Whitworth Street Estates (Manchester) Ltd v James Miller and Partners Ltd
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judge | Lord Reid,Lord Hodson,Lord Guest,Viscount Dilhorne,Lord Wilberforce |
| Judgment Date | 03 March 1970 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1970] UKHL J0303-1 |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Date | 03 March 1970 |
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350 cases
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Lupofresh Ltd v Sapporo Breweries Ltd (A company incorporated under the laws of Japan)
...occurred subsequent to the making of the first four contracts in March 2005. Unlike the common law position, cf James Miller and Partners Limited v Whitworth Street Estates [1970] AC 583, that may not be a bar to reliance on them as indicating, for the purposes of the Rome Convention, the i......
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Wickman Machine Tool Sales Ltd v L. Schuler A.G.
...of actings subsequent to the making of the contract. In my view, this was inconsistent with the decision of this House in Whitworth v. Miller [1970] A.C. 583. We were asked by the Respondent to reconsider that decision on this point and I have done so. As a result I see no reason to change......
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3 firm's commentaries
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Construction & Infrastructure - What's News - 18 December 2013
...(1909) 8 CLR 316. Prenn v Simmonds [1971] 1 WLR 1381. James Miller & Partners Ltd v Whitworth Street Estates (Manchester) Limited [1970] AC 583 Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (1982) 149 CLR 337 Amann Aviation Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (1988) 100 ALR ......
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Admissibility Of Post-Contract Evidence In Canada
...long been deemed inadmissible. See id. at ¶ 43 (citing James Miller & Partners Ltd. v. Whitworth Street Estate (Manchester Ltd.), [1970] A.C. 583 (H.L.), per Lord Reid, at 603; F.L. Shuler A.G. v. Wickman Machine Tool Sales Ltd., [1974] A.C. 235 (H.L.), per Lord Wilberforce, at 261. U.K......
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The Substratum Rule: Does It Matter?
...Trusts & Trustees, Vol. 25, No. 3, April 2019, pp. 277-282. 24. See Witworth Street Estates (Manchester) Ltd v James Miller & Partners [1970] A.C. 583. 25. Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd [2009] UKHL at 26. See Marquis Camden v Inland.Revenue.Commissioners. [1914] 1 K.B in which the Co......
19 books & journal articles
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Choice-of-law Agreements in International Contracts
...to a particular system of law, their intention will prevail"); Whitworth St. Estates (Manchester) Ltd. v. James Miller & Partners Ltd. [1970] AC 583, 603 (H.L.) (Lord Reid); Indian and General Investment Trust, Ltd. v. Borax Consolidated, Ltd. [1920] 1 KB 539, 545; Mackender v. Feldia A.G. ......
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General Principles of Interpretation
...Ltd, [2010] 2 All ER (Comm) 646 (Ch). Compare with Orleans Investments Pty Ltd v MindShare Communications Ltd , [2009] NSWCA 40. 72 [1970] AC 583 (HL). 73 Bank of Montreal v University of Saskatchewan (1953), 9 WWR (NS) 193 (Sask QB). 74 Ibid at 199. See also Adolph Lumber Co v Meadow Creek......
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Table of cases
...185 Whitworth Street Estates (Manchester) Ltd. v. James Miller & Partners Ltd., [1970] A.C. 583 (H.L.)........................................................... 276 Wilkison, Re (1933), [1934] O.R. 6, [1934] 1 D.L.R. 544, [1933] O.J. No. 391 (H.C.J.)..............................................
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General Principles of Interpretation
...there is an Alberta decision expressing scepticism with respect to the approach described by Lambert J.A., 43 the majority view 38 [1970] A.C. 583. 39 Bank of Montreal v. University of Saskatchewan (1953), 9 W.W.R. (N.S.) 193 (Sask. Q.B.). 40 Ibid. at 199. 41 (1978), 95 D.L.R. (3d) 242 (B.C......
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