Chappell & Co Ltd v Nestle Co Ltd

Chappell & Co Ltd v Nestle Co Ltd
CourtHouse of Lords
Full case name CHAPPELL AND COMPANY LIMITED and others v THE NESTLE COMPANY LIMITED and others
Decided18 June 1959
Citation[1960] AC 87
TranscriptUKHL 1
Court membership
Judges sittingViscount Simonds, Lord Reid, Lord Tucker, Lord Keith of Avonholm, Lord Somervell of Harrow
Case opinions
Lord Somervell
Keywords
Consideration, adequacy, copyright

Chappell & Co Ltd v Nestle Co Ltd [1959] UKHL 1 is an important English contract law case, where the House of Lords confirmed the traditional doctrine that in order for a legal contract to be binding consideration must be sufficient but need not be adequate.