Baylis v London (Bishop)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1913
Year1913
CourtCourt of Appeal
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14 cases
  • Dextra Bank and Trust Company Ltd v Bank of Jamaica
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 30 Noviembre 1999
    ...v Ecclesiastical Comrs for England and Wales [1880] 6QBD 234, and of the Court of Appeal in Baylis v Bishop of London [1913] 1 Ch 127 [1911 – 13] All E.R. Rep. 273. Instead, where change of position has been relied upon by the defendant, it has been usual to approach the problem as one of ......
  • Rover International Ltd v Cannon Film Sales Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 25 Mayo 1988
    ...he had not done so he was entitled to' be repaid." 87The authors also refer to the decision of this court in Baylis v. Bishop of London (1913) 1 Ch 127. That was a case where money had been paid under a mistake of fact and there was no question of estoppel—see per Hamilton L.J. at 141. Thi......
  • Black Nominees Ltd v Nicol
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 16 Abril 1975
    ...1 W.L.R. 1555;Snook v. London & West Riding Investments Ltd.[1967] 2 Q.B. 786; In re Vince [1892] 2 Q.B. 478;Baylis v. Bishop of London [1913] 1 Ch. 127. PART VII 1. We, the Commissioners who heard the appeal, took time to consider our decision, and gave it in writing on 3rd February 1971 a......
  • Black Nominees Ltd v Nicol (HM Inspector of Taxes)
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 16 Abril 1975
    ...1 W.L.R. 1555;Snook v. London & West Riding Investments Ltd.[1967] 2 Q.B. 786; In re Vince [1892] 2 Q.B. 478;Baylis v. Bishop of London [1913] 1 Ch. 127. PART VII 1. We, the Commissioners who heard the appeal, took time to consider our decision, and gave it in writing on 3rd February 1971 a......
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3 books & journal articles
  • Change of position and restitution for wrongs: 'ne'er the twain shall meet'?
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 33 No. 1, April 2009
    • 1 Abril 2009
    ...(2004) 63 Cambridge Law Journal 276, 278-9; Edelman and Bant, above n 6, 319; Nolan, above n 73, 173. See also Baylis v Bishop of London [1913] 1 Ch 127, 140 (Hamilton (96) See Scottish Equitable plc v Derby [2001] 3 All ER 818, 832 (Simon Brown L J). (97) Lipkin Gorman [1991] 2 AC 548, 578......
  • The Rise and Fall of the Mistake of Law Rule
    • Ireland
    • Trinity College Law Review No. III-2000, January 2000
    • 1 Enero 2000
    ...an unenforceable oral 61 (1867) LR 2 UL 149. 62 Note difference between unjust enrichment and restitution ie action and remedy. 63 [1913] 1 Ch 127, at 140. 6 [1923] 1 KB 504, at 513. 65 (1995) 54 CJ 578. [1996] 1 IR 468; [1996] 2 ILRM 547 (SC). 67 Ibid., at 558. 68 (1987) 162 CLR 221. 2000]......
  • In Defence of Quasi‐Contract
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 75-1, January 2012
    • 1 Enero 2012
    ...norms of fairness. I show howconsiderations of fairness play a role in explaining why liability is imposed in7Baylis vBishop of London [1913] 1 Ch 127, 140.For a contemporary version of exactly this fear seeM. McInnes,‘ResistingTemptations to“Justice”’ in R. Chambers et al (eds),Philosophic......

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