Geddis v Proprietors of Bann Reservoir
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Date | 1877 |
| Court | House of Lords (Ireland) |
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79 cases
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Cosgrove v Ryan
...did not shift the burden of disproving negligence to a defendant in a negligence claim. Geddis v. Proprietors of Bann Reservoir (1878) 3 App. Cas. 430; Manchester Corporation v. Farnworth [1930] A.C. 171 and Northwestern Utilities, Ld. London v. Guarantee and Accident Co. [1936] A.C. 108 no......
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East Suffolk Rivers Catchment Board v Kent
...was made during the argument, as was natural, to the well-known words of Lord Blackburn in ( Geddis v. Bann Reservoir Proprietors 3 A.C. 430 at p. 455). "I take it, without citing cases, that it is now thoroughly well established that no action will lie for doing that which the legislature......
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Lagan Navigation Company v Lambeg Bleaching, Dyeing and Finishing Company
...referred to authorised to do the particular work complained of, did it negligently and that therefore on the authority of Geddis v. Bann Reservoir Company, L.R. 3 App. Cases 430, they had no defence to the respondents' counterclaim. The Lord Chief Justice said, in delivering judgment in the......
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5 books & journal articles
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Government liability in negligence.
...J), 87-8 (Callinan J); New South Wales v Fahy (2007) 236 ALR 406, 464-5 (Crennan J). (68) Geddis v Proprietors of Bann Reservoir (1878) 3 App Cas 430 (69) Metropolitan Asylum District v Hill (1881) 6 App Cas 193 (HL); Fullarton v North Melbourne Electric Tramway and Lighting Co Ltd (1916) 2......
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The Law of Bureaucratic Negligence in South Africa: A Comparative Commonwealth Perspective
...v Commonwealth [1951] 51 SR(NSW) 63 at 67, 70 & 72; Millar & Croak Pty Ltd v Auburn Municipal Council (1960) SR (NSW)398 at 400.10(1878) 3 App Cas 430 at 455–6 approved in Home Office v Dorset YachtCo Ltd [1970] 2 AllER 294.11See also Great Central Railway Co v Hewlett [1916] 2 AC 511. Con......
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Mr Fletcher as the Quintessential Nigerian: Could a More In-Depth Analysis of the Rule in Rylands v Fletcher Reveala Uniquely Nigerian Tort?
...v Chelsea Waterworks Co (1894) 70 Lt 547; Dunne v North Western GasBoard [1964] 2 QB 806; Geddis v Proprietors of Bann Reservoir (1878) 3 App Cas 430;Charring Cross Electricity Co v Hydraulic Power Co [1914] 3 KB 772. See also NationalTelephone Co v Baker (1893) 2 Ch 186 and the accurate an......
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State liability and accountability
...established at least since MerseyDocks and Harbour Board Trustees v Gibbs (1866) LR 1 HL 93 and Geddis v Proprietors of BannReservoir (1878) 3 App Cas 430, which held that statutory bodies exercising statutory functionswere, in the absence of a contrary legislative intention, subject to the......
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