Backhouse v Backhouse

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1978
Date1978
Year1978
CourtFamily Division
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28 cases
  • Anthony John Mello v Marilyn Elizabeth Mello
    • Bermuda
    • Supreme Court (Bermuda)
    • Invalid date
    ...but they must have enhanced the value of the property to a great extent. Both sides have relied on the case of Backhouse v Backhouse(1978) 1 All E.R. 1158, I bear in mind what Balcombe, J. said at page 1166: “When a marriage has broken down, both parties are liable to be in an emotional sta......
  • Stewart (Gordon), Andrew Reid, Bay Roc Ltd v Merrick (Herman) Samuels
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 18 November 2005
    ...of property transactions. ( Cresswell v. Potter (1968) [1978] 1 W.L.R. 255n. at 258, per Megarry J. (Post Office telephonist). Cf. Backhouse v. Backhouse [1978] 1 W.L.R. 243)." 89 The respondent was a fisherman. He was injured in an accident with the 2 nd appellant, the 3 rd appellant's emp......
  • Pakistan International Airline Corporation v Times Travel (UK) Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 1 January 2021
    ... ... 344 ; 64 NSWLR 149 Aylesford (Earl of) v Morris ( 1873 ) LR 8 Ch App 484 BOM v BOK [ 2018 ] SGCA 83 ; 21 ITELR 607 Backhouse v Backhouse [ 1978 ] 1 WLR 243 ; [ 1978 ] 1 All ER 1158 Barton v Armstrong [ 1976 ] AC 104 ; [ 1975 ] 2 WLR 1050 ; [ 1975 ] ... ...
  • Credit Lyonnais Bank Nederland NV v Burch
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 June 1996
    ...of adaptation to different transactions entered into in changing circumstances; see also the interesting judgment of Balcombe J in Backhouse v. Backhouse [1978] 1 WLR 243, 250–252, where he suggested that these cases may come under the general heading which Lord Denning MR referred to in L......
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4 books & journal articles
  • Where the Action Is: Macro and Micro Justice in Contract Law
    • United Kingdom
    • The Modern Law Review No. 83-4, July 2020
    • 1 July 2020
    ...Evans vLlewellin (1787) 1 Cox 333; Fry vLane (1889) 40 Ch D 312; Cresswell vPotter [1978] 1WLR 255; Backhouse vBackhouse [1978] 1 All ER 1158.153 Sang iovanni, n 143 above, 35.154 See for instance S. Thompson, ‘Feminist Relational Contract Theory: A New Model forFamily Property Agreements’ ......
  • Subject Index
    • United Kingdom
    • International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 7-4, December 2003
    • 1 December 2003
    ...35B (A Child), Re [2002] EWCA Civ 752........................................................ 206Backhouse v Backhouse [1978] 1 WLR243.................................................. 225Baegen v The Netherlands, ApplicationNo. 16696/90, 27 October 1995 ....64Bainbrigge v Browne (1881) 18 ......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Bank and Customer Law in Canada. Second Edition
    • 19 June 2013
    ...332 B.M.P. Global Distribution Inc. v. Bank of Nova Scotia, 2009 SCC 15 .............. 301 Backhouse v. Backhouse [1978] 1 W.L.R. 243 (Fam. D.) ................................... 208 Bad Boy Appliances & Furniture Ltd. v. Toronto-Dominion Bank, [1972] 2 O.R. 221, 25 D.L.R. (3d) 257, [1972]......
  • THE UNCONSCIONABLE BARGAINS DOCTRINE IN ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA: COUSINS OR SIBLINGS?
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 45 No. 1, August 2021
    • 1 August 2021
    ...Crennan, Kiefel, Bell, Gageler and Keane JJ). (67) Amadio (n 2) 476. See also at 464 (Mason J). (68) Louth (n 2) 629 (Brennan J). (69) [1978] 1 WLR 243, (70) Ibid 252. (71) See above n 19 and accompanying text. (72) Louth (n 2) 644-5 (Toohey J). (73) Ibid 625 (Mason CJ). (74) Ibid 626 (Maso......

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