Sir Ernest Irvine Goulding (1 May 1910 - 13 January 2000)https://www.society.caths.cam.ac.uk/Public_Magazines/2000r.pdf was an English

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and High Court judge between 1971 and 1985. He was one of the first members of Wilberforce Chambers.

Biography

Goulding was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School and

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Cases

Important decisions which Goulding J handed down included: * '' Patel v Ali''

985 Year 985 ( CMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – Henry II (the Wrangler) is restored as duke of Bavaria by Empress Theoph ...

Ch 283 - on

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for breach of contract * '' Sky Petroleum Ltd v VIP Petroleum Ltd''

974 Year 974 ( CMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Battle of Danevirke: Emperor Otto II defeats the rebel forces of King Harald I, who ha ...

1 WLR 576 – also on specific performance * ''

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BCLC 11 – on

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* ''

Chase Manhattan Bank NA v Israel-British Bank (London) Ltd ''Chase Manhattan Bank NA v Israel-British Bank (London) Ltd'' 981Ch 105 is an English trusts law case, concerning constructive trusts. It held that a trust arose to protect a payment made under a mistake, with the benefit of a proprietary re ...

981 Year 981 ( CMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events Births * Abu'l-Qasim al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Maghribi, Arab statesman (d. 1027) * Giovanni Orseolo, Venetian ...

Ch 105 – arguable his most famous decision, on tracing through international bank settlement systems – the decision has been subject to "sustained, authoritative criticism." * ''

Oppenheimer v Cattermole ''Oppenheimer v Cattermole'' 976AC 249 is a judicial decision of the English courts relating to whether English law should refuse to recognise Nazi era laws relating to the appropriation of Jewish property. The courts considered the question ...

976 Year 976 ( CMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * January 10 – Emperor John I Tzimiskes dies at Constantinople, after re ...

AC 249 - Goulding J had to decide whether a Nazi-era law expropriating Jewish property should be recognised; his refusal to recognise it was upheld by the

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* '' Hodgson v National and Local Government Officers Association''

972 Year 972 ( CMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Spring – Emperor John I Tzimiskes divides the Bulgarian territories, recent ...

1 WLR 130 – concerning the governance of

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s. * ''Berry v Warnett (Inspector of Taxes)''

978 Year 978 ( CMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Battle of Pankaleia: Rebel forces under General Bardas Skleros are defeated ...

1 WLR 957 - concerning tax avoidance. * ''Schemmer v Property Resources Ltd''

975 Year 975 ( CMLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Arab–Byzantine War: Emperor John I raids Mesopotamia and invades Syria, using ...

Ch 273 - on recognition of a foreign receivership order.

Family

He was father to Sir

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, the diplomat.

Arms

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goulding, Irvine Chancery Division judges 1910 births 2000 deaths Knights Bachelor British barristers British King's Counsel People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge