Pearce v Brooks

Sources for illegality

Holman v Johnson (1775) 1 Cowp 341

Patel v Mirza [2016] UKSC 42

Hounga v Allen [2014] UKSC 47

Archbolds (Freightage) Ltd v S Spanglett Ltd [1961] 2 QB 374

Enderby Town FC Ltd v Football Association Ltd [1971] Ch 591

De Wutz v Hendricks (1824) 2 Bing 314

Beresford v Royal Exchange Assurance [1938] AC 586

Arbitration Act 1996 sections 68-69, 87

Nordenfelt v Maxim, Nordenfelt Guns Ltd [1894] AC 535

Esso Ltd v Harper's Garage (Stourport) Ltd [1967] UKHL 1

Schroeder Music Publishing Co Ltd v Macaulay [1974] 1 WLR 1308

Alec Lobb (Garages) Ltd v Total Oil Ltd [1984] EWCA Civ 2

Hughes v Liverpool Victoria Legal Friendly Society [1916] 2 KB 482

Pearce v Brooks (1866) LR 1 Ex 213

Taylor v Bowers (1876) 1 QBD 291

Kearley v Thomson (1890) 24 QBD 742

Bigos v Bousted [1951] 1 All ER 92

See illegality in English law

Pearce v Brooks is an 1866 case in English contract law. In Pearce v Brooks the owner of a horse-drawn coach was prevented from recovering the costs of hire from a prostitute who had hired the coach in order to attract clients.^[1]

References

↑ Marsh, S.B. and Soulsby, J. (2002) Business Law, 8th edition, Nelson: Cheltenham, p. 170

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