Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtKing's Bench Division
Judgment Date1947
Year1947
Date1947

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    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2002, December 2002
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    ...observed (at [5]) that: “This principle was developed from the English case of Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd[1947] KB 130… to prevent injustice in certain instances of gratuitous promises and the issue in such cases concerns the lack of consideration for a contrac......
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    ...70; . . . 22 Burford v. Burford (1955) 3 All E.R. 664; 99 Sol. Jo. 834. 171 Central London Property Trust Ltd. v. High Trees House Ltd. (1947) K.B. 130; (1956) 1 All E.R. 256; n.; (1947) L.J.R. 77; 175 L.T. 332; 62 T.L.R. 557. 425 Churchill & Sim v. Goddard, (1937) 1 K.B. 92; (1936) 1 All. ......
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    ...because it is a benefit to the person to whom it is given" at 319) and Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd, [1947] 1 KB 130, 1 All ER 256 (using promissory estoppel to enforce a consideration-free variation of a contract). See also Alfred T Denning, "Recent Developments......
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    ...In other cases, however, the doctrine may be relied on by a plaintiff. 9 What is common to these situations, however, is that 5 [1947] 1 KB 130 [ High Trees ]. 6 (1877), 2 App Cas 439 (HL) [ Hughes ]. 7 Ibid at 448. 8 Charles Rickards Ltd v Oppenheim , [1950] 1 KB 616 (CA) [ Charles Rickard......
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