Kearley v Thompson

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal
Year1889
Date1889

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  • Jeyaretnam Joshua Benjamin v Indra Krishnan
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 7 August 2001
    ... ... In this regard, he cited in support, inter alia, two cases, Hyman v Hyman [1929] AC 601[1929] All ER Rep 245 and Kearley v Thomson [1890] 24 QBD 742, to argue that in relation to matters of status, the parties cannot contract out of what is provided by the law. He ... ...
  • Arumugam Pillai v Government of Malaysia
    • Malaysia
    • Court of Appeal (Malaysia)
    • Invalid date
  • Re National Benefit Assurance Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • Invalid date
    ... ... & Ald. 335 ; Cope v. Rowlands ( 1836 ) 2 M. & W. 149 ; Brightman & Co., Ld. v. Tate [ 1919 ] 1 K. B. 463 ; and Kearley v. Thomson ( 1890 ) 24 Q. B. D. 742 followed ... Smith v. Mawhood ( 1845 ) 14 M. & W. 452 distinguished ... SUMMONS ... The ... ...
  • Palmer (Garnett) v Prince Golding and Etta Golding (Deceased after litigation commenced)
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 20 December 2000
    ...statutes, the person injured, after the transaction is finished and completed, may bring his action and defeat the contract.' So in Kearley v Thomson (1890) 24 QBD 742.745 Fry L.J. referred to the case of oppressor and oppressed '...in which case usually the oppressed party may recover the ......
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7 books & journal articles
  • VITIATING FACTORS IN CONTRACT LAW — THE INTERACTION OF THEORY AND PRACTICE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1998, December 1998
    • 1 December 1998
    ...eg, Kiriri Cotton Co Ltd v Ranchhoddas Keshavji Dewani[1960] AC 192 and Amar Singh v Kulubya[1964] AC 142. 420 See eg, Kearley v Thomson(1890) 24 QBD 742. 421 See eg, Kearley v Thomson(1890) 24 QBD 742 and Taylor v Bowers(1876) 1 QBD 291, both of which may not, however, be easily reconcilab......
  • REFORMING ILLEGALITY IN PRIVATE LAW
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2009, December 2009
    • 1 December 2009
    ...the parties took any steps to carry it out. [emphasis added] 45 This requirement was laid down authoritatively in Kearley v Thomson(1890) 24 QBD 742. 46 This requirement was particularly emphasised in Bigos v Bousted[1951] 1 All ER 92. See also Parkinson v College of Ambulance Ltd and Harri......
  • Illegality
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Contracts. Third Edition Vitiating Factors
    • 4 August 2020
    ...1 DLR 935 (BCCA). 64 Flexi-Coil Ltd v Smith-Roles Ltd , [1981] 1 FC 632 (TD), aff’d [1982] 1 FC 553 (CA). See also Kearley v Thomson (1890), 24 QBD 742 (CA) (an agreement by a solicitor for a creditor of an insolvent party not to attend at the public examination of the bankrupt and oppose d......
  • Contract Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2001, December 2001
    • 1 December 2001
    ...it nevertheless distinguished the (English) cases cited by the appellant (viz, Hyman v Hyman [1929] AC 601 and Kearley v Thomson(1890) 24 QBD 742) inasmuch as those cases involved private agreements whereas the present case involved an order of court (see generally at 529—530). In other wor......
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