Sweeney v Coote

JurisdictionIreland
CourtHouse of Lords (Ireland)
Date1907
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  • Midland Bank Trust Company Ltd v Green (No. 3)
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • Invalid date
    ......354, C.A. . . Sorrell v. Smith [1925] A.C. 700, H.L.(E.). . . Subley v. Mott (1747) 1 Wils.(K.B.) 210. . . Sweeney v. Coote [1907] A.C. 221, H.L.(I.). . . Tooth & Co. Ltd. v. Tillyer (1956) 95 C.L.R. 605. . . United States v. Dege (1960) 364 U.S. 51. . ......
  • The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Claimant/Appellant) Gary John Robb (Defendant/Respondent) (i) Patricia Anne Clarke and Others (Third Parties)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 30 March 2012
    ...take. (5) While the court can and should proceed on the basis of inferences from primary facts it is important to remember the warning in Sweeney v Cote [1907] 1 AC 221 that a conclusion as to wrong doing — "…is not to be arrived at by a light conjecture; it must be plainly established. It ......
  • NEP Canada ULC v MEC OP LLC, 2021 ABQB 180
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 1 April 2021
    ...inference being drawn: see Golden Capital Securities Ltd v Homes, 2004 BCCA 565 at para 46 [Golden Capital], quoting Sweeny v Coote, [1907] AC 221 (HL) at 222; Future Health Inc (Trustee of) v General Accident Assurance Co of Canada, 2016 ONSC 2149 at paras 37-45; Murphy Oil Company Co v Pr......
  • Hksar v Kevin Egan
    • Hong Kong
    • Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong)
    • 28 June 2010
    ...was a reference to the term “protective custody” and not “adamant”. [130] Supplemented by a copy of Egan’s letter of complaint. [131] [1907] AC 221 at [132] [1979] HKLR 1 at 5. [133] (2002) 5 HKCFAR 209, per Sir Anthony Mason NPJ at §61. See also the authorities cited by Bokhary PJ at §§18-......
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