List of cases involving Lord Denning

A list of cases involving Lord Denning is bound to be incomplete, since he delivered around 2000 reported judgments. Lord Denning served as a judge for nearly 40 years, from 1944 to 1982. He often played a decisive role in developing the law and was influential around the Commonwealth and common law world.

Counsel

High Court

Court of Appeal

  • Hain Steampship Co Ltd v Minister of Food [1949] 1 All ER 444 (C.A.)
  • Olley v Marlborough Court Hotel [1949] 1 KB 532, on exclusion clauses in contract law.
  • Metropolitan Borough and the Town Clerk of Lewisham v Roberts [1949] 2 K.B. 608 (C.A.) Dissenting, an executive body should not be allowed to gain title of a man's land if only possession was required for their purpose.
  • Solle v Butcher [1950] 1 KB 671, introducing equitable mistake, whereby a contract may be voidable if both parties have made a serious mistake
  • Leaf v International Galleries [1950] 2 KB 86, in the event of lapse of too much time between the making of the contract and the decision to rescind, the right to rescind is lost
  • Curtis v Chemical Cleaning & Dyeing Co [1951] 1 KB 805, established that the rule that a party is bound by the terms of a document which the party has signed will not apply where the signature was induced by misrepresentation, fraud, or in some cases of mistake.
  • Candler v Crane, Christmas & Co [1951] 2 KB 164, on negligent misstatement, later adopted by the House of Lords in Hedley Byrne v Heller
  • Errington v Errington (1951) KB, creating the equitable doctrine of "part performance" to save an incomplete contract.
  • Combe v Combe (1952), elaborating stance on promissory estoppel, calling it a "shield", not a "sword".
  • R v Northumberland Compensation Tribunal, ex parte Shaw (1952)
  • Hoenig v Isaacs [1952] EWCA Civ 6 i
  • Barnard v National Dock Labour Board (1953)
  • Frederick E Rose (London) Ltd v William H Pim Junior & Co Ltd [1953] 2 QB 450
  • Drive-Yourself-Hire v Strutt [1953] 2 All ER 1475
  • Roe v Minister of Health [1954] 2 All ER 131
  • Ladd v Marshall [1954] EWCA Civ 1
  • Entores Ltd v Miles Far East Corporation [1955] 2 All ER 493 Decides that the "moment of acceptance" in a contract using a telex (electronic communication) happens on the receiver's side.
  • Ward v Byham (1956)
  • Hornal v Neuberger [1956]
  • J Spurling Ltd v Bradshaw [1956] 1 WLR 461
  • Miller v Jackson [QB 966 1977]

House of Lords

Master of the Rolls

See also

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