Earlier reported cases judgments 1956

Date	Case	Cited by
20 Dec 1956	Lister v Romford Ice and Cold Storage Co Ltd [1957] AC 555 An employee impliedly undertakes to exercise reasonable care and skill in performing contractual duties. A negligent employee is therefore liable in contract…	16
28 Nov 1956	MORRIS v. CUNARD STEAM-SHIP COMPANY, LTD. [1956] 2 Lloyd's Rep 583 Employers owe inexperienced workers a duty to provide adequate instructions, warnings and supervision when their duties bring them near dangerous machinery.…
13 Nov 1956	Chess (Oscar) Ltd v Williams [1957] 1 WLR 370 A representation about goods is not contractual merely because it is important to the bargain or relied upon in fixing the price. The decisive question is…	1
31 Oct 1956	Wheeler v Mercer [1957] AC 416 Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 does not protect a tenancy at will. The statutory definition of “tenancy” is ambiguous in that respect and must be…	5
21 Jun 1956	Southern Railway of Peru Ltd v Owen [1957] AC 334 A contingent legal character does not automatically exclude a future trading liability from the computation of annual taxable profits. Ordinary commercial and…	3
12 Jun 1956	Karsales (Harrow) Ltd v Wallis [1956] 1 WLR 936 In a hire-purchase transaction, where the hirer has inspected a chattel and applies for finance on that basis, the lender must deliver it in substantially the…	3
19 Apr 1956	Davis Contractors Ltd v Fareham Urban District Council [1956] AC 696 Frustration discharges a contract only where, without either party's default, a supervening change makes performance radically different from the obligation…	34
26 Mar 1956	Smith v East Elloe Rural District Council [1956] AC 736 Under paragraphs 15 and 16 of the First Schedule to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946, the prescribed challenge in the High Court is…	42
26 Mar 1956	Spurling (J) Ltd v Bradshaw [1956] 1 WLR 461 An exclusion clause is effective only while the party relying on it performs the essential obligations of the contract. It cannot protect a warehouseman who…	12
14 Mar 1956	Gill v Lewis [1956] 2 QB 1 Where joint tenants hold the whole premises jointly, a possession judgment obtained against only one tenant is ineffective unless service on that tenant also…	8
1 Mar 1956	Bonnington Castings Ltd v Wardlaw [1956] AC 613 A breach of statutory duty does not itself reverse the burden of proving causation. Unless the legislation provides otherwise, the claimant must establish on…	71
16 Jan 1956	Ward v Byham [1956] 1 WLR 496 A promise to make weekly payments for a child's maintenance was supported by consideration where the recipient accepted and performed the conditions stipulated…	3