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Gray v Jones – Case Brief
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The defendant said the following to the claimant: “You are a convicted person. I will not have you here.” The claimant brought an action for slander….
Euro Brokers Holdings Ltd v Monecor (London) Ltd
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Case Summary of Euro Brokers Holdings Ltd v Monecor (London) Ltd [2003] 1 BCLC 506. Passing resolutions and special resolutions, Companies Act 2006….
Duress Case Summaries
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Contract law duress cases including duress to the person, duress to goods, economic duress and remedies. Barton v Armstrong [1976] AC 104 – A (the former chairman of a company) threatened B (the managing director) with death if he did not agree to purchase A’s shares in the company. …
DPP v A – 2000
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The defendant wished to raise the defence of duress to a charge of robbery on the basis that two strangers had threatened to kill……
Garden Cottage Foods v Milk Marketing Board
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The Milk Marketing Board (MMB) produced most of the bulk butter in the UK. They announced they would no longer sell any to Garden Cottage Foods (GCF)….
Hollingworth v Southern Ferries
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Wishing to go on a holiday, the claimant asked her friend and travelling companion to make arrangements. This friend went to a travel agent……
Gray v Thames Trains Ltd – 2009
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The appellant, Gray, was a passenger in the Ladbroke Grove train crash which the respondents had caused due to negligence….
Henderson v Arthur – 1907
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimant, Henderson, was a seller who agreed to give a lease of a theatre to the defendant, Arthur, as a tenant….
Hochster v De La Tour – 1853
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Award of damages for anticipatory breach of contract.. De La Tour concluded an agreement to employ Mr. Hochster to act as a courier and travel with him in Europe on 1 June 1852….
Ecay v Godfrey – 1947
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Evidenced the necessity of considering all relevant remarks in assessing whether a representation may be deemed a contractual term….
DSBD Subsea v Petroleum – Case Summary
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
DSND entered into a memorandum of understanding varying the terms of the agreement with PGS, after DSND was found to have a……
Fisher v Bridges – 1854
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The defendant agreed to buy land from the plaintiff. According to the defendant, before the making of the deed, which was subject to a mortgage……
City of London Building Society v Flegg – 1988
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Here, the Maxwell Browns purchased a property, attaining half of the cost form Mrs Maxell Brown’s parents, the Fleggs. The property was placed solely……
Bannerman v White – 1861
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Affirms that where a representee expressly informs a representor of the significance of their representation to the contract, the representation is likely to be viewed as amounting to a contractually binding term….
C & P Haulage v Middleton – Summary
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
C&P granted Middleton a license to occupy premises from where he would conduct his business. The agreement expressly stated the license……
Brice v Brown
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
C, a woman aged 42, had suffered from a hysterical personality disorder since childhood. She was, however, able to lead a……
Bull v Bull – 1955
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
A mother and son jointly purchased a property, however the son contributed a greater proportion of the original purchase price……
Buckland v Butterfield – 1820
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
It should be noted that the application of this judgment, given the subsequent case law on the matter of the distinction between fixtures and chattels……
Chappell and Co v Nestle Ltd
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Consideration need not have economic value. The defendants, Nestlé, contracted with a company manufacturing gramophone records to buy several recordings of music. …
Caldwell v Maguire
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimant was a professional jockey. He sustained severe injuries due to manoeuvres from two other jockeys a left turn in a race, which a later internal investigation by the Jockey Club deemed to be careless and against the rules. …
Crystal Palace v Dowie
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The defendant, Mr Dowie, was a football manager for the complainants, Crystal Palace Football Club. In the terms of his employment contract……
Carillion Construction v Felix – Summary
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Carillion was a main contractor on a building site and subcontracted Felix to undertake work. The work was due for completion……
Bird v Jones – 1845
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Bird, B, wished to cross a section of a public road which was closed off due to a boat race. Two policemen, D, prevented B from passing in the direction he wished to go, but was allowed to go in the only other direction in which he could pass….
Cabinet Office v Information Commissioner and Dr Lamb
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The Cabinet Office sought to resist disclosure of the minutes of two meetings at which Ministers had determined to commit forces to the conflict in Iraq……
Bigg v Boyd Gibbins – 1971
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
As part of the negotiation for the sale of property by the plaintiffs, the plaintiffs wrote to the defendants stating that for a quick sale of the property, they would accept £26,000 on the basis that the initial offer was low and this would cover the plaintiff’s costs of sale….
Berkoff v Burchill – 1996
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The first defendant was a journalist and, at the time, a film critic for the Sunday Times, while the second defendant was the newspaper’s publisher….
CTN Cash & Carry Ltd v Gallagher Ltd [1994]
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Gallagher demanded CTN to pay for the cigarettes despite those not being delivered due to Gallagher’s own mistake. Gallagher argued that the risk……
Bennet v Bennet – 1879
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
This case concerned a transaction between a mother and her son and the presumption of advancement in equity. Mother, Ann Bennet, wanted to help her……
Chambers v DPP – 2012
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
A 26-year-old man learned that an airport from which he was due to travel was closed due to heavy snow-fall. He responded on Twitter by tweeting: “Crap! Robin Hood airport is closed. You’ve got a week and a bit to get your shit together otherwise I’m blowing the airport sky high!”…
Bulk Trading Co v Zenziper Grains
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The buyers, the Bulk Trading Corporation, and the seller, Zenziper, had arranged for the sale of 6,000 tonnes of American corn, which were to be……
Carmarthenshire County Council v Lewis
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimant in this matter was the wife of a lorry driver killed whilst trying to avoid a child in the road. The child was at school……
Bradford v Robinson Rentals Ltd
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimant, Bradford, was an employee of the defendants, Robinson Rentals, and in the course of his employment it was requested that he be sent to assist a colleague in a vehicle repair. …
Avon Insurance v Swire Fraser – Facts
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimant was a stop loss insurance company which made a claim against the defendant insurance brokers under the Misrepresentation Act 1967……
Children and Local Authorities | Family Law Study Area | Law Teacher
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Children and Local Authorities. During the first half of the twentieth century the conventional wisdom was that parents knew best, and only in the most extreme cases would parents or society at large tolerate any interference in their……
Cundy v Lindsay
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The case concerned whether a mistake as to the identity of a contracting party was so fundamental so as to negate the consent of the other party. The foundation of contract law is premised on mutual agreement, i.e., agreeing on the same thing in the same sense, popularly referred to as consensus ad idem….
Carslogie Steamship v Norwegian Government
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The complainant’s vessel, Heimgar, was damaged by a collision with the defendant, Carslogie. The defendants admitted negligence and damage and this was not……
Cutter v Powell – 1795
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Partial performance of a contract. Mr. Cutter, a sailor, was hired for a voyage and given a promissory note from his employment that ten days after the ship arrives at Liverpool, he will pay Mr. Cutter a certain sum….
Curtis v Chemical Cleaning & Dyeing Co – 1951
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Affirms that when a party misrepresents the significance of a term, it ceases to be contractually binding. The claimant, Curtis, took her wedding dress to be cleaned by a professional laundry service, the defendants, the Chemical Cleaning and Dyeing Company….
Chahal v UK – Case Summary
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
C, an Indian citizen, was given indefinite leave to remain in the UK after entering illegally. In 1984 he visited India and……
Cohen v Cohen – 1929
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Mrs Cohen was unsuccessful in her claim. There was no consideration given for the promise of Mr Cohen because the contract for……
Banque Keyser Ullman v Skandia
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The plaintiff bank had made loans against property which the borrower had informed them valuable, and had also taken out insurance policies from the……
Coulthard v Neville Russell – 1998
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The case concerned a claim by three directors of D & H Ltd (the Directors) against Neville Russell (the Auditors) on the grounds that the Auditors had failed in their duty to advise them against their acquisition of shares through a loan from the Company in breach of section 151 of the Companies Act 1985….
Baker v Willoughby – 1970
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The complainant, Mr Baker, was a pedestrian who had been knocked down by the defendant driving a car in September 1964. The negligent driving by the defendant caused serious injury to his left leg, which left him with mobility problems and unable to work in the labour market as he did before…
Cattle v Stockton Waterworks
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Stockton Waterworks Co laid down one of their main roads along and under a turnpike road. Private property was either side of the road. The landowner employed Cattle to make a tunnel under the road so he could access his land on the other side of the road easily….
Bettini v Gye
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Breach of a condition of a contract. The claimant, Alessandro Bettini (a tenor) entered into an agreement with the defendant, Frederick Gye. The terms of that agreement were that Bettini would not perform within 50 miles of London in any venue….
Botham v TSB Bank
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
In possession proceedings against the appellant numerous items were held to be fixtures and therefore would become the property of the respondent when the property was repossessed….
Bonnington Castings v Wardlaw – 1956
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The onus and standard of proof in personal injury claims for an employer’s breach of statutory duty. The employee of a dressing shops foundry was exposed to noxious dust from swing grinders, allegedly causing him to contract pneumoconiosis….
Coward v Motor Insurance Bureau
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Mrs Coward obtained judgement for damages which was not paid out because Mr Cole’s insurance policy did not provide cover for him to carry pillion……
Cassidy v Ministry of Health 1951
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimant was a patient at a hospital run by the defendant who required routine treatment to set the bones in his wrist. Due to negligence on the part of one of the doctors, the operation caused his fingers to become stiff. …
Case Summaries on Burglary
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Criminal law case summaries covering and burglary and aggravated burglary. R v Brown – A witness, having heard the sound of breaking glass, saw the defendant partially inside a shop front display. …
