The collection
Cases
Landmark and modern judgments, distilled to facts, issues, judgement and significance — 67 summaries across 7 pages.
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Davies v Davies [2016] EWCA Civ 463
The “Cowshed Cinderella” case — Lewison LJ’s “sliding scale” for quantifying proprietary estoppel remedies.
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Harvey v Facey [1893] AC 552
A statement of the lowest price in response to an inquiry is a supply of information, not an offer capable of acceptance.
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Hyde v Wrench [1840] EWHC Ch J90
The leading authority that a counter-offer rejects and destroys the original offer, which can no longer be accepted.
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Jennings v Rice [2003] EWCA Civ 159
Proprietary estoppel remedies must be proportionate to the detriment — the court awards the minimum to satisfy the equity.
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Partridge v Crittenden [1968] 1 WLR 1204
The primary authority that advertisements for the sale of goods are generally invitations to treat, not offers.
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Re Basham [1986] 1 WLR 1498
The first modern case to recognise that proprietary estoppel can arise from an expectation of inheriting property.
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Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd [1971] 2 QB 163
Incorporation of exemption clauses and the moment of contract formation with an automatic machine — the “red hand” rule.
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Tulk v Moxhay [1848] 2 Ph 774
The foundational authority that the burden of a restrictive covenant can run with the land in equity against a purchaser who takes with notice.
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Bhullar v Bhullar [2003] EWCA Civ 424
Directors breach their duty by exploiting an opportunity in the company’s line of business — even one the company had resolved not to pursue.
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IDC v Cooley [1972] 1 WLR 443
The corporate-opportunity doctrine — a director must account for profits from an opportunity even where the company could not have taken it.