Williamson v John I. Thornycroft & Company Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1940
Date1940
CourtCourt of Appeal
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18 cases
  • Whitehead v Searle and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 4 April 2008
    ... ... of WordWave International Limited A Merrill Communications Company 190 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2AG Tel No: 020 7404 1400 Fax No: 020 7831 ... the cases cited, other illustrations of its application are Williamson v.John I. Thorneycroft & Co. Ld [1940] 2 KB 648 ; Baker v. Willoughby ... ...
  • Shell U.K. Ltd v Lostock Garage Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 June 1976
    ...The facts are known. The Court never speculates as to what may happen when it knows, for certain what has happened - see Williamson v. Thornycroft & Co. (1940) 2 King's Bench 658. The Court should, therefore, not enforce a covenant in restraint of trade if circumstances afterwards arise in ......
  • Htw Valuers (Central Qld) Pty Ltd v Astonland Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 12 November 2004
    ...48 Peek v Derry (1887) 37 Ch D 541 at 594 per Sir James Hannen. 49 Peek v Derry (1887) 37 Ch D 541 at 591 per Cotton LJ. 54 Williamson v John I Thornycroft & Co Ltd [1940] 2 KB 50 Potts v Miller (1940) 64 CLR 282 at 299 per Dixon J. 51 (1887) 37 Ch D 541 at 594. See also Gould v Vaggelas (......
  • Carslogie Steamship Company Ltd v Royal Norwegian Government Represented by the Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 29 November 1951
    ... ... 426 it was applied to a claim for statutory compensation. In Williamson v. Thorneycroft [1940] A.E.R. 61 the Court of Appeal applied it when a widow claiming under Lord ... ...
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  • What does it mean to suffer loss? Haxton v Philips Electronics
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 77-6, November 2014
    • 1 November 2014
    ...Rights (Oxford: OUP, 2007) 140.29 Baker vWilloughby n 9 above, 479G. See also Curwen vJames [1963] 1 WLR 748; Williamson vThornycroft [1940] 2 KB 658, 660 per Du Parcq LJ; The Kingsway [1918] P 344, 362.Achas K. Burin© 2014 The Author. The Modern Law Review © 2014 The Modern Law Review Limi......

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