King v David Allen and Sons Billposting Ltd

JurisdictionIreland
Date1916
Year1916
CourtHouse of Lords (Ireland)

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31 cases
  • National Provincial Bank Ltd v Hastings Car Mart Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 29 January 1964
    ...was not in actual occupation and the licence was held not to bind successors. One was a licence to affix advertisements on a wall: King v. David Allen, 1916, 2 Appeal Cases, 54. The other was a licence to exercise "front of the house" rights in a theatre: see Clove v. Theatrical Properties......
  • Ashburn Anstalt v Arnold
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • Invalid date
  • Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd v Rose Marie Samuels
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 28 September 2012
    ...licence could not be binding upon the licensor's successors in title, even if the successor had notice of the licence (see King v David Allen & Sons, Billposting Ltd [1916] 2 AC 54 ). The law then moved, under the guidance of Lord Denning MR, to the position where a contractual licence was ......
  • Clear Channel UK Ltd v Manchester City Council
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 14 December 2004
    ...[1887] 19 QBD 288, Wilson v Tavener [1901] 1 Ch 579, Provincial Bill Posting Co v Low Moor Iron Co [1909] 2 KB 344, King v David Allen & Sons, Billposting, Ltd [1916] 2 AC 54, Kewal Investments Ltd v Arthur Maiden Ltd [1990] EGLR 193, and Rochester Poster Services Ltd v Dartford Borough Cou......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Estoppel in land law
    • Barbados
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 3-2, December 1993
    • 1 December 1993
    ...will be a licence before the detriment occurs: it is the nature of the assumption or expectation that may or may not be proprietary. 82 [1916] 2 A.C. 54. The licensee was suing the licensor, who would have escaped liability if the successor in title (lessee) had been bound. 83 [1936] 3 All ......
  • OF PROHIBITIONS ON ASSIGNMENTS, RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS AND NEGATIVE PLEDGES IN COMMERCIAL LAW: CLOGS ON COMMERCE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1994, December 1994
    • 1 December 1994
    ...way to go in this regard as there is no established concept of good faith in commercial transactions. 23 King v David Allen & Sons Ltd [1916] 2 AC 54. 24 Clore v Theatrical Properties Ltd [1936] 3 All ER 483. 25 Enington v Errington [1952] 1 All ER 149, Binions v Evans[1972] Ch 359, DHN Foo......