Duck v Mayeu

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1892
Year1892
CourtCourt of Appeal
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  • ACC Bank Plc v Malocco
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 7 February 2000
    ...LAW OF CONTRACT 9ED 527 CUTLER V MCPHAIL 1962 2 QB 292 CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 1961 S17(1) MURPHY V J DONOHOE LTD 1993 IR 527 DUCK V MAYEU 1892 2 QB 511 CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 1961 S17(2) CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 1961 S35(1)(h) KERR ON CIVIL LIABILITY ACTS 1961–1964 39 WILLIAMS JOINT TORTS & CONTRIBU......
  • Murphy v J. Donohoe Ltd
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 1 January 1993
    ...LIABILITY ACT 1961 S16(2) CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 1961 S35(1)(h) CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 1961 S22 MERRYWEATHER V NIXAN 101 ER 1337 DUCK V MAYEU 1892 2 QB 511 CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 1961 S17(1) CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 1961 S17(2) CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 1961 S16(3) CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 1961 S35 Synopsis: ACTIO......
  • Gladman Commercial Properties v 1.) Fisher Hargreaves Proctor and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 14 November 2013
    ...cause of action intact, so that all joint tortfeasors outside the benefit of the covenant remained vulnerable to further proceedings: see Duck v Mayeu [1892] 2 QB 24 In the Watts case, this court recognised an additional exception, namely where the agreement for the release of one (or more......
  • Bryanston Finance Ltd v de Vries
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 14 February 1975
    ...I do not think that it should depend on whether the sum was paid under a covenant not to sue or a release, such as was discussed in Duck v. Mayeu (1892) 2 Q. B. 511; and Cutler v. McPhail (1962) 2 W. L. R. 1135. That is an arid and technical distinction without any merits. It is a trap into......
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