Balfour v Balfour

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1919
Date1919
CourtCourt of Appeal

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    ...the agreement was not intended to have legal relations. It was He says a family arrangement such as was considered by the Court in Balfour v. Balfour. 1919, 2 King's Bench Division, page 571, and in Jones v. Padavatton. 1966, I Weekly Law Reports, page 328. So the wife could riot sue upon i......
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    ...the second and third defendants were entitled to the declaration that the plaintiff was bound by the terms of the contract. Balfour v. Balfour [1919] 2 K.B. 571, C.A. distinguished. (2) That the company being a stranger to the contract, was not entitled to rely on the terms thereof in their......
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18 books & journal articles
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    • Caribbean Law Review No. 3-1, June 1993
    • 1 June 1993
    ...in Australia and New Zealand (based upon unconscionability) operates in situations similar to that of the common intention. 76 72 [1919] 2 K.B.571. 73 See note 55, supra. 74 Although Gardner suggests a possible way forward based on ideas of trust and collaboration (see (1993) 109 L.Q.R. 263......
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    ...of legal enforceability. As we shall see, courts have generally assumed an absence of intention to create legal 1 Balfour v Balfour , [1919] 2 KB 571 (CA). 2 Canadian Taxpayers Federation v Ontario (Minister of Finance) (2002), 73 OR (3d) 621 (SCJ). 118 Intention to Create Legal Relations 1......
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    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2022, March - January 2022
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    ...agreement. 152 See para 78 below. 153 Gay Choon Ing v Loh Sze Ti Terence Peter [2009] 2 SLR(R) 332 at [72], citing Balfour v Balfour [1919] 2 KB 571. 154 Gay Choon Ing v Loh Sze Ti Terence Peter [2009] 2 SLR(R) 332 at [72], citing Rose and Frank Co v J R Crompton and Brothers, Ltd [1925] AC......
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    ...High Court is a notable exemplar. See, eg, his comments in New South Wales v Amery (2006) 226 ALR 196 ('Amery'). 12 Balfour v Balfour [1919] 2 KB 571 represents a clear judicial statement of the classic position. See also Jeff Weintraub and Krishan Kumar (eds), Public and Private in Thought......
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