This is a list of Lord Sankey's decisions from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Sankey served as the Lord Chancellor from 7 June 1929 – 7 June 1935. Prior to his appointment to the JCPC, Sankey served as Lord Justice of Appeal in 1928 and High Court, King's Bench Division, in 1914.
1928-1929 YearCase NameCitationAuthor of JudgmentLord Chancellor 1929 The Eric Beach Company Limited v The Attorney General of Ontario UKPC 100 Merrivale Sankey 1929 The Royal Trust Company v The Attorney General of Alberta UKPC 93 Merrivale Sankey 1929 Chung Chuck and others v Rex and others UKPC 113 Sankey Sankey 1929 Dorothy Valentine Burnard v William Douglas Lysnar UKPC 59 Blanesburgh Sankey 1929 The Attorney General of Canada v The Attorney General of British Columbia and others UKPC 80 Tomlin Sankey 1929 The Dominion Building Corporation Limited v The King UKPC 82 Thankerton Sankey 1929 Daniel Eugene Lecavalier v The City of Montreal UKPC 84 Warrington of Clyffe Sankey 1929 The Corporation of the City of St. Catherines v The Hydo-Electric Power Commission of Ontario UKPC 85 Tomlin Sankey 1929 Henrietta Muir Edwards and others v The Attorney-General of Canada and others UKPC 86 Sankey Sankey 1928 Edgar Sammut and another v Stickland UKPC 43 Maugham Maugham
1930-1931 YearCase NameCitationAuthor of JudgmentLord Chancellor 1930 Hugh Francis Hoole and others v The Royal Trust Company and another UKPC 74 Sankey Sankey 1930 The Commissioner of Taxes (Appeal No. 100 of 1929) v The British Australian Wool Realization Association, Limited (in liquidation) UKPC 89 Blanesburg Sankey 1930 The Wanganui Sash and Door Factory and Timber Company (Appeal No. 45 of 1927) v Roland Moore Maunder and another UKPC 9 Russell of Killowen Sankey 1930 The Commissioner of Taxes v The Union Trustee Company of Australia, Limited UKPC 90 Blanesburgh Sankey 1930 The Shell Company of Australia, Limited v The Federal Commissioner of Taxation UKPC 97 Sankey Sankey 1931 S. P. A. Annamalay Chetty v B. A. Thornhill UKPC 56 Thankerton Sankey 1931 Chief Tshekedi Khama v Ratshosa and another UKPC 72 Sanderson Sankey 1931 The Attorney-General Canada v The Attorney-General of Ontario and others v The Attorney-General Canada UKPC 93 Sankey Sankey 1930 Benjamin Knowles (Reasons) v The King UKPC 27 Dunedin Sankey 1930 The Performing Right Society, Limited (Appeal No. 27 of 1929) v The Urban District Council of Bray UKPC 36 Sankey Sankey 1931 John A. Rice (Appeal No. 114 of 1930) v Frits Ricdolf Christani and another UKPC 67 Tomlin Sankey 1931 The Corporation of the County of Lincoln v The Corporation of the Village of Port Dalhousie UKPC 76 MacMillan Sankey 1930 James Richardson and Sons, Limited and another v The Ship Robert J. Paisley UKPC 5 Merrivale Sankey 1930 The Bank of Montreal v The Dominion Gresham Guarantee and Casualty Company UKPC 69 Tomlin Sankey 1930 The Canadian Pacific Railway Company and others v The Toronto Transportation Commission v The Toronto Transportation Commission and others v Canadian National Railways and others UKPC 70 MacMillan Sankey 1930 The Toronto Transportation Commission v Canadian National Railways and others UKPC 71 MacMillan Sankey
1932-1933 YearCase NameCitationAuthor of JudgmentLord Chancellor 1932 Attorney General for New South Wales v Trethowan UKPC 39 Sankey Sankey 1932 Frederick Alexander James v The Honourable John Cowan and others UKPC 43 Atkin Sankey 1932 The Attorney-General or New South Wales and others v The Honourable Arthur King Trethowan M.C.L. and others and The Attorney-General or England and another UKPC 1 Sankey Sankey 1932 Eric George Benson v Kwong Chong UKPC 40 Blanesburgh Sankey 1933 The Ottawa Electric Railway Company v The Canadian National Railways UKPC 33 Sanderson Sankey
1934-1935 YearCase NameCitationAuthor of JudgmentLord Chancellor 1934 Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, Limited v Wm. H. Price, Limited UKPC 24 Wright Sankey 1934 The Pearl Assurance Company, Limited v The Government of the Union of South Africa UKPC 43 Tomlin Sankey 1934 In the matter of a Reference under the Judicial Committee Act, 1833, in the matter of Piracy jure gentium v JCPC UKPC 54 Sankey Sankey 1935 British Coal Corporation and others (Petition) v The King UKPC 33 Sankey Sankey 1935 Robert Lyon Moore and others (Petition) v The Attorney General for the Irish Free State and others UKPC 34 Sankey Sankey 1934 The United Gas and Fuel Company of Hamilton, Limited and another v The Dominion natural Gas Company, Limited UKPC 22 MacMillan Sankey
1936-1937 YearCase NameCitationAuthor of JudgmentLord Chancellor 1937 Leonard (St. Eastcheap - Special Reference in the Benefice (Reasons) v JCPC UKPC 17 Sankey ?? 1937 Captain W. F. Wake-Walker O.B.E. R.N. v Steamer Colin W. Limited and others UKPC 49 Sankey ?? 1937 International Railway Company v The Nigara Parks Commission UKPC 50 MacMillan ??
1938-1939 YearCase NameCitationAuthor of JudgmentLord Chancellor 1939 The Apostolic Thorne of St. Jacob (His Beatitude the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem) v Saba Eff Said 1939 UKPC 80 Sankey ?? 1939 Seyyado Ibrahim Saibo and others v Jainambeebee UKPC 81 MacDonell ??
1940-1941 YearCase NameCitationAuthor of JudgmentLord Chancellor 1940 Holford Stewart v George Alfred Francis Hancock UKPC 18 Roche Caldecote 1941 Olga Hall v Kingston and Saint Andrew Corporation UKPC 1 Luxmoore ?? 1941 Michel Habib Raji Ayoub and others v Sheikh Suleiman El Taji Ei Farouqi UKPC 2 Atkin ?? 1940 The Honourable John E. Brownlee v Vivian MacMillan UKPC 36 Thankerton Caldecote 1940 The Board of Trustees of the Lethbridge Irrigation District and another v The independent Order of Foresters and the Attorney-General of Canada and another and v The King v The Independent Order of Foresters and the Attorney-General of Canada and another (Consolidated Appeals) UKPC 8 Caldecote Caldecote 1940 Gywn A. True v Amalgamated Collieries of W.A. Limited UKPC 17 Russell of Killowen Caldecote 1940 George Richard Nicholas v The Commissioner of Taxes of the State of Victoria UKPC 19 Thankerton Caldecote 1941 Union of Benefices Measures 1923 to 1936 v The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England UKPC 12 Sankey Caldecote
1942-1943 YearCase NameCitationAuthor of JudgmentLord Chancellor 1943 Atlantic Smoke Shops Limited v James H. Conlon and others, The Attorney General of Canada and others UKPC 44 Simon Simon
See also Lord Sankey's lower court judgments List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases originating in Canada
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