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Tool Metal v Tungsten Electric [1955] 1 WLR 761 (H.L.)

By Oxbridge Law TeamUpdated 04/01/2024 06:59

Judgement for the case Tool Metal v Tungsten Electric

Table Of Contents

  • Defendant had to pay Plaintiff royalties for creating and selling its product, and paying compensation when it produced in excess of a certain volume.

  • The right to compensation was suspended during WWII and Plaintiff tried to reinstate it in 1945.

  • The HL ruled that “reasonable notice” had to be given in order to resume strict legal contractual rights.

  • This was determined basically on account of what would be “equitable” i.e. fair. 

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