Robinson v Canadian Pacific Railway Co: PC 23 Jul 1892

When construing a statutory povision, it may be justifiable to turn back to the common law where it contains provisions of doubtful import, or uses language which had previously acquired a technical meaning, or on some other special ground.

Citations:

[1892] AC 481, [1892] UKPC 37

Links:

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Jurisdiction:

Canada

Citing:

AdmissionRobinson v The Canadian Pacific Railway PC 25-Jul-1891
(Canada) Acceptance of appeal. . .

Cited by:

CitedTeiko David Jamel Furbert and Sheldon Eugenio Franks v The Queen PC 23-Mar-2000
PC (Bermuda) The appellants challenged their conviction for murder. Evidence had been admitted of informal and unadmitted conversations with police officers after charge, with the officers notebooks put before . .
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Updated: 25 November 2022; Ref: scu.181017