Chappell & Co Ltd v Nestle Co Ltd
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Chappell & Co Ltd v Nestle Co Ltd [1959] UKHL 1 is an important English contract law case, where the House of Lords confirmed the traditional doctrine that consideration must be sufficient but need not be adequate.
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Chappell & Co Ltd v Nestle Co Ltd | |
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Court | House of Lords |
Full case name | CHAPPELL AND COMPANY LIMITED and others v THE NESTLE COMPANY LIMITED and others |
Decided | 18 June 1959 |
Citation(s) | [1960] AC 87 |
Transcript(s) | UKHL 1 |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | Viscount Simonds, Lord Reid, Lord Tucker, Lord Keith of Avonholm, Lord Somervell of Harrow |
Case opinions | |
Lord Somervell | |
Keywords | |
Consideration, adequacy, copyright |
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