Rutherford v Acton-Adams

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1915
Year1915
Date1915
CourtPrivy Council
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31 cases
  • Chong Ah Kwee and Another v Viva Realty Pte Ltd
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 19 March 1990
    ...Ltd [1983] 3 NSWLR 196 (refd) Palmer v Johnson (1884) 13 QBD 351 (refd) Rudd v Lascelles [1900] 1 Ch 815 (folld) Rutherford v Acton-Adams [1915] AC 866 (folld) Sykes v Midland Bank Executor and Trustee Co Ltd [1971] 1 QB 113 (refd) Yeo Brothers Co (Pte) Ltd v Atlas Properties (Pte) Ltd [198......
  • Tan Han Yong v Kwangtung Provincial Bank
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 16 February 1993
    ...this claim fell within s 4.In considering this question, it is of some assistance to look at Duncan Rutherford v William Acton-Adams [1915] AC 866 in which the Privy Council on an appeal from the Court of Appeal of New Zealand held that the right of the purchaser to obtain a decree of speci......
  • Frasers Islington Ltd v The Hanover Trustee Company Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 25 June 2010
    ...the court will usually consider is whether nonetheless the respondent will receive substantially that for which he bargained. In Rutherford v. Acton-Adams [1915] AC 866 at 869–70, Viscount Haldane said this: “In exercising its jurisdiction over specific performance [a] Court of Equity looks......
  • King v Poggioli
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • Invalid date
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4 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive The Law of Equitable Remedies. Second Edition
    • 18 June 2013
    ...196 Rude Native Inc. v. Tyrone T. Resto Lounge, 2010 FC 1278 ................................ 73 Rutherford v. Acton-Adams, [1915] A.C. 866, 113 L.T. 931, 84 L.J.P.C. 238 (P.C.) ............................................................................374, 376 Ruthig v. Stuart Brothers Lt......
  • Specific Performance: Sale of Land
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • 18 November 2023
    ...longer available after the sale has closed. The appropriate action is damages for breach of contract. 165 See Rutherford v Acton-Adams , [1915] AC 866 (PC) [ Rutherford ]. 166 See Bullen v Wilkinson (1912), 3 OWN (CA). 167 See Di Cenzo Construction Co v Glassco (1978), 21 OR (2d) 186 (CA); ......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • 18 November 2023
    ...ONSC 7466, af’d on appeal, 2021 ONCA 880 .................................................................474 Rutherford v Acton-Adams, [1915] AC 866, 113 LT 931, 84 LJPC 238 (PC)..... 524, 527 Ruthig v Stuart Brothers Ltd (1923), 53 OLR 558 (CA) .....................................308 Ruw......
  • Specific Performance: Sale of Land
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive The Law of Equitable Remedies. Second Edition
    • 18 June 2013
    ...had been performed — in this respect, the purchaser can recover damages for loss of bargain. 107 See Rutherford v. Acton-Adams , [1915] A.C. 866 (P.C.) [ Rutherford ]. 108 See Bullen v. Wilkinson (1912), 3 O.W.N. (C.A.). 109 See Di Cenzo Construction Co. v. Glassco (1978), 21 O.R. (2d) 186 ......

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