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Pages in category "English contract case law" The following 158 pages are in this category, out of 158 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Restitution in English law; Landmark Cases in the Law of Restitution (2006) by Charles Mitchell and Paul Mitchell; Landmark Cases in the Law of Tort (2010) by Charles Mitchell and Paul Mitchell; Landmark Cases in Family Law (2011) by Stephen Gilmore, Jonathan Herring and Rebecca Probert; Landmark Cases in Equity (2012) by Charles Mitchell and ...
English contract law is the body of law that regulates legally binding agreements in England and Wales.With its roots in the lex mercatoria and the activism of the judiciary during the Industrial Revolution, it shares a heritage with countries across the Commonwealth (such as Australia, Canada, India [1]), from membership in the European Union, continuing membership in Unidroit, and to a ...
Landmark court decisions, in present-day common law legal systems, establish precedents that determine a significant new legal principle or concept, or otherwise substantially affect the interpretation of existing law. "Leading case" is commonly used in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth jurisdictions instead of "landmark case", as used ...
Dyer's case (1414) 2 Hen. 5, 5 Pl. 26; Lucy v Walwyn was an early case on the doctrine of consideration, concerning an executory contract where the plaintiff recovered damages for the loss of a bargain. [6] Thomas v Thomas. [7] was a case where £1 was seen to be good consideration for a widow to continue to live in her house after her husband ...
The pre-existing duty rule is an aspect of consideration within the law of contract. Originating in England the concept of consideration has been adopted by other jurisdictions, including the US. In essence, this rule declares that performance of a pre-existing duty does not amount to good consideration to support a valid contract; but there ...
In the judgment of the majority of the Court of Common Pleas in Jolly v Rees (1864) 15 C. B. (N. S.) 628, which was affirmed in the decision of Debenham v Mellon (1880) 6 App. Cas. 24 Erle C.J. states this proposition 5 : “But taking the law to be, that the power of the wife to charge her husband is in the capacity of his agent, it is a ...
Mr Justice Blackburn began his judgement by finding that the agreement between the parties was a contract, despite their use of the term "lease".Under the common law of property in England at the time, under a lease the lessee would obtain legal possession of the premises during the lease period, while the "lease" at issue in this case specified that legal possession would remain with the ...