Globe Motors, Inc. (a corporation incorporated in Delaware, USA) and Others v TRW Lucas Varity Electric Steering Ltd (First Defendant/Appellant) TRW Ltd (Second Defendant)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLord Justice Beatson,Lord Justice Underhill,Lord Justice Moore-Bick
Judgment Date20 April 2016
Neutral Citation[2016] EWCA Civ 396
Docket NumberCase No: A3/2015/0017
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Date20 April 2016
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46 cases
  • Four Marketing Ltd v David Frederick Bradshaw
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 20 December 2016
    ...be taken by the Court to interpretation. The principles were re-stated by the Court of Appeal recently in Globe Motors Inc. (and others) v TRW Lucas Varity Electric Steering Limited [2016] EWCA Civ 396 at [56] to [60], where Beatson LJ, giving the lead judgment, said as follows: "(a) The a......
  • Kieran Looney & Associates (Partnership) and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • First Tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber)
    • 16 October 2018
    ...authority and overrules earlier judgments of the Court of Appeal such as Globe Motors Inc v TRW Lucas Variety Electric Steering Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 396, para. 101–107, relied upon on behalf of Mr Looney, which suggested that such clauses may be ineffective. Second issue – termination paymen......
  • Zvi Construction Company LLC v The University of Notre Dame (USA) in England
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 2 August 2016
    ...Portugal-Materail Electrico Para A Industria Automovel LDA and (3) Safran USA Inc v TRW Lucas Varity Electric Steering Ltd and others [2016] EWCA Civ 396. 72 The action concerned an exclusive supply agreement. Article 6.3 provided as follows: "6.3 Entire Agreement; Amendment: This Agreement......
  • General Nutrition Investment Company v Holland and Barrett International Ltd (formerly known as Nbty Europe Ltd) and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 7 April 2017
    ...the implied duty of trust and confidence between employer and employee) and to Yam Seng at [120] to [131]. ii) In Globe Motors Inc v TRW Lucas Varity Electric Steering Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 396, the Court of Appeal had something to say about Yam Seng: see Beatson LJ at [67]. Mr Bloch submits......
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27 firm's commentaries
  • Good Faith in English Contract Law
    • United States
    • JD Supra United States
    • 1 March 2022
    ...UKSC 728. Monde Petroleum SA v Westernzagros Ltd [2016] EWHC 1472 (Comm)9. Globe Motors v TRW Lucas Varity Electric Steering Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 39610. [2019] EWHC 606 (QB)11. [2019] EWHC 2322 (Ch)12. Teesside Gas Transportation v CATS North Sea [2019] EWHC 1220 (Comm)13. [2018] EWHC 333 (C......
  • Contractual duties of good faith in "relational contracts"
    • United Kingdom
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    • 6 September 2019
    ...Groundschool Ltd v Intelligent Data Capture Ltd [2014] EWHC 2145 13Globe Motors Inc v TRW Lucas Variety Electricity Steering Ltd [2016] 1 CLC 712 at [View source.] Rebecca CampbellJames Hart...
  • Future-Proofing Your Contracts – ‘Anti-Oral Variation' Clauses Require Some Further Thought
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 4 August 2016
    ...a matter of some uncertainty under English law, two recent decisions (Globe Motors Inc. v. TRW Lucas Varity Electric Steering Ltd. [2016] EWCA Civ 396 and MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd. v. Rock Advertising Ltd. [2016] EWCA Civ 553) have thankfully provided some valuable guidance for tho......
  • The English Courts Broaden The Scope For The Oral Variation Of Contracts
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 17 May 2017
    ...signed by both parties - do not necessarily prevent an informal variation: Globe Motors Inc v TRW Lucas Varity Electric Steering Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 396: a Court of Appeal decision relating to a long term contract for the supply of automotive industry products. Beatson LJ commented that "in......
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9 books & journal articles
  • Litigation
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume III - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...per Jackson J (appeal allowed, on other grounds [2010] EWCA Civ 139); Globe Motors, Inc v TRW Lucas Varity Electric Steering Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 396 at [92], per Beatson LJ. Compare R (Factortame Ltd) v Secretary of State (No 8) [2003] QB 381 at 408 [63]–411 [73], per Lord Phillips; Norbroo......
  • Variations
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume II - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...Ltd v Protean Power Pty Ltd [2009] WaSC 333 at [69]–[77], per Le Miere J; Globe Motors, Inc v TRW Lucas Varity Electric Steering Ltd [2016] EWCa Civ 396 at [99]–[113], per Beatson LJ; Connect Plus (M25) Ltd v Highways England Co Ltd [2018] EWhC 140 (TCC) at [169], per O’Farrell J; Cenric Gr......
  • Agreements in Writing
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Contracts. Third Edition Formation
    • 4 August 2020
    ...(QB), [2015] 1 AII ER (Comm) 204 (clause ineffective). 129 Globe Motors, Inc & Ors v TRW Lucas Varity Electronic Steering Ltd & Anor , [2016] EWCA Civ 396 (CA), [2017] 1 All ER (Comm) 601 at paras 95–115, Beatson LJ. 130 See GEC Marconi Systems Pty Ltd v BHP Information Technologies , [2003......
  • Contract Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2018, December 2018
    • 1 December 2018
    ...3 SLR(R) 1029. 44 [2019] 1 SLR 10. 45 Bumi Armada Offshore Holdings Ltd v Tozz Srl [2019] 1 SLR 10 at [22]. 46 [2018] SGHC 61. 47 [2016] EWCA Civ 396 at [95]–[113]. 48 [2016] EWCA Civ 553 at [34]. 49 Sean Wilken & Karim Ghaly, The Law of Waiver, Variation, and Estoppel (Oxford University Pr......
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