The principle in Hughes v Metropolitan Railway could apply to a reduction by concession in payments due to a creditor and a concession could be terminated by giving reasonable notice.
Judges:
Viscount Simonds, Lord Oaksey, Lord Reid, Lord Tucker, Lord Cohen
Citations:
[1955] UKHL 5, [1955] 1 WLR 761, [1955] 2 All ER 657
Links:
Statutes:
Patents and Designs Act 1938 38
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Hughes v Metropolitan Railway Co HL 1877
A notice to repair had been served by the landlord on the tenant. The tenant wrote offering to buy the premises and proposed deferring the commencement of repairs until the landlord responded. The landlord replied by letter asking the price. It was . .
Cited by:
Cited – WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) and Another v World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc CA 2-Apr-2007
The parties had disputed use of the initals WWF, with a compromise reached in 1994 allowing primary use by the Fund with restricted use by the Federation. The Federation now appealed an award of damages made after a finding of a breach of the . .
Cited – Collier v P and M J Wright (Holdings) Ltd CA 14-Dec-2007
Agreement for payment by joint debtor not contract
The claimant appealed against refusal of an order to set aside a statutory demand. He said that he had compromised a claim by the creditors. He argued for an extension to the Rule in Pinnel’s case, so that where a debtor agrees to pay part of a . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Contract, Damages, Equity, Estoppel
Updated: 09 July 2022; Ref: scu.248524