17 Key Cases

 

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Below is a list of the latest cases in Contract (and Sale of Goods) key Contract cases with reports held by BAILII where linked

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Latest Cases: 2009 – 2001
Some of the more important cases in Contract and Sale of Goods from the reports BAILLI or ICLR

Platform Funding Ltd v Bank of Scotland plc (formerly Halifax plc) [Court of Appeal] Contract – Breach – Valuation of property – obligation on valuer that of reasonable professional – lear language were required to impose an obligation stricter than that of reasonable care in a particular case 2009
Trident Turboprop (Dublin) Ltd v First Flight Couriers Ltd; [2009] WLR (D) 124
CA: Waller, Arden and Moore-Bick LJJ: [2009] EWCA Civ 290: 2 April 2009

CONTRACT — Exclusion clause — International supply contract — Contract for lease of two aircraft between parties with places of business in different states— Contract containing exclusion clause — Aircraft delivered in United Kingdom — Whether international supply contract — Whether aircraft “delivered” to territory of state — Whether exclusion clause subject to statutory requirement of reasonableness — Whether defendants entitled to rely on exclusion clause — Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, ss 8, 26 (1),(4)(a)

 2009
Office of Fair Trading v Foxtons Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 288; [2009] WLR (D) 128
CA: Waller, Arden and Moore-Bick LJJ: 2 April 2009

CONTRACT — Consumer contract — Unfair terms — Office of Fair Trading seeking injunction against estate agents in relation to fairness of its standard terms — Estate agent applying to strike out parts of relief sought — Judge striking out words which otherwise would prevent estate agent enforcing terms in current contracts — Whether court having power to grant injunction and/or declaration— Whether injunction capable of extending to use of unfair terms in existing contract — Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999, reg 12(1)(4) — Council Directive 93/13/ECC, art 7

 2009
Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc and others [Court of Appeal] Fair trading – Contract – Unfair terms – Banks charging personal current account customers when making payments from accounts containing insufficient funds – exempt from fairness? – Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 2009
Chinnock v Hocaoglu and another [Court of Appeal] Vendor and purchaser – Completion – terms as to payment have to be clearly expressed in the contract to oust normal rule 2009
Alchemy Estates Ltd v Astor and another [Chancery Division] Vendor and purchaser – Leasehold property – Contract for assignment 2009
Chartbrook Ltd and another v Persimmon Homes Ltd and another [House of Lords] Contract – Construction – Pre-contract negotiations – Whether ordinary rules of construction apply – Whether evidence of parties’ negotiations admissible as aid to construction where disputed term defined in contract – Whether rectification to be granted 2009
Transfield Shipping Inc v Mercator Shipping Inc [House of Lords] Damages – Contract – Breach – Time charter – Late redelivery – Whether charterers liable for owners’ loss of profit under new charter – Whether loss arising naturally from breach of contract 2009
Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police v Wigan Athletic AFC Ltd [Court of Appeal] Police – Duties – Law enforcement – Football club’s safety certificate requiring attendance of police officers – Whether contract to pay reasonable sum for services provided – Whether club receiving benefit from chief constable it would be unjust to retain – Whether chief constable entitled in restitution to recover unpaid charges 2009
Pitts and others v Jones [Court of Appeal] Guarantee – Debt – Surety’s liability 2008
Evans v Kosmar Villa Holidays Ltd [Court of Appeal] Contract – Implied term – Package holiday – Claimant booking foreign holiday with tour operator – Claimant injured diving into swimming pool at holiday complex – Implied term to exercise reasonable care and skill in provision of facilities 2008
Halpern v Halpern (Nos 1 and 2) [Court of Appeal] Conflict of laws – Contract – Proper law – Contract – Rescission – Counter-restitution – Inheritance dispute compromised by agreement – Claimants seeking damages for breach of agreement – Defendants pleading entitlement to avoid agreement for duress – Whether contract procured by duress could be avoided without providing counter-restitution 2008
WWF – World Wide Fund for Nature v World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc [Court of Appeal] Damages – Contract – Breach – Restrictive covenant – Claim for injunction to restrain future breaches and damages for past breaches – Claimants refused permission to add claim for account of profits – Whether claimants entitled to add claim for damages in form of reasonable payment for hypothetical relaxation of covenant during period of breach – Whether precluded on grounds of estoppel or abuse of process 2008
*Independiente Ltd and others v Music Trading On-Line (HK) Ltd [Court of Appeal] Contract – Construction – Settlement agreement – Parties settling proceedings by agreement whereby defendant agreeing to give undertakings to court not to do specific acts – Whether defendant agreeing with claimants not to breach undertakings – Whether undertakings impliedly given to claimants as well as court – Whether breach of undertakings actionable as breach of contract 2008
Reinwood Ltd v L Brown & Sons Ltd [House of Lords] Building – Contract – Determination 2008
The County Homesearch Co (Thames & Chilterns) Ltd v Cowham [Court of Appeal] Contract – Implied term – Home buyer’s agent – Home buyer contracting with agent that agent work with him to find suitable property to purchase – Term that commission payable on exchange of contracts – Agent’s services not effective cause of buyer’s purchase – Whether agent entitled to commission – Whether implied term that commission payable only if agent’s services effective cause of transaction being brought about – Whether inconsistent with contract terms 2008
OBG Ltd v Allan [House of Lords] Confidential information – Breach of confidence – Damages – Celebrity couple granting magazine exclusive rights to publish selected photographs of wedding 2008
Office of Fair Trading v Lloyds TSB Bank plc [House of Lords] Fair trading – Consumer credit – Credit card – Connected lender liability – Credit card transactions entered into abroad – Claim by debtor for misrepresentation or breach of contract by supplier – Whether statutory remedy available against creditor where transaction entered into abroad 2008
J H Ritchie Ltd v Lloyd Ltd [House of Lords] Sale of goods – Rejection of goods – Repair – Defective goods returned to sellers for investigation and possible repair – Sellers repairing goods but refusing to tell buyers what defect had been – Whether buyers entitled to reject goods – Whether term to be implied into contract for investigation and possible repair entitling buyers to information requested – Sale of Goods Act 1979 (c 54), s. 35(6)(a) (as inserted by Sale and Supply of Goods Act 1994 2007
Regina (Kemp) v Denbighshire Local Health Board and another [Queen’s Bench Division] Restitution – Quasi-contract – Money had and received 2007
Shinedean Ltd  v.  Alldown Demolition (London) Ltd (in liquidation) and another [Court of Appeal] Insurance -Contract – Condition precedent – Co-operation clause requiring insured to provide information to insurer – Implied term that information be provided within reasonable time – Delay in providing information causing insurer no material prejudice – Whether prejudice to insurer prerequisite of breach – Whether breach of condition – Whether insurer entitled to decline to indemnify insured 2006
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Group plc  v.  Inland Revenue Commissioners and another [Court of Appeal] Restitution – Quasi-contract – Moneys had and received – Claimant contending payments made under mistake of law – Whether English law recognising claim in restitution to recover taxes paid under mistake of law 2006
Sempra Metals Ltd (formerly Metallgesellschaft Ltd)  v.  Inland Revenue Commissioners and another [Court of Appeal] Restitution – Quasi-contract – Money had and received 2006
OBG Ltd and another  v.  Allan and others [Court of Appeal] Tort – Cause of action – Procuring breach of contract – Invalidly appointed receivers assuming control of company’s contracts – Whether wrongful interference with contractual relations – Whether conversion of company’s contracts 2005
Amec Civil Engineering Ltd  v.  Secretary of State for Transport [Court of Appeal] Arbitration – Agreement – Construction – Constructioncontract requiring parties to refer “dispute or difference” for engineer’s decision before instituting arbitration proceedings – Whether “dispute or difference” existing capable of referral for engineer’s decision – Whether engineer required to comply with rules of natural justice – Whether engineer’s decision invalid for procedural unfairness – Whether arbitration consequent upon engineer’s decision validly commenced 2005
P & O Nedlloyd BV  v.  Arab Metals Co and others [Queen’s Bench] Limitation of action – Contract , breach of – New cause of action – Whether six-year limit in contract applicable to claim for specific performance by analogy – Limitation Act 1980 2005
Regina (Khatun and others)  v.  Newham London Borough Council [Court of Appeal] air trading -Contract – Unfair terms – Grant or transfer of interest in land – Local authority letting property to homeless persons in fulfilment of statutory duty – Whether land transactions subject to fair trading regulations – Whether local authority acting as “seller or supplier” – Whether tenants “consumers” – Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 2005
Brennan  v.  Bolt Burdon (a firm) and others [Court of Appeal] Contract – Mistake – Common mistake – Claimant compromising action relying on law as it was understood to be – Understanding of law changed by judicial decision – Claimant withdrawing offer to compromise – Whether compromise entered into under common mistake of law – Whether implied acceptance of risk of future judicial decision – Whether compromise to be reopened 2005
Hamilton-Jones  v.  David & Snape (a firm) [Chancery Division] Damages – Contract – Breach – Mental distress – Claimant bringing action in contract and tort against solicitors – Whether damages for mental distress recoverable 2005
Habton Farms (an unlimited company)  v.  Nimmo and another [Court of Appeal] Damages – Agency – Breach of warranty of authority – Defendant purporting to contract to buy racehorse on behalf of principal – Principal refusing to accept racehorse – Seller treating contract as valid – Horse dying while still in seller’s possession – Whether defendant liable for breach of warranty of authority – Appropriate measure of damages 2004
Great Peace Shipping Ltd  v.  Tsavliris Salvage (International) Ltd [Court of Appeal] Contract – Mistake – Common mistake – Contract for hire of vessel for five days to escort and stand by stricken vessel – Common mistake as to proximity of vessels – Services provided by closer vessel – Repudiation of contract – Whether contract void at law – Whether voidable in equity

Judicial precedent – Court of Appeal decisions – How far binding – Decision of Court of Appeal irreconcilable with earlier House of Lords decision – Whether subsequent Court of Appeal entitled to disregard it

 2002
Heaton and others  v.  AXA Equity and Law Life Assurance Society plc and another [House of Lords] Contract – Breach – Overlapping claims – Claims for successive breaches against two defendants – Claimants concluding settlement agreement with one defendant “in full and final settlement” of claim – Whether extinguishing claim against other defendant 2002
Farley  v.  Skinner [House of Lords] Damages – Contract – Breach – Plaintiff instructing surveyor to report whether property affected by aircraft noise – Surveyor negligently reporting that property unlikely to be affected – Plaintiff purchasing property – Property substantially affected by aircraft noise – Plaintiff deciding not to move – Provision of amenity not sole object of contract and not subject of guarantee by surveyor – Whether plaintiff entitled to damages against surveyor for loss of amenity 2001
Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA  v.  Ali and others [House of Lords] Employment – Contract of employment – Implied term – Redundant employees entering into agreement settling all claims arising from employment – Employer subsequently found to have conducted business illegally and dishonestly – Employees claiming stigma damages for breach of implied term of trust and confidence and misrepresentation – Whether claims barred by agreement 2001

Sale of Goods cases 2009 – 2001

Transfield Shipping Inc v Mercator Shipping Inc [House of Lords] Damages – Contract – Breach – Time charter – Late redelivery – Whether charterers liable for owners’ loss of profit under new charter – Whether loss arising naturally from breach of contract 2009
Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc and others [Court of Appeal] Fair trading – Contract – Unfair terms – Banks charging personal current account customers when making payments from accounts containing insufficient funds – exempt from fairness? – Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 2009
Evans v Kosmar Villa Holidays Ltd [Court of Appeal] Contract – Implied term – Package holiday – Claimant booking foreign holiday with tour operator – Claimant injured diving into swimming pool at holiday complex – Implied term to exercise reasonable care and skill in provision of facilities 2008
Office of Fair Trading v Lloyds TSB Bank plc [House of Lords] Fair trading – Consumer credit – Credit card – Connected lender liability – Credit card transactions entered into abroad – Claim by debtor for misrepresentation or breach of contract by supplier – Whether statutory remedy available against creditor where transaction entered into abroad 2008
J H Ritchie Ltd v Lloyd Ltd [House of Lords] Sale of goods – Rejection of goods – Repair 2007
7E Communications Ltd v Vertex Antennentechnik GmbH [Court of Appeal] Conflict of laws – Jurisdiction under Council Regulation – Exclusive jurisdiction 2007
Marubeni Hong Kong and South China Ltd v Mongolian Government [Court of Appeal] Guarantee – Performance guarantee – Surety’s liability 2005
Lex Service plc v Customs and Excise Commissioners [House of Lords] Revenue – Value added tax – Supply of goods or services 2004
Shogun Finance Ltd v Hudson [House of Lords] Hire-purchase – Hire-purchase agreement – Title to goods – s.21 SOGA 1979 2004
Marcq v Christie Manson & Woods Ltd (trading as Christie’s) [Court of Appeal] Conversion – Possession, right to – Stolen painting – Painting put up for sale at auction – Auctioneer acting in good faith without notice of true owner’s title – Unsold painting returned to prospective seller – Whether auctioneer holding painting as pledge – Whether liable in conversion or bailment to true owner – Torts (Interference with Goods ) Act 1977 2004
Marcq v Christie Manson & Woods Ltd (trading as Christie’s) [Court of Appeal] Conversion – Possession, right to – Stolen painting 2003
Shogun Finance Ltd v Hudson [House of Lords] Hire-purchase – Hire-purchase agreement – Title to goods 2003
Link Stores Ltd v Harrow LBC [Queen’s Bench Division] Trade description – Statement – Misleading price indication 2001
Michael Gerson (Leasing) Ltd. v. Wilkinson [Court of Appeal] Sale of Goods – Delivery – Constructive delivery 2001
Total Liban S.A. v. Vitol Energy S.A. [Queen’s Bench Division] Damages – Contract – Breach 2001
Total Liban S.A. v. Vitol Energy S.A. [Queen’s Bench Division] Damages – Contract – Breach 2000
Barry v. Davies (Trading as Heathcote Ball and Co.) and Others [Court of Appeal] Sale of Goods – Auction – Lot entered without reserve 2000

 

Law of Contract key cases in BAILLI

  1. Adams v Lindsell (BAILII: [1818] EWHC KB J59 ) 106 ER 250
  2. Addis v Gramophone Co Ltd (BAILII: [1909] UKHL 1 ) [1909] AC 488
  3. Adler v Dickson (BAILII: [1954] EWCA Civ 3 )[1955] 1 QB 158
  4. AEG (UK) v Logic Resource (BAILII: [1995] EWCA Civ 19 ) [1996] CLC 265
  5. Ailsa Craig Fishing Co Ltd v Malvern Fishing Co Ltd (BAILII: [1981] UKHL 12 ) [1983] 1 All ER 101, [1983] 1 WLR 964, 1982 SLT 377
  6. Alec Lobb (Garages) Ltd & Ors v Total Oil (GB) Ltd (BAILII: [1984] EWCA Civ 2 ) [1985] 1 WLR 173, [1985] 1 All ER 303
  7. Allcard v Skinner (1887) 36 Ch D 145 (CA)
  8. Anglia TV v Reed [1972] 1 QB 60
  9. Arcos Ltd v EA Ronaasen & Son (BAILII: [1933] UKHL 1 ) [1933] AC 470
  10. Atlas v Kafco [1989] 1 All ER 641; [1989] QB 833; QB
  11. Attwood v Small 7 ER 684 ; (BAILII: [1838] UKHL J60 ) (March 1838)
  12. Balfour v Balfour [1919] 2 KB 571
  13. Banco de Portugal v Waterlow (BAILII: [1932] UKHL 1 ) [1932] AC 452
  14. Bank Line Ltd v Arthur Capel & Co (BAILII: [1918] UKHL 1 ) [1919] AC 435
  15. Barclays Bank Ltd v Fairclough Building Ltd (BAILII: [1994] EWCA Civ 3 ) [1995] 1 All ER 289, [1995] QB 214, [1994] 3 WLR 1057
  16. Barclays Bank Plc v O’Brien (BAILII: [1992] EWCA Civ 11 ) [1993] QB 109
  17. Barton v Armstrong (BAILII: [1973] UKPC 2 ) [1976] AC 104
  18. Bell v Lever Bros (BAILII: [1931] UKHL 2 ) [1932] AC 161
  19. Beoco Ltd. v Alfa Laval Co Ltd. & Anor (BAILII: [1993] EWCA Civ 22 ) [1994] 3 WLR 1179, [1995] QB 137, [1994] CLC 111, 66 BLR 1, [1994] 4 All ER 464
  20. Bernstein v Pamson Motors (Golders Green) Ltd [1987] 2 All ER 220; QB
  21. Beswick v Beswick (BAILII: [1967] UKHL 2 ) [1967] 3 WLR 932, [1968] AC 58, [1967] 2 All ER 1197
  22. Bisset v Wilkinson (BAILII: [1926] UKPC 1 ) [1927] AC 177
  23. Blackburn Bobbin Co Ltd v T.W. Allen & Sons Ltd [1918] 2 KB 467
  24. Blackpool and Fylde Aero Club Ltd v Blackpool Borough Council (BAILII: [1990] EWCA Civ 13 ) [1990] 3 All ER 25, [1990] 1 WLR 1195
  25. Bolton v Mahadeva (BAILII: [1972] EWCA Civ 5 ) [1972] 2 All ER 1322, [1972] 1 WLR 1009
  26. Brimnes, the Tenax Steamship Co v Brimnes, Owners of (BAILII: [1974] EWCA Civ 15 ) [1975] QB 929, [1974] 3 All ER 88
  27. British Crane Hire v Ipswich Plant Hire (BAILII: [1973] EWCA Civ 6 ) [1974] 1 All ER 1059, [1975] QB 303
  28. British Steel Corp v Cleveland Bridge [1984] 1 All ER 504; QB
  29. Brogden v Directors of The Metropolitan Railway Company (1877) 2 App Cas 666
  30. Bunge Corporation (New York) v Tradax Export SA (Panama) (BAILII: [1981] UKHL 11 ) [1981] 2 All ER 513, [1981] 1 WLR 711
  31. Butler Machine Tool Company Ltd v Ex-Cell-O Corporation (England) Ltd (BAILII: [1977] EWCA Civ 9 ) [1979] 1 WLR 401
  32. Byrne v Van Tienhoven (1879-80) LR 5 CPD 344; CPD
  33. C & P Haulage v Middleton (BAILII: [1983] EWCA Civ 5 ) [1983] 1 WLR 1461, [1983] 3 All ER 94
  34. C Czarnikow Ltd v Koufos (The Heron II) (BAILII: [1967] UKHL 4 ) [1969] 1 AC 350
  35. Canada Steamship Lines v The King [1952] AC 192
  36. Caparo Industries Plc v Dickman & Ors (BAILII: [1990] UKHL 2 ) [1990] 2 AC 605, [1990] 1 All ER 568
  37. Car & Universal Finance Company Ltd v Caldwell (BAILII: [1963] EWCA Civ 4 ) [1965] 1 QB 525; [1964] 2 WLR 600; [1964] 1 All ER 290
  38. Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co (BAILII: [1892] EWCA Civ 1 ) [1893] 1 QB 256
  39. Central London PT v High Trees House [1947] KB 130
  40. Chandler v Webster [1904] 1 KB 493 (CA)
  41. Chapelton v Barry UDC [1940] 1 KB 532
  42. Chaplin v Hicks [1911] 2 KB 786
  43. Chappell & Co Ltd v Nestle Co Ltd (BAILII: [1959] UKHL 1 ) [1960] AC 87
  44. Charles Rickards v Oppenhaim [1950] 1 KB 616
  45. Charter v Sullivan (BAILII: [1957] EWCA Civ 2 )[1957] 1 All ER 809; [1957] 2 QB 117 (CA)
  46. CIBC Mortgages Plc v Pitt (BAILII: [1993] UKHL 7 ) [1993] 4 All ER 433, [1994] 1 AC 200
  47. Clea Shipping v Bulk Oil International [1984] 1 All ER 129; QB
  48. Collins v Godefroy (BAILII: [1831] EWHC KB J18 ) 109 ER 1040, (1831) 1 B & Ad 950
  49. Combe v Combe (BAILII: [1952] EWCA Civ 7 ) [1951] 2 KB 215
  50. Co-op Insurance Soc Ltd v Argyll Stores Holdings Ltd (BAILII: [1997] UKHL 17 ) [1997] All ER 297, [1997] 2 WLR 898, [1998] AC 1
  51. Cooper v Phibbs (BAILII: [1867] UKHL 1 ) (1867) LR 2 HL 149
  52. Couturier v Hastie (BAILII: [1856] UKHL J3 ) 10 ER 1065
  53. Credit Lyonnais Bank Nederland NV v Burch (BAILII: [1996] EWCA Civ 1292 ) 29 HLR 513, 74 P & CR 384, [1997] 2 FCR 1, [1997] 1 FLR 11, [1997] 1 All ER 144, [1997] Fam Law 168
  54. CTN Cash and Carry v Gallaher (BAILII: [1993] EWCA Civ 19 ) [1994] 4 All ER 714
  55. Cundy v Lindsay (1878) 3 App Cas 459
  56. Currie v Misa (1875) LR 10 Exch 153
  57. Curtis v Chemical Cleaning and Dyeing Co Ltd [1951] 1 KB 805
  58. Cutter v Powell (BAILII: [1795] EWHC KB J13 ) 101 ER 573
  59. D & C Builders Ltd v Rees (BAILII: [1965] EWCA Civ 3 ) [1965] 3 All ER 837, [1966] 2 WLR 28, [1966] 2 QB 617
  60. Dahlia Ltd v Four Millbank Nominees Ltd & Anor (BAILII: [1977] EWCA Civ 5 ) [1978] Ch 231
  61. Darlington BC v Wiltshier Northern (BAILII: [1994] EWCA Civ 6 ) [1995] 1 WLR 68, [1995] 3 All ER 895
  62. Davis Contractors v Fareham UDC (BAILII: [1956] UKHL 3 ) [1956] AC 696, [1956] 2 All ER 145
  63. Derry v Peek (BAILII: [1889] UKHL 1 )(1889) L.R. 14 App. Cas. 337; (1889) 5 T.L.R. 625;(1889) 14 App Cas 337;14 App Cas 337
  64. Dick Bentley Productions Ltd & Anor v Harold Smith (Motors) Ltd (BAILII: [1965] EWCA Civ 2 ) [1965] 2 All ER 65, [1965] 1 WLR 623
  65. Dickinson v Dodds (1876) 2 Ch D 463 (CA)
  66. Doyle v Olby (Ironmongers) Ltd (BAILII: [1969] EWCA Civ 2 ) [1969] 2 QB 158, [1969] 2 All ER 119, [1969] 2 WLR 673
  67. Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v New Garage & Motor Co Ltd (BAILII: [1914] UKHL 1 ) [1915] AC 79
  68. Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v Selfridge & Co Ltd (BAILII: [1915] UKHL 1 ) [1915] AC 847
  69. East v Maurer (BAILII: [1990] EWCA Civ 6 ) [1991] 2 All ER 733, 1991] 1 WLR 461
  70. Edgington v Fitzmaurice (1885) 29 Ch D 459 (CA)
  71. Entores Ltd v Miles Far East Corporation (BAILII: [1955] EWCA Civ 3 )[1955] 2 QB 327
  72. Errington v Wood (BAILII: [1951] EWCA Civ 2 ) [1952] 1 KB 290
  73. Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v Marden (BAILII: [1976] EWCA Civ 4 ) [1976] 2 All ER 5, [1976] QB 801
  74. Esso v Commissioners of Customs and Excise (BAILII: [1975] UKHL 4 ) [1976] 1 WLR 1
  75. Eugenia, the [1964] 2 QB 226; [1964] 1 All ER 161 (CA)
  76. Eurymedon, the (BAILII: [1974] UKPC 1 ) [1975] AC 154, [1974] UKPC 1, [1974] 1 All ER 1015
  77. Farley v Skinner (BAILII: [2001] UKHL 49 ) [2001] 42 EGCS 139, [2002] HLR 5, 79 Con LR 1, [2001] 4 All ER 801, [2002] PNLR 2, [2001] 48 EG 131, [2002] BLR 1, [2001] 49 EG 120, [2001] NPC 146, [2002] 2 AC 732, [2001] 3 WLR 899, [2001] 3 EGLR 57, [2002] TCLR 6
  78. Felthouse v Bindley (BAILII: [1862] EWHC CP J35 ) 142 ER 1037
  79. Fibrosa Spolka Akoyjna v Fairbairn Lawson Combe Barbour Ltd (BAILII: [1942] UKHL 4 ) [1943] AC 32
  80. Financings Ltd v Stimson (BAILII: [1962] EWCA Civ 1 ) [1962] 1 WLR 1184; [1962] 3 All ER 386
  81. Fisher v Bell [1961] 1 QB 394
  82. Foakes v Beer (BAILII: [1884] UKHL 1 ) (1883-84) L.R. 9 App. Cas. 605;(1884) 9 App Cas 605
  83. Frost v Aylesbury Dairies [1905] 1 KB 608
  84. Fry v Lane (1888) 40 Ch D 312
  85. Galloway v Galloway (1914) 30 TLR 31 KB
  86. Gamerco SA v ICM Fair Warning (Agency) Ltd & Anor (BAILII: [1995] EWHC QB 1 ) [1995] 1 WLR 1226
  87. George Mitchell (Chesterhall) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd (BAILII: [1982] EWCA Civ 5 ) [1983] 1 All ER 108, [1983] QB 284
  88. Gibson v Manchester City Council (BAILII: [1979] UKHL 6 ) [1979] 1 WLR 294
  89. Glamorgan County Council v Glasbrook Bros Ltd (BAILII: [1924] UKHL 3 ) [1925] AC 270
  90. Government of Zanzibar v British Aerospace (Lancaster House) Ltd (BAILII: [2000] EWHC 221 (Comm) )
  91. Great Northern Railway Co. v Witham (1873) LR 9 CP 16
  92. Great Peace v Tsavliris Salvage (BAILII: [2002] EWCA Civ 1407 ) [2003] QB 679, [2002] 2 LLR 653, [2002] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 653, [2002] 4 All ER 689
  93. H Parsons (Livestock) Ltd v Uttley Ingham & Company Ltd (BAILII: [1977] EWCA Civ 13 ) [1978] QB 791
  94. Hadley v Baxendale (BAILII: [1854] EWHC Exch J70 ) (1854) 9 ExCh 341, (1854) 9 Ex Ch 341, 156 ER 145
  95. Hardwick Game Farm v Suffolk Agricultural Poultry Producers Association (BAILII: [1968] UKHL 3 ) [1969] 2 AC 31
  96. Harlingdon and Leinster Enterprises Ltd v Christopher Hull Fine Art Ltd (BAILII: [1989] EWCA Civ 4 ) [1990] 1 All ER 737, [1991] 1 QB 564
  97. Hart v O’Connor (BAILII: [1985] UKPC 1 ) [1985] 2 All ER 880, [1985] AC 1000
  98. Hartog v Colin & Shields [1939] 3 All ER 566; KB
  99. Harvey v Facey (BAILII: [1893] UKPC 1 ) [1893] AC 552
  100. Hayes v Dodd (BAILII: [1988] EWCA Civ 8 ) [1990] 2 All ER 815
  101. Hedley Byrne & Co v Heller and Partners Ltd (BAILII: [1963] UKHL 4 ) [1963] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 485, [1964] AC 465, [1963] 3 WLR 101, [1963] 2 All ER 575
  102. Heilbut Symons & Co v Buckleton (BAILII: [1912] UKHL 2 ) [1913] AC 30
  103. Henderson v Merrett Syndicates (BAILII: [1994] UKHL 5 ) [1995] 2 AC 145, [1994] 3 All ER 506
  104. Henthorn v Fraser [1892] 2 Ch 27
  105. Herne Bay Steamboat v Hutton [1903] 2 KB 683 (CA)
  106. Heywood v Wellers (BAILII: [1975] EWCA Civ 11 ) [1976] 1 All ER 300, [1976] QB 446
  107. Hillas & Co Ltd Arcos Ltd (BAILII: [1932] UKHL 2 ) (1932) 147 LT 503
  108. Hochster v De La Tour (BAILII: [1853] EWHC QB J72 ) (1853) 2 E & B 678, 118 ER 922, QB
  109. Hoenig v Isaacs (BAILII: [1952] EWCA Civ 6 ) [1952] 2 All ER 176
  110. Hollier v Rambler Motors (A.M.C.) Ltd. (BAILII: [1971] EWCA Civ 12 ) [1972] 2 WLR 401, [1972] 2 QB 71, [1972] 1 All ER 399, [1972] RTR 190
  111. Holwell Securities v Hughes (BAILII: [1973] EWCA Civ 5 ) [1974] 1 WLR 155, [1974] 1 All ER 161
  112. Hong Kong Fir Shipping Co Ltd v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (BAILII: [1961] EWCA Civ 7 ) [1962] 2 QB 26, [1962] 1 All ER 474
  113. Howard Marine & Dredging v Ogden (BAILII: [1977] EWCA Civ 3 ) [1978] QB 574
  114. Hughes v Metropolitan Railway Co (BAILII: [1877] UKHL 1 ) (1876-77) L.R. 2 App. Cas. 439
  115. Hutton v Warren (BAILII: [1836] EWHC Exch J61 ) (1836)
  116. Hyde v Wrench (BAILII: [1840] EWHC Ch J90 ) 49 ER 132
  117. Ingram v Little (BAILII: [1960] EWCA Civ 1 ) [1961] 1 QB 31; [1960] 3 All ER 332
  118. Interfoto Picture Library Ltd v Stiletto Visual Programmes Ltd (BAILII: [1987] EWCA Civ 6 ) [1988] 1 All ER 348, [1989] QB 433
  119. Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Bldg Soc (BAILII: [1997] UKHL 28 ) [1998] 1 All ER 98, [1998] 1 WLR 896
  120. Jackson v Horizon Holidays Ltd (BAILII: [1974] EWCA Civ 12 ) [1975] 1 WLR 1468, [1975] 3 All ER 92
  121. Jackson v Union Marine Insurance Co (1874) LR 10 CP 125
  122. Jarvis v Swans Tours (BAILII: [1972] EWCA Civ 8 ) [1973] 1 All ER 71, [1972] 3 WLR 954, [1973] QB 233
  123. Jones v Padavatton (BAILII: [1968] EWCA Civ 4 ) [1969] 2 All ER 616, [1969] 1 WLR 328
  124. Jorden v Money (BAILII: [1854] UKHL J50 ) (1854) 5 HL Cas 185, (1854) HL 185, 10 ER 868
  125. Junior Books Ltd v Veitchi Co Ltd (BAILII: [1982] UKHL 4 ) [1982] 3 All ER 201, [1983] 1 AC 520, [1982] 3 WLR 477
  126. Karsales (Harrow) Ltd v Wallis (BAILII: [1956] EWCA Civ 4 )[1956] 1 WLR 936
  127. King’s Norton Metal Co Ltd v Edridge; Merrett & Co Ltd (1897) 14 TLR 98
  128. Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Malaysia Mining Corp [1989] 1 All ER 78; [1989] AC 706; HL
  129. Krell v Henry [1903] 2 KB 740
  130. L Schuler AG v Wickman Machine Tools Ltd (BAILII: [1973] UKHL 2 ) [1974] AC 235
  131. Lampleigh v Braithwait (BAILII: [1615] EWHC KB J17 ) 80 ER 255
  132. Lauritzen AS v Wijsmuller BV (BAILII: [1989] EWCA Civ 6 ) [1990] 1 Lloyds Rep 1
  133. Leaf v International Galleries [1950] 2 KB 86
  134. L’Estrange v Graucob Ltd [1934] 2 KB 394 (CA)
  135. Lewis v Averay (BAILII: [1971] EWCA Civ 4 ) [1971] 3 WLR 603, [1971] 3 All ER 907, [1972] 1 QB 198
  136. Linden Gardens Trust Ltd v Lenesta Sludge Disposals Ltd (BAILII: [1993] UKHL 4 ) [1993] 3 All ER 417, [1994] 1 AC 85
  137. Liverpool County Council v Irwin (BAILII: [1976] UKHL 1 ) [1977] AC 239, [1976] 2 All ER 39
  138. Lloyd’s Bank v Bundy (BAILII: [1974] EWCA Civ 8 ) [1975] QB 326
  139. Lombard North Central v Butterworth (BAILII: [1986] EWCA Civ 5 ) [1987] QB 527, [1987] 1 All ER 267
  140. Long v Lloyd (BAILII: [1958] EWCA Civ 3 )[1958] 1 WLR 753
  141. Lumley v Wagner (BAILII: [1852] EWHC Ch J96 ) (1852) De GM & G 604, 42 ER 687
  142. Macrae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission (1951) 84 CLR 377 (Australia)
  143. Manchester Diocesan Council for Education v Commercial & General Investments [1970] 1 WLR 241; [1969] 3 All ER 159
  144. Maritime National Fish Ltd v Ocean Trawlers Ltd (BAILII: [1935] UKPC 1 ) [1935] AC 524
  145. May & Butcher Ltd v King, The (BAILII: [1929] UKHL 2 )[1934] 2 KB 17; [1929] All ER Rep 679
  146. McCutcheon v David MacBrayne Ltd (BAILII: [1964] UKHL 4 ) [1964] 1 WLR 165
  147. Merritt v Merritt (BAILII: [1970] EWCA Civ 6 ) [1970] 1 WLR 1211, [1970] 2 All ER 760
  148. Metropolitan Water Board v Dick Kerr & Co Ltd (BAILII: [1917] UKHL 2 ) [1918] AC 119
  149. Mihalis Angelos, The (BAILII: [1970] EWCA Civ 4 ) [1971] 1 QB 164, [1970] 3 WLR 601, [1970] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 43, [1970] 2 LLR 43, [1970] 3 All ER 125
  150. Moorcock; the (1889) 14 PD 64 (CA)
  151. Mountford & Anor v Scott (BAILII: [1974] EWCA Civ 10 ) [1975] Ch 258
  152. National Carriers Ltd v Panalpina (Northern) Ltd (BAILII: [1980] UKHL 8 ) [1981] 1 All ER 161, [1981] 2 WLR 45, [1981] AC 675
  153. National Westminster Bank Plc v Morgan (BAILII: [1985] UKHL 2 ) [1985] 1 AC 686
  154. New Zealand Shipping v Satterthwaite Ltd (BAILII: [1974] UKPC 1 ) [1975] AC 154, [1974] 1 All ER 1015
  155. North Ocean Shipping Co v Hyundai Construction Co (The Atlantic Baron) [1979] QB 705
  156. Olley v Marlborough Court Ltd [1949] 1 KB 532
  157. Oscar Chess Ltd v Williams (BAILII: [1956] EWCA Civ 5 )[1957] 1 WLR 370
  158. Pao On v Law Yiu Long (BAILII: [1979] UKPC 2 ) [1980] AC 614
  159. Paradine v Jane (BAILII: [1647] EWHC KB J5 ) (1647) Aleyn 26, 82 ER 897
  160. Parker v South Eastern Railway Company (1877) 2 CPD 416
  161. Partridge v Crittenden [1968] 2 All ER 421; [1968] 1 WLR 1204 DC
  162. Payzu Ltd v Saunders [1919] 2 KB 581
  163. Pharmaceutical Society v Boots Cash Chemists (Southern) Ltd (BAILII: [1953] EWCA Civ 6 )[1953] 1 All ER 482; [1953] 1 QB 401
  164. Phillips Products Ltd v Hyland (BAILII: [1984] EWCA Civ 5 ) [1987] 2 All ER 620, [1987] 1 WLR 659
  165. Phillips v Brooks Ltd [1919] 2 KB 243
  166. Photo Production Ltd v Securicor Transport Ltd (BAILII: [1980] UKHL 2 ) [1980] AC 827, [1980] 1 All ER 556
  167. Pinnell’s Case (1602) 77 ER 237; CP
  168. Planche v Colburn (BAILII: [1831] EWHC KB J56 ) 172 ER 876
  169. R & B Customs Brokers v United Dominions Trust Ltd (BAILII: [1987] EWCA Civ 3 ) [1988] 1 WLR 321, [1988] 1 All ER 847
  170. Radford v de Froberville [1977] 1 WLR 1262
  171. Raffles v Wichelhaus & Anor (BAILII: [1864] EWHC Exch J19 ) (1864)
  172. Ramsgate Victoria Hotel v Montefiore (1866) LR 1 Exch 109
  173. Re McArdle (1951) Ch 669 (CA)
  174. Re Selectmove Ltd (BAILII: [1993] EWCA Civ 8 ) [1995] STC 406, [1995] 2 All ER 531, [1995] 1 WLR 474
  175. Redgrave v Hurd (1881) LR 20 Ch D 1 (CA)
  176. Regalian Properties Plc v London Docklands Dev Corp [1995] 1 WLR 212
  177. Roscorla v Thomas (BAILII: [1842] EWHC KB J74 ) 114 ER 496
  178. Rose & Frank & Co v Crompton & Bros Ltd (BAILII: [1924] UKHL 2 ) [1925] AC 445
  179. Routledge v McKay & Ors (BAILII: [1954] EWCA Civ 8 )[1954] 1 All ER 855; [1954] 1 WLR 615 (CA)
  180. Royal Bank of Scotland v Etridge (No.2) (BAILII: [2001] UKHL 44 ) [2002] HLR 4, [2002] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 343, [2001] NPC 147, [2001] Fam Law 880, [2001] 43 EGCS 184, [2001] 2 All ER (Comm) 1061, [2001] 3 WLR 1021, [2001] 4 All ER 449, [2001] 2 FLR 1364, [2002] 2 AC 773, [2002] 1 P & CR DG14, [2002] 1 LLR 343, [2001] 3 FCR 481
  181. Royscott Trust v Rogerson (BAILII: [1991] EWCA Civ 12 ) [1991] 2 QB 297, [1991] 3 All ER 294
  182. Ruxley Electronics & Construction Ltd v Forsyth (BAILII: [1995] UKHL 8 ) [1995] CLC 905, [1995] 3 WLR 118, [1995] 3 All ER 268, [1996] AC 344
  183. Saunders v Anglia Building Soc (sub nom Gallie v Lee) ) (BAILII: [1970] UKHL 5 ) [1971] AC 1004
  184. Scotson v Pegg (BAILII: [1861] EWHC Exch J2 ) 158 ER 121
  185. Scruttons v Midland Silicones (BAILII: [1961] UKHL 4 ) [1962] AC 446
  186. Selectmove Ltd, Re (BAILII: [1993] EWCA Civ 8 ) [1995] STC 406, [1995] 2 All ER 531, [1995] 1 WLR 474
  187. Shadwell v Shadwell (BAILII: [1860] EWHC CP J88 142 ER 62, [1860] EWHC CP J88, (1860) 9 CBNS 159
  188. Shanklin Pier v Detel Products Ltd [1951] 2 KB 854
  189. Shirlaw v Southern Foundries [1939] 2 KB 206
  190. Sky Petroleum v VIP Petroleum Ltd [1974] 1 WLR 576
  191. Smith New Court Securities Ltd v Scrimgeour Vickers (BAILII: [1997] UKHL 3 ) [1996] 3 WLR 1051, [1996] 4 All ER 769, [1997] AC 254, [1996] UKHL 3
  192. Smith v Eric S Bush (A Firm) (BAILII: [1990] UKHL 1 ) [1990] 1 AC 831
  193. Smith v Hughes (1871) LR 6; QB DC
  194. Smith v Land and House Property Corp (1884) 28 Ch D 7
  195. Solle v Butcher [1950] 1 KB 671
  196. Spurling Ltd v Bradshaw (BAILII: [1956] EWCA Civ 3 )[1956] 1 WLR 461
  197. St Albans DC v ICL (BAILII: [1996] EWCA Civ 1296 ) [1997] FSR 251, [1996] 4 All ER 481, 95 LGR 592, 15 Tr L 444
  198. Stevenson v McLean (1880) LR 5 QBD 346
  199. Stewart Gill Ltd v Horatio Myer & Co Ltd (BAILII: [1992] EWCA Civ 6 ) [1992] 2 QB 600
  200. Stewart v Casey; Re Casey’s Patents [1892] 1 Ch 104 (CA)
  201. Stilk v Myrick (BAILII: [1809] EWHC KB J58 ) 170 ER 1168
  202. Sumpter v Hedges [1898] 1 QB 673
  203. Super Servant Two, The (BAILII: [1989] EWCA Civ 6 ) [1990] 1 Lloyds Rep 1
  204. Surrey County Council v Bredero Homes Ltd (BAILII: [1993] EWCA Civ 7 ) [1993] 3 All ER 705, [1993] 1 WLR 1361
  205. Taylor v Caldwell (BAILII: [1863] EWHC QB J1 ) 122 ER 309, 3 B & S 826
  206. Thomas Bates & Son Ltd v Wyndham’s (Lingerie) Ltd (BAILII: [1980] EWCA Civ 3 ) [1981] 1 WLR 505, [1981] 1 All ER 1077
  207. Thompson v LMS [1930] 1 KB 41 (CA)
  208. Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd [1970] EWCA Civ 2 (BAILII: [1970] EWCA Civ 2 ) [1971] RTR 79, [1971] 2 QB 163, [1971] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 289, [1971] 1 All ER 686, [1971] 2 WLR 585, [1971] 1 LLR 289
  209. Tinn v Hoffmann (1873) 29 LT 271
  210. Tool Metal v Tungsten Electric (BAILII: [1955] UKHL 5 ) [1955] 2 All ER 657, [1955] 1 WLR 761
  211. Tweddle v Atkinson (BAILII: [1861] EWHC QB J57 ) 121 ER 762
  212. Universe Tankships Inc of Monrovia v International Transport Workers Federation (The Universe Sentinel) (BAILII: [1981] UKHL 9 ) [1983] 1 AC 366
  213. Victoria Laundry (Windsor) Ltd v Neuman Industries Ltd [1949] 2 KB 528
  214. Ward v Byham (BAILII: [1956] EWCA Civ 1 )[1956] 1 WLR 496; [1956] 2 All ER 318
  215. Warner Brothers Pictures Incorporated v Nelson [1937] 1 KB 209
  216. Watts v Morrow (BAILII: [1991] EWCA Civ 9 ) [1991] 1 WLR 1421, [1991] 4 All ER 937
  217. Wertheim v Chicoutimi Pulp (BAILII: [1910] UKPC 1 ) [1911] AC 301
  218. White & Carter v McGregor (BAILII: [1961] UKHL 5 ) [1962] AC 413
  219. White v John Warwick & Co (BAILII: [1953] EWCA Civ 2 )[1953] 2 All ER 1021; [1953] 1 WLR 1285
  220. Whittington v Seale-Hayne (1900) 82 LT 49; Ch D
  221. William Sindall v Cambridgeshire County Council (BAILII: [1993] EWCA Civ 14 ) [1994] 1 WLR 1016, [1994] 3 All ER 932
  222. Williams v Carwardine (BAILII: [1833] EWHC KB J44 ) (1833) 5 Car & P 566, 172 ER 1101
  223. Williams v Roffey Bros & Nicholls (Contractors) Ltd (BAILII: [1989] EWCA Civ 5 ) 10 Tr LR 12, [1991] 1 QB 1, [1990] 2 WLR 1153, 48 BLR 69 (1991), [1990] 1 All ER 512
  224. With v O’Flanagan [1936] 2 Ch 575
  225. WJ Alan & Company Ltd v El Nasr Export & Import Co (BAILII: [1972] EWCA Civ 12 ) [1972] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 313, [1972] 2 All ER 127, [1972] 2 WLR 800, [1972] 2 QB 189
  226. Woodar Investment Development Ltd v Wimpey Construction UK Ltd (BAILII: [1980] UKHL 11 ) [1980] 1 WLR 277, [1980] 1 All ER 571

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