Wicks v Bennett

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation[1921] HCA 57,1921-1216 HCA B
Date1921
CourtHigh Court
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24 cases
  • Myles v Prospect Properties Ltd
    • Cayman Islands
    • Court of Appeal (Cayman Islands)
    • 11 December 1990
    ...dicta of Mantell J. applied. (5) Midland Bank Trust Co. Ltd. v. Green, [1981] A.C. 513; [1981] 1 All E.R. 153. (6) Wicks v. BennettUNK(1921), 30 C.L.R. 80, dicta of Higgins J. applied. Legislation construed: Registered Land Law (Revised) (Law 21 of 1971, revised 1976), s.2: The relevant ter......
  • Woolaston (Leo Hugh) and Others v Aubrey George Brown and Others
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 1 July 2008
    ...of Title Act is made even more robustly in the next case I am about to cite. This is the judgment of Higgins J. in Wicks v Bennett 30 C.L.R. 80, 94 – 95: I concur also in the opinion that no fraud has been proved on the part of Diplock such as would deprive him of his right as registered pr......
  • Bahr v Nicolay (No.2)
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • Invalid date
  • Western Australia v Ward; Attorney-General (Nt) v Ward;Ningarmara v Northern Territory;Ward v Crosswalk Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 8 August 2002
    ...will defeat a prior interest; it must involve something in the nature of ‘personal dishonesty or moral turpitude’: Wicks v Bennett (1921) 30 CLR 80 at 91. See also Loke Yew v Port Swettenham Rubber Co Ltd [1913] AC 983 (1999) 97 FCR 32. 984 (1999) 97 FCR 32 at 89–90 [111]. 985 (2000) 99 FCR......
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