Breach of Warranty of Authority in UK Law

  • Waugh v H.B. Clifford & Sons Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 December 1981
    ... ... Claim claiming damages for negligence and breach of contract for building and internal walls and ... unconditional contract, and denied the authority of Messrs. Boys & Maughan as Second Defendants aiming against them damages for breach of warranty of authority. The Second Defendants joined issue ... ...
  • Doyle v Olby (Ironmongers) Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 31 January 1969
    ... ... The judge held that this was not a breach of the restrictive covenant, though I am not so ... , that there is a complete dearth of authority upon the topic of the proper measure of damages ... such a breach of contract as a breach of warranty as to the quality or value or condition of goods ... ...
  • Smith New Court Securities Ltd v Scrimgeour Vickers (Asset Management) Ltd and Another
    • House of Lords
    • 21 November 1996
    ... ... me that in a case where there has been a breach of warranty of authority, and still more clearly ... ...
  • Shogun Finance Ltd v Hudson
    • House of Lords
    • 19 November 2003
    ... ... , as declared by the preponderance of authority, is tolerably clear. The owner of the goods ... A and B, for A would be liable to B for breach of warranty of authority. Whether the case was ... ...
  • Myers v Elman
    • House of Lords
    ... ... name of a person without that person's authority, was held liable in respect of costs. In Dunkley ... brought against it for passing off and breach of copyright. Nathaniel Rothfield was the sole ... by way of awarding damages for breach of warranty of authority. The Court is not concerning itself ... ...
  • Yonge v Toynbee
    • Court of Appeal
    ... ... Client - Determination of Solicitor's Authority - Steps in Action taken by Solicitor in ignorance of Determination of Authority - Implied Warranty of Existence of Authority - Liability of ... decided that an agent is only liable for a breach of warranty of authority where he has done ... ...
  • Johnson v Gore Wood & Company (A Firm)
    • House of Lords
    • 14 December 2000
    ... ... Moores£ solicitors alleging breach of warranty of authority. GW continued to act for ... ...
  • British Russian Gazette and Trade Outlook Ltd v Associated Newspapers Ltd ; Talbot v Associated Newspapers Ltd
    • Court of Appeal
    ... ... and Satisfaction - Mutual Promises - Warranty of Authority - Breach - Costs - Appeal by Leave ... ...
  • Daulia Ltd v Four Millbank Nominees Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 24 November 1977
    ... ... terms and the appellants claim damages for breach of that unilateral contract ... 5 ... the vendor had revoked the auctioneer's authority to accept the plaintiff's bid, and therefore no ... Justice Bramwell upon a breach of warranty of authority to sell without reserve, and at page ... ...
  • Habton Farms (an unlimited company) v Nimmo and Another
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 06 February 2003
    ... ... further alternative it claimed damages for breach of warranty of authority against the first ... ...
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