Wickman Machine Tool Sales Ltd v L. Schuler A.G.

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
JudgeLord Reid,Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest,Lord Wilberforce,Lord Simon of Glaisdale,Lord Kilbrandon
Judgment Date04 April 1973
Judgment citation (vLex)[1973] UKHL J0404-2
CourtHouse of Lords
Date04 April 1973
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8 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (December 20-24, 2021)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 30 d4 Dezembro d4 2021
    ...Capital Corp. v. Equitable Trust Co., 2016 SCC 19, Bhasin v. Hrynew, 2014 SCC 71, Schuler A.G. v. Wickman Machine Tool Sales Ltd., [1974] A.C. 235 (H.L.) Foxgate Development Inc. v. Jane Doe, 2021 ONCA 910 Keywords: Civil Procedure, Procedural and Natural Justice, Contempt, Sanctions, Abuse......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (December 20-24, 2021)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 30 d4 Dezembro d4 2021
    ...Capital Corp. v. Equitable Trust Co., 2016 SCC 19, Bhasin v. Hrynew, 2014 SCC 71, Schuler A.G. v. Wickman Machine Tool Sales Ltd., [1974] A.C. 235 (H.L.) Foxgate Development Inc. v. Jane Doe, 2021 ONCA 910 Keywords: Civil Procedure, Procedural and Natural Justice, Contempt, Sanctions, Abuse......
  • COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (DECEMBER 20-24, 2021)
    • United States
    • LexBlog United States
    • 27 d1 Dezembro d1 2021
    ...Capital Corp. v. Equitable Trust Co., 2016 SCC 19, Bhasin v. Hrynew, 2014 SCC 71, Schuler A.G. v. Wickman Machine Tool Sales Ltd., [1974] A.C. 235 (H.L.) Foxgate Development Inc. v. Jane Doe, 2021 ONCA 910 Keywords: Civil Procedure, Procedural and Natural Justice, Contempt, Sanctions, Abus......
  • Shareholder Disputes
    • Ireland
    • Mondaq Ireland
    • 23 d3 Agosto d3 2017
    ...which would produce a more commercially reasonable result, relying on Lord Reid in L Schuler AG v Wickman Machine Tools Sales [1974] AC 235 and more recently Lord Clarke in Rainy Sky v Kookmin Bank [2011] 1 WLR The court held that when the clauses were construed alongside one another, the c......
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18 books & journal articles
  • RE-EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUTUAL PROMISES IN CONTRACT LAW.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 45 No. 2, April 2022
    • 1 d5 Abril d5 2022
    ...Clarity and Discipline' (2018) 134 (January) Law Quarterly Review 117, 127. (121) See, eg, L Schuler AG v Wickman Machine Tool Sales Ltd [1974] AC 235; Bremer HandelsgesellschanmbH v Vanden Avenne-Izegem PVBA [1978] 2 Lloyd's Rep 109 (122) As noted by Roskill LJ in The Hansa Nord (n 24) 71:......
  • Case Notes on Contracts of Guarantee
    • Ireland
    • Hibernian Law Journal No. 12-2013, January 2013
    • 1 d2 Janeiro d2 2013
    ...most) a reserve or auxiliary rule applicable only in cases of genuine ambiguity. 16 10 Wickman Machine Tools Sales Limited v Schuler AG [1974] A.C. 235 11 Ibid , p.251 12 The Antaios [1984] A.C. 191, at p. 201. As it was put by Keane J in Rohan Construction Ltd v Insurance Corporation of Ir......
  • Contract Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2002, December 2002
    • 1 d0 Dezembro d0 2002
    ...v Oakwell Engineering Ltd[2002] 2 SLR 308, referred (at [29]) to Lord Reid”s observation in L Schuler AG v Wickman Machine Tool Sales Ltd[1974] AC 235 at 251, as follows: “The fact that a particular construction leads to a very unreasonable result must be a relevant consideration. The more ......
  • Contract Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2003, December 2003
    • 1 d1 Dezembro d1 2003
    ...events cannot be utilised to construe the contract (citing the House of Lords decision in L Schuler AG v Wickman Machine Tool Sales Ltd[1974] AC 235 at 261 and 263; reference may also be made, in this regard, to the Singapore High Court decision of Encylocom Education Pty Ltd v Horizoneduco......
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