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YL v Birmingham City Council – 2007
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Y was a resident of a care home run by a healthcare company (S). Her placement had been arranged by the respondent local authority (B)……
Tulk v Moxhay – Case Brief
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Established that there are occasions in which equitable covenants can bind future purchasers of property and ‘run with the land’. The claimant, Tulk, owned several properties in Leicester Square, London, and sold one such property to another….
Wilson v Tyneside Window Cleaning Co
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The complainant was a window cleaner that worked for the defendants, Tyneside Window Cleaning Co. Mr Wilson was an experienced worker….
Vernon v Bosley – (No. 1)
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The plaintiff suffered distress after witnessing fire fighters attempt to rescue her children from the wreckage of a car following a road traffic accident….
Undue Influence Case Summaries
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Cases on Undue Influence. Class 1 – Actual undue influence. Class 2 (2A and 2B)- Presumed undue influence….
White and Bluett – 1853
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The defendant was sued by his deceased father’s executors on a promissory note acknowledging a debt owed by the son which was signed by……
White v Bluett – 1853
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Contract law – Consideration. Bluett Sr. lent his son, the respondent in this case, a sum of money and died before his son had repaid this to him. Bluett Sr. and Jr. had agreed on this and completed a promissory note to this effect….
Walker v Northumberland County Council
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Employer’s duty to provide safe system of work; whether duty extends to risk of psychiatric illness. Mr Walker was a social worker employed by the defendant who had a heavy, emotionally demanding caseload and suffered a mental breakdown in 1986….
Ward v Tesco – 1976
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimant was injured when they slipped on spilled yoghurt in the defendant’s store. The defendant adduced evidence that they regularly inspected and cleaned the floors and had policies requiring staff to deal with spillages as soon as they were detected….
Vaughan v Vaughan – 1953
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
A case summary for LawTeacher.net about Vaughan v Vaughan [1953] 1 QB 762, where a wife was granted a revocable licence by the promise to remain in the matrimonial home after divorce….
Torreggiani and Others v Italy 43517/09 (ECHR, 08 January 2013)
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The case of Torreggiani and Others v Italy deals primarily with the Article 3 prohibition on torture or inhuman and degrading treatment…
Tinn v Hoffman and Co 1873
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
It was held in this case that there was no contract between Mr Tinn and Mr Hoffman for the iron. The cross offers were made simultaneously and without knowledge of one another; this was not a contract that would bind the parties for the iron….
Yewen v Noakes – 1880
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The definition of an employee. There was a statutory exemption for premises which were occupied by a “servant” or person occupying the premises “for the protection thereof.”…
Tomlinson v Congleton Borough Council
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Congleton Borough Council had attempted to turn a disused quarry into a beauty spot and country park by turning the quarry into an artificial lake. The council prohibited swimming, recognising the lake to be dangerous for swimmers and had prominent signs prohibiting swimming, as well as park rangers who sought to prevent swimming. T…
Vellino v Chief Constable of Manchester
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The plaintiff was well known to the local police, which were often called to arrest him at his second-floor flat. He sometimes evaded the……
Wilsher v Essex Area Health Authority
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Claimant always holds the burden of proving likely causation. An infant was delivered prematurely and shortly after was administered oxygen by a junior doctor, accidentally providing too much….
Van Gend en Loos Case Summary
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Established that EEC’s treaties were legitimate grounds for the recognition of legal rights and thus famously recognised the principle of direct effect. The claimants, van Gend en Loos, imported chemicals from Western Germany to the Netherlands where they were asked to pay import taxes….
Wainwright v Home Office
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimants were strip-searched for drugs on a prison visit. At trial, the judge found trespass against the person in relation……
Torquay Hotel Ltd v Cousins
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Cousins was part of a trade union. Members of the trade union called a strike at the Torbay Hotel and the Imperial hotel……
Watts v Morrow – 1991
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Watts instructed Morrow to provide a full structural survey on a house he wished to purchase. The report found the property to be sound……
Wooldridge v Sumner
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimant was a photographer working at a horse show. He was situated within the ring where the horse show took place (rather than behind the spectator barriers) when one of the horses galloped towards him at a significant speed after the rider lost control of it, knocking him down….
Weeks v Tybald – 1605
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The case derives from 1605. The defendant who was the father of a woman to whom the plaintiff sought to “woo” with the intention of marriage….
Venables and Thompson v News Group Newspapers
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
A case summary for LawTeacher.net about Venables and Thompson v News Group Newspapers, regarding a perpetual injunction granted to protect the identities of two notorious murderers. …
Wheeler v New Merton Board Mills
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
An eighteen-year-old workman was working at a machine for cutting cardboard with revolving sharp knives and, whilst collecting the shavings……
Young v Bristol Aeroplane Company Limited
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Obligation to follow previous decisions. The plaintiff, who was employed at the defendants’ workshops, received injury in an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment and received compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Acts…
Woodrup v Nicol
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimant was a motor cyclist and was involved in a collision with the defendant motorist. He suffered serious injuries and was cared for by his father….
Williams (JW) v Williams (MA)
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
A husband and wife jointly owned a piece of property that acted as their family home, where they lived alongside their four children….
Wilson Smithett v Bangladesh Sugar
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
A company responded to a tender invitation concerning the sale of sugar with Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries. Following the submission of the tender……
Winterbottom v Wright – 1842
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The defendant contracted with the postmaster general to supply a mail coach for the purpose of carrying the mail along a particular route….
Young v Kent County Council – Case Summary
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimant fell through a skylight whilst on the roof a school building which was accessed by pipework on the exterior of the building….
Wollerton and Wilson v Richard
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The defendant was a building company involved in a construction project which required the use of a crane. When the crane was erected……
White and Others v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimants (C) were all police officers who had been on duty within Hillsborough Stadium during the eponymous disaster, in which 95 Liverpool FC fans were killed and many others injured….
Tremain v Pike – 1969
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimant, Tremain, was a farmer employed by the defendant, Pike, to work as a herdsman on the defendant’s farm. In the course of his……
WJ Alan v El Nasr – 1972
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
It was important for the court to consider whether the payment for the goods given by the letter of credit in Pound Sterling could satisfy the value……
Tweddle v Atkinson – 1861
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The son and daughter of the parties involved in this dispute were getting married. As such, the father of the groom and father of the bride entered into an agreement that they would both pay sums of money to the couple….
Vicarious Liability Cases | Negligence
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Examples of vicarious liability case around the subject of matrimonial issues between husband and wife….
Trendtex Trading v Bank of Nigeria
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The Central Bank of issued an irrevocable letter of credit to pay for quantities of cement ordered by the Nigerian Ministry of Defence….
Young v Dalgety
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The appellant landlord entered into a lease which required the tenant to covenant to install light fittings and flooring to the property….
Titchener v British Railways Board
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The appellant was struck by a train and was very seriously injured. This had taken place whilst the appellant was crossing a railway……
Wheat v E Lacon & Co Ltd
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The defendants, in this case, were brewers who owned a public house, which they entrusted to a licensee to manage. This individual was employed by the defendants under a service agreement to this effect….
Wilson v Lombank
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Wilson bought a car off Lombank. The representative of Lombank had no right to sell the vehicle. Wilson took the vehicle……
White v Jones – 1995
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Considers professional negligence and the circumstances in which a third party can bring a claim on such grounds. A man, Mr White, wished to change his will so as to leave £9000 for the benefit of his two daughters, who he had chosen to exclude at the point of his will’s initial drafting….
Zanzibar v British Aerospace – Case Summary
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The complainants, the Government of Zanzibar, wanted to purchase an executive jet from the British Aerospace (Lancaster House Ltd)….
Toomes v Conset
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The property in question was the subject of a lease for sixty years. This lease had been granted as a collateral security against the sum of……
Wenkheim v Ardnt
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
This case was heard and decided in New Zealand. The facts of the case were that the plaintiff offered to marry the defendant. The defendant……
Yuanda UK v WW Gear Construction
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimant was a contractor instructed to install a glazed curtain wall in a hotel constructed by the defendant. The contract entered into between……
Tolley v Fry
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The defendants were owners a chocolate manufacturing company. They advertised their products with a caricature of the claimant……
Tuberville v Savage – 1669
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Whether a threatening declaration of future harm constituted an unlawful assault.. A man placed his hand on his sword and told another, “If it were not assize-time, I would not take such language.” The justices of assize were in town….
Williams v Roffey Bros – 1991
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Whether performance of an existing duty can amount to consideration. The appellants Roffey Bros, were builders who were contracted to refurbish 27 flats belonging to a housing corporation….
Victoria Laundry v Newman Industries
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Delayed delivery of boiler to laundry company; whether lost profits recoverable. Victoria Laundry Ltd (VLL) ordered a large boiler from Newman Industries Ltd (NIL) in contemplation of some lucrative dyeing contracts….
