Kemble v Farren

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date13 June 1829
Date13 June 1829
CourtCourt of Common Pleas

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75 cases
  • Jobson v Johnson
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 25 May 1988
    ... ... The result under the Act was explained by Tindal C.J. in Kemble v. Farren (1829) 6 Bing 141 at 148 as follows: "But that a very large sum should become immediately payable in consequence of the ... ...
  • Murray v Leisureplay Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 28 July 2005
    ...of a breach of contract ( Robophone v Faciliites v Blank [1966] 1 WLR 1428 per Diplock LJ at 1447) and of avoiding disputes ( ( Kemble v Farren 1829 6 Bing 141 per Tindal CJ at 148). They also include the statements to the effect that a clause will only be held to be a penalty if the sum pa......
  • Lordsvale Finance Plc v Bank of Zambia
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 20 March 1996
    ...ER 313. Herbert v Salisbury and Yeovil Railway CoELR (1866) LR 2 Eq 221. Holles (Lady) v WyseENR (1693) 2 Vern 289; 23 ER 787. Kemble v FarrenENR (1829) 6 Bing 141; 30 ER 1234. Ruskin v Griffiths (1959) 269 F 2d 827. Scarf v JardineELR (1882) 7 App Cas 345. Strode v ParkerENRENR (1694) 2 Ve......
  • Stockloser v Johnson
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 12 February 1954
    ...for royalties was exhausted. 11Many authorities were cited to the learned Judge. It was contended that the penalty law as laid down in Kemble v. Farrant (6 Bingham, 141), Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company Limited v. New Garage & Motor Company Limited (1915 Appeal Cases, page 79) had no app......
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3 books & journal articles
  • Restitution
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2007, December 2007
    • 1 December 2007
    ...equity and statute, the common law fashioned its own rules after equity. The pre-Judicature common law is exemplified in Kemble v Farren(1829) 6 Bing 141 at 148; 130 ER 1234 at 1237 where Tindal CJ said: If therefore on the one hand the Plaintiff had neglected to make a single payment of £3......
  • Lecture SINGAPORE ACADEMY OF LAW DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER LECTURE 2017 – “THE DOCTRINE OF PENALTIES IN MODERN CONTRACT LAW” *
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2018, December 2018
    • 1 December 2018
    ...1172 at 1194; [2015] UKSC 67 at [8], per Lord Neuberger and Lord Sumption. 37 Astley v Weldon (1801) 2 Bos & P 346. 38 Kemble v Farren (1829) 6 Bing 141. 39 Cavendish Square Holding BV v Makdessi; ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis[2016] AC 1172 at 1194; [2015] UKSC 67 at [8], per Lord Neuberger and L......
  • DISTINCTION BETWEEN 'LIQUIDATED DAMAGES' AND 'PENALTY
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Sasegbon’s Judicial Dictionary of Nigerian Law. First edition D
    • 6 February 2019
    ...only in not paying a sum of money, and the sum stipulated is a sum greater than the sum which ought to have been paid (Kemble v. Farren 6 Bing 141). This though one of the most ancient instances is truly a corollary to the last test Whether it had its historical origin in the doctrine of th......