Duke of Westminster and Others v Birrane

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date10 November 1994
Date10 November 1994
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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4 cases
  • Malekshad v Howard de Walden Estates Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 5 December 2002
    ...from what I have said that on this question of interpretation I respectfully differ from the view expressed by Nourse LJ in Duke of Westminster v Birrane [1995] QB 262, 270-271. He identified the primary purpose of section 2(2) as follows: "The primary purpose of section 2(2) must have bee......
  • Malekshad v Howard de Walden Estates Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 23 May 2001
    ...are the decision of the House of Lords in Tandon v Trustees of Spurgeons Homes [1982] AC 755 and the decision of this court in Duke of Westminster v Birrane [1995] QB 262. Tandon was mainly concerned with the significance of "reasonably so called" in s.2(1). Birrane was partly concerned wit......
  • Malekshad v Howard de Walden Estates Ltd (No 2)
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 19 December 2003
    ...was under the structure of the mews house. In reaching this conclusion the Judge followed the decision of the Court of Appeal in Duke of Westminster –v—Birrane [1995] QB 262; iii) If the Tenant could have enfranchised the main house, he could not also enfranchise the mews house, as the latt......
  • Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Lactalis Australia Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 16 September 2022
    ...statutory construction the word ‘material’ has been attributed a meaning of ‘significance’. Also, see: Duke of Westminster v Birrane (1995) 3 All ER 416, 422-3, CA. Applying these meanings to the expression ‘material breach’ in the termination clause I consider the expression can be equated......

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