Pearce v Brain

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1929
Date1929
CourtDivisional Court
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3 cases
  • Guinness Mahon and Company Ltd v Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 19 February 1998
    ...that would be a basis on which recovery would be refused. 49 In my view authorities also referred to in Professor Birks' article, such as Pearce v Brain [1929] 2 K.B. 3l0, (a case relating to a contract at that time absolutely void under which an infant had exchanged his motorcycle for a ca......
  • Chaplin v Leslie Frewin (Publishers) Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 25 October 1965
    ...cases of Valenti v. canali (1889) 24 Queen's Bench Division, p. 166: Steinberg v. Scala (Leeds) Limited., 1923, 2 Chancery, p. 452: and Pearce v. Brain, 1929, 2 King's Bench, p. 310. In those cases the infant had taken the benefit of a contract, and afterwards sought to recover the money ......
  • Guinness Mahon & Company Ltd v Kensington and Chelsea Royal Borough Council
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 19 February 1998
    ...4 All ER 890. Linz v Electric Wire Co of Palestine LtdELR[1948] AC 371. Midland Bank Trust Co v GreenELR[1981] AC 513. Pearce v BrainELR[1929] 2 KB 310. Phoenix Life Assurance Co, Re. Burges and Stock's Case (1862) 2 J & H 441, 70 ER 1131; 31 Courts of Chancery NS Rover International Ltd v ......

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