Discussing the Brtitish Transport Commission, Denning LJ said: ‘It is not the Crown and has none of the immunities or privileges of the Crown. Its servants are not civil servants, and its property is not Crown property. It is as much bound by Acts of Parliament as any other subject of the King. It is, of course, a public authority and its purposes, no doubt, are public purposes, but it is not a government department nor do its powers fall within the province of government.’ The court contrasted ‘commercial matters’ with those which were ‘essentially the province of government’, although it recognised that historically the carriage of mail had enjoyed a special position.
Judges:
Denning LJ
Citations:
[1950] 1 KB 18
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Perch, Dennie and Commissiong v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago PC 20-Feb-2003
PC (Trinidad and Tobago) The postal system had been transferred to a company. Employees complained that they had been public servants and had lost privileges associated with that employment, and provisions of the . .
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Administrative, Company
Updated: 12 May 2022; Ref: scu.186582