Webster v Bosanquet
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 1912 |
| Date | 1912 |
| Year | 1912 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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66 cases
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Tullett-Prebon Group Ltd v El-Hajjali
...just the situation when it is probable that pre-estimated damage was the true bargain between the parties. (Clydebank case page 11 and Webster v Bosanquet [1912] AC P398)” 36 There is no doubt on the authorities that where the sum stipulated for is extravagant and unconscionable in amount c......
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Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdessi; ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis
...to be decided as a matter of construction, therefore as at the time that it is agreed: Public Works Comr v Hills [1906] AC 368, 376; Webster v Bosanquet [1912] AC 394; Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v New Garage and Motor Co Ltd [1915] AC 79, at pp 86–87 (Lord Dunedin); and Cooden Engineer......
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Murray v Leisureplay Plc
...in 1904, and it was followed by two decisions of the Privy Council, namely Public Works Commissioner v Hills [1906] AC 368 and Webster v Bosanquet [1912] AC 394. The former case was an appeal from the Cape of Good Hope. The advice of the Privy Council was given by Lord Dunedin, who later ......
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E C Investment Holding Pte Ltd v Ridout Residence Pte Ltd
...of the making of the contract, not as at the time of the breach (Public Works Commissioner v Hills[1906] AC 368 and Webster v Bosanquet[1912] AC 394). 4 To assist this task of construction various tests have been suggested, which if applicable to the case under consideration may prove helpf......
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UK Supreme Court clarifies the law on penalties Cavendish Square Holding BC v Talal El Makdessi [2015] UKSC 67
...A.C. 6, and the two decisions of the Privy Council in Commissioner of Public Works v Hills [1906] A.C. 368 and in Webster v Bosanquet [1912] A.C. 394. In addition, their Lordships found support for their conclusion in a number of more recent cases, and in particular in the ‘commercial justi......
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Table of Cases
...[1992] 2 W.L.R. 174, 1 All E.R. 453 (H.L.): 328 We Care Health Services Inc. v. Barter, 103 ACWS (3d) 1134: 345 Webster v. Bosanquet, [1912] A.C. 394 (P.C.): 198 Whiten v. Pilot Insurance Co., [2002] S.C.J. No. 19: 281 Z.I. Pompey Industries v. ECU-Line N.V., [2003]: 314 Zippy Print Enterpr......