British Movietonews Ltd v London and District Cinemas Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1950
Year1950
CourtCourt of Appeal
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12 cases
  • Khau Daw Yau v Kin Nam Realty Development Sdn Bhd
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 1983
  • Staffordshire Area Health Authority v South Staffordshire Waterworks Company
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 2 May 1978
    ...take a hand and hold that the contract ceases to bind. Such was the rule which I suggested long ago in the British Movietone case (1951) 1 King's Bench 190 without success at that time: but which seems to have come into its own now. 41 CONTRACTS WHICH CONTAIN NO PROVISION FOR DETERMINATION ......
  • Sang v Sudeall et Al
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 30 June 1988
    ...ever since. 3 Wolfe, J., founding himself on dicta by Denning, L.J., in British Movietonews Ltd. v. London & District Cinemas Ltd. [1950] 2 All E.R. 390 at 395; [1951] 1 K.B. 55 to the effect that the Court qualifies the literal meaning of the words in a written contract so as to bring the......
  • Nedbank Ltd and Others v National Credit Regulator and Another
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...H England Bank Polski v K J Mulder & Co [1942] 1 All ER 396 (CA): referred to British Movietonews Ltd v London and District Cinemas Ltd [1951] 1 KB 190: referred to. Unreported cases I Mercedes Benz Financial Services SA (Pty) Ltd v Viljoen (North Gauteng case No 18995/09, 19 November 2009)......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Tyrannical masters no more? Promissory insurance warranties after Viking Inshore Fishing (Pty) Ltd v Mutual & Federal Insurance Co Ltd
    • South Africa
    • Stellenbosch Law Review No. , January 2020
    • 31 January 2020
    ...is the afr mative warranty, where an insured guarant ees the truth of 1 British Movie tonews Ltd v London a nd District Cine mas Ltd [1951] 1 KB 190 (CA) 2012 2016 6 SA 335 (SCA)3 For a discussion of the la w on contract ual warr anties gener ally, see GB Bradf ield Christi e’s Law of Cont......
  • Frustration
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Contracts. Third Edition Vitiating Factors
    • 4 August 2020
    ...AC 265 [ Denny, Mott & Dickson ]; Lord Wright, Legal Essays and Addresses (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939) at 258–59. 23 [1951] 1 KB 190 (CA), rev’d [1952] AC 166 (HL) [ British Movietonews ]. 24 Ibid at 200 (CA). 25 Ibid at 183–86 (HL), Viscount Simon. See also ibid at 187 (HL......

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