Cavalier v Pope
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Date | 1906 |
| Court | House of Lords |
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Jones v Bartlett
...on the door. ‘Defects’ 21 For most of this century, the common law in Australia was taken to be as stated by the House of Lords in Cavalier v Pope4. That was a case about a lease of a dilapidated house. The tenant's wife was injured when she fell through the floor. Lord Macnaghten 5 referre......
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Greene v Chelsea Borough Council
...so the Plaintiff, who was no party to the contract, could not recover. For that submission Mr Marven Everett relied upon the case of Cavalier v. Pope, which is reported in 1906 Appeal Cases at page 428. The owner of a dilapidated house contracted with his tenant to repair it, but failed to ......
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Drysdale v Hedges
...presence of the paint did not give rise to a breach of Clause 3.2 and Section 4 of the 1972 Act. Breach of duty at common law. 87 Cavalier v Pope [1906] AC 428 decided that a landlord who lets premises in a dangerous condition owes no duty to remedy the defect and no duty of care to a th......
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Baxter v Camden London Borough Council (No. 2)
...law against letting a tumbledown house; and the tenant's remedy is upon his contract if any." 41 It was applied by the House of Lords in Cavalier v Pope [1906] AC 428 to a claim by a tenant's wife for personal injuries, where the claim was put in a number of ways including nuisance. It has ......
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Defective Premises (Landlord's Liability) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001
...report the Committee concluded that landlords enjoy a degree of immunity stemming from the House of Lords decision inCavalier -v- Pope [1906] AC 428. It felt that whilst this "immunity" was limited by section 4(1) of the Occupiers' Liability Act (Northern Ireland) 1957, the law in Northern ......