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Walker, 66 Mich. 568, 33 N.W. 919 (Mich. 1887), [1] was a case that has played an important role in the evolution of American contract law involving the doctrine of mutual mistake. One of the main issues in the case was whether the remedy of rescission is available if both parties to a contract share a misunderstanding about an essential fact. [2]
Scruttons Ltd v Midland Silicones Ltd [1961] UKHL 4, [1962] AC 446 [1] is a leading House of Lords case on privity of contract.It was a test case in which it was sought to establish a basis upon which stevedores could claim the protection of exceptions and limitations contained in a bill of lading contract to which they were not party. [2]
The arbitrators of the case, by a majority, decided in favour of Mercator. They held that the loss from getting a lower price on the next chartering contract was within the first rule in Hadley v Baxendale [3] as arising "naturally, i.e. according to the usual course of things, from such breach of contract itself".
The Florida Constitution, in Article V, Section 2(a), vests the power to adopt rules for the "practice and procedure in all courts" in the Florida Supreme Court, which has adopted the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. Although Title VI of the Florida Statutes is labeled "Civil Practice and Procedure", the statutes it contains are limited to ...
The Supreme Court case was the consolidation of three prior cases which had created a split opinion in the Circuit Courts in relation to the FAA and the NLRA, and which all had submitted petitions for writ of certiorari in 2016. Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis (Docket 16-285) involved employees at Epic Systems, a Wisconsin healthcare software ...
The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, and; The Consumer Rights Act 2015. Although the effect of Karsales has been blunted, the rule in Glynn v Margetson remains as sharp as ever, although the law on deviation was diluted by Art IV Rule 4 of the Hague-Visby Rules. Glynn v Margetson was cited in: The Starsin [8]
On 8 October 1960 the MV Lochiel, a ferry operated by David MacBrayne Ltd, struck rocks and sunk between Islay and the mainland resulting in the loss of McCutcheon's car. . Usually David MacBrayne Ltd would have asked its customers to sign a risk note which included conditions for accepting goods for carriage that exempted the company from liability for loss of the goo
Frederick E Rose (London) Ltd v William H Pim Junior & Co Ltd [1953] 2 QB 450 is an English contract law case concerning the rectification of contractual documents and the interpretation of contracts in English law.