Cheshire, Fifoot and Furmston's Law of Contract

1009 Pages·2012·5.085 MB·English

by  M P Furmston

Preface to the Sixteenth Edition
Law Trove
Cheshire, Fifoot and Furmston's Law of Contract (16th edn)
M P Furmston
Publisher: Oxford University Press Print Publication Date: Aug 2012
Print ISBN-13: 9780199568345 Published online: Jun 2013
DOI: 10.1093/he/9780199568345.001.0001
Preface to the Sixteenth Edition

It is six years since the last edition of this work was published. This is the longest gap in the
history of the book and was due principally to the demands of a return to full-time teaching and
administration. Those concerned at Oxford University Press have been patient and
encouraging.
The flow of new material has, if anything, increased. There have been particularly important
decisions of the House of Lords/Supreme Court in RTS Flexible Systems v Muller; Chartbrook
v Persimmon; Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National; Stone and Rolls v Moore Stephens;
The Golden Victory; and The Achilleas and of the Privy Council in Macleod v Macleod. There
have of course been many other interesting cases.
For me a major event since the last edition has been the death of Brian Simpson before he was
able to review Chapter 1. Brian and I were colleagues at Oxford long ago and indeed for
several years we and our families shared the same house. He will be greatly missed. Professor
David Ibbetson has kindly reviewed the text of this chapter.
Professor Brenda Sufrin has continued to devote her expertise in competition law to the
revision of what is now virtually the whole of Chapter 10 with the greatly reduced discussion of
wagering contracts.
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Preface to the Sixteenth Edition
The writing of a book like this generates many debts. Five new generations of students in
Singapore have been a pleasure to teach and Lim Siew Mei Regina and Lam Kar Yee have
provided invaluable research assistance. The physical production of the text and indeed the
organisation of my daily life owe a great deal to Angie Choo Kum Woon. My wife, my children
and now my grandchildren continue to display remarkable patience and tolerance.
Michael Furmston
Bridgwater
June 2012
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New to this Edition
Law Trove
Cheshire, Fifoot and Furmston's Law of Contract (16th edn)
M P Furmston
Publisher: Oxford University Press Print Publication Date: Aug 2012
Print ISBN-13: 9780199568345 Published online: Jun 2013
DOI: 10.1093/he/9780199568345.001.0001
New to this Edition

– Chapter introductions are included at the start of chapters
– Suggested further reading appears at the end of chapters
– Includes discussion of new key case law throughout, for example RTS Flexible Systems
Ltd v Molkerei Alois Muller GmbH & Co KG, Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd, Office of
Fair Trading v Abbey National Plc, Stone & Rolls Ltd v Moore Stephens, Macleod v Macleod,
The Golden Victory and The Achilleas
Table of Cases
Law Trove
Cheshire, Fifoot and Furmston's Law of Contract (16th edn)
M P Furmston
Publisher: Oxford University Press Print Publication Date: Aug 2012
Print ISBN-13: 9780199568345 Published online: Jun 2013
DOI: 10.1093/he/9780199568345.001.0001
Table of Cases

21st Century Logistic Solutions Ltd (In Liquidation) v Madysen Ltd (2004), QBD 475
A & K Lick-A-Cheek Franchises Ltd v Cordiv Enterprises Ltd (1981) 396
A Ahlstrom Oy v Commission of the European Communities (Wood Pulp) (89/85 etc) (1993),
ECJ 418, 422, 437
A F Colverd & Co Ltd v Anglo Overseas Transport Co Ltd (1961) 229
A-G Commonwealth of Australia v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd (1913) 458
A-G of Belize v Belize Telecom Ltd (2009) 193
A-G of Hong Kong v Humphreys Estate (Queen’s Gardens) Ltd (1987) 91
A-G v Blake (2001), HL 748
A-G v Great Eastern Rly Co (1880) 555
A L Wilkinson Ltd v Brown (1966) 628
A Roberts & Co Ltd v Leicestershire CC (1961) 328
A/S v Fulvia SpA di Navigazione, The Chikuma (1981) 692
A Smith & Son (Bognor Regis) Ltd v Walker (1952) 479
A to Z Bazaars (Pty) Ltd v Minister of Agriculture (1974) 71
Aaron’s Reef v Twiss (1896) 364, 384
Abbott v Lance (1860) 78
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Aberfoyle Plantations Ltd v Cheng (1960) 197
Abrahams v Herbert Reiach Ltd (1922) 753
Abram Steamship Co v Westville Shipping Co Ltd (1923) 359–60, 545
AC Controls Ltd v BBC (2002) 59
AC Yule & Son Ltd v Speedwell Roofing and Cladding Ltd (2007) 65
Achille Lauro Fu Gioacchino & Co v Total Societa Italiana per Azioni (1969), CA 724
Ackroyd & Sons v Hasan (1960) 627–8
Actionstrength Ltd (t/a Vital Resources) v International Glass Engineering (Inglen) (2003),
HL 133, 276–7
Adam v Newbigging (1888) 365
Adams v Lindsell (1818) 14, 50, 69–70, 72
Adams v R Hanna and Sons (1967), CA 138
Adams v Richardson & Starling Ltd (1969) 216
Addis v Gramophone Co Ltd (1909), HL 771
Addison v Brown (1954), QBD 529
Addison v Gandassequi (1812) 606
Adler v Dickson (1955) 218, 220, 222
AEG Telefunken AG v Commission of the European Communities (107/82) (1983), ECJ 417
AEG (UK) Ltd v Logic Resource Ltd (1996) 212
Afovos Shipping Co SA v Pagnan (1983) 675, 692
Agapitos v Agnew (2002), CA 380
Agip SpA v Navigazione Alta Italia SpA (The Nai Genova and The Nai Superba) (1984), CA
312
Ahmad v Inner London Education Authority (1978) 461
Ahmed Angullia bin Hadjee Mohammed Salleh Angullia v Estate and Trust Agencies (1727)
Ltd (1938) 662
AIB Group (UK) Plc (formerly Allied Irish Banks Plc and AIB Finance Ltd) v Martin (2001), HL
167, 217
Aiken v Stewart Wrightson (1995) 807
Ailion v Spiekermann (1976) 530
Ajayi (t/a Colony Carrier Co) v RT Briscoe (Nigeria) Ltd (1964) 132
Ajit v Sammy (1967) 694
Akerhielm v De Mare (1959) 350
Akerib v Booth Ltd (1961) 216
AKZO Nobel Chemicals Ltd v Commission (C-550/07 P) (2010), ECJ 443
Albany International BV v Stichting Bedrijfspensioenfonds Textielindustrie (1999) (C-67/96)
(2000), ECJ 416, 445
Albazero, The (1977) 573–4
Alder v Moore (1961) 788
Alderslade v Hendon Laundry Ltd (1945) 216
Alec Lobb Garages Ltd v Total Oil Great Britain Ltd (1985), CA 396, 524–5
Alexander v Railway Executive (1951) 228, 230
Alexander v Rayson (1936), CA 111, 474, 476, 478, 483, 490, 494–5, 529
(p. xiii) Alfred McAlpine Capital Projects Ltd v Tilebox Ltd (2005), QBD 789
Allcard v Skinner (1814), CA 391, 399–402
Allcard v Walker (1896) 306
Allen v Rescous (1676) 463
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Allen v Robles (1969) 684
Alliance and Leicester Building Society v Edgestop Ltd (1994) 349, 355, 784
Alliance Bank Ltd v Broom (1864) 113
Allianz Insurance Co Egypt v Aigaion Insurance Co SA (2008) 49
Allied Maples Group v Simmons & Simmons (1995) 770
Allied Marine Transport v Vale do Rio Doce Navegacao SA (The Leonidas D) (1985), CA 702
Allsopp v Wheatcroft (1872) 519
Alpenstow Ltd v Regalian Properties Plc (1985) 52
AM&S Ltd v Commission (155/79) (1982), ECJ 443
Amalgamated Investment & Property Co v John Walker & Sons (1977), CA 294
Amalgamated Investments and Property Co Ltd v Texas Commerce International Bank Ltd
(1982) 138
Amar Singh v Kulubya (1964), PC (EA) 484
Ambulanz Glockner v Landkreis Sudwestpfalz (C-475/99) (2001), ECJ 445
Ames v Milward (1818) 345
Amiri Flight Authority v BAE Systems Plc (2003), CA 236
Ammons v Wilson (1936) 65
Amoco Australian Pty Ltd v Rocca Bros Motor Engineering Co Pty Ltd (1975), HC (Aus) 525
Amsprop Trading Ltd v Harris Distribution Ltd (1997) 572
Anangel Atlas v IHI Co Ltd (No 2) (1990) 123
Anderson Ltd v Daniel (1924), CA 455, 495–6
Anderton v Clwyd CC (2005) 305–6
André & Cie SA v Ets Michel Blanc & Fils (1979) 343, 373
André et Cie SA v Marine Transocean Ltd (The Splendid Sun) (1981), CA 701
Andrews v Hopkinson (1957) 85
Aneco Reinsurance (Underwriting) Ltd v Johnson & Higgins Ltd (2001) 762
Angel v Jay (1911) 367
Angelia, The (1973) 230, 719
Anglia Television Ltd v Reed (1972), CA 749
Angus v Clifford (1891) 341
Anon (1455) 124
Anon (1477) 41
Anon (1495) 124
Anon (1773) 269
Antaios Compania Naviera SA v Salen Rederierna AB (The Antaios) (1983) 684
AOK Bundesverband and others v Ichtyol-Gesellschaft Cordes (C-264, 306, 354 and
355/01) (2004), ECJ 419, 446
Apple Corps Ltd v Apple Computer Inc (2004) 68
Appleby v Myers (1867) 671, 737, 739
Applegate v Moss (1971), CA 808
Appleson v H Littlewood Ltd (1939) 154
Apthorp v Neville & Co (1907) 463
Aquis Estates Ltd v Minton (1975) 709
Arab Bank Ltd v Barclays Bank Ltd (1954) 467
Aratra Potato Co Ltd v Taylor Joynson Garrett (1995) 472
Arbuthnot v Norton (1846) 474
Archbolds (Freightage) Ltd v S Spanglett Ltd (1961), CA 452, 455, 496
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Ardennes (Cargo Owners) v Ardennes (Owners) (1951) 170, 759
Argos, The (1873) 441, 603
Argy Trading Development Co v Lapid Developments (1977) 133, 345
Aribisala v St James Homes (Grosvenor Duck) Ltd (2008) 794
Armagas Ltd v Mundogas SA, The Ocean Frost (1986) 620
Armstrong v Stokes (1872) 617
Arrale v Costain Civil Engineering Ltd (1976) 392
Arriva/FirstGroup plc (2002) 441
Arthur White (Contractors) Ltd v Tarmac Civil Engineering Ltd (1967) 216
Aruna Mills Ltd v Dhanrajmal Gobindram (1968) 758
Asfar & Co v Blundell (1896) 741
Ashbury Railway Carriage Co v Riche (1875), HL 555
Ashmore Benson, Pease & Co Ltd v Dawson Ltd (1973) 455
Ashmore v Corp of Lloyd’s (No 2) (1992) 192
Assicurazioni Generali SpA v Arab Insurance Group (2002), CA 380
(p. xiv) Associated British Ports v Ferry Ways NV (2009) 156
Associated Japanese Bank (International) Ltd v Credit du Nord (1988) 305
Associated Newspapers Ltd v Bancks (1951) 679
Astley Industrial Trust Ltd v Grimley (1963) 200, 227
Astley v Reynolds (1731) 390
Atkinson v Denby (1862) 488
Atlantic Maritime Co Inc v Gibbon (1954), CA 722
Atlas Express Ltd v Kafco (Importers and Distributors) Ltd (1989) 395
Atlee v Backhouse (1838) 390
Attica Sea Carriers Corp v Ferrostaal Poseidon Bulk Reederei GmbH (The Puerto Buitrago)
(1976), CA 783
Attwood v Lamont (1920) 507, 510, 518–19, 530–1, 533–4
Attwood v Small (1838) 347, 365
Austotel Ltd v Franklins Selfserve Pty Ltd (1989) 133
Australian Hardwoods Pty Ltd v Railways Comr (1961) 797
Automatic Fire Sprinklers Pty Ltd v Watson (1946) 782
Avery v Bowden (1855) 681
Avon Finance Co Ltd v Bridger (1985), CA 397, 404
Awilco of Oslo A/S v Fulvia SpA di Navigazione of Cagliari (The Chikuma) (1981), HL 692
Awwad v Geraghty & Co (a firm) (2000) 472
Axa General Insurance Ltd v Gottlieb (2005) 380
AXA Sun Life Services Plc v Campbell Martin Ltd (2011) 215
B & B Viennese Fashions v Losane (1952) 455
B & S Contracts and Design Ltd v Victor Green Publications Ltd (1982) 395
B Sunley & Co Ltd v Cunard White Star Ltd (1940) 747
Babcock v Lawson (1879) 366
Bacardi-Martini Beverages Ltd v Thomas Hardy Packaging Ltd (2002) 248
Backhouse v Backhouse (1978) 400
Bacon v Cooper (Metals) Ltd (1982) 778
Baddeley v Earl Granville (1887), QBD 504
Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik v Schott Segner & Co (1892) 519
Bagge v Slade (1616) 142
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Bagot v Chapman (1907) 332–3
Bagot v Stevens, Scanlon & Co (1966) 352, 806
Bahamas International Trust Co Ltd v Threadgold (1974), HL 163
Bailey v Thurston & Co Ltd (1903) 663
Baily v De Crespigny (1869) 720
Bain v Fothergill (1874), HL 778
Bainbridge v Firmstone (1838) 115
Bainbrigge v Brown (1881) 401
Baird Textile Holdings Ltd v Marks and Spencer plc (1998) 94
Baird Textiles Holdings Ltd v Marks and Spencer plc (2001) 133
Baker v Courage & Co (1910) 807
Baker v Hedgecock (1888) 532
Baldwyn v Smith (1900) 559
Balfour v Balfour (1919), CA 149–51
Balkis Consolidated Co v Tomkinson (1893) 388
Ball v Hesketh (1697) 104
Ballett v Mingay (1943) 551
Baltic Shipping Co v Dillon (1993) 770
Banco Exterior Internacionale v Mann (1995) 407
Bank Line Ltd v A Capel & Co (1919) 679, 726–7
Bank of Baroda v Shah (1988) 404
Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA (In Liquidation) v Ali (2001), HL 114, 167, 701
Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA v Aboody (1990) 404
Bank of Montreal v Stuart (1911) 400
Bank of Nova Scotia v Hellenic Mutual War Risk Association (Bermuda) Ltd (The Good Luck)
(1991), HL 383
Bannerman v White (1861) 171
Banque Brussels Lambert v Australian National Industries Ltd (1989), Supreme Ct of New
South Wales 156
Banque Bruxelles Lambert SA v Eagle Star Insurance Co Ltd (SAAMCO) (1996) 760, 772
Banque Financiere de la Cité SA (formerly Banque Keyser Ullmann SA) v Westgate
Insurance Co Ltd (1991), QB 382
Banque Keyser Ullmann SA v Skandia (UK) Insurance Co Ltd (1989), CA 382
Barber v Crickett (1958) 196
(p. xv) Barber v Vincent (1680) 539
Barclay v Pearson (1893) 488, 490
Barclays Bank Plc v O’Brien (1994), HL 398, 404–5
Barclays Bank v Fairclough (995) 785
Barclays Bank v Thomson (1977) 407
Barclays Trust Co Ltd v Bank of Zambia (2007) 651
Bardell v Pickwick 267
Barker v Stickney (1919) 586
Barnes & Co v Toye (1884) 538
Barrow and Bros v Dyster, Nalder & Co (1884) 610
Barrow v Isaacs (1891) 795
Barrow v Scammell (1881) 327
Barry v Heathcote Ball & Co (Commercial Auctions) Ltd (2001) 45
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Barton v Armstrong (1976) 347, 390, 403
Barwick v Reade (1791) 474
Bashir v Comr of Lands (1960) 198
Basildon District Council v JE Lesser (Properties) Ltd (1985) 785
Batten v White (1960) 54
Batty v Metropolitan Property Realisations Ltd (1978) 352–3
Baumwoll Manufacturer Von Carl Scheibler v Furness (1893), HL 588
Bayer AG v Commission of the European Communities (T-41/96 R) (2001), CFI 416–17
Bayliffe v Butterworth (1847) 621
BCT Software Solutions Ltd v Arnold Laver & Co Ltd (2002) 208
Beach v Reed Corrugated Cases (1956) 774–5
Beale v Taylor (1967) 174, 339
Beaman v ARTS Ltd (1949) 807
Bear Stearns Bank Plc v Forum Global Equity Ltd (2007) 53, 158
Beattie v Lord Ebury (1872) 341, 343
Beckham v Drake (1849), HL Cas 663
Bedford Insurance Co Ltd v Instituto de Resseguros do Brasil (1985) 453–4
Beer v Bowden (1981) 61
Beesly v Hallwood Estates Ltd (1960) 132, 343
Begbie v Phosphate Sewage Co (1875) 348, 463
Behn v Burness (1863) 201–2
Behzadi v Shaftesbury Hotels Ltd (1991), CA 696
Bell v Lever Bros (1932), HL 16, 293, 298, 300, 302–3, 307–9, 315, 344
Belmont Finance Corpn Ltd v Williams Furniture Ltd (1979) 476
Belvoir Finance Co Ltd v Cole Ltd (1969) 491
Belvoir Finance Co Ltd v Stapleton (1971), CA 479–80
Bence Graphics International Ltd v Fasson UK Ltd (1998), CA 767
Bennett v Bennett (1952), CA 459–60, 504, 526–7, 529
Bentsen v Taylor Sons & Co (No 2) (1893), QB 163, 201, 678
Bentworth Finance Ltd v Lubert (1968), QB 197–8
Beresford v Royal Insurance Co Ltd (1938), HL 463, 465
Berg v Sadler and Moore (1937) 463, 483
Berry v Berry (1929) 702
Besseler Waechter Glover & Co v South Derwent Coal Co Ltd (1938) 707
Beswick v Beswick (1968), HL 565, 571–3, 797
Bettercare Group Ltd/North and North & West Belfast Health and Social Services Trust,
Office of Fair Trading, Decision CA98/09/2003 446
BetterCare Group Ltd v Director General of Fair Trading (2002) 445
Bettini v Gye (1876) 200–1
Bevan Ashford v Geoff Yeandle (Contractors) Ltd (1998) 472
Bevan v Bevan (1955) 468
Bevington and Morris v Dale & Co Ltd (1902) 741
Biffin v Bignall (1862) 390
Bigg v Boyd Gibbins Ltd (1971), CA 49
Bigos v Bousted (1951) 490
Bilborough v Holmes (1876) 657
Bingham v Bingham (1748) 297
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