Perera v Vandiyar
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS,LORD JUSTICE BIRKETT,LORD JUSTICE ROMER |
| Judgment Date | 15 April 1953 |
| Neutral Citation | [1953] EWCA Civ J0415-1 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
| Date | 15 April 1953 |
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17 cases
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McCall v Abelesz
...It covers, therefore, any acts calculated to interfere with the peace or comfort of the tenant, or his family. I think, too, that Perera v. Vandiyar (1953) 1 Weekly Law Reports, at page 672 would be decided differently today. 19 It is now settled that the Court can give damages for the ment......
- Branchett v Beaney
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Kenny v Preen
...As the claim was only in contract and not in tort, punitive or exemplary damages could not properly be awarded: ( Pererav. Vandiya 1953. 1 W. L. R. 672, C. A.). Accordingly there was no ground for awarding any damages other than nominal damages, which I would assess at 40s. 36 The reduction......
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Sheila Ann Grange v Antony Allen Quinn and Another
...eviction of a tenant by a landlord is not a tort. It is a breach of contract, for which the tenant is entitled to claim damages: see Perera v Vandiyar [1953] 1 WLR 672. In that case the plaintiff was the weekly tenant of a flat within the protection of the Rent Restriction Acts. The landlor......
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1 books & journal articles
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Performance, Punishment and the Nature of Contractual Obligation
...to Comparative Law (Oxford: Oxford UniversityPress, 2nd ed, 1992) 504–522.2Addis vGramophone Co Ltd [1909] AC 488; Perera vVandiyar [1953] 1 WLR 672; Vorvis vInsurance Corp of British Columbia [1989] 1 SCR 1085; Restatement (2d) Contracts, s 355 and ch 16,introductory note. See also general......