Smith, Coney & Barrett v Becker, Gray & Company

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1916
Year1916
CourtCourt of Appeal
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3 cases
  • Harbour Assurance Company (U.K.) Ltd v Kansa General International Insurance Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 28 January 1993
    ... ... 845 ; [ 1973 ] 1 All E.R. 355 ... Smith, Coney & Barrett v. Becker, Gray & Co. [ 1916 ] 2 Ch ... ...
  • Wright v Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Ltd
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 28 July 1994
    ...Plaintiff as one of putting before the Court compelling reasons why he should not be held to his contract. (See also Smith, Coney and Barratt v. Beecher, Gray and Co. [1916] 2 Ch. 86. 58 In The Eleftheries [1970] P.94 the headnote reads in part: “Held (1) That where plaintiffs sued in breac......
  • The Rhodesian Railways Ltd v Mackintosh
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...The Courts will never refuse to stay an action when the case must go to arbitration. See Smith, Coney and Barrett v Becker Gray & Co. (1916, 2 Ch. 86 at p. 101). Our Courts have held that an arbitration clause is always a condition precedent. See King v Harris (1909, T.S. 292 at p. 300). Th......
1 books & journal articles
  • SEPARABILITY, COMPETENCE-COMPETENCE AND THE ARBITRATOR’S JURISDICTION IN SINGAPORE†
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1995, December 1995
    • 1 December 1995
    ...Rachel Launders, “Separability — the Indestructible Arbitration Clause”(1994) 10 Arb Int’l 77 at 82—6; Rosen, supra, n 11, at 627—35. 19 [1916] 2 Ch 86 (CA). 20 (1942) 72 L1 L Rep 65 (HL). 21 Supra, n 20, at 75. 22 Ibid, at 77 col 2. See also Lord Porter’s comments at 85. 23 [1981] 1 Lloyd’......

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