The Proprietors of the Cork Distilleries Co v The Directors of the Great Southern and Western Railway Co: HL 1874

Ireland – A separate contract between consignor and carrier may co-exist with the contract between the carrier and the consignee.

Citations:

(1874) LR 7 HL 269

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

Cited – Alfred Mcalpine Construction Limited v Panatown Limited HL 17-Feb-2000
A main contractor who was building not on his own land, would only be free to claim damages from a sub-contractor for defects in the building where the actual owner of the land would not also have had a remedy. Here, the land owner was able to sue . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Contract, Transport

Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.218901