Elwin v O'Regan and Maxwell
| Jurisdiction | New Zealand |
| Date | 1971 |
| Year | 1971 |
| Court | Supreme Court |
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6 cases
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National Employers' Mutual General Insurance Association Ltd v Jones
...a scale which calls for their protection. 35 Counsel then referred us to the two Commonwealth decisions which I have mentioned. In Elwin v. O'Regan and Maxwell [1971] NZLR 1124, Beattie J. had before him in the Supreme Court in Wellington, first, a claim by the ultimate purchaser of a motor......
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National Employers Mutual General Insurance Association Ltd v Jones
...Third, there is Commonwealth authority directly in point. There is first the decision of Beattie J. in Elwin v. O'Regan and Maxwell [1971] N.Z.L.R. 1124. That case was concerned with section 27(2) of the New Zealand Sale of Goods Act 1908, which is in the same terms as section 25(2) of the ......
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New Zealand Basing Ltd v Brown
...and [1-061]. 41 Laws of New Zealand Conflict of Laws: Choice of Law (online ed) at [8]. An example of this principle is Elwin v O'Regan [1971] NZLR 1124 (SC) at 42 Contractual Remedies Act 1979, s 14A; Contractual Mistakes Act 1977, s 11A; Contracts (Privity) Act 1982, s 13A. See also s 3 o......
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David Brown v New Zealand Basing Ltd
...407 (EmpC). 45 Laws of New Zealand Conflict of Laws: Choice of Law (online ed) at [8]. An example of this principle is Elwin v O'Regan [1971] NZLR 1124 (SC) at 46 Collins, above n 18, at [1-053]–[1-054], [1-061]. 47 Sutton, above n 43. 48 At 438 (citations omitted). 49 Clifford, above n 44,......
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Acquiring Title by Theft
...Ali vWaliMohamed & Co (1938) 18 KLR 23), Canada (Brandon v Leckie (1972) 29 DLR (3d) 633) and NewZealand (Elwin vO’Regan & Maxwell [1971] NZLR 1124).10 The majority of the Court of Appeal held that that there was no sale by the thief or any of hissuccessors, because none of those transactio......
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CAN A THIEF PASS TITLE TO STOLEN GOODS?
...had the sale been made by a hirer instead: see Halsbury’s Laws of England, 4th ed, Vol 22, para 268. 49 Elwin v O’Regan and Maxwell [1971] NZLR 1124. 50 Brandon v Leckie (1972) 29 DLR (3d) 633. 51 Under the American Uniform Commercial Code, the thief would also be unable to pass any title t......