Quia Timet in UK Law

  • Reckitt and Colman Products Ltd (t/a Colmans of Norwich) v Borden Inc. and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 08 February 1990
    ......The action was, therefore, entirely quia timet. After a trial lasting some 22 days, during the course of which he ......
  • Hooper v Rogers
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 10 June 1974
    ......The injunction, mandatory in character, would be quia timet, as preventing an apprehended legal wrong, the legal wrong requiring ......
  • Morris v Redland Bricks Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 13 May 1969
    ...... questions as to the principles upon which the Court will grant quia timet injunctions, particularly when mandatory. . 7 The ......
  • Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd v Slack
    • House of Lords
    • 30 May 1924
    ...... of that state of circumstances which give rise to an application quia timet ; that the words "injured" and "damage" need not and should not be ......
  • British Telecommunications Plc v One in A Million Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 23 July 1998
    ......In both of these cases the court granted what amounted to a quia timet injunction to restrain a threatened rather than an actual tort. In ......
  • Siskina (Owners of cargo lately laden on board) v Distos Compania Naviera S.A.
    • House of Lords
    • 26 October 1977
    ......It is doubtful whether an action for an injunction quia timet to restrain a threatened breach of contract or a threatened tort ......
  • Johnson v Agnew
    • House of Lords
    • 08 March 1979
    ...... at common law: examples of this would be damages in lieu of a quia timet injunction and damages for breach of a restrictive covenant to ......
  • Torquay Hotel Company Ltd v Cousins
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 17 December 1968
    ...... reason why the Imperial Hotel apply for an injunction is essentially quia timet. No oil has in fact been stopped from reaching the Imperial Hotel: ......
  • Gairy vs. Attorney General of Grenada
    • Privy Council
    • 19 June 2001
    ...... 18 In that case ( [1971] AC 972 ) the plaintiff sought a quia timet injunction to restrain the government from building a road across ......
  • Bryanston Finance Ltd v de Vries (No. 2)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 July 1975
    ...... circumspection, and exactly the same considerations must apply to a quia timet injunction to restrain commencent of proceedings. These principles ......
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