Re Stirrup's Contract
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1961 |
| Year | 1961 |
| Court | Chancery Division |
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42 cases
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EDWARD LEE & Company Ltd v N1 PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS Ltd
...[2003] EWHC 1994 (Ch), [2004] Ch 142; Lord Ranelagh v Melton (1864) 2 Drew & Sm 278; Rye v Rye [1962] AC 496; Stirrup's Contract, In re [1961] 1 WLR 449; Street v Mountford [1985] AC 809; United Scientific v Burnley Council [1978] AC 904 and Weston v Collins (1865) 12 LT 4 considered - Land......
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Harbour Estates Ltd v HSBC Bank Plc
...shall operate not only to convey everything that the person could convey, but also to appoint everything he could appoint." 25 In re Stirrup's Contract [1961] 1 WLR 449 Wilberforce J, dealing with a case where the showing of a good title depended on an assent under seal sufficing where a co......
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PW & Company v Milton Gate Investments Ltd
...than with form. The law on this topic was discussed and applied in characteristically authoritative fashion by Wilberforce J in In re Stirrup's Contract [1961] 1 WLR 449 at 452 to 453. At 453, he quoted Lord Mansfield CJ in Edwards -v- Bail (1777) 2 Cowp. 597 at 600 as saying: "The rules la......
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Barclays Bank Plc v Weeks Legg & Dean (A Firm)
...is in a position, without the possibility of dispute or litigation, to pass that fee simple to the purchaser" 44Re Stirrup's Contract [1961] 1 WLR 449, at p. 454 per Wilberforce J. Where the title shown is less than perfect, the question is whether the risk is "so remote or so shadowy as t......
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