Burmah Oil Co Ltd v Lord Advocate
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Burmah Oil Co Ltd v Lord Advocate is a landmark 1965 House of Lords decision in UK law concerning compensation for wartime destruction of private property by the Crown and the limits of governmental prerogative powers.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Burmah Oil Co Ltd v Lord Advocate canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17282092 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burmah Oil Co Ltd v Lord Advocate Context triple: [Burmah Oil Company, legalCase, Burmah Oil Co Ltd v Lord Advocate]
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A.
Barclays Bank plc v O'Brien
Barclays Bank plc v O'Brien is a leading 1993 House of Lords decision in English law that established key principles on undue influence and a bank’s duty of inquiry when taking security over a family home.
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B.
Auchterarder case
The Auchterarder case was a pivotal 19th-century Scottish church legal dispute over congregational rights in ministerial appointments that helped trigger the Disruption of 1843 and the formation of the Free Church of Scotland.
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C.
R v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte Factortame Ltd
R v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte Factortame Ltd is a landmark UK constitutional law case in which the House of Lords affirmed the supremacy of European Community law over conflicting domestic legislation and allowed for the suspension of an Act of Parliament.
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D.
Guerin v. The Queen
Guerin v. The Queen is a landmark 1984 Supreme Court of Canada decision that established the federal government’s fiduciary duty toward Indigenous peoples in its management of reserve lands.
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E.
X v. Rex
X v. Rex is a classic detective novel by Philip MacDonald featuring a tense murder investigation and intricate courtroom drama.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burmah Oil Co Ltd v Lord Advocate Target entity description: Burmah Oil Co Ltd v Lord Advocate is a landmark 1965 House of Lords decision in UK law concerning compensation for wartime destruction of private property by the Crown and the limits of governmental prerogative powers.
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A.
Barclays Bank plc v O'Brien
Barclays Bank plc v O'Brien is a leading 1993 House of Lords decision in English law that established key principles on undue influence and a bank’s duty of inquiry when taking security over a family home.
-
B.
Auchterarder case
The Auchterarder case was a pivotal 19th-century Scottish church legal dispute over congregational rights in ministerial appointments that helped trigger the Disruption of 1843 and the formation of the Free Church of Scotland.
-
C.
R v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte Factortame Ltd
R v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte Factortame Ltd is a landmark UK constitutional law case in which the House of Lords affirmed the supremacy of European Community law over conflicting domestic legislation and allowed for the suspension of an Act of Parliament.
-
D.
Guerin v. The Queen
Guerin v. The Queen is a landmark 1984 Supreme Court of Canada decision that established the federal government’s fiduciary duty toward Indigenous peoples in its management of reserve lands.
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E.
X v. Rex
X v. Rex is a classic detective novel by Philip MacDonald featuring a tense murder investigation and intricate courtroom drama.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.