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though Mr Galbraith was not told. It said ‘To be collected by repairer – excess £25 and contribution £4 10s to towing’. And ‘N.B. The insured’s confirmation should be obtained concerning these items.’ The work was done, Mr Galbraith collected the car, the garage billed the insurer, but Mr Galbraith did not agree the repairs were satisfactory and so the insurers did not pay. The garage sued Mr Galbraith in the County Court. The insurance company went insolvent. The repairers agreed they had looked to the insurers for payment generally.
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Now, the inference of such an implied contract can, in my judgment, only be drawn if it is a matter of necessary inference, that is to say, if it is an inference which the business realities of the situation really make necessary to make sense of the dealings between the parties so that they can be
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policy, said he would pay £25 on any claim, and the insurance company would cover the rest. The garage's quote was labour costs of £165, and spare parts coming up to £373, with the excess deducted. The insurers’ assessor completed a document on 21 July 1970 authorising repair only at a lower sum,
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Cairns LJ held there was an implied contract between the garage and Mr Galbraith. But the facts did not show the owner contracted to pay anything beyond £25. Therefore, the extra £4 10s could not be recovered. It was not necessary to imply a contract, beyond the £25 excess that Mr Galbraith had
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Croydon County Court Judge held there were two contracts, one between the insurers and the garage in the 21 July document, and two an implied contract between the garage and the owner for payment if the insurers did not come up. Therefore, the owner could be liable for the full sum.
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Buckley LJ gave a concurring judgment, finding there was no evidence for an inference for implying a contract to pay over the excess.
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case, concerning to what extent enrichment of the defendant must be at the expense of the claimant.
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after a collision, because his insurer had gone insolvent. Mr Galbraith's comprehensive
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Brown and Davis sued Mr Galbraith for their price in repairing Mr Galbraith's
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Brown and Davis v Galbraith

English unjust enrichment law
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BP Exploration Co (Libya) Ltd v Hunt (No 2)
Lipkin Gorman v Karpnale Ltd
[1988] UKHL 12
Trustee of FC Jones and Son v Jones
[1996] EWCA 1324
Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Birmingham CC
Roxborough v Rothmans of Pall Mall Ltd
[2001] HCA 68
Kingstreet Invest Ltd v New Brunswick
1 SCR 3
Banque Belge pour l’Etranger v Hambrouck
FII Group Litigation v HMRC
[2012] UKSC 19
Investment Trust Companies v HMRC
[2012] EWHC 458 (Ch)
Relfo Ltd v Varsani
[2014] EWCA Civ 360
Butler v Rice
Brown and Davis v Galbraith
English unjust enrichment law
English unjust enrichment law
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