Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v Selfridge & Co Ltd

(1915) JELR 80172 (HL)

House of Lords · • [1915] UKHL 1 · 26 Apr 1915 · United Kingdom
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Other Citations

•[1915] AC 847

CORAM

• Viscount Haldane • Lord Dunedin • Lord Atkinson • Lord Parker • Lord Sumner • Lord Parmoor

Core Terms ^Beta

selfridge

dunlop

contract

damages

dew

case

consideration

dealers

house of lords

injunction

lord atkinson

lord dunedin

lord sumner

retailers

tyres

viscount haldane

agreed price

appeal

application

april

citation

co.

company

contractual relationship

doctrine of agency

doctrine of consideration

doctrine of privity

dunlop pneumatic tyre company

full case name

haldane

judge of the first instance

judgment

limited v

list price

lord parker

lord parker of waddington

person

principal

principles

privity of contract

retail price

seal

transcript

trial

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…