Gore v Van Der Lann

Subject Matter

CONTRACT — Parties — Third party, enforcement by — Passenger travelling on corporation bus on free pass — Conditions exempting corporation from liability for injury to passenger — Passenger's action against bus conductor — Whether corporation entitled to stay proceedings — Whether contract between corporation and passenger void — Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925, s 41 — Road Traffic Act, 1960, s 151

[1967] 2 QB 31; [1967] 2 WLR 358

PRACTICE — Stay of proceedings — Fraud — Allegation of fraud on third party — Pensioner granted free bus pass by corporation — Condition excluding liability for injury — Pensioner injured — Claim against bus conductor alleging negligence — Application by corporation to stay proceedings — Whether corporation's interest sufficient for relief — Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925, s 41 — County Courts Act, 1959, s 103

[1967] 2 QB 31; [1967] 2 WLR 358

ROAD TRAFFIC — Public service vehicle — Contract for conveyance — Free pass to pensioner — Condition excluding liability for injury — Whether contract void — Road Traffic Act, 1960, s 151

[1967] 2 QB 31; [1967] 2 WLR 358