St. Albans City and District Council v International Computers Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Civil Division) |
| Judgment Date | 26 July 1996 |
| Date | 26 July 1996 |
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18 cases
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Yuanda (UK) Ltd v WW Gear Construction Ltd
...of the negotiations between the parties; (vi) the extent and duration of the negotiations.” 25 In St Albans City and District Council v International Computers Ltd [1996] 4 All ER 481, Nourse LJ said this, at 491: “So far as material, s 3 of the 1977 Act provides: ‘(1) This section applies ......
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Hadley Design Associates Ltd v The Lord Mayor and Citizens of the City of Westminster
...Ltd. v. Denmac Ltd. [1990] 1 Lloyd's Rep 434. The second was the decision of the Court of Appeal in St. Albans City and District Council v. International Computers Ltd. [1996] 4 All ER 481. In each of those cases it was not disputed that the relevant contracting party had what arguably were......
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University of Wales v London College of Business Ltd
...appears to rest on the party who alleges that s. 3 applies." In St. Albans City and District Council v International Computers Ltd [1996] 4 All ER 481, 490–1, Nourse LJ rejected the submission that one cannot be said to deal on another's standard terms of business if one negotiates with him......
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Computer Associates UK Ltd v The Software Incubator Ltd
...In relation to commercial agents dealing with computer products, especially software, following the case of St Albans City and District Council v. International Computers Ltd software is likely to be seen as “goods” if the software is supplied via a physical medium, but not if it is supplie......
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2 firm's commentaries
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Are Contract Terms Really Binding? Part 1 of 2
...The threshold is therefore high (though note the decision in St Alban's City and District Council v International Computers [1996] 4 All E.R. 481 where a commercial bargain was found to be unreasonable). For a recent example of a limitation clause being found to be reasonable under UCTA, se......
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Allocating Risk In IT Contracts
...can justify and provide supporting evidence for sales claims. Footnotes St. Albans City and District Council v ICL [1995] FSR 686; [1996] 4 All ER 481 Pegler v Wang (UK) Limited (2000) 70 Con LR 68 South West Water v International Computers Limited QBD, Technology and Construction Court, 19......
2 books & journal articles
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Effective Protection for the E-Consumer in light of the Consumer Rights Directive?
...deterred from trading if they had to operate with a high risk of loss. However, the exemption of services which have already begun 85 [1996] 4 ALL E.R. 481 86 Donnelly and White, “The Distance Selling Directives—A Time for Review” (2005) 56(3) Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 200 at 208 87 ......
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ASSESSING THE REASONABLENESS OF EXCEPTION CLAUSES
...12 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act (Cap 396, 1994 Rev Ed). See, eg, St Albans City and District Council v International Computers Ltd [1996] 4 All ER 481; The Flamar Pride [1990] 1 Lloyd‘s Rep 434; The Salvage Association v CAP Financial Services Ltd [1995] FSR 654. 9 [2010] EWHC 720 (TCC)......