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{{infobox |Box title = ''Beswick v Beswick'' (1968) |image = Image:UK.png |imagewidth = 150 |Row 1 title = Citation |Row 1 info = ''Beswick v Beswick'', [1968] AC 58, [1967] All ER 1197 |Row 2 title = Appellant |Row 2 info = John Joseph Beswick |Row 3 title = Respondent |Row 3 info = Mrs. Peter Beswick in her own capacity and in her capacity as the administratrix of the estate of Peter Beswick, deceased |Row 4 title = Year |Row 4 info = 1968 |Row 5 title = Court |Row 5 info = [[:Category:House of Lords cases|House of Lords]] |Row 6 title = Judges |Row 6 info = Lords Reid, Pearce, Hodson, Guest, and Upjohn |Row 7 title = Country |Row 7 info = [[:Category:Cases from the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] |Row 8 title = Area of law |Row 8 info = [[:Category:Privity|Privity]] |Row 9 title = Issue |Row 9 info = Is Mrs. Peter Beswick able to sue her nephew either in her own personal capacity, as the executrix of the will, or both? }} ==Facts== Peter Beswick was a coal merchant. He agreed to sell his business to his nephew, the respondent, if he paid him a certain sum of money for as long as he lived, and then to pay his wife (the appellant) Β£5 per week for the rest of her life after he died. He died, and the nephew only paid his aunt once before stating that no contract existed between them. She was also the administratrix of her husband's will. Mrs. Beswick was unsuccessful at trial and [[Beswick v Beswick (1966)|successful at appeal]], which John Joseph Beswick appealed. ==Issue== #Is Mrs Beswick able to sue her nephew either in her own personal capacity, as the executrix of the will, or both? ==Decision== Appeal dismissed. ==Reasons== The House of Lords decided that the aunt had no right to sue her nephew in her own capacity as she was not a party to the contract. This overturns Denning's findings in the lower court allowing third parties to sue for benefits that were guaranteed to them under a contract. However, in her capacity as the administratrix she is able to sue him for the specific performance of his promise that was made in the contract. ==Ratio== *Third parties cannot sue for breach of contract when they were not a party to the contract, even if they were named as a beneficiary of the contract. *Executors of wills can sue for specific performance of promises made in contracts with the deceased. [[Category:Contract law]] [[Category:Privity]] [[Category:Cases from the United Kingdom]] [[Category:House of Lords cases]] [[Category:Sexual assault]]
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