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How to cite
[1968] AC 269
Neutral citation format (OSCOLA). Always confirm against the official judgment.
“…Mr Jones QC referred to a passage in the speech of Lord Pearce in Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v Harper’s Garage (Stourport) Ltd [1968] AC 269 at 323 in support of his submission that the relationship between covenantor and covenantee is a symbiotic one.…”
“…nt) [1966] 1 WLR 1234, the Supreme Court departed from the previous well-known decision of the House of Lords in Esso Petroleum Ltd v Harper's Garage Southport [1968] AC 269 ("Esso") in overruling the “pre-existing freedom” test there propounded by Lord Reid. Instead it unanimously approved what it described as "the trading society…”