Johnson v Agnew
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judge | Lord Wilberforce,Lord Salmon,Lord Fraser of Tullybelton,Lord Keith of Kinkel,Lord Scarman |
| Judgment Date | 08 March 1979 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1979] UKHL J0308-2 |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Date | 08 March 1979 |
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How to terminate a contract
...Motor Company of Australia Ltd v Arrowcrest Group Pty Ltd [2002] FCA1156; BC200205971 at [28]. 17Above, n 16, at [7]. 18Johnson v Agnew [1980] AC 367 at 392; [1979] ANZ ConvR 237; [1979] 1 All ER 883; [1979] 2 WLR 19McDonald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd (1933) 48 CLR 457; [1933] ALR 381; (1933) 7......
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COVID-19: Checklist – Issuing A Termination Notice Under English Law
...particular rights or obligations survive termination. See: McDonald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd (1933) 48 CLR 457, 476–477; Johnson v Agnew [1980] AC 367, 396; Damon Compania Naviera SA v Hapag-Lloyd Internat ional SA [1985] 1 WLR 435, 450. xviii If the repudiation is accepted as discharging the......
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COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (NOVEMBER 7 – NOVEMBER 10, 2016)
...damages, including those for loss of a business or opportunity, should generally be assessed as of the date of breach: Johnson v. Agnew, [1980] A.C. 367 (H.L.). The general presumption that damages will be assessed as of the date of breach may be subject to exceptions where fairness require......
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Compensation for Harm to Property Interests
...SCCA No 310, damages were assessed at the date of trial for the value of the house less the purchase price. In Johnson v Agnew , [1979] 1 All ER 883 (HL) , the House of Lords held that damages in lieu of specific performance would be assessed at the time the remedy of specific performance w......
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Damages
...examining the nature of this limitation on jurisdiction, see PM McDermott, Equitable Damages (Sydney: Butterworths, 1994) ch 4. 237 [1980] AC 367 [ Johnson ]. And see C Mitchell, “ Johnson v Agnew (1979)” in C Mitchell & P Mitchell, eds, Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract (Oxford: Hart P......
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Specific Performance and Injunctions
...a claim was viable. The fact that specific performance had been awarded did not preclude an alternative claim in damages where the 160 [1980] AC 367. And see, C Mitchell, “ Johnson v Agnew (1979)” in C Mitchell & P Mitchell, eds , Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract (Oxford: Hart Publish......
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Mitigation, Avoided Loss, and Time of Assessment
...were awarded based on the value of the property at the date of the trial. 158 Malhotra v Choudhury , [1980] Ch 52 (CA); Johnson v Agnew , [1980] AC 367 (HL). Mitigation, Avoided Loss, and Time of Assessment 471 for their return. The Supreme Court of Canada rejected this on the basis that th......
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