Brabant & Company v King
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 1895 |
| Year | 1895 |
| Date | 1895 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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22 cases
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Essa v Divaris
...(1881, 7 Q.B.D. 510). On the facts, the failure to stop the fire from spreading or to save the car is culpa in contract. Brabant v King (1895, A.C. 632 at p. 640) and respondent's failure to perform his contractual duty diligently 1947 (1) SA p759 renders him liable, notwithstanding any exc......
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Ferguson et Al v Caribbean Development (Antigua) Ltd Trading as Jolly Harbour Marina
...[37] An example of the exacting standard of care that is demanded of the bailee is given in the Privy Council case of Brabant & Co v King [1895] AC 632. The headnote from the Brabant case is express and explicit on this point: Where the government, being bailees for hire, stored the appella......
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Table of Cases
...Bowker v Coquihalla Towing Co, [1998] BCJ No 1072 (SC) ......................................... 308 Brabant & Co v King, [1895] AC 632 ............................................................................ 364 Branton v Maritime Moving and Storage Inc, 2003 NLSCTD 156......................
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Bailee Defences and Limitations on Bailee Liability
...the unavailability of an enclosed 122 Ibid at para 9. 123 Ibid at paras 18–22. 124 See reasons of Lord Watson in Brabant & Co v King , [1895] AC 632 at 641–42 as cited in British Motor Corp of Canada Ltd v Ross E Judge Auto Transport Ltd , [1966] NSJ No 11 at para 32 (SC) [ British Motor ].......