Cook v Gillard

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1852
Date1852
CourtHigh Court
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6 cases
  • Ralph Hume Garry (A Firm) v Gwillim
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 Octubre 2002
    ...to defeat just claims upon a pretence of a defect of form in respect of which they had no real interest 24 The next case of interest was Cook v Gillard (1852) 1 E. & B. 26. It does merit reading because it contains a careful analysis of a large number of the authorities and so I shall cite ......
  • JWR Pte Ltd v Syn Kok Kay (trading as Patrick Chin Syn & Co)
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 24 Octubre 2019
    ...can we get from this trilogy of cases [Keene v Ward (1849) 13 QB 515, John Haigh v John Ousey (1857) 7 El & Bl 578 and Cook v Gillard (1852) 1 E & B 26] where the dispute arose in contentious business not because of any insufficiency in the description of the work done but because of a want......
  • Ho Cheng Lay v Low Yong Sen
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 9 Marzo 2009
    ...1 WLR 510 where Ward LJ stated: 31 What help can we get from this trilogy of cases [Keene v Ward, Haigh v Ousey and Cook v Gillard (1852) 1 E & B 26] where the dispute arose in contentious business not because of any insufficiency in the description of the work done but because of a want of......
  • Carter-Ruck (A Firm) v Shahrokh Mireskandari
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 21 Enero 2011
    ...Ward LJ indicated, at paragraph 63, that he accepted the principle expressed in the judgment of Lord Campbell CJ in Cook v Gillard (1852) 1 E. & B.26 that: 135 "The defendant who undertakes to prove that the bill is not a bona fide compliance with the Act [then the Solicitors Act 136 1843] ......
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