White and Carter (Councils) Ltd v McGregor
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judge | Lord Reid,Lord Morton of Henryton,,Lord Tucker,Lord Keith of Avonholm,Lord Hodson |
| Judgment Date | 06 December 1961 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1961] UKHL J1206-3 |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Docket Number | No. 1. |
| Date | 06 December 1961 |
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209 cases
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Attica Sea Carriers Corporation v Ferrostaal Poseidon Bulk Reederei G.m.b.H. (Puerto Buitrago)
...sum time - if over - as the repairs are done? 32 The shipowners naturally relied on the decision of the House of Lords in White & Carter Limited. -v- McGregor (1962) A.C. 413. White & Carter were advertising agents who put small advertising plates on to litter bins. They got Mr. McGregor's ......
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Ronnie Thomas v International Motors Ltd
...Page 694; — BERNSTEIN V PAMSON MOTORS (Goldens Green) Ltd. 1987 2 All E.R. 220; — RAM SINGH V BACCHUS (1996) 54 WIR 246; — WHITE & CARTER (COUNCILS), LTD. V MCGREGOR 1961 3 All E.R. 1178; and — GRANT V AUSTRALIAN KNITTING MILLS LTD. 1935 All E.R. 209. 64 Learned Counsel for the Claimant su......
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Blake (Dermott Lewis) and Joan Blake v Keith Hustin
...No. CLS 134/01) (unreported). 16 He submitted, inter alia, that a contract cannot be repudiated by one party. He relied on White & Carter Councils Ltd v McGregor [1962] 2 WLR HL 17, Khatijaban Liva Hasham v Zenab [1960] 2 WLR, Woodar Investment Development Ltd and Wimprey Construction UK Lt......
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Isabella Shipowner Sa v Shagang Shipping Company Ltd
...loss. The Question of Law 5 The issue of law turns on the principles enunciated in the decision of the House of Lords in White and Carter (Councils) Limited v McGregor [1962] AC 413 and a series of authorities following on from that decision. There were two major areas of controversy betw......
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5 firm's commentaries
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How to terminate a contract
...[330]. 14Government of Japan v Global Air Leasing Pty Ltd [2003] QSC 221; BC200303843. 15White and Carter (Councils) Ltd v McGregor [1962] AC 413; [1961] 3 All ER 1178; [1962] SC 1; [1962] 2 WLR 16Ford Motor Company of Australia Ltd v Arrowcrest Group Pty Ltd [2002] FCA1156; BC200205971 at ......
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Good Faith in English Contract Law
...Hospital Services NHS Trust v Compass Group UK and Ireland Trading Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 2003. White & Carter (Councils Ltd) v McGregor [1962] AC 4134. [1993] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 3975. [2015] UKSC 17 a. the term of the contract is long or it is intended to be long term even if it lacks a xed term......
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Isabella Ship-owner - v - Shagang Shipping: 'The Aquafaith'
...and claim damages in respect of the loss. The Law The owner's argument was based on the decision of White & Carter v McGregor [1962] AC 413. In this case it was decided that that where a party to a contract repudiates it and makes it clear that he will not carry out his part of the cont......
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Stop The Clock - Examining Indefinite Demurrage Claims (MSC v Cottonex)
...cases dealing with affirmation as a remedy and repudiation, from Isabella v Aquafaith back to White & Carter Councils Ltd v McGregor [1962] AC 413, [1961] 3 All ER 1178 where Lord Reid held that, once there was no realistic prospect that the shipper would perform its remaining primary o......
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23 books & journal articles
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Contract Law
...and Malaysian Edition (1998) at pp 286—289. 9.44 The controversial House of Lords decision of White and Carter (Councils) Ltd v McGregor[1962] AC 413 is not often considered by the English courts and, a fortiori, the Singapore courts, although one notable exception in the local context is t......
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Specific Performance: Discretionary Defences and Considerations that Affect Discretion
...be required to accept the anticipatory breach and crystallize his loss in damages. See White & Carter (Councils) Ltd v McGregor (1961), [1962] AC 413 (HL). 176 See MacNaughton v Stone , [1949] OR 853 (HCJ) [ MacNaughton ]; Arbutus Garden Homes Ltd v Arbutus Gardens Apartments Corp , [1996] ......
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Mitigation, Avoided Loss, and Time of Assessment
...Com Cas 306 (CA) [ Roth ]. 57 SM Waddams, The Law of Damages , 2d ed, loose-leaf (Aurora, ON: Canada Law Book, 1991–) at para 5.1420. 58 [1962] AC 413 (HL) [ White and Carter ]. REMEDIES: THE LAW OF DAMAGES 444 The general rule cannot be in doubt . . . . If one party to a contract repudiate......
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Table of cases
...252, 262–63 White and Carter (Councils) Ltd v McGregor (1961), [1962] AC 413, [1961] 3 All ER 1178, [1962] 2 WLR 17 (HL) ....................................................................... 443, 444, 445, 446 White v FW Woolworth Co, (1996), 139 Nfld & PEIR 324, 22 CCEL (2d) 110, [1996] ......
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