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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

Year Case Name Citation Author of Judgment Lord Chancellor
1929 The Eric Beach Company Limited v The Attorney General of Ontario [1929] UKPC 100 Merrivale Sankey
1929 The Royal Trust Company v The Attorney General of Alberta [1929] UKPC 93 Merrivale Sankey
1929 Chung Chuck and others v Rex and others [1929] UKPC 113 Sankey Sankey
1929 Dorothy Valentine Burnard v William Douglas Lysnar [1929] UKPC 59 Blanesburgh Sankey
1929 The Attorney General of Canada v The Attorney General of British Columbia and others [1929] UKPC 80 Tomlin Sankey
1929 The Dominion Building Corporation Limited v The King [1929] UKPC 82 Thankerton Sankey
1929 Daniel Eugene Lecavalier v The City of Montreal [1929] UKPC 84 Warrington of Clyffe Sankey
1929 The Corporation of the City of St. Catherines v The Hydo-Electric Power Commission of Ontario [1929] UKPC 85 Tomlin Sankey
1929 Henrietta Muir Edwards and others v The Attorney-General of Canada and others [1929] UKPC 86 Sankey Sankey
1928 Edgar Sammut and another v Stickland [1938] UKPC 43 Maugham Maugham

1930-1931

Year Case Name Citation Author of Judgment Lord Chancellor
1930 Hugh Francis Hoole and others v The Royal Trust Company and another [1930] UKPC 74 Sankey Sankey
1930 The Commissioner of Taxes (Appeal No. 100 of 1929) v The British Australian Wool Realization Association, Limited (in liquidation) [1930] 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 [1930] UKPC 9 Russell of Killowen Sankey
1930 The Commissioner of Taxes v The Union Trustee Company of Australia, Limited [1930] UKPC 90 Blanesburgh Sankey
1930 The Shell Company of Australia, Limited v The Federal Commissioner of Taxation [1930] UKPC 97 Sankey Sankey
1931 S. P. A. Annamalay Chetty v B. A. Thornhill [1931] UKPC 56 Thankerton Sankey
1931 Chief Tshekedi Khama v Ratshosa and another [1931] UKPC 72 Sanderson Sankey
1931 The Attorney-General Canada v The Attorney-General of Ontario and others v The Attorney-General Canada [1931] UKPC 93 Sankey Sankey
1930 Benjamin Knowles (Reasons) v The King [1930] UKPC 27 Dunedin Sankey
1930 The Performing Right Society, Limited (Appeal No. 27 of 1929) v The Urban District Council of Bray [1930] UKPC 36 Sankey Sankey
1931 John A. Rice (Appeal No. 114 of 1930) v Frits Ricdolf Christani and another [1931] UKPC 67 Tomlin Sankey
1931 The Corporation of the County of Lincoln v The Corporation of the Village of Port Dalhousie [1931] UKPC 76 MacMillan Sankey
1930 James Richardson and Sons, Limited and another v The Ship Robert J. Paisley [1930] UKPC 5 Merrivale Sankey
1930 The Bank of Montreal v The Dominion Gresham Guarantee and Casualty Company [1930] 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 [1930] UKPC 70 MacMillan Sankey
1930 The Toronto Transportation Commission v Canadian National Railways and others [1930] UKPC 71 MacMillan Sankey

1932-1933

Year Case Name Citation Author of Judgment Lord Chancellor
1932 Attorney General for New South Wales v Trethowan [1932] UKPC 39 Sankey Sankey
1932 Frederick Alexander James v The Honourable John Cowan and others [1932] 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 [1932] UKPC 1 Sankey Sankey
1932 Eric George Benson v Kwong Chong [1932] UKPC 40 Blanesburgh Sankey
1933 The Ottawa Electric Railway Company v The Canadian National Railways [1933] UKPC 33 Sanderson Sankey

1934-1935

Year Case Name Citation Author of Judgment Lord Chancellor
1934 Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, Limited v Wm. H. Price, Limited [1934] UKPC 24 Wright Sankey
1934 The Pearl Assurance Company, Limited v The Government of the Union of South Africa [1934] 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 [1934] UKPC 54 Sankey Sankey
1935 British Coal Corporation and others (Petition) v The King [1935] UKPC 33 Sankey Sankey
1935 Robert Lyon Moore and others (Petition) v The Attorney General for the Irish Free State and others [1935] UKPC 34 Sankey Sankey
1934 The United Gas and Fuel Company of Hamilton, Limited and another v The Dominion natural Gas Company, Limited [1934] UKPC 22 MacMillan Sankey

1936-1937

Year Case Name Citation Author of Judgment Lord Chancellor
1937 Leonard (St. Eastcheap - Special Reference in the Benefice (Reasons) v JCPC [1937] UKPC 17 Sankey ??
1937 Captain W. F. Wake-Walker O.B.E. R.N. v Steamer Colin W. Limited and others [1937] UKPC 49 Sankey ??
1937 International Railway Company v The Nigara Parks Commission [1937] UKPC 50 MacMillan ??

1938-1939

Year Case Name Citation Author of Judgment Lord 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 [1939] UKPC 81 MacDonell ??

1940-1941

Year Case Name Citation Author of Judgment Lord Chancellor
1940 Holford Stewart v George Alfred Francis Hancock [1940] UKPC 18 Roche Caldecote
1941 Olga Hall v Kingston and Saint Andrew Corporation [1941] UKPC 1 Luxmoore ??
1941 Michel Habib Raji Ayoub and others v Sheikh Suleiman El Taji Ei Farouqi [1941] UKPC 2 Atkin ??
1940 The Honourable John E. Brownlee v Vivian MacMillan [1940] 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) [1940] UKPC 8 Caldecote Caldecote
1940 Gywn A. True v Amalgamated Collieries of W.A. Limited [1940] UKPC 17 Russell of Killowen Caldecote
1940 George Richard Nicholas v The Commissioner of Taxes of the State of Victoria [1940] UKPC 19 Thankerton Caldecote
1941 Union of Benefices Measures 1923 to 1936 v The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England [1941] UKPC 12 Sankey Caldecote

1942-1943

Year Case Name Citation Author of Judgment Lord Chancellor
1943 Atlantic Smoke Shops Limited v James H. Conlon and others, The Attorney General of Canada and others [1943] UKPC 44 Simon Simon

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