Morris v Baron & Company
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1918 |
| Court | House of Lords |
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178 cases
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Viscous Global Investment Ltd v Palladium Navigation Corporation
...clause, it will be construed as having only limited effect. The cases on which Mr Kulkarni relied for that proposition (principally Morris v Baron & Co [1917] AC 1 and British & Beningtons Ltd v North Western Cachar Tea Co Ltd [1923] AC 48) were focussed on a very different problem, namely ......
- Noraimi Alias v Rangkaian Hotel Seri Malaysia
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Kilcarne Holdings Ltd v Targetfollow (Birmingham) Ltd
...... Holdings Ltd ("Kilcarne") against Targetfollow (Birmingham) Ltd ("TBL") and its holding company Targetfollow Group Ltd ("TGL"). . 2 The subject-matter of the action ......
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McCausland and Another v Duncan Lawrie Ltd and Another
...signed by both parties was the contract dated 26 January 1995. 43 The law in this regard is made plain in the speech of Lord Parmoor in Morris v. Baron [1918] A.C. 1, where at 39 he referred with approval to the following passage in the judgment of Shearman J. in Williams v. Moss Empires Lt......
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Subcontractors and Defence contracts
...which meant that it could not be relied upon by the respondent. The Court referred to previous authorities in Morris v Baron & Co [1918] AC 1 and Tallerman & Co Pty Ltd v Nathan's Merchandise (Victoria) Pty Ltd (1957) 98 CLR 93 regarding the distinction between Variation and Resciss......
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Dispute resolution
...228 the contractor sought to make a loss and expense claim for prolongation of its works. he owner’s quantity 219 Morris v Baron & Co [1918] AC 1 at 35, per Lord Atkinson. See also Osborn v McDermott [1998] 3 VR 1. 220 Jameson v Central Electricity Generating Board [2000] 1 AC 455 at 474, p......
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Agreements in Writing
...the original agreement become unenforceable. 126 The new arrangements, being oral in nature, were unenforceable. 122 Morris v Baron & Co, [1918] AC 1 (HL) [ Morris ]; Johnson Investments Ltd v Pagritide , [1923] 2 DLR 985 (Alta CA). 123 Goss v Lord Nugent (1833), 5 B & Ad 58, 110 ER 713; Br......
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Consideration and Form
...variations,” 172 but went on to hold that it was unnecessary 169 Raggow v Scougall & Co , ibid at 565. See also Morris v Baron & Co , [1918] AC 1 (HL). 170 2016 ONCA 622. 171 Ibid at para 18. 172 Ibid at para 43. Consideration and Form 271 to do so on the present facts. The meaning of the o......
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Contract Law
...occasion. Form of repudiation 9.58 In the case of Chiam Toon Hong v Ong Soo Yong[2004] SGHC 138, Tan Lee Meng J applied Morris v Baron & Co[1918] AC 1, observing that even though the original contract might have to be in writing, that contract may yet be effectively repudiated in oral form,......
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