Hutley v Hutley

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1865
Year1865
CourtCourt of the Queen's Bench
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10 cases
  • Zagora Management Ltd & Others v Zurich Insurance Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 30 January 2019
    ...of maintenance or champerty is unenforceable as between the parties to the contract (see Cole v Booker (1913) 29 TLR 295, at 297 and Hutley v Hutley (1873) LR 8 QB 112). The illegal maintenance of an action is not a defence to the action ( Martell v Consett [1955] Ch 363). [288] Third, th......
  • Campbells Cash and Carry Pty Ltd v Fostif Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 30 August 2006
    ...citing, among other cases, Harrington v Long (1833) 2 My & K 590 [ 39 ER 1069]; Simpson v Lamb (1857) 7 El & Bl 84 [ 119 ER 1179]; Hutley v Hutley (1873) LR 8 QB 112; Rees v De Bernardy [1896] 2 Ch 437; Glegg v Bromley [1912] 3 KB 474. (Footnote continues on next 72Prosser v Edmonds (1835) ......
  • Callery v Gray (Nos 1 and 2)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 27 June 2002
  • Siegfried Adalbert Unruh v Hans-joerg Seeberger And Another
    • Hong Kong
    • Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong)
    • 9 February 2007
    ...that: “A legitimate interest in the outcome of the suit that might justify maintenance will not justify champerty: see Hutley v Hutley (1873) LR 8 QB 112. Champerty can never be justified; there can be no exception to its unlawfulness, and there is no authority to the contrary.” [1982] AC 6......
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