Charrington & Company Ltd v Wooder
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Year | 1914 |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Date | 1914 |
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Buchanan (James) & Company Ltd v Babco Forwarding & Shipping (U.K.) Ltd
...for it is obvious that there may well be more than one market for a commodity, or for goods: see Charrington & Co. Ltd. v. WooderELR [1914] A.C. 71. It was testified by Mr. P. R. Hosp, the financial director of the sellers, that about 85 per cent. of their produce is exported, and that the ......
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Manchester Airport v Radisson Hotel Manchester Limted
...of a transaction when interpreting valuation covenants. In doing so, he relied, in particular, on references to Charrington & Co v Wooder [1914] AC 71, in which the House of Lords admitted evidence about the price of beers charged to tied houses when interpreting the meaning of the words “f......
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Forsikringsaktieselskapet Vesta v Butcher and Others (First Appeal)
...the parties are operating." 58His speech also made reference, at p. 997, to an apt quotation from the speech of Lord Dunedin in Charrington & Co. Ltd. v. Wooder [1914] A.C. 71, 82: "� in order to construe a contract the court is always entitled to be so far instructed by evidence as to b......
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4 books & journal articles
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General Principles of Interpretation
...regard may be had to “evidence of the ‘genesis’ and 8 [1976] 1 WLR 989 (HL) [ Reardon Smith Line ]. See also Charrington & Co v Wooder , [1914] AC 71 at 82–83 (HL), Lord Dunedin. 9 Reardon Smith Line , ibid at 995–96, placing reliance inter alia on Utica City National Bank v Gunn , 118 NE 6......
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General Principles of Interpretation
...role in the interpretation of particular terms. Words often derive 8 [1976] 1 W.L.R. 989 (H.L.). See also Charrington & Co. v. Wooder , [1914] A.C. 71 at 82–83, Lord Dunedin. 9 Reardon Smith Line Ltd . v. Yngvar Hansen-Tangen, ibid. at 995–96, placing reliance inter alia on Utica City Natio......
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A New Thing Under the Sun? The Interpretation of Contract and the ICS Decision
...on to give illustrations, describing as “particularly interesting” the speeches of the House in 1914 in Charrington & Co Ltd v Wooder.2121[1914] AC 71. Among these was a very clear statement by Lord Dunedin:2222At Now, in order to construe a contract the Court is always entitled to be so fa......
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Fraser Davidson, EVIDENCE Edinburgh: W Green & Son Ltd (www.wgreen.co.uk), Scottish Universities Law Institute, 2007. civ + 763 pp. ISBN 9780414014718. £175.
...Inglis, Lord Kinnear and Lord Dunedin. An excellent example is found in the speech of Lord Kinnear in Charrington & Co Ltd v Wooler [1914] AC 71 (at 80). The simple point is that it is essential to know what parties are talking about when they conclude a contract, and it is always competent......