Yeoman's Row Management Ltd and another v Cobbe

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
JudgeLORD HOFFMANN,LORD SCOTT OF FOSCOTE,LORD WALKER OF GESTINGTHORPE,LORD BROWN OF EATON-UNDER-HEYWOOD,LORD MANCE
Judgment Date30 July 2008
Neutral Citation[2008] UKHL 55
Date30 July 2008
CourtHouse of Lords
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    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 27 March 2023
    ...a number of judicial pronouncements on the limitations of equity including Lord Walker's statement in Cobbe v Yeoman's Row Management Ltd [2008] UKHL 55, 1 WLR 1752 where, referring to equitable estoppel, he said: "[equitable estoppel] it is not a sort of joker or wild card to be used whene......
  • Development Agreements: Get Them In Writing
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 26 November 2008
    ...the demise of the gentleman's agreement. There is a clear lesson to be learned: protect your investment. Get it in writing. Footnote [2008] UKHL 55 The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specifi......
  • Contract formation – prescribed mode of acceptance can be waived by conduct
    • United Kingdom
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    • 30 June 2016
    ...of recognised legal polices, in particular: The need for certainty in commercial contracts (Cobbe v Yeoman's Row Management Ltd [2008] UKHL 55). In commercial dealings "the reasonable expectations of honest sensible business persons must be protected" (RTS Flexible Systems Ltd v Molkerei Al......
23 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill A Practitioner's Guide to Probate Disputes - 2nd edition Contents
    • 29 August 2022
    ...Bristol NHS Trust [2009] EWCA Civ 37, [2010] QB 1, [2009] 3 WLR 118, [2009] 2 All ER 986 139 Yeoman’s Row Management Ltd and Anor v Cobbe [2008] UKHL 55, [2008] 1 WLR 1752, [2008] 4 All ER 713, [2008] WTLR 1461 159 York (Deceased), Re; Stone v Chataway [1997] 4 All ER 907, (1997) 94(33) LSG......
  • Contract formation
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume I - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...paragraph 3.191f. 187 Compare Yaxley v Gotts [2000] Ch 162 at 177–178, per Robert Walker LJ. 188 Cobbe v Yeoman’s Row Management Ltd [2008] 1 WLR 1752 at 1761–1762 [15], per Lord Scott. 189 Stephen Donald Architects Ltd v King (2003) 94 Con LR 1 at 44 [74], per HHJ Seymour QC. 190 Although ......
  • Specific Performance: Discretionary Defences and Considerations that Affect Discretion
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • 18 November 2023
    ...see Cowper-Smith v Morgan , 2017 SCC 61 at para 17 [ Cowper-Smith ]. In the United Kingdom, see Yeoman’s Row Management Ltd v Cobbe , [2008] 4 All ER 713 (HL). 39 Cowper-Smith , above note 38 . Speciic Performance: Discretionary Defences and Considerations 445 sufers a detriment as a result......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • 18 November 2023
    ...747, [2000] OTC 681, [2000] OJ No 3306 (SCJ) ........................................ 583, 584 Yeoman’s Row Management Ltd v Cobbe, [2008] 4 All ER 713, [2008] UKHL 55 ..........................................................................................444 York (Regional Municipality o......
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