Merryweather v Nixan
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 1799 |
| Year | 1799 |
| Date | 1799 |
| Court | King's Bench Division |
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31 cases
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Lister v Romford Ice and Cold Storage Company Ltd
...fifth Edition, reads: " (1799) 8 T.R., 186: a decision of Lord Kenyon, C.J., which was much criticised later" – this is speaking of Herryweather v. Nixon – "both in and out of the Courts, but mainly because the Chief Justice was regarded as having decided that there never can be contributio......
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Mark Stephen Hotchin v The New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Ltd
...not apply if a tortfeasor is seeking contribution from a person who is not a tortfeasor (and, unless the rule in Merryweather v Nixan (1799) 8 D & E 186, 101 ER 1337 (KB) is overruled, neither is equitable contribution available). Nor does the 1936 NZ Act apply to non tortfeasors seeking co......
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Iarnnód Éireann v Ireland
...General [1986] I.L.R.M. 136. In re The Matrimonial Home Bill, 1993 [1994] 1 I.R. 305; [1994] 1 I.L.R.M. 241. Merryweather v. Nixan (1799) 8 Term Rep. 186; 101 E.R. 1337. The Mirafloras and The Abadesa [1967] 1 A.C. 826; [1967] 2 W.L.R. 806; [1967] 1 All E.R. 672; 111 Sol. Jo. 211; [1967] 1 ......
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Defender Ltd v HSBC France (1), Defender Ltd v HSBC France (2)
...rule, but rather to build upon the provisions of the Tortfeasor's Act 1951 and reverse the principle in Merryweather v. Nixan (1799) 8 T.R. 186, 101 E.R 1337: namely, that if one defendant in tort satisfied the plaintiff's judgment, or was the subject of execution by the plaintiff for the ......
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1 books & journal articles
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Contribution between Wrongdoers - Is the Damage Sufficiently Related?
...There is still, however, the control that the contribution parties must each be liable for the same damage. 4 Merryweather v Nixan (1799) 8 Term Rep. 186. 14 [Vol 28, 2021] It is, in that respect, important to be aware that the history of the current legislation in England provided little, ......