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Diarra v FIFA – Lassana Diarra Case
Example case summary. Last modified: August 26, 2025
The case concerns Lassana Diarra, a professional football player, and his dispute with FIFA regarding the transfer system and its compatibility with EU law. …
Barclays v Quincecare
Example case summary. Last modified: September 11, 2024
Barclays Bank plc v Quincecare Ltd [1992] 4 All ER 363 – Landmark case establishing the …
Philipp v Barclays – Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: September 11, 2024
Case summary of Philipp vs Barclays concerning Quincecare duty and economic losses due to forex manipulation….
USA v Julian Assange
Example case summary. Last modified: January 16, 2024
The grand jury returned an indictment, holding that Assange knowingly accessed a U.S. Government computer system illegally, exceeding his authorised access to obtain classified information regarding U.S. national security…
Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority – 2012 Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: January 12, 2024
Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, was accused of sexual offences in Sweden in August 2010. From 2012, he sought refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden….
Alexander v Mercouris
Example case summary. Last modified: January 11, 2024
A case examining the liability of parties under contract law, particularly in the realm of services that have been promised but subsequently not rendered….
O’Neill vs Dominick Healy & Sons
Example case summary. Last modified: January 11, 2024
A legal discourse on the liability of an employer for psychological injuries suffered by an employee due to work-related stress….
Ford and Owen v FCA
Example case summary. Last modified: January 11, 2024
The case concerns the regulatory action taken by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) against two defendants for their role in the failure of Keydata Investment Services Ltd….
Ivey v Genting Casinos (Crockfords Club) – Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: January 9, 2024
In Ivey v Genting Casinos professional gambler Phil Ivey visited Crockfords Club, a casino in London, and played a game of Punto Banco, a form of baccarat….
PGA Tour v Martin – Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: January 9, 2024
PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin was a significant case in the realm of sports law and disability rights. Casey Martin, a professional golfer, suffered from a degenerative circulatory disorder that impeded his ability to walk golf courses….
ASBL v Bosman (Bosman Ruling) – Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: January 16, 2024
The Bosman ruling significantly changed the landscape of football transfers, making it easier for players to move between clubs and countries in the EU….
European Super League vs UEFA
Example case summary. Last modified: December 21, 2023
In response to financial pressures, 12 major football clubs across Europe announced their intention to create a breakaway tournament named the European Super League (ESL) in April 2021….
Rex v Entain Plc
Example case summary. Last modified: December 22, 2023
The case deals with the allegations and subsequent considerations of violations of the gambling legislations and regulations by Entain PLC and their eventual DPA with HMRC….
R v Couzens 2021
Example case summary. Last modified: October 1, 2021
Case summary and sentencing remarks from R v Couzens – the case concerns an off-duty police officer who committed the rape and murder of Sarah Everard….
Miller v Prime Minister 2019
Example case summary. Last modified: October 5, 2021
This case concerns the conglomeration of two appeals, one from the High Court of England and Wales and one from the Inner House of the Court of Session in Scotland. …
Ball v Johnson – 2019
Example case summary. Last modified: October 5, 2021
The applicant brought a crowd-funded private prosecution against the proposed defendant, a sitting Member of Parliament, former Mayor of London and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Boris Johnson….
Swain v Natui Ram Puri
Example case summary. Last modified: October 5, 2021
The defendant’s owned a defunct factory, around which they had erected a seven foot-fence topped with barbed wire. There was however a small section of the fence at which the barbed wire was missing….
Leakey v National Trust
Example case summary. Last modified: October 5, 2021
The claimant built two houses at the foot of a large hill on the defendant’s land. Over a long period of time, soil and rubble had continuously, but slowly, fallen from the mound onto the claimant’s properties, and onto their land, as a result of the natural process of erosion….
Roe v Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
Example case summary. Last modified: June 7, 2019
The case of Roe v Wade is perhaps one of the most famous US Supreme Court decisions to date. Decided in the early 70s,…..
Negligence Duty Of Care Cases | Tort Law Cases
Example case summary. Last modified: December 2, 2023
Example cases from English tort law covering negligence and duty of care, and economic loss….
Silverstein v Keynetics, Inc
Example case summary. Last modified: June 11, 2019
Silverstein v Keynetics, Inc., and Click Sales., Inc, No. 17-15176 (9th Cir. 2016), United States District Court, Northern California…
Stilk v Myrick 1809 – Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: October 5, 2021
Performance of an existing duty is no consideration. Stilk v Myrick is a case that was decided over 200 years ago but nonetheless the principle that it developed remains a core feature of the law of contract and more particularly that of consideration….
R (on the application of Beresford) v Sunderland CC
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
A new town development created a town plan that identified an open space in the town as a playing field/parkland….
Lovett v Fairclough (1991)
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The defendant owned an estate adjoining a river owned by the claimant. His predecessor in title had fished from the river for a long period……
Binion v Evans [1972]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The defendants promised the sellers of land that they would permit the claimant to continue living in one of the cottages for the remainder……
Gore and Snell v Carpenter
Example case summary. Last modified: June 15, 2019
A husband and wife owned two properties. They were joint tenants of both. As their marital relationship had broken……
Donohoe v Ingram
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The impact of exceptional circumstances on sales orders resultant from bankruptcy; can sales orders violate human rights….
Kreglinger v New Patagonia Meat & Cold Storage Co Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Collateral advantages and clogs on the equity of redemption….
Gissing v Gissing [1971]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The parties married in their early twenties and the wife worked throughout the marriage as part of a printing company….
Job v Potton
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Liability for shares of profits of tenants in common under the Statute of Anne….
Oh Hiam v Tham Kong
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The appellants owned land in Malaysia. Six plots were in rubber growing land, while another in a village contained……
Williams (JW) v Williams
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The effect of the purpose of a trust in providing a family home on an attempted claim for a sales order under the 1925 LPA….
Re Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England’s Conveyance
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The Ecclesiastical Commission, who was charged with the responsibility to distribute the incomes for the Church of England……
Entick v Carrington [1765]
Example case summary. Last modified: September 28, 2021
An individual’s rights over their property. On 11th November 1762 the defendant and three other named individuals entered a property belonging to the claimant and spent four hours there searching all of the rooms, breaking open boxes and going through all of the claimant’s possessions….
Melluish v BMI (No. 3)
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
BMI acquired and then hired out plant and machinery, such as central heating equipment and crematoria equipment, to local authorities. In each case……
Wilson v Wilson [1969]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Rectification of trust on grounds of mistake; effect of equitable interests….
Pugh v Savage [1970]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Pugh was the owner of a farm which included field A. Field A was accessed from the highway along a lane, into a field……
J Sainsbury plc v Enfield LBC
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
An individual had conveyed part of his land to the first claimant, subject to restrictive covenants stated to be binding on the latter's……
Parker-Tweedale v Dunbar Bank plc
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
PT brought an action challenging the sale of the property by the defendant mortgagee, DB, after his wife had missed……
Alfred F Beckett Ltd v Lyons
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The case involved a claim made by the plaintiff that as an inhabitant of the County Palatine of Durham……
Bakewell Managements Ltd v Brandwood
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
In 1927 under a 's193(2) Law of Property Act 1925 (the Act)' deed, public access to common law was allowed….
P&A Swift Investments v Combined English Stores Group
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The landlord designated specific business premises to a subsidiary company, which was owned by the defendant….
Union Lighterage Co. v London Graving Dock Co
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
A dock and a wharf, divided by a fence, belonged to the same owner in 1860. In the same year, in order to secure the side……
Mortgage Corporation v Shaire
Example case summary. Last modified: June 15, 2019
Fox and Shaire held a property as joint tenants in law and as tenants in common in equity, with ownership divided……
Bank of Ireland Home Mortgages Ltd v Bell
Example case summary. Last modified: June 15, 2019
Factors for consideration in balancing the rights of creditors and beneficiaries in exceptional circumstances for a sales……
Clos Farming Estates Pty Ltd v Easton
Example case summary. Last modified: June 15, 2019
Clos Farming owned several lots including Lot 86 that was situated on vineyard estate land….
Borman v Griffith [1930]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Borman leased a garden which included a paddock, orchard and adjoining gardens, on a long term basis….
Mills v Silver [1991]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Silver purchased a hill farm which only had one access for vehicles, which was along the track over Mill's……
Leigh v Taylor [1902]
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Madame De Falbe was a life tenant of a stately home, in which she had hung valuable tapestries belonging to her. The canvasses were nailed……
Pilcher v Rawlins
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
A father settled real estate on trust for his children. One of the trustees, P, was the uncle of the beneficiaries. The trustees advanced money……
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