President of the Methodist Conference v Parfitt

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Judgment Date1984
Year1983
Date1984

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16 cases
  • Percy v Church of Scotland Board of National Mission
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 15 December 2005
    ...for services than a contract of service: pages 26-27. 9 The Court of Appeal decision in President of the Methodist Conference v Parfitt [1984] ICR 176 concerned an unfair dismissal claim brought by a Methodist minister. The issue was whether the parties had entered into a contract of servic......
  • Ermogenous v Greek Orthodox Community of Sa Inc.
    • Australia
    • High Court (Australia)
    • 7 March 2002
    ...[4] per Doyle CJ, 575–576 [207] per Bleby J. 27 [1912] 2 Ch 563. 28 [1912] 107 LT 143. 29 [1914] SC 16. 30 [1937] 2 All ER 751. 31 [1984] QB 368. 32 [1986] 1 WLR 323; [1986] 1 All ER 705. 33 [1990] ICR 309. 34 [1992] ICR 435. 35 [1998] ICR 140. 36 [1998] 3 NZLR 513. 37 (1988) 51 DLR (4th) ......
  • New Testament Church of God v Stewart
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 19 October 2007
    ...the court is bound to reject the Tribunal's findings by the decisions of this court in President of the Methodist Conference v Parfitt [1984] ICR 176 and Diocese of Southwark and Others v Coker [1998] ICR 140. Neither case has been overruled, and neither has Davies v Presbyterian Church of ......
  • Colebrooke et Al v The National Insurance Board
    • Bahamas
    • Court of Appeal (Bahamas)
    • 23 November 2010
    ... ... phrase in Davies's case [1986] 1 CR 280 may, as in Davies's and Parfitt's cases, first reflect the general principle already stated and throw ... 2 I agree with the reasons given by the Learned President and my brother Blackman, J.A. for allowing the appeal. However, having ... 22 President of the Methodist Conference v. Parfitt [1984] 1 I.C.R. 176 was decided by the Court of ... ...
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1 books & journal articles
  • ENVISIONING THE JUDICIAL ABOLITION OF THE DOCTRINE OF CONSIDERATION IN SINGAPORE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2011, December 2011
    • 1 December 2011
    ...men and women usually do not intend to create legal rights and obligations”). 211 President of the Methodist Conference v Parfit [1984] QB 368 at 378. 212 [2005] UKHL 73. 213 H G Beale ed, Chitty on Contracts (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 30th Ed, 2008) at para 2-181. 214 New Testament Church o......