Termination of Contract in UK Law

  • Heyman v Darwins Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 20 Febrero 1942
    ... ... 2 By a written contract dated 19th February, 1938, the Respondents, who are manufacturers of steel ... to enquire whether there was a repudiation and consequent termination of the contract; if there was, it was said, the arbitration clause did not ... ...
  • Johnson v Agnew
    • House of Lords
    • 08 Marzo 1979
    ... ... appeal arises in a vendors' action for specific performance of a contract for the sale of land, the appellant being the purchaser and the vendors ... under the general law of contract, that on such acceptance and termination the vendor may recover damages for breach of contract? ... 18 I now ... ...
  • Wickman Machine Tool Sales Ltd v L. Schuler A.G.
    • House of Lords
    • 04 Abril 1973
    ... ... 9 ( b ) The termination of this Agreement shall be without prejudice to any rights or liabilities ... b )(i) which were not waived they were entitled to terminate the contract ... 11 I think it right first to consider the meaning of clause 11 ... ...
  • Davis Contractors Ltd v Fareham Urban District Council
    • House of Lords
    • 19 Abril 1956
    ... ... On the 9th July, 1946, the parties had entered into a building contract whereby the Appellants agreed to build for the Respondents 78 houses at ... 46 The Appellants' case must rest on frustration, the termination of the contract by operation of law on the emergence of a fundamentally ... ...
  • Lewis v Motorworld Garages Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 01 Agosto 1985
    ... ... Lewis's contract of employment which would have entitled him, had he so desired, to accept ... am, therefore, tendering my resignation, which should bring my termination of employment on Tuesday 31st August. The demotion and exclusion ... ...
  • Fibrosa Spolka Akcyjna v Fairbairn Lawson Combe Barbour Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 15 Junio 1942
    ... ... Leeds the business of manufacturing textile machinery, and by a contract in writing dated the 12th July, 1939, the Respondents agreed to supply the ... The doctrine as so stated appears to be confined to the termination of contracts by excusable impossibility and to enunciate a feature ... ...
  • Pioneer Shipping Ltd v B.T.P. Tioxide Ltd (Nema)
    • House of Lords
    • 16 Julio 1981
    ... ... The object sought to be achieved in construing any commercial contract is to ascertain what were the mutual intentions of the parties as to the ... , Charterers option 7 voyages, such option declarable at termination of 5th voyage or 30th September, 1979, whichever is the sooner. Intervals ... ...
  • Woodar Investment Development Ltd v Wimpey Construction U.K. Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 14 Febrero 1980
    ... ... in this action brought by the respondents ("Woodar") upon a contract of sale dated 21st February 1973. This contract related to 14 acres of ... ...
  • White and Carter (Councils) Ltd v McGregor
    • House of Lords
    • 06 Diciembre 1961
    ... ... In June, 1957, his sales manager made a further contract with the pursuers for the display of these advertisements for a further ... Morris, L.J. held that there had been no termination or repudiation of the contract by the defendant prior to the exhibition of ... ...
  • Scammell (G.) & Nephew Ltd v Ouston (H. C. & J. G.)
    • House of Lords
    • 16 Diciembre 1940
    ... ... result) could not be sustained by taking the view that this was a contract for the sale and purchase of a motor-car, subject to the condition that ... those which relate to termination of the agreement, warranty of fitness, duties as to repair, interest, and ... ...
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