Alec Lobb (Garages) Ltd v Total Oil (GB) Ltd [1984] EWCA Civ 2 is an English contract law case relating to undue influence.
Video Alec Lobb (Garages) Ltd v Total Oil (GB) Ltd
Facts
Mr Lobb was the managing director of a small petrol station in South Street, Braintree, Essex. It had to buy petrol only from Total Oil. In 1969 he was in financial difficulty. Contrary to his solicitor's advice, he entered into a lease and lease back arrangement with a new tie agreement with Total Oil. This proved costly. Eventually he paid off debts and ten years after sought the agreement to be set aside as being a restraint of trade and unconscionable.
In the High Court, Mr Peter Millett QC, sitting as a deputy High Court judge, held that the agreement could not be set aside, and Mr Lobb appealed.
Maps Alec Lobb (Garages) Ltd v Total Oil (GB) Ltd
Judgment
Dillon LJ held it was not a restraint of trade or an unconscionable bargain and even if it had been, it would have been barred by laches anyway.
See also
- English contract law
- Iniquitous pressure in English law
- Lloyds Bank Ltd v Bundy [1975] QB 326
- Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Co. 350 F.2d 445 (C.A. D.C. 1965)
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