Index card Halpern v Halpern

Hearings

England & Wales

24 Mar 2006 [2006] EWHC 603 (Comm); [2006] 2 All ER (Comm) 251; [2006] 2 Lloyd's Rep 83; [2006] 3 FCR 76, QBD (Christopher Clarke J)

03 Apr 2007 [2007] EWCA Civ 291; [2008] QB 195; [2007] 3 WLR 849; [2007] 3 All ER 478; [2007] 2 All ER (Comm) 330; [2007] 2 Lloyd's Rep 56; [2007] 1 CLC 527; The Times, 14 May 2007, CA (Waller, Sedley and Carnwath LJJ)

Subject Matter

CONFLICT OF LAWS — Contract — Proper law — Parties entering into compromise agreement — Defendants contending agreement governed by Jewish law — Whether non-national system of law capable of being governing law — Whether Jewish law applicable as aid to interpretation of agreement — Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990 (c 36), Sch 1, arts 1, 3, 4

[2007] EWCA Civ 291; [2008] QB 195; [2007] 3 WLR 849; [2007] 3 All ER 478; [2007] 2 All ER (Comm) 330; [2007] 2 Lloyd's Rep 56; [2007] 1 CLC 527; The Times, 14 May 2007, CA

CONTRACT — Rescission — Counter-restitution — Inheritance dispute compromised by agreement — Claimants seeking damages for breach of agreement — Defendants pleading entitlement to avoid agreement for duress — Whether contract procured by duress could be avoided without providing counter-restitution

[2007] EWCA Civ 291; [2008] QB 195; [2007] 3 WLR 849; [2007] 3 All ER 478; [2007] 2 All ER (Comm) 330; [2007] 2 Lloyd's Rep 56; [2007] 1 CLC 527; The Times, 14 May 2007, CA

Appellate History

Halpern v Halpern [2006] EWHC 603 (Comm); [2006] 2 All ER (Comm) 251; [2006] 2 Lloyd's Rep 83; [2006] 3 FCR 76, QBD

Decision of Christopher Clarke J reversed in part

Halpern v Halpern [2007] EWCA Civ 291; [2008] QB 195; [2007] 3 WLR 849; [2007] 3 All ER 478; [2007] 2 All ER (Comm) 330; [2007] 2 Lloyd's Rep 56; [2007] 1 CLC 527; The Times, 14 May 2007, CA

Commentary

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Restitution 4.21