Tweddle v Atkinson
| Tweddle v Atkinson | |
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| Court | High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division |
| Decided | 7 June 1861 |
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| Judges sitting | Wightman J, Crompton J, Blackburn J |
| Keywords | |
| privity, consideration | |
Tweddle v Atkinson [1861] EWHC J57 (QB), (1861) 1 B&S 393 is an English contract law case concerning the principle of privity of contract and consideration. Its panel of appeal judges reinforced that the doctrine of privity meant that only those who are party to an agreement (outside of one of the well-established exceptional relationships such as agency, bailment or trusteeship) may sue or be sued on it and established the principle that "consideration must flow from the promisee".