Contracts Law in UK Law

  • Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd v Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd
    • Supreme Court
    • 18 Enero 2023
    Landlord of conclusive certification powers. Tenant of the total costs. Service charge
    ... ... Those cases concerned different contracts and contexts and are of little assistance in determining the correct interpretation of the wording of these particular leases ... 46 ... ...
  • Barton and Others v Morris and another in place of Gwyn–Jones (Deceased)
    • Supreme Court
    • 25 Enero 2023
    Claim in unjust enrichment. Quantum meruit. Express terms. Reasonable remuneration. Estate agent. Sale price
    ... ... In December 2012, a company with which Mr Barton had strong links exchanged contracts for the purchase of Nash House for £6.3 million. The purchaser failed to complete despite having paid substantial sums to Foxpace in exchange for ... ...
  • Canada Square Operations Ltd v Potter
    • Supreme Court
    • 15 Noviembre 2023
    Breach of duty. Right of action. Concealed fraud. Limitation period
    ... ... Rose LJ expressed doubt as to the legitimacy of relying on authorities dealing with the wording of contracts when considering the construction of a statutory provision (para 93). I do not share that doubt. The primary rule of the construction of contracts, ... ...
  • Houldsworth v City of Glasgow Bank
    • House of Lords
    • 12 Marzo 1880
    Action of damages for the fraud against the company. Rescission of the contract. Fraudulent misrepresentations. House of lords
    ... ... for damages by its public officer down to the time of registration, that liability would not have been among the ‘debts, obligations, and contracts’ transferred by the Act 20 and 21 Vict, cap. 49, sec. 8, to the registered company. Lord Cranworth was, I think, too good a lawyer and too accurate ... ...
  • Republic of Mozambique (acting through its Attorney General) v Privinvest Shipbuilding SAL (Holding) and Others
    • Supreme Court
    • 20 Septiembre 2023
    Stay of legal proceedings for the determination by an arbitral tribunal of a dispute about the quantification of damages. Arbitration agreement. Breach of fiduciary duty. Supply contracts
    ... ... by the Republic, borrowed money from London-based banks apparently to finance the purchase of equipment and services under three supply contracts with the sixth to eighth defendants (“the Privinvest supply companies”) in connection with the Republic's development of its Exclusive Economic ... ...
  • Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc v Goodrich Corporation
    • King's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 03 Julio 2023
    Claims for damages. Breach of contract. Call option
    ... ... the test being “whether that inference is necessary … to provide a lawful explanation or basis for the parties' conduct” ( Chitty on Contracts (34 th ), [22–089]; Evans v SMG Television Limited [2003] EWHC 1423 , [181]). The test is objective, and does not depend on the subjective ... ...
  • Banca Intesa Sanpaolo SPA v Comune DI Venezia
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 13 Diciembre 2023
    Claim in restitution for mistake of law. Expert evidence. Change of position defence. Position defence. Novation fees
    ... ... to engage with the Supreme Court decision in Cattolica , which is a significant development in the response of Italian courts to swaps contracts entered by local authorities. This had to be borne in mind when considering findings of Italian law made by English courts before Cattolica ... ...
  • Agps Bondco Plc
    • Chancery Division
    • 21 Abril 2023
    Rights of the creditors in the insolvency proceedings. Proceeds of sale in the same order of priority as the security enforcement waterfall. Joint representative. Future valuations. Event of default
    ... ... BGB, §305 defines standard business terms as “all contract terms pre-formulated for more than two contracts which one party to the contract (the user) presents to the other party upon the entering into of the contract”. BGB, §307 then provides as ... ...
  • Nokia Technologies OY v Oneplus Technology (Shenzhen) Company, Ltd
    • Chancery Division (Patents Court)
    • 26 Julio 2023
    Patent infringement. Invention within a national jurisdiction. Second contract. Oral evidence. Global licence. Present case
    ... ... As for the terms of future contracts, the form makes an unambiguous reference to Clause 6.1 of the ETSI IPR Policy. That policy expressly provides that a future licence will be available ... ...
  • A & v Building Solutions Ltd v J & B Hopkins Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 27 Enero 2023
    Interim payment application. Interpreting a contract. Adjudicator's decision. Valuation date
    ... ... 46 There are two canons of construction, as summarised in Chapter 7 of The Interpretation of Contracts (7 th edition) by Sir Kim Lewison, which are potentially relevant to the dispute between the parties. The first is that, when interpreting a ... ...
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