The decision to accept the money would not normally be binding in contract law, and afterwards the builders sued the Rees for the outstanding amount.

The Rees claimed that the court should apply the doctrine of equitable estoppel, which can make promises binding when they would normally not be.

Solo artists of note during the nineteenth century included charismatic singers Robert Rees ( Eos Morlais ) and Sarah Edith Wynne, who would tour outside Wales and helped build the country's reputation as a " land of song ".

Hours before her death she was convinced by her final lover, John Rees, to sign a will leaving her entire estate to him, with the understanding that he would take care of her children.

The present Astronomer Royal, Martin Rees, a wrangler, would go on to become one of the world's leading scientists, while also holding the posts of Master of Trinity College ( Cambridge ) and President of the Royal Society.

Rees further commented that the show would not survive without Sam and Danson.

The network would pass information along to John Rees, who would in turn forward it to the director of intelligence at FBI headquarters, from there it would be forwarded to field offices.

Rees was a very ill-tempered and mannered individual, and would host banquets at the castle just to shout insults and laugh at his guests.

It was during these years that Cotton would win the Glengarth Sevens at Davenport Rugby Club ( Stockport Rugby Club ) along with Steve Smith and Clive Rees.

Rees ' finest hour however would come in 1978 at the inaugural Embassy World Professional Darts Championship, in Nottingham.

Rees would again average over 90 with Lowe not far behind in a great final, eventually sealed 11-7 by Rees to win his only ever World Championship.

In light of the corruption issues, as well as complaints about poor service and overcrowding, there were media reports in 2008 that the Rees government would abolish Rail Corporation New South Wales.

In August 1992, Rita Rees of the Bristol Headway branch, a brain injury charity, introduced herself to Crowther at Bath railway station, told him about Headway's work, and asked him if he would visit Headway house, a recovery centre for people who had suffered brain injuries.

Rees continued to play at a competitive level long into what would now be considered " senior " years, and remained successful, especially in match play tournaments.

The driving force behind the African events was Dai Rees, who would liaise with local sponsors and organisers on behalf of the professionals.

The concept name of the carbon footprint originates from ecological footprint, discussion, which was developed by Rees and Wackernagel in the 1990s which estimates the number of " earths " that would theoretically be required if everyone on the planet consumed resources at the same level as the person calculating their ecological footprint.

The band was formed by Henry Harrison ( lyrics, piano ), Blaine Harrison ( vocals, guitar and keyboards ) and William Rees ( guitar, vocals ) when the boys were still at school and would send each other songs on cassettes.

Later, many of them would occupy posts in international health organisations, with Rees himself becoming first President and Director of the World Federation for Mental Health which he founded, now a non-governmental organisation with formal consultative status to the United Nations.

John Hume's plan to cut the Northern Ireland electricity grid in two and rely on the power generated by Coolkeeragh Power Station ( where many Catholics worked ) to keep Derry and environs in business while undermining the unionist strikers in the east was rejected by the British Secretary of State Merlyn Rees.

On 1 July 1916, its Commanding Officer, Major Lionel Rees was engaged in a combat with eight German Albatros two-seaters, and although wounded in the leg, managed to scatter the German aircraft, driving down two of the enemy, for which action he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

Matthew Murray High School situated between Beeston and Holbeck recently closed down and was merged with Merlyn Rees High School in Belle Isle, to form South Leeds High School in Belle Isle.

Merlyn Rees Community High School, situated at the heart of Belle Isle, provided educational facilities for over 20 years ( previously known as Belle Isle Middle School ), but, in late 2006, the school closed down.

" Daily Telegraph columnist Jasper Rees, likening the changes in explorers ' reputations to climatic variations, suggests that " in the current Antarctic weather report, Scott is enjoying his first spell in the sun for twenty-five years ". The New York Times Book Review was more critical, pointing out Crane's support for Scott's discredited claims regarding the circumstances of the freeing of the Discovery from the pack ice, and concluded " For all the many attractions of his book, David Crane offers no answers that convincingly exonerate Scott from a significant share of responsibility for his own demise.

Sydney has been home to many visual artists, from the lush pastoralism of Lloyd Rees depictions of Sydney Harbour to Jeffrey Smart's portraits of bleak urban alienation, from the psychedelic visions of Brett Whiteley to a plethora of contemporary artists.

Rees had acquired the creature on one of his many voyages.

Theatre historian Terence Rees developed a version of the libretto that attempts to correct the many errors noted in the surviving libretto.

The Quarterly Review commented, " Rees is the most extensive cyclopædia in English with many excellent articles it has generally been condemned as on the whole too diffuse and too commonplace.

Most sets of Rees today are bound in calf, with two parts to the volume, but the quality of the leather used has meant that in many cases the hinges have rotted and the covers loosened, necessitating rebinding.

Many of well-known figures in animation today went through Larson's training program, including Brad Bird, Don Bluth, Chris Buck, Tim Burton, Randy Cartwright, Ron Clements, Andreas Deja, Gary Goldman, Ed Gombert, Mark Henn, Dan Haskett, Glen Keane, Bill Kroyer, John Lasseter, John Musker, Phil Nibbelink, Richard Rich, Burny Mattinson, Melvin Shaw, Jeffrey J. Varab, John Pomeroy, Joe Ranft, Jerry Rees, Henry Selick and Tad Stones among many others.

The winner of many prestigious tournaments in Britain, Europe and farther afield, Rees is best remembered as the captain of the Great Britain Ryder Cup team which defeated the United States at Lindrick Golf Club in Yorkshire, England in 1957.

Three doctors – Sir Michael Wood, Sir Archibald McIndoe and Tom Rees – drew up a groundbreaking plan to provide medical assistance to remote regions of East Africa, where they had all worked for many years as reconstructive surgeons.

Northwood was the home of landscape artist Lloyd Rees for many years before his death in 1988.

Included in his book are over 110 photos, many of Rees and Samuel Howells in the grounds of the Bible College.

The full history of the Bible College of Wales, with many photos of Rees and Samuel Howells, plus the College buildings.

Over the four-year period from June 1941 up to Hess's appearance at the Nuremberg trial, Rees apparently established a relationship with Hess: Hess's diaries record many meetings with Rees, referred to at this time as Colonel Rees, in which Hess accused his captors of attempting to poison, drug, and ' mesmerize ' him.

* Hess, the Missing Years, 1987, by David Irving, Macmillan Press ( many references indexed to Rees ) ISBN 0-333-45179-1.

David Rees promised to do everything possible to persuade Oliver Lyttleton to receive Tunku and his delegation.

Far up the valley I could see the Rees circling and reorganizing.

* Rees, Jonathan.

Poitiers, London: H. Rees.

* Rees, Roger.

* Rees, Roger.

This reversed an earlier ruling in Rees v United Kingdom.

Much of the research regarding expertise involves the studies of how experts and novices differ in solving problems ( Chi, M. T. H., Glasser R., & Rees, E., 1982 ).

This was suggested in circumstantial research by Petra Rees in her book The Shrieves House.

This was owned by John Middleton Murry, who had released editorial control to Max Plowman and Sir Richard Rees.

He also often stayed at the homes of Ruth Pitter and Richard Rees, where he could " change " for his sporadic tramping expeditions.

On the advice of Richard Rees, he offered it to Faber & Faber, whose editorial director, T. S. Eliot, also rejected it.

As well as the various guests of the Westropes, he was able to enjoy the company of Richard Rees and the Adelphi writers and Mabel Fierz.

One of these students, Elizaveta Fen, an autobiographer and future translator of Chekhov, recalled Orwell and his friend Richard Rees ' draped ' at the fireplace, looking, she thought, ' moth-eaten and prematurely aged.

Next day he picked up a list of contacts sent by Richard Rees.

In January 1949, in a very weak condition, he set off for a sanatorium in Gloucestershire, escorted by Richard Rees.

* John Rees, The Algebra of Revolution.

At the Bangor Eisteddfod of 1874 Hen Wlad fy Nhadau gained further popularity when it was sung by Robert Rees (" Eos Morlais "), one of the leading Welsh soloists of his day.

* Steffen Prauser and Arfon Rees: The Expulsion of the " German " Communities from Eastern Europe at the End of the Second World War.

* Rees, Brinley and Alwyn Rees.