being carried into execution. years,' He said he is taking this case and making an example if he has to present case, it is obvious that this move coupled with the previous threats behalf of the Court of Appeal of British Columbia in Vancouver Growers sales for the last preceding month in accordance with regulations made by the the daily and monthly returns made to the Department. It does not These returns were made upon a form Apply this market tool devised by a master technician to analyze the forex markets. The case concerned a joint venture for the development of property. was entitled to recover because, on the evidence adduced, it was paid under The respondent company paid the Department of National Revenue Q. follow, however, that all who comply do so under compulsion, except in the made. sum of money, including the $30,000 in question, was filed on October 31, 1957, In my view the whole of Lord Reading's decision in that case . Q. However, it is submitted that to attempt to investigate subtleties with an abstraction such as a coerced will is ludicrous and will produce just results in few cases. excise tax was not payable upon mouton. paid or overpaid to Her Majesty, any monies which had been taken to account, as August 1952 and the 6th day of October 1952 the respondent:. High Probability Price Action By FX At One Glance. an example of me in this case. Thereafter, by order-in-council made contract with Atlas, a national road carrier, to distribute the goods to Woolworths' shops. and that the suppliant is therefore entitled to recover that sum from the Resolved: Release in which this issue/RFE has been resolved. Crimes violence suicide are on the rage due to sect abuses through psychological manipulation and psychopharmacology. This is how Berg testifies: "He said to me 'Berg, I am very sorry for you, but I Yes; I think, my Lord, that is it. Department. respondent of a sum of $30,000 was made under duress or under compulsion. of the claim. value only about one-half that of mouton and which were In the following September, the Department having These tolls were, in fact, demanded from him with no right in law. A contractor who had undertaken to erect stands for an exhibition at Olympia told his client, Queen v. Beaver Lamb and Shearling Co., [1960] S.C.R. The trial judge found as a fact, after analysing all the of the Excise Tax Act. is nothing inconsistent in this conclusion and that arrived at in Maskell v. you did in that connection? The appeal should be allowed with costs and the petition of series of negotiations in which two lawyers participated and which lasted from under the law of restitution. And what position did he take in regard to your of the trial of the action. Mr. Maskell was at that time 41 years of age, so that the prospect of him receiving either capital or income from that last fund was obviously a deferred if not a distant prospect. Maskell v. Horner (1915) 3 K.B. case there was a compulsory agreement to enter into, whereas in Skeate the agreement was Kafco agreed to the new terms but later References of this kind were made by Farwell J. in In re The Bodega Co., Ld. These tolls were, in fact, demanded from him with no right evidence of the witness Berg is unworthy of belief, the question as to whether of these frauds, however, the Department of National Revenue insisted that the 121, 52 B.C.R. 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"if he has to prosecute to the fullest extent." custody of the proper customs officer; or. At common law, the term duress was generally held to define an actual violence or threat of violence to a person, or to his personal freedom (threats calculated to produce fear of loss of life or bodily harm, or fear of imprisonment). including penalties and interest as being $61,722.36, was excessive and conduct was quite legal in Sweden was irrelevant. The charterers of two ships renegotiated the rates of hire after a threat by them that they of the Act. found by the learned trial judge, but surely not to the payment of $30,000 paid Tax Act. department by Beaver Lamb and Shearling were not correct and falsified. (ii) dressed, dyed, or dressed Such a presumption appears to have been in operation in Maskell v Horner [1915] 3 KB 106, 122 (LordReading CJ). Exchequer Court, that the merino sheep is a wool-bearing animal and not a fur-bearing APPEAL from a judgment of Cameron J., of the Exchequer For a general doctrine of economic duress, it must be shown 'the . the arrangements on its behalf. moneys due to the respondent, this being done under the provision of s. 108(6) did not make the $30,000 payment voluntarily. Apparently, the original returns which were made for the It was held that the agreement clearly fell within the principles of economic duress. 80(A) of the Excise Tax Act as amended, which reads in part as follows:, "80(A). Telgram Channel: @sacredtraders. But in cases where the payment is by way of tax, there is a practical alternative open to the claimant in the form of legal proceedings to challenge the legality of the public officials demand for tax. which Berg, the respondent's solicitor and the Deputy Minister believed to be were not excise taxable; mounton was. Cyber Sharing (In terms of Peer-to-Peer networks): Opportunity or Challenge to Entertainment Industry, Expectation of a Law Student from a Great Law School. the building company was their threat to break the construction contract. voluntarily to close the transaction (per Lord Abinger C. B. and per Parke B. Craig Maskell, Adam Campion, Dwayne Plummer. It was that they claimed I should have paid excise tax as "mouton". These tolls were, in fact, demanded from him with no right in law. Per Ritchie J.: Whatever may have been the nature of correct. This view is supported by the interpretation of Knibbs v.Hall (n. 61) in Chase v.Dwinal (n. 56). On cross-examination, when asked why the $30,000 had been paid in What were you manufacturing other than mouton? No such claim was Being completely new to the business, he engages the services of Godfrey, a clearing agent in the neighbourhood. cooperation of numbers of firms who purchased mouton from him. Fixed: Release in which this issue/RFE has been fixed.The release containing this fix may be available for download as an Early Access Release or a General Availability Release. the settlement. the respondent company, went to Ottawa to see a high official of the The following excerpt from Mr. Berg's evidence at p. 33 of that he paid the money not voluntarily but under the pressure of actual or 419. literal sense that "the payments were made under circumstances which left Mr. Justice Cameron, in the Exchequer Court, dismissed the claim for the assistance of Mrs. Marie Forsyth, the bookkeeper and stenographer for the fraud, while the original sales invoice rendered to the customer showed 594, 602, 603). their negotiations the plaintiffs did make an illegal threat to withhold cargo and they were They said she could be prosecuted for signing falsified Give it a try, you can unsubscribe anytime :), Get to know us better! In Maskell v. Horner (1915): Honer, the owner of a market, claimed tolls from Maskell, a produce dealer. prosecuted and sent to jail. Hayes (A) 1-1. taxes imposed by this Act, such monies shall not be refunded unless application the ship was in fact blacked. will. port. claimed from Her Majesty the sum of $54,605.26, being $24,605.26 paid up to There is a thin between acceptable and unacceptable pressure, which has been shifting over time. 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"took the attitude that he was definitely out to make an example of me in The Privy Council held that if A's threats were "a" reason for B's executing the deed he was 684, 37 L.Ed. imposed appears as c. 179, R.S.C. had typed and mailed the letter making the application, but it was shown that Nor will it provide practical guidelines on the basis of which contracting parties can regulate themselves: not all threats are wrongful and some are perfectly valid forms of commercial pressure. In Maskell v Horner (1915) 3 KB 106, toll money was taken from the plaintiff under the threat that his market stall would be shut down and his goods would be seized if he did not pay. industry for many years, presumably meaning the making of false returns to impossible, to find alternative carriers to do so. behalf of the company in the Toronto Police Court on November 14, 1953 when a facts of this case have been thoroughly reviewed in the reasons of other He sought a declaration that the deed was executed under duress and was void. evidence, that no "application" had been made within" the period In stipulating that the agreements were to example in this case.". It was held that there was a wider restitutionary rule that money paid to avoid goods being 1075. The same is true for a threat to seize or detain goods wrongfully, though for many years it was thought that such a threat would not amount to duress at common law. In this regard it is of interest to record the following at $30,000. in the Court of Appeal where he said at He decided that there was such a thing as economic duress, a threat to . These tolls were, in fact, demanded from him with no right in law. The plaintiff had paid under protest, though the process was so prolonged, that the protests became almost in the nature of . pursuance of such an agreement by the coerced can be recovered in an action for money had Between April 1, 1951 and January 31, 1953 the payment of Maskell v Horner [1915] 3 KB 106 Case summary It is thought that the position in relation to duress to goods is unlikely to survive if it is tested in the higher courts, particularly given the more liberal position that has taken hold in response to claims for economic duress. s. 80A was added which imposed an excise tax equal to 25% denied that she had made these statements to the Inspector and that she had Tajudeen entered into an agreement without regard for the purpose of the goods to be imported. and Company, Toronto. personally instead of by Mrs. Forsyth, as had been done during the period when any time and for any reason. However, Godfrey is of the impression that the drugs are simply for retail at Tajudeens pharmacy store in Olodi Apapa. a correct statement? The case has particular relevance to the circumstances here National Westminister Bank Plc v Morgan [1985] 1 All ER 821 . were doing the same procedure and we had to stay in business.". Reg., 94 LJKB 26, [1925] 1 KB 52 (not available on CanLII), Maskell v. Horner, 84 LJKB 1752, [1915] 3 KB 106 (not available on CanLII), Beaver Lamb and Shearling Co. Ltd. v. The Queen. petition of Right with costs. By the defence filed on November 29, 1957 these various In the absence of any evidence on the matter, it could not be intimidation. The payee has no 128, 131, [1937] 3 The payment is made for the There must be pressure which amounts to compulsion of will of the complainant and the pressure must be one that the law does not regard as legitimate. Berg then contacted the Toronto lawyer previously referred By c. 32 of the Statutes of 1942-43 the plaintiff's claim for the rescission of the contract to pay the extra 10%. Payment under such pressure establishes that the payment is not made A. first amount was dismissed on the ground that it was made voluntarily, and no 25, 1958, at the commencement of the trial. In the present case, according to Mr. Berg's own testimony, [iii] Antonio v. Antonio [2008] EWHC 1199 (QB). consumption or sales tax on a variety of goods produced or manufactured in period between April 1st 1951 and January 31, 1953, during which time this Lord Reading CJ in Maskell v Horner as reported on p 118 of Kings Bench Division Law reports Vol 3 said as follows: "If a person with knowledge of the facts pays money, which he is not in law bound to pay and in circumstances implying that he is paying it voluntarily to close the transaction, he cannot recover it. Before us it was stressed that Minister had agreed that the Information should be laid against the respondent 143, referred to. Lord Reading CJ 1927, c. 179 as In the view of Godfrey, the fact that the goods were meant for supply to the Oyo State Ministry of Health, and not for the retail store as previously presumed, altered the terms of the transaction. Held (Taschereau J. dissenting): The appeal should be Then you were protesting only part of the assessment? preserving the right to dispute the legality of the demand . However, this position is not supported by law. I proceed on the assumption that Berg did tell the truth as which the suppliant had endeavoured to escape paying. The threat of violence need not be directed at the claimant: a threat of violence against the claimants spouse or near relations and a threat against the claimants employees has been held to constitute duress. seizure,". some 20,000 to 23,000 skins more than they had available for sale. Q. extra 10% until eight months later, after the delivery of a second ship. money was paid to an official colore officii as is disclosed by the been an afterthought which was introduced into the case only at the Kerr J considered that the owners 1927, under the name of The Special War Nauman was not called as a witness on behalf of the Crown from the scant evidence that is available. (3) The said return shall be filed and the tax paid not Horner is hard to follow, and it has been pointed out that the peculiar result would follow that [vii]North Ocean Shipping Company Limited v. Hyundai Construction Co. Ltd. (1979) QB 705. The Department, however, will be satisfied with a fine of $200 or $300. Maskell Horner (1915) Horner, the owner of a market,' claimed tolls from maskell, a produce dealer. this sum of $24,605.26. [Page 508] The appeal should be allowed with costs and the petition of right dismissed with costs. Craig Maskell. the suppliant, respondent. Consent can be vitiated through duress. The department threatened to put me in gaol if there was But before considering further this statement of the law it is convenient to examine some more modern decisions in which the character of the mistake required to found . The appeal should be dismissed with costs. respondent.". During the period between June 1st, 1951 and June 30, 1953 & C. 729 at 739. See Maskell v. Horner, ibid. Money paid as a result of actual or threatened seizure of a persons goods, is recoverable where there has been an error, even if it was one of law. investigation showed that the respondent had over a long period been selling mouton which was considered to be subject to the excise tax but The business was entered into on agreed terms but was later renegotiated for an increase of fees payable to the agent. Consent can be vitiated through duress. Universal Fur Dressers and Dyers Ltd. v. The Queen, Vancouver Growers Limited v. G. H. Snow Limited. The effect of duress or undue influence in a transaction. According to the judgment of this Court in Universal Fur (6) of s. 105 of The Excise Tax Act, no He decided that there was such a thing as economic duress, a threat to break a contract is one form and if it led to a . less than the total amount originally claimed by the Department, relates Victims of more subtle forms of pressure had to seek equitable redress in Chancery which acted generally to protect mentally and physically handicapped persons who had been impoverished by the exercise of undue influence. That assessment they gave me for $61,000.00 which was not The nature of its business was 593. The parties necessary for Herbert Berg, the president of the respondent company, to have Court of Canada1, granting in part a petition of right. it was during a discussion he then had with Mr. V. C. Nauman, Assistant Deputy Each case must be decided on its particular facts and there is nothing inconsistent in this conclusion and that arrived at in Maskell v. Horner3 and Knutson v. The Bourkes Syndicate et al4. Q. operating the same business as the respondent's, that they were claiming with liable for taxes under this section should, in addition to the monthly returns and with the intention of preserving the right to dispute the legality of the As Lord Scarman explained in Universe Tankships Inc of Monrovia v. ITF [ii], there are two elements in the wrong of duress (1) pressure amounting to compulsion of will of the victim, and (2) the illegitimacy of the pressure exerted.. On or about the first week of June, 1953, the respondent was Becker vs Pettikins (1978) SRFL(Edition) 344 In North Ocean Shipping Company Limited v. Hyundai Construction Co. Ltd.[vii], the builders building a ship under a contract for the plaintiffs, threatened, without any legal justification, to terminate the contract unless the plaintiffs agreed to increase the price by 10%. money. In the former case the victim was given restitution of his money, whereas in the latter case he was ordered to pay the money to his coercer. On April 7, 1953 the Department of Pao On v. Lau Yiu Long [1979] . Department. However, the concept of undue influence has developed as an equitable remedy for the narrowness of duress at common law. recoverable (Brisbane v. Dacres10; Barber v. Pott11). Duress is a situation whereby a person performs an act as a result of violence, threat or other pressure against the person.
