Candler v Crane, Christmas & Company

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1951
Year1951
CourtCourt of Appeal
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  • Hedley Byrne & Company Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 28 May 1963
    ...enquirer which requires him to exercise such care as the circumstances require. 23If that is right, then it must follow that Candler v. Crane, Christmas & Co. [1951] 2 K.B. 164 was wrongly decided. There the plaintiff wanted to see the accounts of a company before deciding to invest in it.......
  • R Rama Chandran v Industrial Court of Malaysia and Another
    • Malaysia
    • Federal Court (Malaysia)
    • Invalid date
  • Ho v Minister for Justice and Others
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 13 June 2012
    ...5.8 J (O) & J (T) (MINORS) v REFUGEE APPLICATIONS CMSR & ORS 2010 3 IR 637 2010/24/5929 2010 IEHC 176 CANDLER v CRANE CHRISTMAS & CO 1951 2 KB 164 1951 1 AER 426 CONSTITUTION ART 35.2 M'ALISTER (ORSE DONOGHUE) v STEVENSON 1932 AC 562 1932 SC (HL) 31 1932 SLT 317 KENNEDY v KILLEEN CORRUGATE......
  • Ministry of Housing and Local Government v Sharp
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 29 January 1970
    ...be expected to rely upon it, see for example, Lord Justice Denning's dissenting judgment in ( Candler v. Crane Christmas & Co. 1951 2 K.B. 164) which was adopted and approved by the House of Lords in Hedley Byrne (supra). I am not, however, troubled by the fact that the present case is,......
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18 books & journal articles
  • Mandatory sentencing for people smuggling: issues of law and policy.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 36 No. 2, August 2012
    • 1 August 2012
    ...and Hayne JJ). (326) Baker v The Queen (2004) 223 CLR 513, 519 [6] (Gleeson CJ). (327) See, eg, Candler v Crane, Christmas & Co [1951] 2 KB 164, 178 (Denning LJ); Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co Ltd [1970] AC 1004, 1032 (Lord Reid); Williams v New York, 127 NE 2d 545, 550 (Froessel J) (NY......
  • REVISITING THE LAW OF CONFIDENCE IN SINGAPORE AND A PROPOSAL FOR A NEW TORT OF MISUSE OF PRIVATE INFORMATION
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2020, December 2020
    • 1 December 2020
    ...[2015] EWCA Civ 311 at [25]; and PJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2016] UKSC 26; [2016] AC 1081. 349 Candler v Crane, Christmas & Co [1951] 2 KB 164 at 178, per Denning LJ (dissenting). 350 Campbell v MGN Ltd [2004] 2 AC 457 at [46], per Lord Hoffmann. See also the Law Commission of England......
  • The emergence of solicitors’ tortious liability and the award of damages
    • United Kingdom
    • Emerald Journal of Financial Crime No. 10-4, October 2003
    • 1 October 2003
    ...[1980] Ch 297; [1979] 3 All ER 580.(14) Megarry VC, Ross v Caunters [1980] 297 at 303.(15) [1932] AC 562.(16) (1861) 4 Macq. 167.(17) [1951] 2 KB 164; [1951] 1 All ER 426.(18) [1964] AC 465.(19) [1980] AC 198.(20) [1966] 1 QB 569; [1965] 3 All ER 560.(21) See SCM (United Kingdom) Ltd v WJ W......
  • The Use of Language in Judgments
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill How Judges Decide Cases: Reading, Writing and Analysing Judgments. 2nd Edition Contents
    • 29 August 2018
    ...AC 555 per Lord Radcliffe at 591–2. 31 Packer v Packer [1953] 2 All ER 127 per Denning LJ at 129. 32 Candler v Crane Christmas & Co [1951] 2 KB 164 per Denning LJ at 178. side there were the timorous souls who were fearful of allowing a new cause of action. On the other side there were the ......
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