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Diarra v FIFA - Lassana Diarra Case
Example case summary. Last modified: 4th Oct 2024
The case concerns Lassana Diarra, a professional football player, and his dispute with FIFA regarding the transfer system and its compatibility with EU law. ...
Philipp v Barclays - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 11th Sep 2024
Case summary of Philipp vs Barclays concerning Quincecare duty and economic losses due to forex manipulation....
Barclays v Quincecare
Example case summary. Last modified: 11th Sep 2024
Barclays Bank plc v Quincecare Ltd [1992] 4 All ER 363 - Landmark case establishing the ...
R v Ghosh - 1982
Example case summary. Last modified: 11th Sep 2024
Meaning of dishonesty under the Theft Act 1968. The defendant, Ghosh, was a locum consultant at a hospital who falsely claimed to have carried out a surgical operation in order to claim money when in fact that operation had been carried out by someone else under the NHS...
Houghton v Trafalgar Insurance Co - 1954
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th May 2024
The claimant and the defendant had entered into an insurance contract (with the defendant being the insurer). ...
R v Kingston - 1994
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Mar 2024
Barry Kingston was involuntarily drugged by a friend. While Kingston was intoxicated, his friend encouraged him to perform sexual acts on a 15 year old boy. The incident had been a set up by his friend. Kingston was convicted of indecent assault....
Salomon v Salomon - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 6th Feb 2024
A Case Summary of Salomon v A Salomon and Co Ltd [1897] AC 22 (Salomon v Salomon) - Separate Legal Personality (SLP) is the basic tenet on which company law is premised. ...
Rylands v Fletcher - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jan 2024
Liability under Rylands v Fletcher is regarded as a specific type of nuisance, a form of strict liability, where the defendant may be liable without having been negligent. ...
ASBL v Bosman (Bosman Ruling) - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jan 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....
USA v Julian Assange
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jan 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...
Donoghue v Stevenson Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jan 2024
Donoghue v Stevenson, a Scottish dispute, is a famous case in English law which was instrumental in shaping the law of tort and the doctrine of negligence in particular. ...
Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority - 2012 Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 12th Jan 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: 11th Jan 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: 11th Jan 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: 11th Jan 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: 9th Jan 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: 9th Jan 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....
Central London Property Trust v High Trees House - 1947
Example case summary. Last modified: 22nd Dec 2023
In 1937, Central London Property Trust Ltd (CLPT) leased a block of flats in London to High Trees House Ltd (HTH) at £2,500 per year for 99 years. Due to the impact of World War II, there was a drastic under-occupancy of the flats in 1940. ...
Rex v Entain Plc
Example case summary. Last modified: 22nd Dec 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....
European Super League vs UEFA
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Dec 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....
Negligence Duty Of Care Cases | Tort Law Cases
Example case summary. Last modified: 2nd Dec 2023
Example cases from English tort law covering negligence and duty of care, and economic loss....
Ireland v United Kingdom 1979-80
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Sep 2023
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)...
Vicarious Liability Cases | Negligence
Example case summary. Last modified: 4th Nov 2022
Examples of vicarious liability case around the subject of matrimonial issues between husband and wife....
Gregory v Piper - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 4th Nov 2022
The issue in Gregory v Piper was whether a master could be liable for the trespass which occurred as a result of instructions the master gave to another in his employment....
R v Lockley - 1995
Example case summary. Last modified: 7th Sep 2022
In R v Lockley the defendant stole cans of beer from an off-licence. The shopkeeper tried to prevent him leaving the shop with the stolen items....
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