Privity

Privity is the legal term for a close, mutual, or successive relationship to the same right of property or the power to enforce a promise or warranty. It is an important concept in contract law.

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Fraser River Pile & Dredge Ltd. V. Can-Dive Services Ltd. - Reasons of The Court
... The case turned on the existence of any exceptions to privity ... first affirmed the existence of an agency exception to privity, and then expanded on the "principled exception to the privity of contract doctrine" established in London ... to determine whether the doctrine of privity with respect to third-party beneficiaries should be relaxed" ...
English Contract Law - Formation - Privity
... Privity of contract cases Tomlinson v Gill (1756) Ambler 330 Tweddle v Atkinson EWHC QB J57 Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre v Selfridge Co Ltd AC 847 ... Shipping Ltd v Cleaves Ltd EWHC 2602 see Privity in English law See also Privity in English law and Privity of contract The common law of privity of contract is a sub-rule of consideration because it ... in its performance, a 1996 report by the Law Commission entitled Privity of Contract Contracts for the Benefit of Third Parties, recommended that while courts should be left free to ...
Privity Of Estate
... Privity of estate is a "mutual or successive relation to the same right in property", such as the relationship between a landlord and tenant ... That is, privity of estate refers to the legal relationship two parties bear when their estates constitute one estate in law ... Privity of estate involves rights and duties that run with the land, that original parties intend to bind successors, and that touch and concern the land ...
Privity Of Contract - History
... The doctrine of privity emerged alongside the doctrine of consideration, the rules of which state that consideration must move from the promisee ... Privity of Contract played a key role in the development of negligence as well ... The courts however decided that there was no privity of contract between manufacturer and consumer ...