Farrow v Wilson

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1865
CourtCourt of Common Pleas
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3 cases
  • Nokes v Doncaster Amalgamated Collieries
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 20 August 1940
    ...if the contract is between individuals on both sides and X dies, the contract of service is immediately dissolved ( Farrow v. Wilson, L.R. 4, C.P. 744 at p. 746), for A never promised to serve X's personal representative and X could only act as employer when alive. Where a firm consisting o......
  • Graves v Cohen and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of the King's Bench
    • Invalid date
  • Ms Emilia Maria Da Silva Batista v Estate of the late Veronica Janes Addison Cohen and others: 2203098/2019
    • United Kingdom
    • Employment Tribunal
    • 20 December 2019
    ...law the death of one party to a personal contract brings it to an end by operation of law. This was established in Farrow v Wilson 1869 LR 4 CP 744 in the context of the employment of a farm bailiff, in which it was held that in contracts for personal service it is an implied condition that......

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