Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 21:43

From: Hector MacQueen

Subject: Abuse of Rights

H C Gutteridge was critical of non-recognition in "Abuse of rights" (1933) 5 Cambridge LJ 22. Michael Taggart analysed Mayor of Bradford v Pickles in his OUP book of 2002, "Private Property and Abuse of Rights in Victorian England". In Scotland, Elspeth Reid has cautiously encouraged a slightly more expansive view of what should nonetheless be a "residual doctrine" in the light of comparative analysis - "Abuse of Rights in Scots Law" (1998) 2 Edinburgh LR 129 (available Hein Online).

Hector

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Hector L MacQueen 
Professor of Private Law 
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Edinburgh Law School
University of Edinburgh
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Quoting Jason Neyers:

Dear Colleagues:

Does anyone know of any article where the author has attempted to argue that English law has a doctrine of abuse of right, if even in disguise?

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