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Human Rights Law Cases
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Human rights law cases. Need human rights law cases to help you write essay? Use the following influential cases in your human rights essay…
Lipkin Gorman v Karpnale Ltd
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The plaintiffs were a firm of solicitors at which Cass was a partner. Cass was a compulsive gambler and dishonestly obtained money from the firm’s bank……
Jones v Padavatton – 1969
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Agreement for mother to maintain daughter; whether intention to create legal relations. A mother and daughter came to an arrangement whereby the mother agreed to maintain her daughter if she agreed to study for the bar….
IBA v EMI Electronics Ltd
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
After experiencing problems with a similar mast, IBA sought assurance from BICC that the mast met the specifications and would not break….
Khorasandijan v Bush – 1993
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimant, a young lady, was harassed by a man who, amongst other things, repeatedly made harassing, pestering, threatening and……
Hyman v Hyman – Summary
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The appellant, Mr Hyman, was married to respondent. He left her to live with another woman. Both he and the respondent executed a deed of separation……
Johnson v Agnew – 1980
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Johnson was in arrears on his mortgage and entered an agreement to sell the property to Agnew. The agreed price was sufficient to discharge his mortgage……
Imperial Chemical Industries v Shatwell
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Two brothers who were qualified shot-firers sustained injuries at their employer’s quarries. The employees had been short of wire to test a circuit……
Introduction To Family Law | Family Law Study Area | Law Teacher
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Introduction To Family Law. Family law, as the phrase is generally understood, deals with the creation and removal of legal status, its consequences, and the protection (both physical and financial) of family members. It is concerned……
Jolley v Sutton London Borough Council
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The relevance of the extent and kind of remoteness of damage to the imposition of tortious liability. The defendant, Sutton London Borough Council, negligently left a dangerously derelict boat abandoned on a beach that they owned, albeit they had placed a warning sign on the boat advising that it not be touched….
Lavarack v Woods of Colchester
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Lavarack was employed by Woods of Colchester (WOC). Under the employment contract, he was to earn £4,000 per year and such bonuses as the directors……
Howe v Motor Insurers Bureau
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The facts of this case concern the English claimant (Mr Howe) who was involved in a motor accident while driving in France….
Le Fanu v Malcolmson – 1848
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The Plaintiffs were the owners of various factories in Ireland. They raised an action of libel against newspaper publishers….
In The Matter of LC (children) – UKSC
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
In LC (Children) No.2, a five member panel of the Supreme Court were asked to pass judgment on the on what is to be taken into account regarding whether a child is habitually resident in a place for the purposes of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 and s.1(2) Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985….
Laemthong International v Artis
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The Laemthong Glory (the respondent) was a vessel chartered on a voyage from Brazil to Yemen, carrying bagged sugar. The charterparty contract provided……
Knowles v Liverpool County Council
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Mr Knowles was employed by Liverpool City Council as a labourer. In the course of his employment he was laying a flagstone in a Liverpool street….
Horsfall v Thomas – 1862
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The plaintiff was employed by the defendant to make him a steel gun which the defendant would pay for with two bills of exchange….
Liability For Fire Cases
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Liability For Fire. A person will be liable for damage done by fire in three situations. That is, if the damage was caused: 1. wilfully; 2. by negligence; or…
Huth v Huth – 1915
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The defendant, Captain Huth, sent an allegedly defamatory letter in an unclosed envelope through the post to his four children….
Hughes v Liverpool VictoriaFriendly Society
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
With a Mr Thomas, the defendants entered into five life insurance policies on the lives of others. Thomas ceased paying the premiums….
Latimer v AEC Ltd
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The defendant Mr Latimer, worked in a factory owned by the defendants, AEC Ltd. The factory had become flooded due to adverse weather, which caused the floor to become very slippery. …
Kaitamaki v R
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The defendant was convicted of breaking into the victim’s flat and raping her twice. There was no dispute that sexual intercourse had taken place on two occasions, but the defendant contended that the victim had consented or that he had a reasonable belief that she was consenting….
Contract Law Intention Case Summaries
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Contract law intention cases – social and domestic agreements, business / commercial agreements. Lens v Devonshire Club (1914) It was held that the winner of a competition held by a golf club could not sue for his prize…
Lampleigh v Braithwaite
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
When past consideration may be good consideration.. The defendant, Braithwaite, killed a man. He asked the plaintiff, Lampleigh to secure him a pardon from the king. …
Jaggard v Dickinson – 1981
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The defendant had been told by a friend that they could stay at their house and “use it as their own”. Returning to the street drunk one evening the……
James v Thomas – 2007
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The defendant, Mr Thomas, owned the cottage in dispute as the sole registered proprietor of the property. Mr Thomas had inherited this……
Knight v Knight (1840) 3 Beav 148
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Case Summary of Knight v Knight (1840) 3 Beav 148. Private express trusts must demonstrate the ‘three certainties’….
Jackson v Horizon Holidays – 1975
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Mr Jackson booked a holiday through Horizon Holidays, a travel company, for him and his family and paid approximately £1,400. He had provided explicit details……
Leigh v Dickeson
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
In this case a property was co-owned by two individuals. One of them (who was in possession of the property) decided on a need to……
Jones v Livox Quarries Ltd
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The workmen in a quarry and a few slow-moving vehicles were proceeding to the canteen for a lunch break. The way was around a……
Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co Ltd
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Seven boys detained in a borstal – a type of youth detention centre, were working on an island under the supervision of three officers. The borstal boys escaped from the island at night with the plaintiffs’ yacht and damaged it….
Kaur v MG Rover
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
An employee was threatened with compulsory redundancy by her employer. The employee applied to court for declaratory relief that the……
R v Secretary of SSHD Ex P Ejaz
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department Ex P Naheed Ejaz (1994) 2 WLR 534 case summary…
Knuller v DPP – 1973
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The defendant was the director of a company, which published regular magazines for distribution. Inside the magazines, there was a page……
J Murphy Sons v Johnston Precast
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimant was a main contractor for works which requested the defendant sub-contractor to tender for the supply of a pipe for the purpose of carrying……
Hyam v DPP – 1975
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The defendant Hyam had been in a relationship with a man before the relationship ended. Hyam then had become jealous of her ex-boyfriend’s new fiancée Ms Booth. She poured petrol through Booth’s letter box and then ignited it using a rolled up newspaper. …
Lister v Hesley Hall Ltd – 2002
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Employer’s vicarious liability for personal injury caused by torts committed by employees. A warden was employed at an annex of a boarding school for boys and responsible for the day-to-day running of the school…
Ireland v United Kingdom 1979-80
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Ireland v United Kingdom is a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) principally concerning the threshold at which ‘cruel and unusual treatment’ becomes ‘torture’ for the purposes of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)…
Leach v Chief Constable of Gloucestershire Constabulary
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The plaintiff had acted as the ‘appropriate adult’ during the police questioning of a criminal who was accused of numerous murders….
Karsales v Wallis – Case Brief
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The Defendant (Mr Wallis) agreed to buy a used car if the vendor was able to find a company with which the Defendant could enter into a hire-purchase……
Junior Books Ltd v Veitchi Co Ltd – Summary
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The defendants were specialists in flooring and were sub-contractors to lay a floor in a factory which was to be used by the plaintiffs….
Joel v Morison – 1834
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The plaintiff was walking on foot on a public highway. The defendant had a horse and a cart, which were under the care, government and direction of his……
Howard v Howard-Lawson – Case Brief
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The case concerns a family dispute regarding the trusts created by PJC Howard’s will, who was Howard-Lawson grandfather and Howard’s great-grandfather….
Lagden v O’Connor
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The Defendant, Mr O’Connor, hit the complainant’s parked car and caused damage to the vehicle. The complainant, Mr Lagden, was unemployed at the time……
International Organisations Act 2005 – Summary
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
This Act makes provisions concerning various international entities conferring privileges, immunities and legal capacity on them……
JEB Fasteners v Marks Bloom – 1983
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
JEB took control of a company. Marks Bloom & Co. (MBC) were the auditors for the business. One of the primary motivations behind taking over the company was that JEB would be able to acquire the services of two of the company directors…
Kearley v Thomson – 1890
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Categories: Case Summaries
The defendants were a firm of solicitors which represented a creditor in bankruptcy proceedings. The plaintiff was a friend of the bankrupt….
King’s Motors (Oxford) Ltd v Lax
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The parties had a lease for seven years. The lease contained an option for renewal for a further term of seven years on the same terms……
Hong Kong Fir Shipping Ltd v Kisen Kaisha – 1962
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Construction of contractual terms as ‘conditions’ and repudiatory breach of contract. Ship owners let the vessel, Hongkong fir, to charterers for a period of 24 months. Clause 1 of the contract obliged the owners to deliver a “seaworthy” vessel and Clause 3 further obliged them to maintain the vessel’s seaworthiness and good condition….
In The Matter of K (a child) – NI
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
In K (A Child) (Northern Ireland) [2014] UKSC 29, the Supreme Court were asked to determine the scope of the term ‘rights of custody’ in relation to wrongful removal of a child from a country….
