Boston Deep Sea Fishing and Ice Company v Ansell

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1875
CourtCourt of Appeal
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129 cases
  • Doucet and Dauphinee v. Spielo Manufacturing Incorporated and Manship,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (New Brunswick)
    • 12 October 2012
    ...engagement be by the year or otherwise: Smith's Law of Master and Servant , 4th ed., p. 220; Boston Deep Sea Fishing Co. v. Ansell , 39 Ch. D. 339. If he retains the servant in his employment for any considerable time after discovering his fault, that is condonation, and he cannot afte......
  • Tele2 International Card Company SA and Others v Post Office Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 January 2009
    ...constituted a good reason for terminating the contract, he is entitled to rely on those facts: Boston Deep Sea and Ice Company v Ansell (1888) 39 Ch D 339; British and Benningtons Ltd v North Western Cachar Tea Co Ltd [1923] AC 48, particularly at 72 per Lord Sumner. As to how the allegatio......
  • Geys v Societe Generale, London Branch
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 19 December 2012
    ...with general principles of the law of contract, was taken as read: see, for example, Boston Deep Sea Fishing and Ice Co v Ansell (1888) 39 Ch D 339, 365 (Bowen LJ) and General Billposting Co Ltd v Atkinson [1909] AC 118, 122 (Lord 81 Then came the important decision of the High Court of Aus......
  • Foster Bryant Surveying Ltd and anor v Bryant and anor
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 13 March 2007
    ...the law's dislike of secret profits (which the law does regard as dishonestly obtained, see Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co v. Ansell (1888) 39 Ch D 339, cited by Lord Wright at 155) was applied to the instant case. It would thus seem that even though the directors had in fact been proved ......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • IP Bulletin - May 2012
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 25 May 2012
    ...did justify the termination of the Agreement and on which Leofelis could properly rely (following Boston Deep Sea Fishing v Amsell (1888) 39 Ch D 339). Lonsdale acknowledged the Boston Deep Sea Fishing principle but said that this would not give Leofelis a good defence to Lonsdale's claim f......
8 books & journal articles
  • RE-EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUTUAL PROMISES IN CONTRACT LAW.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 45 No. 2, April 2022
    • 1 April 2022
    ...J) ((George"); Healey v SA Francaise Rubastic [1917] 1 KB 946, 947 (Avory J). See also Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co v Ansell (1888) 39 Ch D 339, 366, in which Bowen LJ held that an employee may have argued that he was entitled to quarterly payment notwithstanding that his salary was......
  • SELF-DEALING AND NO-PROFIT RULES: COMPANIES ACT 2016
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2020, December 2020
    • 1 December 2020
    ...v Dato' Haji Mohamed Haniffa bin Haji Abdullah [2007] 6 AMR 27; [2007] 6 MLJ 293. See also Boston Deep Sea Fishing and Ice Co v Ansell (1888) 39 Ch D 339 and Furs Ltd v Tomkies (1936) 54 CLR 583. 159 [1979] AC 374 at 380, per Lord Diplock. 160 Regal (Hastings) Ltd v Gulliver [1967] 2 AC 134......
  • Contract administration
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume I - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...(1841) 4 Y & C Ex 475 at 483–484, per Lord Denman CJ [160 Er 1094 at 1097]; and see also Boston Deep Sea Fishing and Ice Co v Ansell (1888) 39 Ch D 339 at 367–368, per Bowen LJ. as to when a proprietary remedy will be available, see Daraydan Holdings Ltd v Solland International Ltd [2005] C......
  • Preliminary Sections
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Nigerian Supreme Court Cases. 1968 Preliminary Sections
    • 12 November 2022
    ...2 All E R 76 193 Bold v. Brough, Nicholson and Hall Ltd, (1964) 1 W.L.R. 201 158 Boston Deep Sea Fishing and Ice Co. v. Ansel! (188) 39 Ch.D. 339. . 113 Braide v. Adoki, 10 N.L.R. 15. 152 Buchler v. Buchler (1947) 1 All E.R. 319. 24 Bullen v. The Swan Electric Engraving Company (1907) 23 T.......
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