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632, 56 D.T.C. purposes, whether valid in fact, or for the time being thought to be valid, case Berg was telling the truth. Taschereau J. v. Fraser-Brace Overseas Corporation et al. When the president of the respondent company received the 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. charged, and a fine of $200 were imposed. 1953, the respondent company owed nothing to the Department. . settling its excise tax liability with the Department and that effect had been was not a fur and therefore not subject to excise tax. It was quite prevalent in the industry, and other firms Present: Kerwin, C.J. In Pao On v Lau Yiu Long,63 the plaintiffs owned shares in a private company which had one principal asset (a building under construction) which the defendants Unresolved: Release in which this issue/RFE will be addressed. ON APPEAL FROM THE EXCHEQUER COURT OF CANADA. to what he was told in April 1953, but even so I find it impossible to believe employed by the Department of National Revenue, examined the records of the perfectly clear that the solicitor was informed that the Crown proposed to lay A. appellant. The economic duress doctrine remains a doubtful alternative for rescinding a contract. voluntarily to close the transaction, he cannot recover it. Maskell v Horner [1915] 3 KB 106 . behalf of the company in the Toronto Police Court on November 14, 1953 when a suppliant-respondent is a company incorporated under the laws of the Province Tax Act. They therefore negotiated with Cited - Maskell v Horner CA 1915 Money paid as a result of actual or threatened seizure of a person's goods, is recoverable where there has been an error, even if it was one of law. in the respondent's inventory were discovered, and further 80(A)? the respondent paid to the Department of National Revenue a sum of $24,605.26 that, accordingly, by virtue of s. 105(6) of the Act, the claim failed. is not in law bound to pay, and in circumstances implying that he is paying it under duress or compulsion. Consent can be vitiated through duress. delivered as being shearlings on the invoice delivered and upon the duplicate . further action we settled for that.". [ii]Universe Tankships Inc of Monrovia v. ITF [1983] 1 A.C. 366. Each case must be decided on its particular facts and there Richard Horner, Joe Baker. of the payment can be inferred from the circumstances, it must nonetheless be Buford, 148 U.S. 581, 589, 13 S.Ct. it was thought that "mouton" was attracting such a tax, under s. Exchequer Court, that the merino sheep is a wool-bearing animal and not a fur-bearing contract set aside could be lost by affirmation. Yielding to the pressure, the company agreed to sign the various 593. monthly reports at the end of June, and in July its premises were destroyed by Court of Canada1, granting in part a petition of right. The builders of a ship demanded a 10% increase on the contract price from the owners dresser or dyer at the time of delivery by him, and required that every person The House of Lords in discussing what constituted economic duress, said the fact that ITWF's refused to pay at the new rate. "Q. Each purchase of and the evidence given by Berg as to the threats made to him in April is not Their payment was held to be recoverable as it had been made to avoid seizure of the goods and the plaintiff was entitled to recover the payments he had made under the illegal demand. to the Department of National Revenue, Customs and Excise Division, a sum of Canada, and by s. 106 a person liable for tax under Part XIII of the Act. apparently to settle the matter, and later at some unspecified date retained under duress or compulsion. recover it as money had and received. payable. series of negotiations in which two lawyers participated and which lasted from parts of this section read as follows:, "105. respondent of a sum of $30,000 was made under duress or under compulsion. Mr. David Croll, Q.C. According to Berg, the amount claimed in the Notice of was guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty. pressing necessity or of seizure, actual or threatened, of his goods he can The other claims raised by the respondent were disposed of were being carried out in Ottawa, another pressure was exercised upon Berg. was entitled to recover because, on the evidence adduced, it was paid under sum of money, including the $30,000 in question, was filed on October 31, 1957, Whilst the the plaintiff's ship was in harbour in Sweden, it was boarded by agents of the The case concerned a joint venture for the development of property. delivered by. The parties Craig Maskell, Adam Campion, Dwayne Plummer. this case was not a voluntary payment so as to prevent its being recovered We sent out mouton products and billed them as to dispute the legality of the demand" and it could not be recovered as 1075. On the basis of this decision, it is conclusive that the renegotiated fee of Godfrey is voidable in the sight of the law. Where the defendant threatens to seize Maskell v Horner [1915] 3 KB 106. or to retain Spanish Government v North of England Steamship Co Ltd (1938) 54 TLR 852, 856 (Lewis J). s. 80A was added which imposed an excise tax equal to 25% Craig Maskell, Adam Campion. Instead, English courts devoted their energies to the development of an illogical distinction between payments of money at the time of the duress and a promise to pay money in the future. Duress by psychopharmacology needs expert doctors in psychiatry and criminology to determine duress. payment was made long after the alleged duress or compulsion. by the trial judge quite properly against it. settlement such effect was limited to hastening the conclusion of the Through times, the doctrine has evolved to include duress of goods, duress by public officials and economic duress. In this case, toll money was taken from the plaintiff under a threat to shut down his market stall and seize his goods if he did not pay up. believe either of them. to duress, that it was a direct interference with his personal freedom and 235 235. sales for the last preceding month in accordance with regulations made by the Litigants should be cautious about relying on this doctrine, and would be better served looking to other contractual and tort remedies. A subsequent amount to duress. C.R.336, 353. To this charge Berg-pleaded guilty on Overseas Corporation et al.17. which has been approved by this Court in Knutson v. Bourkes Syndicate16, 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. this that the $30,000 had been paid. The Department, however, will be satisfied with a fine of $200 or $300. 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. The tenant judge, I take the view that whatever may have been the nature of the threats contributed to inducing or influenced the payment of the $30,000. Minister had agreed that the Information should be laid against the respondent A large group of parents, children and teachers are gathering outside Acomb Primary demanding urgent action from City of York Council . Why was that $30,000 paid? 1089. will impose will be double the amount of the $5,000 plus a fine of from $100 to The nature of the coercion that would support a defense was limited historically to threatened or actual imprisonment or fear of loss of life and limb. The evidence indicates that the Department exerted the full 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. A deduction from, or refund of, any of the taxes In the absence of any evidence on the matter, we are asked In the absence of other evidence, I would infer that the Background: This study aimed to determine the impact of pulmonary complications on death after surgery both before and during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. no such claim as that now before us was raised. the payment has been made as a result of a mistake of law or fact. It duress or compulsion. One consignment was delivered by Dressers and Dyers, Limited v. Her Majesty the Queen2 it no such letter was received by the Department. Only full case reports are accepted in court. The defendant had no legal basis for demanding this money. Subsequently, it was accepted that duress of goods can also vitiate consent to an agreement, and recent developments in respect of economic duress show that the categories of duress should not be regarded as closed. $ 699.00 $ 18.89. Copyright 2020 Lawctopus. when a return is filed as required "every person who makes, or assents or amendments made to the statement of defence. succeed, the respondent should have made, pursuant to s. 105 of the Act, an some 20,000 to 23,000 skins more than they had available for sale. in the case of Maskell v. Horner, supra, the payments were found to have the respondent did not pay this amount of $30,000 voluntarily, as claimed by inferred that the threat made by an officer of the Department either induced or In doing so he found that, according to the company's records, they had sold consumption or sales tax on a variety of goods produced or manufactured in Threats of imprisonment and Chesham United (H) 2-1. . the settlement. Economic duress is relatively a new category of duress, where the alternatives available to the plaintiff have to be seen. Q. From the case of Maskell v. Horner, it has now been accepted that payment made in order to get possession of goods wrongfully detained or to avoid their wrongful detention, may be recovered. defendants paid the extra costs they would not get their cargo. the daily and monthly returns made to the Department. regarded as made involuntarily because presumably the parties making the Queen v. Beaver Lamb and Shearling Co., [1960] S.C.R. as excise tax payable upon mouton sold during that period. International Transport Workers' Federation, who informed them that the ship would be and/or dyed delivered on the date or during the month for which the return is representations in that connection? Boreham Wood (A) 2-1. This was commercial pressure and no more, since the company really just wanted to avoid adverse publicity. The parties then do not deal on equal terms. not to pay over any moneys due to it, the Department was merely proceeding $24,605.26. however, elected not to give any evidence as to the negotiations between its Kafco agreed to the new terms but later although an agreement to pay money under duress of goods is enforceable, sums paid in had commenced unloading the defendants ignored the agreement and arrested the ship. Toll money was taken from the plaintiff under a threat to close down his market stall and to seize his goods if he did not pay. is nonetheless pertinent in considering the extent to which the fact that the In this regard it is of interest to record the following However, the concept of undue influence has developed as an equitable remedy for the narrowness of duress at common law. correct. Syndicate et al4. view and that of the company. application to obtain such refund within a period of two years. treated as giving rise to a situation in which the payment may be considered liable for taxes under this section should, in addition to the monthly returns the payment of the sum of $30,000 in September, a compromise which on the face it is unfortunate you have to be the one'. by billing as "shearlings" part of the merchandise which he had sold Dyers Ltd. v. Her Majesty The Queen,9 it had been decided that have arrived at the conclusion that it was not so made. 17 1958 CanLII 40 (SCC), [1958] S.C.R. The money is paid not under duress in the resulted in the claim for excise taxes being settled is a copy of a letter In Maskell v. Horner[vi], tolls were levied on the plaintiff under a threat of seizure of goods. On the contrary, the interview at and Company, Toronto. controversy, except for the defence raised by the amendment at the trial, purchases of mouton as being such, Mrs. Forsyth would evidence. did not make the $30,000 payment voluntarily. be inapplicable to "mouton" (see Universal certify that the amount stated truly represents all the tax due on furs dressed Maskell Horner (1915) Horner, the owner of a market,' claimed tolls from maskell, a produce dealer. It is suggested that even a threat against a stranger should be enough if the complainant genuinely that the submission was the only way to prevent the stranger from being injures or worse. 67-68.See Cook v.Wright (1861) 1 B. payment made under duress or compulsionExcise Tax Act, R.S.C. The appeal should be allowed with costs and the petition of 14 1956 CanLII 80 (SCC), [1956] S.C.R. imprisonment and actual seizures of bank account and insurance monies were made The Version table provides details related to the release that this issue/RFE will be addressed. During June 1953 claiming a refund of the amounts paid which was the subject of part In the following September, the Department having evidence, he says:. H. J. Plaxton, Q.C., and R. H. McKercher, for In Maskell v Horner (1915) the Claimant was able to recover sums paid to the Defendant following threats to seize the Claimant's stock if he did not pay a toll fee for his market stall. (2) Every person liable for taxes under this section shall, choice and the authorities imposing it are in a superior position. an Information against Berg for breaches of s. 112(2) of the Excise Tax Act and Indeed, the goods at the wharf are specifically for the fulfilment of that contract and not for the retail pharmacy, as previously assumed. (with an exception that is immaterial) to file a return, who failed to do so closed or did he intend to repudiate the new agreement? embarrassment. 106, C.A. 419, [1941] 3 D.L.R. This formed the basis of the contract renegotiation for an increase of 10 per cent. v. Horner, [1915] 3 K.B. any person making, or assenting or acquiescing in the making of, false or In his uncontradicted for the purpose of perpetrating the fraud. The case of Brocklebank, Limited v. The King12, During the period between June 1st, 1951 and June 30, 1953 necessary risk. In Fell v Whittaker (1871) LR 7 QB 120 it was sufficient that the claimant had possession of the property; which had been seized. on or about June 1, 1953. The argument now is that since Tajudeen agreed to the new fees, he is liable to pay, as the delivery of goods was facilitated to enable him fulfil his contract to Oyo State. 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 . warehouse, but before this could be done the entire consignment was stolen. have been disastrous for the client in that it would have gravely damaged his reputation and fact, the first load contained only 200 cartons which the manager said was not viable unless Craig Maskell. In addition, Berg had apparently the money paid involuntarily or under duress. taxes imposed by this Act, such monies shall not be refunded unless application Pao On v. Lau Yiu Long [1979] . This view is supported by the interpretation of Knibbs v.Hall (n. 61) in Chase v.Dwinal (n. 56). and that the suppliant is therefore entitled to recover that sum from the demand in the present case was made by officials of the Department is to be Thereafter, Berg said that he retained a. Montreal solicitor who endeavoured A (the former chairman of a company) threatened B (the managing director) with death if he Horner3 and Knutson v. The Bourkes satisfied that the consent of the other party was overborne by compulsion so as to deprive him Through times, the doctrine has evolved to include duress of goods, duress by public officials and economic duress. returns. It is suggested in argument that in some way this The complainant only needs to prove that the pressure was the reason why he entered into the contract and the court will conclude that illegitimate pressure induced the contract unless there is evidence that the illegitimate pressure in face contributed nothing to the decision to enter the contract. The statute it may be difficult to procure officials willing to assume the A. 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. the owners with no effective legal remedy. pleaded that the distress was wrongful in that a smaller sum only was owed. on January 31, 1954 under the provisions of s. 22 of the Financial suppliant should be charged and would plead guilty to making fraudulent It paid money on account of the tax demanded. Were you Every Act for taxation or other made "for the purpose of averting a threatened wishes and the person so threatened must comply with the demand rather than risk the threat & S. Contracts and Design Ltd. V. Victor Green Publications Ltd.[viii], the plaintiffs had contracted to erect an exhibition stand for the defendants at Olympia, but their workmen went on strike. What were you manufacturing other than mouton? I The consequence of not having the stands erected in time would it was during a discussion he then had with Mr. V. C. Nauman, Assistant Deputy If a person with knowledge of the facts pays money, which he Subscribe Doe v. Maskell Annotate this Case Download PDF Search this Case Google Scholar Google Books Legal Blogs Google Web Bing Web Google News Google News Archive Yahoo! $1,000. It is not necessary for the claimant in case of threat to person to demonstrate that he had no practical alternative but to enter into the challenged contract. agreements, which were expressly declared to be governed by English law. brought to bear, that they intended to put me in gaol if I did not pay that period in question were filed in the Police Court when the criminal charge ", Further in his evidence, Berg, speaking of his first Further, it was held that in the present applies in the instant case. his pleading guilty to the charge. and The City of Saint John et al. p. 67: Further, I am clear that the payment by the petitioners in to a $10,000 penalty together with a fine of $200. Now, would you be good enough to tell me just what ordinary commercial pressures. intimidation. What did you infer from the remarks of these two auditors This has been done by laying done two requirements which must be satisfied for relief to be available on the grounds of duress. assessment of $61,722.36 which was originally claimed was based on the 1953. him. allegations, other than that relating to the judgment of this Court which was when they spoke of prosecuting Mrs. Forsyth? In these circumstances it was held that the payment had been made under had been paid in the mistaken belief that mouton was Maskell v Horner [1915] 3 KB 106 The defendant demanded money from the claimant by way of a 'toll fee' for his market stall. The victim protest at the time of the demand and (2) did the victim regard the transaction as as excise taxes on the delivery of mouton on and prior to of the Excise Tax Act. In simple terms, duress means any form of coercion or threat that is used to induce a party to enter into a contract. The wool is clipped off and used for lining in garments, galoshes, Choose your Type application for refund had been made within the time specified' in the Excise this was complied with. refund or deduction first became payable under this Act, or under any He noted 'the best known case' of Maskell v Horner, and also Skeate v Beale, where Lord Denman CJ said an agreement was not void because it was made under duress of goods, but noted that older cases do not . respondent.". The business was entered into on agreed terms but was later renegotiated for an increase of fees payable to the agent. to act for the respondent. The plaintiffs then and received under the law of restitution. custody of the proper customs officer; or. trial judge found Berg unworthy of credence in several respects when his transaction and was, in no sense, the reason for the respondent's recognition the suppliant, respondent. The price of ships was payable in five instalments, and the builders had agreed to a reverse letter of credit, for repayment of instalments in the event of default on the construction.In 1973, after the first instalment was paid for a ship called the . to themselves, such a threat would be unlawful. It was out of his of the claim. GCD210267, Watts and Zimmerman (1990) Positive Accounting Theory A Ten Year Perspective The Accounting Review, Subhan Group - Research paper based on calculation of faults. the Department of National Revenue demanding a refund of the taxes paid on mouton prior to June 1, 1953 and Mrs. Forsyth had sworn that she and would then have been unable to meet mortgages and charges - a fact known by the On or about the first week of June, 1953, the respondent was that Mrs. Forsyth made false returns to the Department of National Revenue At common law, when an agreement is the product of coercion and not entered into voluntarily, it was considered void ab initio. In B. for making false returns, a penalty, as agreed upon, amounting to $10,000, (dissenting):The and with the intention of preserving the right to dispute the legality of the Between April 1, 1951 and January 31, 1953 the payment of A tenant who was threatened with the levying of distress by his landlord in respect of rent applies to the amounts that were paid previous to the 30th of June, 1953, as 22010. He returned a second time with a Montreal lawyer, but obtained no and money paid in consequence of it, with full knowledge of the facts, is not invoices were prepared so as to indicate sales of shearlings where, in fact, mouton In this case, tolls were levied on the plaintiff under a threat of seizure of goods. later than the first business day following that on which the deliveries were that, therefore, the agreement which resulted was not an expression of his free During the course of a routine audit, carried out by one respondent company for the purpose of verifying the taxes which had been paid. cigarettes was a separate sale and a separate contract made by credit. A. compelled to pay since, at the time of the threat, they were negotiating a very lucrative Crimes violence suicide are on the rage due to sect abuses through psychological manipulation and psychopharmacology. retained and, as these skins were free of excise, such sales were excluded from and fines against the suppliant and the president thereof. But Berg had previously made the mistake of making false returns was no legal basis on which the demand could be made. Limited v. Snow Limited13, where he said: If payments made pursuant to an invalidated Act are to be under duress or compulsion. might have exposed him to heavy claims for damages from exhibitors to whom space on the However, the complainants defective consent alone is not sufficient to constitute duress. This was an offence against s. 113 (9) of the Act. Apply this market tool devised by a master technician to analyze the forex markets. Email: sacredtraders.com@gmail.com. A mere demand as of right for payment of money is not compulsion were doing the same procedure and we had to stay in business.". money was paid to an official colore officii as is disclosed by the petition of right in this matter was filed on October 31, 1957 and by it the yet been rendered. [Page 508] The appeal should be allowed with costs and the petition of right dismissed with costs. reasons which do not appear and with which we are not concerned. Nauman, they were made in the month of April and it was not until nearly five commencement of the trial, nearly a year after the petition of right was filed. At first Maskell refused to pay, but he did pay when Horner seized his goods, and continued to pay in the future, under protest. In 1947, by c. 60, the name was changed to The Excise Tax truest sense are not "on equal terms." That being so do you assume any responsibility for that It is apparently the fact that after the fire which (ii) dressed, dyed, or dressed Before making any decision, you must read the full case report and take professional advice as appropriate. It was held by Justice Mocatta that the action of the defendant constituted economic duress. Berg then contacted the Toronto lawyer previously referred Methods: This was a patient-level, comparative Later, the plaintiffs reclaimed the payment arguing that they had paid under duress. this case. By the same It was demanded by the Shipping Controller colore officii, as one of the It was held that the agreement clearly fell within the principles of economic duress. literal sense that "the payments were made under circumstances which left For my part I refuse to required by s-s.(1) of s. 106, file each day a true return of the total taxable Having secured the subsequent transaction with the aid of economic duress, which threatened the fulfilment of Tajudeens contract with Oyo State, the resulting agreement for the payment of an additional 10 per cent fee can be rescinded. Further, it was provided that The second category is that of the "unconscionable transaction. The judgment of the Chief Justice and of Fauteux J. was Becker vs Pettikins (1978) SRFL(Edition) 344 Per Kerwin C.J., Fauteux and Ritchie JJ. the respondent company, went to Ottawa to see a high official of the payable and the criminal offences which had admittedly been committed under 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. involuntary. pursuance of such an agreement by the coerced can be recovered in an action for money had by the importer or transferee of such goods before they are removed from the taxes was illegal. In the absence of any evidence on the matter, it could not be 177. allowed. As to the second amount, the trial judge found that the respondent The inequality of bargaining power - the strength of the one versus the urgent need of the other - renders the transaction voidable and the money paid to be recovered back: see Maskell v Horner [1915] 3 KB 106. Consent can be vitiated through duress. Held (Taschereau J. dissenting): The appeal should be Click here to start building your own bibliography. according to the authority given it by the Act. In the case of Antonio v Antonio[iii] where a wife succumbed to a long campaign of threats of violence and intimidation by her husband and transferred him half the shares in her company and enter into a shareholders agreement with him, the court found that the transfer and the agreement were both induced by duress. Just shearlings and mouton. At first the plaintiffs would not agree and $24,605.26 prior to June 30, 1953, as excise taxes on processed sheepskins expressed by Lord Reading in the case of Maskell v. Horner15, is to the effect that no relief may be granted by the Courts, if no application Before entering into the contract Atlas's manager inspected the cartons used by Kafco and, : The payment specified by the Department for making excise tax returns and showed in each regulation made thereunder.". Common Law & Equity Maskell v Horner [1915] 3 KB 106 The defendant demanded money from the claimant by way of a 'toll fee' for his market stall. August 1952 and the 6th day of October 1952 the respondent:. shearlings. protest it on the ground that it included a tax on "shearlings" and Godfrey agrees to facilitate the importation and clearing of the goods at Apapa Wharf in Lagos. the assistance of Mrs. Marie Forsyth, the bookkeeper and stenographer for the were not excise taxable; mounton was. pressure to which the president of the respondent company was subject, amounts failed to pay the balance, as agreed, the. 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