Contract for Sale in UK Law

  • Johnson v Agnew
    • House of Lords
    • 08 March 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 ... ...
  • M.E.P.C. Ltd v Christian-Edwards
    • House of Lords
    • 08 November 1979
    ... ... on 14th December 1911) had made out a title to property under a contract for its sale to the appellant sufficient to entitle them to enforce the ... ...
  • Prestige Properties Ltd v Scottish Provident Institution
    • Chancery Division
    • 13 March 2002
    ... ... that the Property included the entirety of Parcel 116, in its contract dated the 15th July 1999 ("the Agreement") for the sale of the Property to ... ...
  • Henry Kendall & Sons (A Firm) v William Lillico & Sons Ltd and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 08 May 1968
    ... ... a number of points and I shall first consider the position under the Sale of Goods Act, 1893, section 14. The relevant subsections are: ... reasonably fit for such purpose, provided that in the case of a contract for the sale of a specified article under its patent or other trade name, ... ...
  • Sudbrook Trading Estate Ltd v Eggleton
    • House of Lords
    • 08 July 1982
    ... ... Pryer and John Albert Matthews of the other part (d) The sale shall in other respects be subject to the Law Society's Conditions of Sale ... "First, in ascertaining the essential terms of a contract, the court will not substitute machinery of its own for machinery provided ... ...
  • Allied Maples Group Ltd v Simmons & Simmons
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 12 May 1995
    ... ... things, they undertook until 6 pm on 14 April not to negotiate the sale or agree to sell to any other person. But they added that the Plaintiffs ... Hicks [1911] 1 KB 786 the defendant's breach of contract prevented the plaintiff from taking part in a beauty contest and deprived ... ...
  • Bell v Lever Bros Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 15 December 1931
    ... ... The earlier contract with Mr. Bell was replaced by a fresh agreement for five years from the ... Turner , 7 Exch. 208 ... In that case a contract for sale of an annuity, under which the purchase money had been paid, was held to ... ...
  • Joscelyne v Nissen
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 19 December 1969
    ... ... 5 It is however argued for the daughter that the contract signed did not on its true construction provide for payment of these ... any part of the said business Mr Joscelyne receiving one half of the sale moneys or otherwise deal with the same or take in a partner without the ... ...
  • Shiloh Spinners Ltd v Harding (A.P.).
    • House of Lords
    • 21 March 1973
    ... ... Class C(iv) embraces: "Any contract by an estate owner or by a person entitled at the date of the contract to ... An option or right of pre-emption eventuates in a contract for sale at a price; this is inherent in "purchase" and "pre-emption", the right of ... ...
  • John Hudson & Company, Ltd v Kirkness (HM Inspector of Taxes)
    • House of Lords
    • 05 May 1955
    ... ... period for which that event occurs … (2) Where there are no sale, insurance, salvage or compensation moneys or where the amount of the ... Sometimes the contract for sale is itself the sale, as so often in the sale of goods: sometimes, ... ...
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