Attorney-General v Blake (pet. all.)
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judge | LORD NICHOLLS OF BIRKENHEAD,LORD GOFF OF CHIEVELEY,LORD BROWNE-WILKINSON,LORD STEYN,LORD HOBHOUSE OF WOODBOROUGH |
| Judgment Date | 27 July 2000 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [2000] UKHL J0727-2 |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Date | 27 July 2000 |
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317 cases
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Fujitsu Services Ltd v IBM United Kingdom Ltd
...Nor am I attracted by IBM's submission that, because a contractual claim for account only arises in exceptional circumstances (see Attorney-General v Blake [2001] 1AC 268 at 285F-G), the parties would not have intended that such a claim would not be excluded. To my mind, it simply makes it ......
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West is West Distribution Ltd v Icon Film Distribution
...in his skeleton argument refers to Reid-Newfoundland Co v Anglo-American Telegraph Co Ltd [1912] AC 555, as endorsed in Attorney General v Blake [2001] 1 AC 268 at 284C-E. The argument is that when one looks at the AA the defined rights relate to direct sales and where UMO were involved the......
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3 firm's commentaries
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Cleary Gottlieb Discusses Non-Disclosure Agreements — Are They Effective?
...Ltd [1967] 1 WLR 923 [26]as in the special context of obligations imposed on officers of the Secret Intelligence Service in A-G v Blake [2001] 1 AC 268 [27] Vercoe v Rutland Fund Management Ltd [2010] EWHC 424 This post comes to us from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. It is based on t......
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Damages In Private Cartel Actions: The Position In England
...City Council -v- W J Wass Ltd [1988] 1 WLR 1406. Rookes -v- Barnard [1964] 1 AC 1129 Literally, in Latin, "not twice for the same". 7 [2001] A.C. 268. Judgment paragraph Judgment paragraph 105. Under the "Part 36" regime in the Supreme Court's Civil Procedure Rules, a claimant may make a wi......
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How Much Would You Charge To Let Your Counterparty Breach The Contract – Wrotham Park Damages
...damages. The language of this limb suggests that they may have had in mind Lord Nicholls' remark in Attorney General v Blake [2001] 1 AC 268 that compensatory damages should be awarded save in "exceptional circumstances", which has been often cited by the courts to refuse gain-based OneStep......
98 books & journal articles
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RE-EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUTUAL PROMISES IN CONTRACT LAW.
...(2004) 20(2) Journal of Contract Law 125, 140, citing Wrotham Park Estate Co Ltd v Parkside Homes Ltd[1974] 1 WLR 798 and AG v Blake [2001] 1 AC 268. It should be noted that in One Step (Support) Ltd v Morris-Garner [2019] AC 649, 697-8 [114]-[115], Lord Sumption JSC clarified that, where a......
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Change of position and restitution for wrongs: 'ne'er the twain shall meet'?
...Damages, above n 6, 62, 209-11. (20) See Livingstone v Rawyards Coal Co (1880) 5 App Cas 25, 39 (Lord Blackburn); A-G (UK) v Blake [2001] 1 AC 268, 278-9, 282 (Lord Nicholls); Sempra Metals Ltd v Inland Revenue Commissioners [2008] 1 AC 561,613 (Lord (21) See Birks, Unjust Enrichment, above......
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ENLARGED PANELS IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF SINGAPORE
...655. 47 So named after the decisions of Wrotham Park Estate Co Ltd v Parkside Homes Ltd [1974] 1 WLR 798 and Attorney General v Blake [2001] 1 AC 268. 48 [2018] 1 SLR 363. 49 [2015] 5 SLR 1104. 50 [2018] 1 SLR 659. 51 The occurrence of three-judge panels of the High Court (including for the......
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CONTRACT LAW IN COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES: UNIFORMITY OR DIVERGENCE?
...Park Estate Co Ltd v Parkside Homes Ltd [1974] 1 WLR 798. 13 Based on the leading House of Lords decision of Attorney General v Blake [2001] 1 AC 268. 14 See generally Andrew Phang, “Doctrine and Fairness in the Law of Contract” (2009) 29 LS 534. 15 See n 4 above. 16 See Michael P Furmston,......
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