Morgan v Bain

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1865
Date1865
CourtDivisional Court
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4 cases
  • The ‘STX Mumbai’
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • June 27, 2014
    ...[2008] 1 SLR (R) 663; [2008] 1 SLR 663 (folld) Melanson v Dominion of Canada General Insurance Co [1934] 2 DLR 459 (refd) Morgan v Bain (1874) LR 10 CP 15 (refd) Moschi v Lep Air Services Ltd [1973] AC 331 (not folld) Pitts v Wetzel 498 S W 2 d 27 (Tex Civ App - Austin, 1973) (refd) Progres......
  • The "STX Mumbai"
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • June 27, 2014
    ...should not be conflated. The relationship between insolvency and renunciation of a contract was discussed long ago in Morgan v Bain (1874) L.R. 10 C.P. 15, where the court held that the status of being insolvent does not by itself amount to a renunciation; clear words or conduct manifesting......
  • The "STX Mumbai" and another matter
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • July 24, 2015
    ...observations which, we note, are also amply supported by the old English authority of Morgan and another v Bain and another (1874–75) LR 10 CP 15 that the Judge had considered at [39]–[42] of the GD. Of significance, too, is the Judge’s view that “[i]n well thought-out commercial contracts,......
  • The "STX Mumbai" and another matter
    • Singapore
    • Court of Three Judges (Singapore)
    • July 24, 2015
    ...observations which, we note, are also amply supported by the old English authority of Morgan and another v Bain and another (1874–75) LR 10 CP 15 that the Judge had considered at [39]–[42] of the GD. Of significance, too, is the Judge’s view that “[i]n well thought-out commercial contracts,......
1 books & journal articles
  • Contract Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2014, December 2014
    • December 1, 2014
    ...did not give rise to any actionable repudiation on the part of the defendant: at [33][35]. Indeed, given the authority of Morgan v Bain(1874) LR 10 CP 15, even if it had been asserted (which it had not) that the defendant had been insolvent, the mere fact of insolvency did not, in itself, a......

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