West v Houghton
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | Common Pleas Division |
| Year | 1878 |
| Date | 1878 |
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2 cases
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Motor Insurers' Bureau of Singapore and another v AM General Insurance Bhd (formerly known as Kurnia Insurans (Malaysia) Bhd) (Liew Voon Fah, third party)
...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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Alfred Mcalpine Construction Ltd v Panatown Ltd
...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 ......
1 books & journal articles
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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) [ ......
