Question | Answer |
Balfour v Balfour[1919] 2 KB 571 Domestic agreements | Husband promised an allowance of £30 per month to wife but failed to pay. |
Merritt v Merritt [1970] 1 WLR 1211 Domestic agreements | Husband agreed to pay wife £40 a month if she paid off the mortgage which she did but the husband failed to transfer the title deeds to property. |
Jones v Padavatton [1969] 1 WLR 328 Domestic agreements | Mother bought daughter a house to live in and part let which could supplement some of her income. the mother later sought repossession. |
Simpkins v Pays [1955] 1 WLR 975 Social agreements | Grandmother, grandaughter and lodger entered a weekly competition together and agreed to split winnings. Grandmother later refused to do so. |
Peck v Lateu [1973] 117 Sol J 185 Social agreements | Two women agreed to put together there bingo winnings however one of them got a 'bonanza' win and claimed this wasn't covered by the agreement. |
Esso Petroleum Ltd v Commissioners of Customs and Excise [1976] 1 All ER 117, [1976] 1 WLR 1 Commercial agreements | Esso gave free World Cup coins with every four gallons of petrol purchased. The Customs and Excise department wanted to claim tax on this. |
Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Malaysia Mining Corp [1989] 1 All ER 785, [1989] 1 WLR 379 Commercial agreements | Kleinwort lent £10m to a subsidiary company of MMC who would not guarantee the loan but issed a comfort letter. |
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