Parker v British Airways Board
1982 · QB 1004
Posted By lanbuk.com
- Facts
- Mr Parker found a gold bracelet on the floor of an executive lounge at Heathrow. He handed it in. Nobody claimed it. The airline sold it and kept the money. He sued in .
- Issue
- Does the occupier of a building, or the finder, have the better right to a found on the floor?
- Held
- The finder won. The airline had not shown an intention to exercise control over things found on the floor.
- Principle
- A finder has a right against all but the true owner, unless the occupier had manifested an intention to control the building and the things in it before the finding.
- Why it matters
- It is the modern case on things found on land, beside City of London Corporation v Appleyard.
Words and Latin in this note
- Chattel
- A moveable thing. If it is not annexed to the land so as to become a fixture, it does not pass with the land. Open the note.
Also on Lanbuk
- Parker v British Airways Board in Lanbuk on the Law of Torts
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