Privity of Contract in UK Law
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White and Another v Jones and Another
... ... Jones in tort. If the intended effect of the contract between Mr. Jones and the testator had been that an immediate benefit, ... "by authority of", so that it was effective to create the necessary privity between the sureties and the solicitor; or whether it simply meant "for ... ...
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Alfred McAlpine Construction Ltd v Panatown Ltd
... ... The work was defective. Panatown has sought to terminate the contract on the ground of McAlpine's failure in performance. Panatown has suffered ... may recover substantial damages from the carrier where there was privity of contract between the consignor and the carrier, even although the goods ... ...
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Junior Books Ltd v Veitchi Company Ltd
... ... is in addition to his contractual duties to other parties to the contract. It cannot be discharged or escaped by pleading that it conflicts with his ... There was no privity of contract between the appellants and the respondents. The appellants ... ...
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Homburg Houtimport BV v Agrosin Private Ltd (Starsin)
... ... has been signed 33 IDENTITY OF CARRIER The Contract evidenced by this Bill of Lading is between the Merchant and the Owner of ... difficulties created in international trade by the doctrines of privity of contract and consideration had to be overcome. Those doctrines ... ...
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Albazero, The (Albacruz)
... ... for the invasion of a legal right, whether by breach of a contract or by commission of a tort, is that damages are compensatory. Their ... right of suit of the consignor was put upon the broader ground of privity of contract. Those were a decision of Lord Mansfield in 1770 ( Davis & ... ...
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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
... ... issues would arise whether there was liability on their part in contract, or in tort, or for breach of fiduciary duty. But that is not in fact the ... 131, as follows: "But there is no privity of contract between a principal and a sub-agent as such, merely because ... ...
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Gurtner v Circuit
... ... 21 To this contract, for that is all that it is in law, no unsatisfied judgment creditor is a ... raised an estoppel which would bar it from relying upon absence of privity of contract. But this Nelsonian solution cannot be adopted where a party ... ...
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Re King, decd
... ... There was no privity of contract between assignee and lessee but only privity of estate ... ...
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D & F Estates Ltd v Church Commissioners for England
... ... Clause 17 of the J.C.T. form of contract entitled Wates to sub-contract with a written consent of the architect and ... of an article purchased is an action in contract not in tort and privity of contract still remains an essential part of that concept." ... ...
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Swain v The Law Society
... ... is empowered to take out and maintain by section 37(2)( b ) is a contract which creates a jus quaesitium tertio ... It does so by virtue of public ... the remedies of contract law based upon narrow propositions of privity of contract, how, I ask myself, is effect to be given to the right of the ... ...
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