De Francesco v Barnum
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1889 |
| Year | 1889 |
| Court | Chancery Division |
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24 cases
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Geys v Societe Generale, London Branch
...are altogether more sensitive considerations involved than those governing most other more contractual bargains. As Fry LJ put it in De Francesco v Barnum (1890) 45 Ch D 430, 438, the courts are "very unwilling to extend decisions the effect of which is to compel persons who are not desirou......
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4 books & journal articles
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RE-EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUTUAL PROMISES IN CONTRACT LAW.
...Pecuniary Restitution on Breach ofContract (Law Com No 121, 1983) 36-7. (191) Patterson (n 53) 920. (192) De Francesco v Barnum (1890) 45 Ch D 430, 438 (Fry LJ). (193) As to which, see above Part III(B)(1). (194) See also Part III(C) above. (195) The pioneering work establishing relational ......
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Specific Performance of Enlistment Contracts
...the Thirteenth Amendment does not apply, and before international law even forbade slavery. See, e.g. , De Francesco v Barnum, (1890) L.R 45 Ch.D. 430 (U.K.) (“I think the Courts are bound to be jealous, lest they should turn contracts of service into contracts of slavery”). In the United S......
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Specific Performance and Injunctions
...Thus, it is well 121 (1971), 22 DLR (3d) 513 (Ont HCJ). 122 See Section B(3)(b), above in this chapter. 123 De Francesco v Barnum (1890), 45 Ch D 430 at 438, Fry LJ. 124 See, for example, Pickering v Bishop of Ely , above note 90 at 267 (Y & CCC); Page One Records Ltd v Britton , [1968] 1 W......
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The Mutuality and Enforceability of the Employment Contract: Sunrise Brokers LLP v Rodgers
...to tender performance of a contract involving personal service – such as an employment contract.14 14 See De Francesco v Barnum (1890) 45 Ch D 430; Chappell v Times Newspapers Ltd [1975] 2 All ER 233 at 244 per Geoffrey Lane LJ; and Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 ......