Cuckmere Brick Co Ltd v Mutual Finance Ltd

Subject Matter

MORTGAGE — Sale — Mortgagee’s duty — Land mortgaged for £50,000 — Planning permission for 100 flats or 35 houses — Mortgagees' sale of land by public auction — Advertisement omitting mention of planning permission for flats — Duty of care owed by mortgagees to mortgagors

[1971] Ch 949; [1971] 2 WLR 1207

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Cuckmere Brick Co Ltd v Mutual Finance Ltd [1971] Ch 949; [1971] 2 WLR 1207; [1971] 2 All ER 633, CA

Aik Hoe & Co Ltd v Superintendent of Lands and Surveys, First Division [1969] 1 AC 1; [1968] 3 WLR 52, PC

Benmax v Austin Motor Co Ltd [1955] AC 370; [1955] 2 WLR 418; [1955] 1 All ER 326, HL

Coghlan v Cumberland [1898] 1 Ch 704, CA

Ex Parte Firth, In Re Cowburn 19 ChD 419, CA

Farrar v Farrars Ltd 40 ChD 395, CA

Hontestroom, The [1927] AC 37, HL

In Re Young and Harston’s Contract 31 ChD 168, CA

In re Speight 9 App Cas 1, HL

Jobson v Palmer [1893] 1 Ch 71, Ch D

Kennedy v De Trafford [1897] AC 180, HL

Marriott v. Anchor Reversionary Co. Ltd. (1861) 3 De G.F. & J. 177.

McHugh (Since Deceased, By His Representatives) v Union Bank Of Canada [1913] AC 299, PC

National Bank Of Australasia v The United Hand-In-Hand and Band Of Hope Co 4 App Cas 391, PC

Reliance Permanent Building Society v Harwood-Stamper [1944] Ch 362, Ch D

Shawinigan Ltd v Vokins & Co Ltd [1961] 1 WLR 1206; [1961] 3 All ER 203; [1961] 2 Lloyd's Rep 153, QBD

The Tasmania 15 App Cas 223, HL(E)

Tomlin v Luce 41 ChD 573, Ch D

Wolff v. Vanderzee (1869) 20 L.T. 353.

Subsequent Consideration

Cases subsequently considering: Cuckmere Brick Co Ltd v Mutual Finance Ltd [1971] Ch 949; [1971] 2 WLR 1207; [1971] 2 All ER 633, CA

Followed in Aodhcon LLP v Bridgeco Ltd [2014] EWHC 535 (Ch); [2014] 2 All ER (Comm) 928; [2014] CN 432, Ch D

Applied in Meftah v Lloyds TSB Bank plc [2001] 2 All ER (Comm) 741

Considered in Medforth v Blake [2000] Ch 86; [1999] 3 WLR 922; [1999] 3 All ER 97, CA

Applied in AIB Finance Ltd v Debtors [1997] 4 All ER 677

Considered in Parker-Tweedale v Dunbar Bank Plc [1991] Ch 12; [1990] 3 WLR 767; [1990] 2 All ER 577; (1990) 60 P & CR 83; (1990) 140 NLJ 169; (1990) 134 SJ 886, CA

Considered in Parker-Tweedale v Dunbar Bank Plc [1991] Ch 12; [1990] 3 WLR 767; [1990] 2 All ER 577; (1990) 60 P & CR 83; (1990) 140 NLJ 169; (1990) 134 SJ 886, CA

Dicta of Salmon and Cross LJJ [1971] Ch 949, 965–966, 972–973 followed in American Express International Banking Corpn v Hurley [1985] 3 All ER 564

Considered in Latchford v Beirne [1981] 3 All ER 705

Cases citing

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