Brook v Hook
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1865 |
| Year | 1865 |
| Court | Exchequer |
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3 cases
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Carmen Farrell and Others v Lascelle Reid and Others
...arises as to whether the letter of August 27 2008 from Mrs. Farrell to NCB itself amounts to ratification. In the leading case of Brook v. Hook (1871) L.R.6. Ex. 89, the Headnote reads as follows: The defendant's name was forged, by one Richard Jones, to a joint and several promissory note......
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Causwell v The General Legal Council (ex parte Elizabeth Hartley)
...could, on settled authority, be made good by ratification. Thirdly the Committee relied upon the following dictum of Baron Martin in Brook v Hook (1871) LR 6 Exch 89, at 96: “If a contract be void upon the ground that the party who made it in the name of another had no authority to make it......
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Janice Causwell v General Legal Council (ex parte Elizabeth Hartley)
...be ratified, but the panel put those in the class of criminal acts such as forgery of one's signature as referred to in Brook v Hook (1871) LR 6 Exch 89 or forged promissory notes, which the panel stated could not be ratified, and therefore remained null and void. 23 The Committee examined ......