Krell v Henry
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1903 |
| Year | 1903 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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Great Peace Shipping Ltd v Tsavliris Salvage (International) Ltd (Cape Providence)
...state of facts makes the contract something different in kind from the contract in the original state of facts. Thus, in Krell v. Henry [1903] 2 KB 740 (1), Vaughan Williams L.J. finds that the subject of the contract was "rooms to view the procession": the postponement, therefore, made the......
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6 firm's commentaries
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Managing contractual obligations and negotiations during the COVID-19 pandemic
...Suburbs Railway Case) (1982) 149 CLR 337. 5 Compare, for example, Herne Bay Steam Boat Co v Hutton [1903] 2 KB 683 and Krell v Henry [1903] 2 KB 740. 6 Frustrated Contracts Act 1978 (NSW); Frustrated Contracts Act 1988 (SA); Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 (Vic). 7 Davis C......
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Frustrated Contracts In The COVID-19 World
...that it cannot reasonably be said to have been in the contemplation of the parties when the contract was entered into (Krell v. Henry, [1903] 2 K.B. 740). In the context of COVID-19, in most cases, the key questions are likely to be the first and second, being what was the substance of the ......
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The Dekagram 27th March 2023
...the postponement of the coronation operated to frustrate contracts to rent rooms with a view of the coronation procession (Krell v Henry [1903] 2 KB 740, and Chandler v Webster [1904] 1 KB 493), or for a seat on a viewing stand (Buckley v Muller [1903] 2 KB 760). In each of these cases, the......
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COVID-19 And The Doctrine Of Frustration In Hong Kong
...event, but commercially impossible. When King Edward VII cancelled his coronation process in 1902, the defendant in Krell v Henry [1903] 2 KB 740, who hired the plaintiff's flat solely for the purpose of viewing the coronation, declined to pay the balance of the agreed rent. As it was under......
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10 books & journal articles
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Frustration
...2 Taylor v Caldwell (1863), 3 B & S 826, 122 ER 309 (QB). 3 Tsakiroglou & Co v Noblee Thorl GmbH, [1962] AC 93 (HL). 4 Krell v Henry , [1903] 2 KB 740 (CA) [ Krell ]. 5 Metropolitan Water Board v Dick, Kerr & Co Ltd , [1918] AC 119 (HL) [ Metropolitan Water Board ]. 655 THE LAW OF CONTR ACT......
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No Act of God Necessary: Expanding Beyond Louisiana's Force Majeure Doctrine to Imprévision
...extinguishing the entire agreement if the standards are met. 157 148. See MCKENDRICK, supra note 29, at 53. 149. Krell v. Henry [1903] 2 K.B. 740. 150. MCKENDRICK, supra note 29, at 53. 151. See id. 152. See Krell , [1903] 2 K.B. 740. 153. MCKENDRICK, supra note 29, at 32 (listing the moder......
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Gap Filling to Address Changed Circumstances in Contract Law – When It Comes to Losses and Gains, Sharing Is the Fair Solution
...be clear by this point is t hat the problem of changed circumstanc es brings t wo opposing concepts into conict. O n the one hand 48 [1903] 2 KB 74049 75450 Williams v Evans 1978 1 SA 1170 (C); Hare’s Brickfiel ds Ltd v Cape Town City Counci l 1985 1 SA 769 (C); Sonare p (SA) (Pty) Ltd v M......
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Frustration
...Caldwell (1863), 3 B. & S. 826, 122 E.R. 309 (Q.B.). 3 Tsakiroglou & Co. v. Noblee Thorl G.m.b.H., [1962] A.C. 93. 4 Krell v. Henry , [1903] 2 K.B. 740 (C.A.). 5 Metropolitan Water Board v. Dick, Kerr & Co. Ltd. , [1918] A.C. 119 (H.L.). 566 Frustration 567 has not been specifically provid......
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