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A bailment relationship between the bailor and bailee is generally less formal than a fiduciary relationship. [3] In addition, unlike a lease or rental, where ownership remains with the lessor but the lessee is allowed to use the property, the bailee is generally not entitled to the use of the property while it is in his possession. However, a ...
The case overturned the then leading case in the law of bailments, Southcote's Case (1601), which held that a general bailee was strictly liable for any damage or loss to the goods in his possession (e.g., even if the goods were stolen from him by force). Under the ruling in Coggs v Bernard, a general bailee was only liable if he had been ...
Sub-bailment, duty of care, theft Morris v CW Martin & Sons Ltd [1966] 1 QB 716 is an English tort law case, establishing that sub-bailees are liable for the theft or negligence of their staff. Both Lord Denning and Diplock LJ rejected the idea that a contract need exist for a relationship of bailor and bailee to be found.
A common act of conversion in medieval times involved bolts of cloth that were bailed for safekeeping, which the bailee or a third party took and made clothes for their own use or for sale. Many questions concerning joint ownership in enterprises such as a partnership belong in equity, and do not rise to the level of a conversion. Traditionally ...
Historically, detinue came in two forms: "detinue sur bailment" and "detinue sur trover". In detinue sur bailment, the defendant is in a bailment relationship with the claimant and either refuses to return the chattel or else has negligently or intentionally lost or destroyed it. The onus is on the bailee to prove that the loss of the chattel ...
The Sale of Goods Act, [39] an English Act made applicable to Singapore by the Application of English Law Act, sets out legal rules relating to the sale and purchase of goods. The Women's Charter [ 40 ] sets out the law relating to marriage, divorce and separation, family violence, and the protection of women and girls.
Registration of Criminals (Amendment) Act 2016; Singapore Workforce Development Agency (Amendment) Act 2016; SkillsFuture Singapore Agency Act 2016; Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2016; Supply Act 2016; Telecommunications (Amendment) Act 2016; Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Amendment) Act 2016; Women's Charter (Amendment ...
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