Manchester Ship Canal Company v Manchester Racecourse Company

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1900
CourtChancery Division
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30 cases
  • Sefton v Tophams Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 28 Mayo 1965
    ...Tophams and Capital have entered into a lawful contract which an injunction against Tophams will bring to an end (see Manchester Ship Canal Co. v. Manchester Racecourse Co. 1901 2 Chancery 37). An injunction therefore should lie but it is agreed that it requires some modification. 25 The se......
  • Aga Khan v Firestone
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 1 Enero 1992
    ... ... , THE PRINCIPLE 1889 14 PD 64 MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL CO V MANCHESTER RACECOURSE CO 1909 2 ... J.G. O'Connor and Company Solicitors and Mr. and Mrs. Firestone had used ... ...
  • Pritchard v Briggs
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 11 Abril 1979
    ...by the agreement". 47 Turning to English authority there is the extremely important and controversial case of Manchester Ship Canal Company -v- Manchester Racecourse Company, (1900) 2 Chancery 352 at first instance, and (1901)2 Chancery, 37 in. the Court of Appeal and three, or perhaps I sh......
  • Fawcett Properties Ltd v Buckingham County Council
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 26 Octubre 1960
    ...at all with them, I should be bound to find some meaning and not to declare them void for uncertainty", 67 see Manchester Ship Canal Co. v. Manchester Racecourse Co. [1900] 2 Ch. 352at pages 360–1. Following the guidance of these authorities I should have thought it quite impossible to sugg......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Land Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 Diciembre 2008
    ...approach which was espoused more than a hundred years ago by Farwell J [in Manchester Ship Canal Company v Manchester Racecourse Company[1900] 2 Ch 352 at 366] and later followed by Walton J in Pritchard v Briggs… 18.26 However, as the basis for the lodgement of the caveat was entirely wron......

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