Couchman v Hill

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1947
Date1947
CourtCourt of Appeal
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39 cases
  • Mendelssohn v Normand Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 26 February 1969
    ... ... Lord Justice Edmund Davies and ... Lord Justice Phillimore ... In The Supreme Court of Judicature Court of Appeal ... Mr. D.H. HILL-SMITH (instructed by Messrs. Berry mans) appeared on behalf of the Appellant Defendants ... Mr. RICHARD YORKE (instructed by Messrs. Randall Rose & ... In all such cases the man is not allowed to repudiate his representation by reference to a printed condition, see Couchman v. Hill (1947 1 K.B. 554); and Curtis v. Chemical Cleaning and Dyeing Company (1951 1 K.B. 805); and Harling v. Eddy (1951 2 K.B. 739); nor is he ... ...
  • Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Yngevar Hansen-Tangen (trading as H. E. Hansen-Tangen)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 7 October 1976
    ...constitutes a substantial ingredient of the "identity" of the thing sold, and only if it does to treat it as a condition (see Couchman v. Hill [1947] 1 K.B. 554, 559, per Scott L.J.). I would respectfully endorse what was recently said by Roskill L.J. "In principle it is not easy to see why......
  • Harlingdon and Leinster Enterprises Ltd v Christopher Hull Fine Art Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 15 December 1989
    ...where such a common intention can be imputed, the relevant term of the contract will be a condition as opposed to a mere warranty. 68 In Couchman v. Hill (1947) 1 KB 554 (at p.559) Scott L.J. said: "…..as a matter of law, I think every item in a description which constitutes a substantial......
  • The Ship “Hako Endeavour” v Programmed Total Marine Services Pty Ltd (WAD 189 of 2012)
    • Australia
    • Full Federal Court (Australia)
    • Invalid date
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  • Agreements in Writing
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Contracts. Third Edition Formation
    • 4 August 2020
    ...6 DLR (3d) 705 (Sask CA). 207 City and Westminster Properties (1934) Ltd v Mudd , [1959] Ch 129. 208 See, for example, Couchman v Hill , [1947] KB 554; Webster v Higgin , [1948] 2 All ER 127; Harling v Eddy , [1951] 2 KB 739; J Evans & Son (Portsmouth) Ltd v Merzario (Andrea) Ltd , [1976] 1......

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