James LJ said: ‘I start with this proposition that prima facia every contract is permanent and irrevocable and it lies upon a person who say that it is revocable or determinable to show either something special in the contract itself, or something in the nature of the contract which it is reasonably to be implied that it was not intended to be permanent and perpetual, but was to be in someway or other subject to determination.’
Judges:
James LJ
Citations:
[1872] Ch App 948
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Appeal from – Llanelly Railway and Dock Company v London and North Western Railway Company 1873
The parties had entered into a contract, in part to secure repayment of a loan, providing permission for the defendant to run its trains over the plaintiff’s tracks. The contract made no provision for termination.
Held: All the provisions of . .
Cited – Islwyn Borough Council and Another v Newport Borough Council CA 28-Jun-1993
Three local authorities disputed whether a contract had been made between them, and if so its terms, as to the financial support of a leisure centre.
Held: Later legislation need not frustrate agreement between the parties.
Hirts LJ said: . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Land, Contract
Updated: 08 May 2022; Ref: scu.554409