The respondent occupied a licensed public-house in which besides the ordinary trade of a publican she carried on a subsidiary business in supplying lunches to the number of twenty or thirty a-day. The appellants claimed to impose an extra charge for water used for the purposes of such business, on the ground that it was used for a ‘trade, manufacture, or business.’ Held that the test of what constitutes ‘domestic purposes’ is the character of the purpose for which the water is used, not the character of the premises on which it is used, and that therefore in this case the water was supplied ‘for domestic purposes,’ not for a ‘trade manufacture, or business.’
Judges:
Earl of Halsbury, Lords Kinnear, Dunedin, and Atkinson
Citations:
[1913] UKHL 871, 51 SLR 871
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Utilities, Rating
Updated: 09 February 2022; Ref: scu.632761
