West v Houghton
Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
Year | 1878 |
Date | 1878 |
Court | Common Pleas Division |
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...are authorities which say that he could recover only nominal damages, because it is C who has suffered not he: see West v HoughtonELR(1879) 4 CPD 197; Viles v Viles(1939) SASR 164; but cf Drimmie v DaviesIR(1899) 1 IR 176. As Else-Mitchell J remarked in Cathels v Commissioner of Stamp Dutie......
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...a damages claim by the employer on this ground. None was cited in St Martins or Darlington and none has been cited to us. West v. Houghton (1879) 4 C.P.D. 197 was relied upon by Mr Jackson, but the circumstances were entirely different and in our judgment it does not provide a useful guide ......
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Privity of Contract
...B’s claim would 1 Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v Selfridge & Co Ltd , [1915] AC 847 at 853 (HL) [ Dunlop ]. 2 Contrast West v Houghton (1879), 4 CPD 197 (PC) with Lloyd’s v Harper (1880), 16 Ch D 290 at 321 (CA), Lush LJ. In Beswick v Beswick , [1968] AC 58 (HL), aff’g [1966] Ch 538 (CA) [ ......
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Privity of Contract
...would 1 Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co. Ltd. v. Selfridge & Co. Ltd. , [1915] A.C. 847 at 853 (H.L.) [ Dunlop ]. 2 Contrast West v. Houghton (1879), 4 C.P.D. 197 (P.C.) with Lloyd’s v. Harper (1880), 16 Ch. D. 290 at 321 (C.A.), Lush L.J. In Beswick v. Beswick , [1968] A.C. 58 (H.L.), aff’g [1966......
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Privity of Contract
...would 1 Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co. Ltd. v. Selfridge & Co. Ltd. , [1915] A.C. 847 at 853 (H.L.) [ Dunlop ]. 2 Contrast West v. Houghton (1879), 4 C.P.D. 197 (P.C.) with Lloyd’s v. Harper (1880), 16 Ch. D. 290 at 321 (C.A.), Lush L.J. In Beswick v. Beswick , [1968] A.C. 58 (H.L.), aff’g [1966......