Bray v Ford
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Judgment Date | 18 December 1895 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1895] UKHL J1218-1 |
Bray
and
Ford.
[1895] UKHL J1218-1
House of Lords
1
After hearing Counsel as well on Monday the 2nd as Tuesday the 3rd days of this instant December, upon the Petition and Appeal of George Bray, of Belmont, Headingley, near Leeds, in the county of York, Gas Lighting Engineer, praying, That the matter of the Judgment and Order set forth in the Schedule thereto, namely, a Judgment of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, of the 2nd of August 1894, and also an Order of Her Majesty's Court of Appeal, of the 10th of November 1894, might be reviewed before Her Majesty the Queen in Her Court of Parliament, and that the said Judgment...
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156 cases
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RGRE Grafton Ltd v Bewley's Café Grafton Street Ltd and Another
...with those of the company. The obligations of Mr. Bewley at the time were governed, inter alia, by decisions such as Bray v. Ford [1896] A.C. 44 para. 51–52 where Lord Herschell had observed: “It is an inflexible rule of a Court of Equity that a person in a fiduciary position, such as the r......
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Barber (Lionel) & Company v Deutsche Bank (Berlin) London Agency
... ... Bray v. Ford [ 1896 ] A. C. 44 and Watt v. Watt [ 1905 ] A. C. 115 distinguished ... Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed ... ...
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Cairns v Modi
...approach to assessing damages in a libel action may perhaps conveniently be summed up in the words of Lord Herschell in Bray v Ford [1896] AC 44, 52 (which had been cited by Laws LJ in Purnell): “The damages cannot be measured by any standard known to the law; they must be determined by a ......
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Guinness Plc v Saunders and Another
...entitled to say to him that he will not give him his property, or proceed to execute the trust, unless he be paid a bonus." 26 In Bray v. Ford [1896] A.C. 44 a solicitor who was a governor of a charitable college charged profit costs for his professional services under the mistaken belief t......
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3 firm's commentaries
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Trustee-beneficiaries: Can They Have The Cake And Eat It Too?
...prophylactic rule; it exists to discourage fiduciaries from preferring their own interests over those of their beneficiaries: Bray v Ford [1896] AC 44. Where trustees have acted in breach of this rule, their purported decision may be voidable at the instance of the prejudiced beneficiary (o......
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Trustee-beneficiaries: Can They Have The Cake And Eat It Too?
...prophylactic rule; it exists to discourage fiduciaries from preferring their own interests over those of their beneficiaries: Bray v Ford [1896] AC 44. Where trustees have acted in breach of this rule, their purported decision may be voidable at the instance of the prejudiced beneficiary (o......
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For Love Nor Money?... A Guide To Trustee Fees, Expenses And Service Agreements
...powers have been reserved or granted by the settlor. This is discussed later in the Guide. 2 The common law and equity. 3 Bray v Ford [1896] A.C. 44. 4 See Carver v Duncan [1985] A.C. 5 In an application of the principle in Saunders v Vautier (1841) 10 L.J. 354. Note that certain jurisdicti......
10 books & journal articles
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Preliminary Sections
...Binney (1936) P. 178; (1936) 2 All E.R. 409. 73 Blay v. Solomon 12 W.A.C.A. 175. 35 Blunt v. Blunt (1943) A.C. 517, 522. 73 Bray v. Ford (1896) A.C. 44, 49 102 Briess v. Woolley (1954) 1 All E.R. 909, 917, 921; (1954) A.C. 333; (1954) 2 W.L.R. 832 62 Clough v. L.N.W.R. L.R. 7 Ex.26, 32, 33,......
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English Influences on the Historical Development of Fiduciary Duties in Scottish Law
...v Hunter (1871) 9 M 756 at 762 per Lord Neaves; before going on to enunciate the following standard English authorities: Bray v Ford [1896] AC 44 at 51 per Lord Herschell; Regal (Hastings) Ltd v Gulliver [1967] 2 AC 134; Boardman v Phipps [1967] 2 AC 46. The consequences of a breach of fidu......
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Preliminary Sections
...299 ...... 78 Becke v. Smith (1836) 2 M & W 191 at p.195. .......93 Beswick v. Smith (1907) 24 T.L.R. 169. ...... 44 Bray v. Ford (1896) A C 44 .............................................................................. 212 Bunny v. Hopkinson (1859) 27 Bear 565: 29 LJ Ch. 93 ........ 2 B......
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Courts 2
...535) 532 at 557. 377 Rules of Court Paras. 1876-1878 1876. Court’s duty to consider case of all parties. “Lord Watson, in Bray v. Ford (1896) A.C. 44, 49 put it thus: - “Every party to a trial by jury has a legal or constitutional right to have the case which he made, either in pursuit or i......
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