Hughes v Metropolitan Railway Co is a House of Lords case considered unremarkable for many years until it was resurrected in 1947 by Denning J in the case of Central London Property Trust Ltd v High T
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Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns gave the leading judgment.
Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd KB 130, commonly called High Trees, is a leading opinion in the High Court relating to contract law. It reaffirmed and extended the doctrine of
Hughes v Metropolitan Railway Co
…Metropolitan Railway Co [1877] is a House of Lords case considered unremarkable for many years until it was resurrected in 1947 by Denning J in the case of Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd in his development of the doctrine of promissory estoppel. The case was the first known instance of the concept of promissory estoppel. Thomas Hughes…
High Trees House in Clapham, London