Ulster Transport Authority v James Brown and Sons Ltd: CANI 1953

The repeal of a statutory exemption which had allowed the company to trade in competition with a government established board providing the same services, was ‘a device for diverting a definite part of the business of furniture removers and storage from the respondents and others to the appellant’ and was intended ‘to enable the appellants to capture the . . business’.
However, a provision in an Act that caused someone to lose property, without compensation, offended against the principle that no one’s goods may be taken without compensation

Judges:

Lord MacDermott CJ

Citations:

[1953] NI 79

Jurisdiction:

Northern Ireland

Cited by:

CitedRegina v Z (Attorney General for Northern Ireland’s Reference) HL 19-May-2005
The defendants appealed their convictions for being members of proscribed organisations. They were members of the ‘Real IRA’, but only the IRA was actually proscribed.
Held: The appeals failed. In construing an Act of Parliament it may be of . .
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Administrative, Human Rights

Updated: 30 June 2022; Ref: scu.225199