Parol Evidence in UK Law
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Steadman v Steadman
... ... rule must be that you take the whole circumstances, leaving aside evidence about the oral contract, and see whether it is proved that the acts relied ... res gestae with the alleged contract does not depend upon mere parol testimony, but is reasonably to be inferred from the res gestae ... ...
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Pettitt v Pettitt
... ... money on improving his wife's property, then, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, this must be regarded as a gift to the wife. I do not ... one or other or into the names of both spouses jointly in which case parol evidence is admissible as to the beneficial ownership that was intended by ... ...
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HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd v New Hampshire Insurance Company
... ... There was no live evidence before the judge, nor any witness statements. There were reports from two ... He held that the parol evidence rule made the slip inadmissible. He said (at 428/9): "I ... ...
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Evans (J.) & Son (Portsmouth) Ltd v Andrea Merzario Ltd (Ruhr)
... ... Like my Lord, I do not propose to go through all the evidence. This case presented the striking feature that such of the principal ... , that main contract being a contract in writing, so that usually parol evidence cannot be given to contradict the terms of the written contract ... ...
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Barry v Butlin
... ... in investigating the case before granting probate: and though evidence of the instructions given by the deceased, and the reading over of the ... Barry, the deceased, from the parol evidence on both sides, after making some allowance for the bias under ... ...
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Goss against Lord Nugent
... ... It was objected that oral evidence of the defendant's waiver of his right to have a good title made out to ... ); but here, the agreement in writing not being under seal, is a mere parol agreement, and being executory, it might, without any violation of the ... ...
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Tiverton Estates Ltd v Wearwell Ltd
... ... There is ample evidence that a contract was concluded between our clients. We ... difficulty by holding that when the other party accepts the offer by parol "that reduces it to the case of a parol agreementsigned by one, in which ... ...
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Sugden v Lord St. Leonards
... ... Probate - Lost Will - Presumption of Revocation - Secondary Evidence of Contents - Interested Witness - Declarations of Testator - Contexts of ... and Mrs. Henderson. The question is, whether the parol evidence which has been produced of the contents of the will has reached ... ...
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The Sussex Peerage
... ... 1034 House of Lords Royal Marriage Act - Evidence - Practice - Construction of Statutes. Mews' Dig. v. 5; vi ... of such a person that he holds a less estate, though made by parol, may be received to cut down his interest. It may be so received because ... ...
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Timmins v Moreland Street Property Company Ltd
... ... , 1955, and the only documents relied on as constituting written evidence of it consist of a cheque dated 20th July, 1955, drawn by Mr Chait for and ... This would be to vary a written contract by parol evidence. But, if the contract is open, the obligation which the law would ... ...
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