Britain v Rossiter
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1883 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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...as identical, but that the Courts should administer both legal and equitable principles. 60 60. Brett L.J. (later Lord Esher) said in Britain v Rossiter (1879) 11 Q.B.D. 123, 129 continued: I think that the true construction of the Judicature Acts is that they confer no new rights; they onl......
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Dakota Packaging Ltd v AGP Manufacturing BV
...requirement was abolished, appeared to hold that the doctrine applied only to contracts for the sale of land. (see Britain v Rossiter (1879) 11 QBD 123; Maddison v Alderson (1883) 8 App. Cas. 467) Palles C.B., on one view, declined to follow these cases in Crowley v O'Sullivan [1900] 2 I.R.......
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Steadman v Steadman
...paragraph 593, different views have from time to time been expressed on this point, that submitted by Mr. Morland being adopted in Britain v. Rossiter (1879) 11 Q. B. D. 123. But Mr. Justice Kay said in McManus v. Cooke (1887) 35 Chancery Division, 681 at 679 that: "Probably it would be mor......
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Tiverton Estates Ltd v Wearwell Ltd
...thereafter sue upon it. It was held that they could. Seeing that the Common Law knew nothing of the doctrine of part performance (see Britain v. Rossiter (1879) 11 QBD 123), these decisions — about the acceptance of a written offer — were very necessary to meet the justice of the case. They......
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Agreements in Writing
...was collateral and independent of the contract to sell the land and, accordingly, fell outside the statute. 39 34 Britain v Rossiter (1879), 11 QBD 123 (CA). 35 See, for example, Law Reform Amendment Act , SBC 1985, c 10, s 8; Statute Law Amendment Act (Government Management and Services), ......