Allen v Gulf Oil Refining Ltd

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
JudgeLord Wilberforce,Lord Diplock,Lord Edmund-Davies,Lord Keith of Kinkel,Lord Roskill
Judgment Date29 January 1981
Judgment citation (vLex)[1981] UKHL J0129-1
Date29 January 1981
CourtHouse of Lords
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163 cases
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    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 5 March 2010
    ...2008/34/7462 2008 IEHC 29 GILLINGHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL v MEDWAY (CHATHAM) DOCK CO LTD 1992 3 AER 923 ALLEN v GULF OIL REFINING LTD 1981 AC 1001 WATSON v CROFT 2008 3 AER 1171 WHEELER v SAUNDERS 1996 CH 19 HUNTER v CANARY WHARF LTD 1997 AC 655 WATSON v CROFT PROMO SPORT LTD 2009 3 AER 249 WADE......
  • Tate & Lyle Food and Distribution Ltd v Greater London Council
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 24 March 1983
    ...statutory authority to an action for nuisance was summarised in the speech of my noble and learned friend, Lord Wilberforce, in Allen v. Gulf Oil Refining Ltd. [1981] A.C. 1001 at 1011 as follows: "It is now well settled that where Parliament by express direction or by necessary implication......
  • Jet-Age Construction Sdn Bhd v Module Construction Sdn Bhd, HC
    • Malaysia
    • Unspecified court (Malaysia)
    • Invalid date
  • Garcia v McAlpine (Cayman) Ltd
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 6 December 2005
    ...W.J. Helfrecht for the first defendant; H.D. Murray for the second defendant. Cases cited: (1) Allen v. Gulf Oil Refining Ltd., [1981] A.C. 1001; [1981] All E.R. 353; [1981] J.P.L. 353, followed. (2) Bain v. Central Vermont Ry. Co., [1921] 2 A.C. 412, applied. (3) Tilling v. Whiteman, [1980......
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2 books & journal articles
  • The site
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume II - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...Sheford, and Chambly Railroad Company (1872) 8 Moo pC NS 310 [17 Er 329]; Benning v Wong (1969) 122 CLr 249; Allen Gulf Oil Reining Ltd [1981] aC 1001; Wildtree Hotels Ltd v Harrow LBC [2001] 2 aC 1 at 13–14, per Lord hofmann; Marcic v hames Water Utilities [2004] 2 aC 42; Jones v Cleanthi ......
  • Mr Fletcher as the Quintessential Nigerian: Could a More In-Depth Analysis of the Rule in Rylands v Fletcher Reveala Uniquely Nigerian Tort?
    • South Africa
    • Juta Journal of Comparative Law in Africa No. , August 2019
    • 16 August 2019
    ...Green v ChelseaWaterworks Co (1894) 70 LT 547; Longhurst v Metropolitan WaterBoard [1948] 2 All ER834; Allen v Gulf Oil Ref‌ining Ltd [1981] AC 1001.57[2008] 7 CLRN 64, 74.58[1919] 2 KB 43. See also Mason v Levy Auto Parts of England Ltd [1967] 2 QB530.MR FLETCHER AS THE QUINTESSENTIAL NIGE......

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