| Tate v Williamson | |
|---|---|
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| Court | House of Lords |
| Citation | (1886) LR 2 Ch App 55 |
| Case opinions | |
| Lord Chelmsford | |
| Keywords | |
| Undue influence | |
Tate v Williamson (1886) LR 2 Ch App 55 is an English contract law case relating to undue influence.
Facts
The defendant became the financial adviser to an Oxford University undergraduate who sold him his estate for half its value and then drank himself to death, aged 24. The executors applied for the transaction to be set aside.
Judgment
Lord Chelmsford held that the executors would be successful in setting the contract aside. ‘The jurisdiction exercised by courts of equity over the dealings of persons standing in certain fiduciary relations has always been regarded as one of the most salutary description… The courts have always been careful not to fetter this jurisdiction by defining the exact limits of its exercise.’
See also
| Cases on undue influence | |
|---|---|
| Allcard v Skinner (1887) LR 36 Ch D 145 | |
| Williams v Bayley (1866) LR 1 HL 200 | |
| Tate v Williamson (1886) LR 2 Ch App 55 | |
| Bank of Montreal v Stuart AC 120 | |
| Lloyds Bank Ltd v Bundy [1974] EWCA Civ 8 | |
| National Westminster Bank plc v Morgan [1985] UKHL 2 | |
| BCCI v Aboody 4 All ER 955 | |
| CIBC Mortgages plc v Pitt [1993] UKHL 7 | |
| Barclays Bank plc v O'Brien 4 All ER 417 | |
| Royal Bank of Scotland plc v Etridge (No 2) [2001] UKHL 41 | |
| National Westminster Bank plc v Amin [2002] UKHL 9 | |
| Hammond v Osborn [2002] EWCA Civ 885 | |
| National Commercial Bank of Jamaica v Hew [2003] UKPC 51 | |
| Pesticcio v Huet [2004] EWCA Civ 372 | |
| Thompson v Foy [2009] EWHC 1076 (Ch) | |
| See Undue influence in English law |
- English contract law
- Iniquitous pressure in English law
- Lloyds Bank Ltd v Bundy QB 326
- Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Co. 350 F.2d 445 (C.A. D.C. 1965)