Yeoman's Row Management Ltd and another v Cobbe
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Judge | LORD HOFFMANN,LORD SCOTT OF FOSCOTE,LORD WALKER OF GESTINGTHORPE,LORD BROWN OF EATON-UNDER-HEYWOOD,LORD MANCE |
Judgment Date | 30 July 2008 |
Neutral Citation | [2008] UKHL 55 |
Date | 30 July 2008 |
Court | House of Lords |
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263 cases
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Low Heng Leon Andy v Low Kian Beng Lawrence
...process: at [61]. Chiam Heng Luan v Chiam Heng Hsien [2007] 4 SLR (R) 305; [2007] 4 SLR 305 (folld) Cobbe v Yeoman's Row Management Ltd [2008] 1 WLR 1752 (distd) Gabriel Peter & Partners v Wee Chong Jin [1997] 3 SLR (R) 649; [1998] 1 SLR 374 (folld) Goh Nellie v Goh Lian Teck [2007] 1 SLR (......
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Bernard Saunders and Another v Shadia Hamad AL Himaly and Others (Respondents/Claimants)
...application for summary judgment on 9 March 2016. Second, whether the facts of this case are materially indistinguishable from Cobbe v. Yeoman's Row Management Ltd [2008] UKHL 55, as the judge found, and third, whether the judge was right to grant summary judgment on the pleaded case as it ......
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Alice Kahrmann (as Administrator of the Estate of Rainer Christian Kahrmann) v Hilary Harrison-Morgan
...discussion of the doctrines of constructive trust and proprietary estoppel by the House of Lords in Cobbe v Yeoman's Row Management Ltd [2008] UKHL 55, [2008] 1 WLR 1752. In a later case in the Court of Appeal raising similar issues, Herbert v Doyle [2010] EWCA Civ 1095, [2011] 1 EGLR 1......
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MS Padma Priya Pinisetty (Claimant and Appellant) v Mr Kishore Kumar Manikonda and Mrs Kaveri Manikonda (Defendants and Respondents)
...EWCA Civ 1095 at para. 57 (in which she saw, as a common thread running through the speeches of Lord Scott and Lord Walker in Yeoman's Row Management Ltd v Cobbe [2008] UKHL 55, that if the parties intended to make a formal agreement setting out the terms on which one or more of the partie......
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3 firm's commentaries
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Detrimental Reliance And The Dangers Of Emails: Hudson v Hathway [2022] EWCA Civ 1648
...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......
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Development Agreements: Get Them In Writing
...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......
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Contract formation – prescribed mode of acceptance can be waived by conduct
...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......
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Table of Cases
...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......
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Contract formation
...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 ......
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Specific Performance: Discretionary Defences and Considerations that Affect Discretion
...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......
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Table of cases
...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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