Addis v Gramophone Company, Ltd
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 26 July 1909 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1909] UKHL J0726-1 |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Date | 26 July 1909 |
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366 cases
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Malik and Mahmud v Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA
...on the damages recoverable for breach of the implied term, with particular reference to the decisions in Addis v. Gramophone Co. Ltd. [1909] A.C. 488 and Withers v. General Theatre Corporation Ltd. [1933] 2 K.B. 9 A dishonest and corrupt business 10These questions are best approached by fo......
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Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
...distress or damage to reputation. On the other hand, if such damage is loss flowing from a breach of another implied term of the contract, Addis's case does not stand in the way. That is why, in Mahmud's case itself, damages were recoverable for financial loss flowing from damage to reputat......
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Johnson v Gore Wood & Company (A Firm)
...principle recoverable. Mr. ter Haar took issue with both these points. 75The general rule laid down in Addis v. Gramophone Company Ltd. [1909] A.C. 488 was that damages for breach of contract could not include damages for mental distress. Cases decided over the last century established some......
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Johnson v Gore Wood & Company (A Firm)
...principle recoverable. Mr. ter Haar took issue with both these points. 75The general rule laid down in Addis v. Gramophone Company Ltd. [1909] A.C. 488 was that damages for breach of contract could not include damages for mental distress. Cases decided over the last century established some......
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3 firm's commentaries
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Class Actions Comparative Guide
...of Leicestershire Constabulary [2001] UKHL 29). Punitive damages are not available for breach of contract (Addis v Gramophone Co Ltd [1909] AC 488). Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT): Punitive or exemplary damages are not available in collective proceedings before the CAT, although interes......
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Mutual trust and confidence in employment contracts: has the door to damages been thrust open?
...be awarded because of distress or financial loss resulting from the manner of the dismissal itself (applied in Addis v Gramophone Co Ltd [1909] AC 488 – the Addis Rule). What happened in In Shaw, two teachers were dismissed by the NSW Director-General of Education during their probationary ......
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Employees can claim for 'stigma loss'
...be wrong to make Abbey liable for the unlawful actions of third party potential employers. Historically, since Addis v Gramophone Co Ltd [1909] AC 488, it had been settled law that an employee was not entitled to additional compensation for the manner of his/her dismissal; in that case a ma......
43 books & journal articles
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Employers' Liability at Common Law: Two Competing Paradigms
...the notice period of his contract or, in the case of a fixed-term contract, the remainder of the contract.1818Addis v Gramophone Ltd [1909] AC 488. However, litigation based on the new implied contractual terms has led to a considerable erosion of the notice rule. In Malik v BCCI SA1919[199......
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Damages
...a contract of employment. 279 Under Vorvis , such injuries 277 Ibid at 1114, Wilson J. 278 Ibid at 1118. 279 Addis v Gramophone Co Ltd , [1909] AC 488 (HL) [ Addis ]. This remains the position in English law. The enactment of legislation providing statutory remedies for dismissal that does ......
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Compensation for Harm to Intangible Interests: Non-pecuniary and Aggravated Damages
...Club Ltd , [1981] 3 WWR 481 (BCCA); Morrow v Outerbridge , 2009 BCSC 433; see discussion in Chapter 8. 28 Norberg , above note 15. 29 [1909] AC 488 (HL ) [ Addis ]. Compensation for Harm to Intangible Interest s 249 “Contract-breaking is treated as an incident of commercial life which playe......
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Table of Cases
...(Automation) Ltd v Rex Chainbelt, [1971] 3 A11 ER 1175 (CA) .......................................... 630 Addis v Gramophone Co Ltd, [1909] AC 488 (HL) ........................................................................318 Air Canada v CALPA (1997), 28 BCLR (3d) 159 (SC) ...................
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