SCR 668 | Supreme Court of Canada | Canada | 16 May 1969 | Supreme Court of Canada |
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| Harris v Toronto Transit Commission | [1967] SCR 460 | Supreme Court of Canada | Canada | 26 Jun 1967 | Supreme Court of Canada |
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| Lehnert v Stein |
36 DLR (2d) 159; |
Supreme Court of Canada | Canada | 30 Nov 1962 | Supreme Court of Canada |
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| Car and General Insurance Corporation v Seymour |
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Supreme Court of Canada | Canada | circa 1956 |
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| McGlashan, Winsome v Nicholson Phillips | [2022] JMSC 242 | Supreme Court of Jamaica | Jamaica | 9 Dec 2022 | CommonLII |
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| Hunter Area Health Service v Presland |
[2005] NSWCA 33; |
Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal | Australia - New South Wales | 21 Apr 2005 | AustLII |
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| Kacific Broadband Satellites International Ltd v Registrar of Companies | [2021] TOSC 93 | Supreme Court of Tonga | Tonga | 8 Jun 2021 | PacLII |
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| "Plaintiff a Wrongdoer: Joint Complicity in an Illegal Enterprise as a Defence to Negligence" | (1980-1982) 9 Sydney Law Review 304 | Sydney Law Review | Australia | circa 1982 | AustLII |
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| Henderson v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust |
[2020] UKSC 43; |
United Kingdom Supreme Court | United Kingdom | 30 Oct 2020 | BAILII |
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| Grondona v Stoffel & Co |
[2020] UKSC 42; |
United Kingdom Supreme Court | United Kingdom | 30 Oct 2020 | BAILII |
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| XX v Whittington Hospital NHS Trust |
[2020] UKSC 14; |
United Kingdom Supreme Court | United Kingdom | 1 Apr 2020 | BAILII |
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| Patel v Mirza |
[2016] UKSC 42; |
United Kingdom Supreme Court | United Kingdom | 20 Jul 2016 | BAILII |
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| Bilta (UK) Ltd v Nazir (No 2) |
[2015] UKSC 23; |
United Kingdom Supreme Court | United Kingdom | 22 Apr 2015 | BAILII |
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| Hounga v Allen |
[2014] UKSC 47; |
United Kingdom Supreme Court | United Kingdom | 30 Jul 2014 | BAILII |
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| DF v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (ESA) (Capital : Ownership/Possession) | [2015] UKUT 611 | United Kingdom Upper Tribunal | United Kingdom | 4 Nov 2015 | BAILII |
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| "Illegality as a Tort Defence" | (1976) 26 University of Toronto Law Journal 28 | University of Toronto Law Journal | Canada | circa 1976 | HeinOnline / LexisNexis |
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| "You're Not Drunk if You Can Lie on the Floor without Holding on - Alcohol Server Liability, Duty, Responsibility and the Law of Torts" | (2004) 11 James Cook University Law Review 108 | Watson, Penelope | Australia | circa 2004 | AustLII |
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| 28 MVR (2d) 94 |
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Canada | circa 2004 |
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| (1986) 35 BCLR (2d) 222 |
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Canada - British Columbia | circa 1986 |
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| Katko v Briney |
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United States | circa 2004 |
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3 |
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| Donoghue v Stevenson |
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United Kingdom | circa 1932 | LexisNexis / Westlaw |
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1 |
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| Lewis v Brannen |
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United States | circa 2004 |
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1 |
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| Betts v Sanderson Estate |
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Canada - British Columbia | circa 1988 |
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2 |
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| Lewis v Sayers |
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Canada | circa 1973 |
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1 |
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| Joubert v Toronto General Trusts Corporation |
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Canada | circa 1955 |
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1 |
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| Mack v Enns |
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Canada - British Columbia | circa 1981 |
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2 |
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| Tallow v Tailfeathers |
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Canada | circa 1973 |
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1 |
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| McNichols v J R Simplot Co |
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United States | circa 2004 |
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2 |
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| Tomlinson v Harrison |
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Canada | circa 1972 |
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3 |
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| Miller v Decker |
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Canada | circa 1957 |
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6 |
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| Rondos v Wawrin |
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Canada | circa 1968 |
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1 |
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| National Coal Board v England |
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United Kingdom | circa 1954 | LexisNexis / Westlaw |
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| Burns v Edman |
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United Kingdom | circa 1970 | LexisNexis |
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1 |
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| Canada Cement LaFarge Ltd v British Columbia Lightweight Aggregate Ltd |
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circa 1983 |
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| Ontario Hospital Services Commission v Borsoski |
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Canada | circa 1973 |
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1 |
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| Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co Ltd |
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United Kingdom | circa 1969 | LexisNexis / Westlaw |
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4 |
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| Lewis v Sayers |
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Canada | circa 1970 |
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2 |
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| Hempler v Todd |
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Canada | circa 1970 |
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1 |
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| Mack v Enns |
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Canada - British Columbia | circa 1983 |
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1 |
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| Hegarty v Shine |
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United Kingdom | circa 1878 |
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| 2 SCR 147 |
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| Court of Appeal |
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Canada - British Columbia | circa 1991 |
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1 |
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| Norwich City Council v Harvey |
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United Kingdom | circa 1989 | LexisNexis |
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| Harper v Grasser |
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circa 2004 |
1 |
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| BX Development Inc and R |
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Canada | circa 1976 |
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| Crocker v Sundance Northwest Resorts Ltd |
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circa 1988 |
7 |
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| 1 QB 993 |
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United Kingdom | circa 2004 | LexisNexis / Westlaw |
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4 |
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| Dunn v Dominion Atlantic Railway Co |
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circa 1920 |
2 |
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| Foster v Morton |
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Canada | circa 1956 |
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| [1993] Docket 22399 |
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United States - Pennsylvania | circa 1993 |
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1 |
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| Meadows v Ferguson |
[1961] VicRp 94; |
Australia - Victoria | 11 Apr 1961 | AustLII |
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