Harrods Ltd v Tester

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1937
Year1937
CourtCourt of Appeal
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8 cases
  • Deutsche Schachtbau-und Tiefbohrgesellschaft m.b.H. v R'as al-Khaimah National Oil Company
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 23 June 1988
    ...that some support for Sitco's argument was to be derived from Hirsch v. Coates (1856) 18 C.B. 757, 764, per Willes J., and from Harrods Ltd. v. Tester [1937] 2 All E.R. 236, 242, per Scott L.J. Nevertheless, having regard to the terms of Order 47, r. 1, he concluded that all that was requi......
  • Deutsche Schachtbau-und Tiefbohrgesellschaft m.b.H. v R'as al-Khaimah National Oil Company
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 29 October 1987
    ...Johnson relied on a number of authorities in support of this argument, starting with Roberts v. D'earth (1881) 8 QBD and ending with Harrods, Ltd. v. Tester (1937) 2 All E.R. 236. In the latter case Scott L.J. said at page 7"'Indebted', in that rule, means indebted in the sense not simply ......
  • Teo Siew Har v Lee Kuan Yew
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 16 September 1999
    ...depend on the facts and circumstances of the case. We do not think one can distill such a rule from the cases. In Harrods Ltd v Tester [1937] 2 All ER 236 a husband opened a banking account in the sole name of the wife. The wife gave a mandate authorising the husband to draw on the account.......
  • Banque Indosuez v Madam Sumilan Awal also known as Aw Kim Lan and Others
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 20 January 1998
    ...was opened merely for convenience. The same conclusion was reached in McLean v Vessey [1935] 4 DLR 170 and Harrods, Ltd v Tester [1937] 2 All ER 236, both cases in which Marshall was followed; in Harrods, for instance, the wife had again used the account to pay for household expenses. 74. I......
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