Limitation of Liability in UK Law

  • George Mitchell (Chesterhall) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 30 Junio 1983
    ... ... on the exemption clause the sellers sought to limit their liability to the buyers to a sum which represented only one third of one per cent of ... meaning so as to avoid giving effect to an exclusion or limitation of liability when the judge thought that in the circumstances to do so ... ...
  • Midland Silicones Ltd v Scruttons Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 06 Diciembre 1961
    ... ... of the 26th March, 1957, can take advantage of a provision for limitation of liability contained in that document. In judgments, with which I ... ...
  • McLoughlin v O'Brian
    • House of Lords
    • 06 Mayo 1982
    ... ... , for the purpose of enabling him to decide the issue of legal liability, that the appellant subsequently suffered the condition of which she ... wide a range of people, a real need for the law to place some limitation upon the extent of admissible claims. It is necessary to consider three ... ...
  • Suisse Atlantique Société d'Armement Maritime S.A. v N.v Rotterdamsche Kolen Centrale (Silvretta.)
    • House of Lords
    • 31 Marzo 1966
    ... ... in a charterparty or bill of lading protecting them from liability or limiting their liability for the loss of the kind that had occurred It ... on its proper construction it is to be treated as imposing a limitation on liability, in this case the demurrage provisions are, in my opinion, ... ...
  • R v Schildkamp
    • House of Lords
    • 27 Noviembre 1969
    ... ... manner aforesaid shall be personally responsible, without any limitation of liability, for all or any of the debts or other liabilities of the ... ...
  • ARBUTHNOTT and Others v FAGAN and FELTRIM UNDERWRITING AGENCIES Ltd and Others and Two Other Actions (1st Appeal) ARBUTHNOTT and Others v FAGAN and FELTRIM UNDERWRITING AGENCIES Ltd and Others and Two
    • House of Lords
    • 25 Julio 1994
    ... ... of insurance; and in this case there is also an issue of limitation ... 15 (2)(a) The Feltrim Appeals ... 16 The ... ; and that in each case issues would arise whether there was liability on their part in contract, or in tort, or for breach of fiduciary duty ... ...
  • The Atlantic Star; Atlantic Star (Owners) v Bona Spes (Owners)
    • House of Lords
    • 10 Abril 1973
    ... ... of any one of many features such, for example, as that of time limitation he will win if he goes to one country but lose if he goes to another ... Examples might be, more favourable terms for the limitation of liability, or possibly longer time-limits to actions. But nothing of that kind has ... ...
  • Bilta (UK) Ltd (in Liquidation) v Nazir
    • Supreme Court
    • 22 Abril 2015
    ... ... estoppel and ostensible authority in contract and vicarious liability in tort. It is well-recognised that a company may as a result of such ... "personal act or omission": see article 4 of the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (1976) (Merchant Shipping Act 1995, ... ...
  • Harbutt's ‘Plasticine’Harbutt's Ltd v Wayne Tank and Pump Company Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 05 Diciembre 1969
    ... ... said it was not their faults but if it was, they said their liability was limited by the conditions of the contract. The Plasticine Company, in ... of contract and were, therefore, not entitled to rely on the limitation clauses ... 2 The Judge heard the case for some weeks. His findings of ... ...
  • Ailsa Craig Fishing Company Ltd v Malvern Fishing Company Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 26 Noviembre 1981
    ... ... only questions for decision in these appeals are (i) whether the liability of the respondents, Securicor (Scotland) Ltd., under a short-term contract ... Clauses of limitation are not regarded by the courts with the same hostility as clauses of ... ...
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