Privity of Contract
These notes cover the concept of the Privity of Contract. It looks at the key concepts and the specific cases that establish the principle and its exceptions. Each case in Privity of Contract is summed up into a concise summary so that students can quickly understand the most important facts. The notes focus on the ratio of the case, i.e. the reason for the decision, and how the case arrives out of the general principle. There are also comments on how the case should be used to give advice.
Cases
Definition
Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v Selfridge & Co Ltd [1915] AC 847
Tweddle v Atkinson (1861) 1 B & S 393
Rights of Third Parties Act 1999
Nisshin Shipping Co Ltd v Cleaves and Co [2003] EWHC 2602 (Comm), [2004] 1 All ER (Comm) 481
Remedies for Third Parties: The Exceptions
Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562, H
Shanklin Pier v Detel Products Ltd [1951] 2 KB 854
Clarke v Dunraven [1897] AC 59
Scruttons v Midland Silicones [1962] AC 446
New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd v Satterthwaite & Co Ltd (The Eurymedon) [1975] AC 154
Smith & Snipes Hall v River Douglas Catchment Board [1949] 2 All ER 179, CA
Tulk v Moxhay(1848) 2 Ph 774
Right to Claim Damages
Jackson v Horizon Holidays Ltd [1975] 1 WLR 1468
Woodar Investment Development Ltd v Wimpey Construction (UK) Ltd [1980] 1 WLR 277
Beswick v Beswick [1968] AC 58
These notes cover the concept of the Privity of Contract. It looks at the key concepts and the specific cases that establish the principle and its exceptions. Each case in Privity of Contract is summed up into a concise summary so that students can quickly understand the most important facts. The notes focus on the ratio of the case, i.e. the reason for the decision, and how the case arrives out of the general principle. There are also comments on how the case should be used to give advice.
Cases
Definition
Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v Selfridge & Co Ltd [1915] AC 847
Tweddle v Atkinson (1861) 1 B & S 393
Rights of Third Parties Act 1999
Nisshin Shipping Co Ltd v Cleaves and Co [2003] EWHC 2602 (Comm), [2004] 1 All ER (Comm) 481
Remedies for Third Parties: The Exceptions
Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562, H
Shanklin Pier v Detel Products Ltd [1951] 2 KB 854
Clarke v Dunraven [1897] AC 59
Scruttons v Midland Silicones [1962] AC 446
New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd v Satterthwaite & Co Ltd (The Eurymedon) [1975] AC 154
Smith & Snipes Hall v River Douglas Catchment Board [1949] 2 All ER 179, CA
Tulk v Moxhay(1848) 2 Ph 774
Right to Claim Damages
Jackson v Horizon Holidays Ltd [1975] 1 WLR 1468
Woodar Investment Development Ltd v Wimpey Construction (UK) Ltd [1980] 1 WLR 277
Beswick v Beswick [1968] AC 58
These notes cover the concept of the Privity of Contract. It looks at the key concepts and the specific cases that establish the principle and its exceptions. Each case in Privity of Contract is summed up into a concise summary so that students can quickly understand the most important facts. The notes focus on the ratio of the case, i.e. the reason for the decision, and how the case arrives out of the general principle. There are also comments on how the case should be used to give advice.
Cases
Definition
Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v Selfridge & Co Ltd [1915] AC 847
Tweddle v Atkinson (1861) 1 B & S 393
Rights of Third Parties Act 1999
Nisshin Shipping Co Ltd v Cleaves and Co [2003] EWHC 2602 (Comm), [2004] 1 All ER (Comm) 481
Remedies for Third Parties: The Exceptions
Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562, H
Shanklin Pier v Detel Products Ltd [1951] 2 KB 854
Clarke v Dunraven [1897] AC 59
Scruttons v Midland Silicones [1962] AC 446
New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd v Satterthwaite & Co Ltd (The Eurymedon) [1975] AC 154
Smith & Snipes Hall v River Douglas Catchment Board [1949] 2 All ER 179, CA
Tulk v Moxhay(1848) 2 Ph 774
Right to Claim Damages
Jackson v Horizon Holidays Ltd [1975] 1 WLR 1468
Woodar Investment Development Ltd v Wimpey Construction (UK) Ltd [1980] 1 WLR 277
Beswick v Beswick [1968] AC 58