Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v Selfridge & Co Ltd
Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v. Selfridge and Co Ltd
Court :House of Lords
Full case name: Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company, Limited v. Selfridge and Company, Limited
Decided 26 April 1915
Citation(s) • [1915] UKHL 1
• [1915] AC 847
Transcript(s) House of Lords transcript
Case history
Appealed from Court of Appeal
Court membership
Judges sitting • Viscount Haldane
• Lord Dunedin
• Lord Atkinson
• Lord Parker
• Lord Sumner
• Lord Parmoor
Keywords
• Competition law
• Privity of contract
• Resale price maintenance
Facts
Dunlop made tyres. It did not want them sold cheaply but to maintain a standard resale price. It agreed with its dealers (in this case, Dew and Co.) not to sell them below its recommended retail price. It also bargained for dealers to get the same undertaking from their retailers (in this case, Selfridge). If retailers did sell below the list price, they would have to pay £5 per tyre in liquidated damages to Dunlop. Dunlop thus was the third party to a contract between Selfridge and Dew. When Se…