Key Studies - Capacity - Flashcards in A Level and IB Law

Chapple v Cooper (1844)

A young widow (minor) was successfully sued for payment of her husbands's funeral as this was necessart.

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Nash v Inman (1908)

A tailor unsuccessfully sued a minor as the clothes were not deemed necessary.

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Clements v London and North Western Railway Company (1894)

A minor was bound by the employer's scheme as it was beneficial to him.

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De Francesco v Barnum (1890)

A monor was not bound under the terms of her apprenticeship.

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Doyle v White City Stadium Ltd (1935)

The contract was binding as it encouraged the minor to be a clean and proficient boxer, which was to his advantage.

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Edwards v Carter (1893)

A man could not repudiate a marriage settlement drawn up while he was a minor, as it was too late.

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Steinberg v Scala (Leeds) Ltd (1923)

A minor could repudiate the contract and thus not have to pay the second instalment, but she could not recover the sums paid in the first instalment.

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Other cards in this set

A tailor unsuccessfully sued a minor as the clothes were not deemed necessary.

Nash v Inman (1908)

A minor was bound by the employer's scheme as it was beneficial to him.

A monor was not bound under the terms of her apprenticeship.

The contract was binding as it encouraged the minor to be a clean and proficient boxer, which was to his advantage.

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