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A (A Juvenile) v R
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A was seen to have spat on a police officer’s rain jacket, during the course of being escorted from one location to another. The rain coat was used as......
A and Others v UK - Belmarsh Case
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The case concerned the indefinite detention of foreign prisoners in the United Kingdom prison ‘Belmarsh’. The prisoners were held without trial under section 23 of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001. ...
A v B [2002] 2 All ER 545
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The claimant, A, was a professional footballer who sought an injunction against the defendant newspaper, B, from publishing details......
A v UK - 1998
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A, a nine year old boy, was discovered to have numerous bruises following an examination by a paediatrician, which indicated that......
A-G Ref (No 1 of 1983)
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The defendant was a policewoman who was mistakenly paid an extra £74 in her wages by direct debit into her bank account. The employer made no......
A-G v Whelan
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Mr Whelan was convicted of handling stolen goods. It was found that he had acted under a threat of death or immediate violence....
A-G's Ref (No 3 of 1994)
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B stabbed his pregnant girlfriend, who then prematurely gave birth to S. S was wounded in the stabbing and died after 121 days after being born prematurely....
Abbey National Building Society v Cann
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The first defendant, George Cann, applied for a mortgage from a building society to buy a house. However, unknown......
Abbott v Abbott [2007]
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Beneficial ownership of matrimonial home; mortgage instalments; gift from husband's mother....
Adam Opel GmbH v Mitras Automotive
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Mitras was in the business of manufacturing automotive parts and was the sole supplier of a particular part. Adam decided to source the part......
Adams v Lindsell
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The case of Adams v Lindsell (1818) 1 B & Ald 681 is taught to university law students when studying offer and acceptance. It is often thought by students to have set a rather strange precedent....
Adams v Rhymney Valley District Council
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The Court held that the defendant had exercised reasonable skill and care, and produced a design which other professionals had also produced and used....
Addiscombe Garden Estates v Crabbe
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Agreement to occupy clubhouse and tennis courts; whether lease or license...
Adealon International v Merton LBC
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Adealon's predecessor in title B Ltd, owned land by a highway, but there was no access to this road from B......
Adoption | Family Law Study Area | Law Teacher
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Adoption. An adoption order made by an 'authorised court' (that is, a Family Proceedings Court, a County Court or the High Court) transfers a child from one family to another by vesting parental...
AG for Northern Ireland v Gallagher
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Whether Gallagher was insane at the time of killing or was incapable of forming an intent necessary to constitute murder as he was drunk. Secondly, whether the M’Naughten test had been correctly applied....
AG Securities v Vaughan - 1990
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AG Securities possessed a long lease of a four bedroom property which was rented to Vaughan and three other individuals. Each tenant signed individual agreements on four separate occasions to lease the property....
AG v Jonathan Cape [1976]
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Between 1964 and 1970 a Cabinet Minister, with the knowledge of his Cabinet colleagues, kept a diary recording......
Agreement Case Summaries - Formation, Acceptance, Termination
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Agreement case summaries covering formation of a contract, acceptance and termination of an offer. Payne v Cave (1789) - The defendant made the highest bid for the plaintiff’s goods at an auction sale, but he withdrew his bid before the fall of the auctioneer’s hammer....
Ahmad and others v UK (2013) 56 EHRR 1
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Case Summary of Ahmad and others v United Kingdom (2013) 56 EHRR 1. Extradition and Article 3 of the ECHR....
Ailsa Craig Fishing Ltd v Malvern Fishing
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The claimant kept their vessels in a harbour, which was guarded under an agreement requiring the defendant to protect the vessels in the harbour......
Aircool Installations v British Telecommunications
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The claimant was a manufacturer of air conditioning equipment and subcontracted another firm to install the equipment in the premises of the defendant....
Airedale NHS Trust v Bland
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Doctors have a duty to act in the best interests of their patients but this does not necessarily require them to prolong life. On the basis that there was no potential for improvement, the treatment Bland was receiving was deemed not to be in his best interests....
Akici v LR Butlin Ltd [2006]
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The claimant was the tenant of a commercial lease of premises which contained a covenant preventing the sub-lease......
Alan v El Nasr
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This case concerns the sale of coffee beans between a Kenyan coffee business (A) and a Tanzanian based buyer (El Nasr), who then resold the product....
Albert v MIB Case Summary
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Q regularly gave his co-workers lifts to and from work in his car over a period of more than eight years, and received payments for this...
Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire
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A joined action was brought by Alcock (C) and several other claimants against the head of the South Yorkshire Police. C and the other claimants all had relatives who were caught up in the Hillsborough Stadium disaster, in which 95 fans of Liverpool FC died....
Alderslade v Hendon Laundry Ltd
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The claimant sent certain items to the defendant’s laundry so that they may be washed. Of those, ten large handkerchiefs were lost....
Alexander Barton v Armstrong
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Barton and Armstrong were major company shareholders. Following a meeting, it was agreed that Barton would buy Armstrong’s interest. Barton and Armstrong had an agreement drawn up and it was executed....
Alexander v Home Office - 1988
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The claimant was a prisoner who had been racially discriminated against in his initial assessment by the prison officer and in various applications......
Alexander v Mercouris
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A case examining the liability of parties under contract law, particularly in the realm of services that have been promised but subsequently not rendered....
Alexander v North Eastern Railway
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The plaintiff had been convicted of riding a train from Leeds without having purchased a valid ticket. The penalty was a fine......
Alexander v Rayson
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The plaintiff, Alexander, agreed to rent a flat in Piccadilly to the defendant, Mrs. Rayson, at a rent of £1200 a year. This included the provision of......
Alfred F Beckett Ltd v Lyons
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The case involved a claim made by the plaintiff that as an inhabitant of the County Palatine of Durham......
Alfred F Beckett Ltd v Lyons - 1967
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The case involved a claim made by the plaintiff that as an inhabitant of the County Palatine of Durham, he had the right to take coal......
Alfred McAlpine v Panatown - Summary
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When defects were found, Panatown sought damages against AMC for the delay and the defects (having already received a damages under the duty of......
Alfred Toepfer International v Itex
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A buyer agreed to purchase a full cargo of 22,000 tonnes of maize from a seller in Argentina. The buyer nominated a sub-buyer to nominate......
Ali v Khan - 2002 - Summary
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This case concerned property transferred between a father and daughter. Mr Khan was the sole registered proprietor of the house and he......
Ali v Khan [2002]
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This case concerned property transferred between a father and daughter. Mr Khan was the sole registered proprieto......
Allan v Liverpool Overseas
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The joint appellants, Allan and Inman, owned steamship companies. They were given a licence to use part of a docks including some sheds and a coal depot. The Docks and Harbour Board who controlled the docks charged the appellants rent on these....
Allen v Flood - 1898
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Flood and Walter was a shipwright employed on a ship, liable to be discharged at any time. Fellow workers objected to their employment......
Allied Maples Group v Simmons & Simmons
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Allied Maples Group (AMG) instructed Simmons & Simmons (S&S) to act in a takeover of the Gillow group of companies. S&S failed to advise AMG......
Amalgamated Investment v John Walker - Case Summary
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The defendant, John Walker & Sons Ltd, advertised their warehouse for sale, either for occupation or redevelopment of the property....
American Cyanamid v Ethicon
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Guidelines and the issues to be taken into account by the court for the grant of an interim injunction. The issue on these facts was primarily the extent of any substantive claim necessary for the grant of an interim injunction....
Amsprop Trading Ltd v Harris Distribution
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Harris was the subtenant of a property who had covenanted with the tenant to maintain and repair the property. Further to this......
Ancell v McDermott
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The first defendant, while driving his car, ran over an aluminum tube which had fallen from the fourth defendant’s truck, ruptured his fuel tank, leaving......
Anderson Ltd v Daniel - 1924 1 KB 138
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Under s.1(1) Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act 1906 any seller of artificial fertilizer had to provide the buyer with an invoice stating the......
Andrews Brothers v Singer - 1934
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The claimants and defendants entered into an agreement which stipulated that the claimants would be sole dealers of the claimant’s cars......
Anns v Merton London Borough Council
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The availability of a duty of care in negligence. The local authority approved building plans for a block of flats and the flats were built later that year. ...
Antonaides v Villiers [1990]
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Occupiers signed agreement expressly stated to be a license; whether agreement a sham. Mr Villiers and his partner signed separate but identical agreements to occupy a one bedroom flat owned by Mr Antonaides, where they would live as husband and wife....
Antonio v Antonio - 2010
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The parties used to be married and were also involved in business together. Mrs Antonio owned a lucrative business. While still married......
Appleby v Myers
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The plaintiffs had a contract with the defendant to erect machinery on his premises at a specific price for particular......
Appleton v Garrett - Case Summary
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The claimants were patients of the defendant dentist, who had carried out unnecessary treatment upon them. The defendant had deliberately......
Archbolds Freightage v Spanglett
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The plaintiffs, Archbolds, were carriers who subcontracted with the defendants, Spanglett, to take a quantity of whisky from Leeds to London....
Archer v Williams - 2003
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The claimant (A) was the wife of a well-known politician. A previously employed the defendant (W) as a personal assistant....
Arcos v EA Ronaasen & Son - 1933
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English purchasers concluded a contract for the sale of staves of timber wood from the English agents of a Russian company for the purposes of making cement barrels, specifying staves of Russian redwood and whitewood to be of half-an-inch in thickness...
Armstrong v Shepperd
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The defendant built a sewer on land belonging to the claimant, but before doing so consulted with the claimant and the claimant raised......
Armstrong v Shepperd and Short Ltd
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The availability of an injunction for trespass where damage was very limited. Whether oral agreement could create an easement....
Arthur JS Hall v Simons
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In the first case, in a protracted dispute for a building, the plaintiff’s solicitors acted for the opposite side. In the second case, during matrimonial......
ASBL v Bosman (Bosman Ruling) - Case Summary
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The Bosman ruling significantly changed the landscape of football transfers, making it easier for players to move between clubs and countries in the EU....
Ashburn Anstalt v Arnold
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The defendant was the successor-in-title to a company which persuaded the claimant to sell his lease to the company in exchange for a promise that he would continue occupying the property rent-free until the defendant gave him one quarter’s notice to leave....
Ashbury Railway Carriage v Riche
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For the constitution of companies incorporated under the Companies Act 2006, a memorandum of association containing the purpose for which it is incorporated is no longer a requirement....
Ashe v National Westminster Bank
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Mortgagors, who were husband and wife, owned a long leasehold interest in the house in which they lived. In 1989 they granted a charge......
Ashe v National Westminster Bank plc
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Mortgagors, who were husband and wife, owned a long leasehold interest in the house in which they lived....
Ashmore, Benson, Pease v A V Dawson
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In 1967 the plaintiffs, Ashmore, Benson, Pease & Co, manufactured tube tanks. The defendants, AV Dawson, a haulage company......
Aslan v Murphy (No 1)
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Landlord and tenant; whether agreement is a lease which expressly excludes exclusive possession...
Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority - 2012 Case Summary
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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....
Associated Japanese Bank v Credit Du Nord
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The complainants, Associated Japanese Bank, bought three engineering machines from a client that turned out to be a rogue....
Atlas Express v Kafco
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The Kafco imported basket ware and entered a contract with Atlas to sell and deliver baskets to Atlas retail stores. Atlas tried to negotiate a further term in the contract for a minimum order of £440 per trailer load. ...
Attia v British Gas
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C engaged British Gas (D) to install a new central heating system in her home but returned to find that her loft had caught fire. The house and its contents......
Attorney General v Hartwell
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L, a British Virgin Islands policeman, abandoned his post and travelled to another island. He went into a bar, where his former partner......
Attorney General v PYA Quarries
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AG v PYA. The defendants operated a quarry and used a blasting technique which emitted large quantities of dust and noise, as well as causing vibrations which interfered with the enjoyment of land for many individuals in the area....
Attorney General's Reference No. 3 of 1992
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Four men (D) threw a petrol bomb from a moving car, which hit a wall nearby four men in a parked car and two standing men....
Attorney-General of Belize v Belize Telecom Ltd - Case Summary
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The Belize government established a company to take over the country’s telecommunications services. The articles of association......
Attorney-General v Antrobus
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The ability of the public to acquire a public right of way over land acquired through long user...
Attorney-General v Antrobus [1905] 2 Ch 188
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The case concerned Stonehenge and the public’s right of access to it. The site’s owner had taken steps to protect the monument by enclosing it with......
Attorney-General v De Keyser's Royal Hotel
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The claimants, De Keyser’s Royal Hotel, were the owners of a London Hotel that had been used by some members of the armed forces in World War One, and they thus sought reasonable compensation for this occupation under the Defence Act 1842....
Attorney-General v Jonathan Cape Ltd
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A Cabinet minister kept a diary of Cabinet discussions and events with the intention to once publish the contents in a book. After the minister’s death, volume one of the book (Diaries of a Cabinet Minister) was sent for approval to and rejected by the Secretary of the Cabinet....
Attorney-General’s Reference (No 6 of 1980)
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The respondent and the complainant had an argument. They agreed to engage in a fist fight to settle the matter in a public street....
Attorney-General’s Reference (No. 1 of 1975)
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The defendant added alcohol to a motorist’s soft drink without the motorist’s knowledge or consent, despite knowing that the motorist would be driving......
Attwood v Lamont - 1920
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The plaintiff was a tailor and general outfitter who employed the defendant as an assistant. In the contract of employment, the defendant agreed......
Austerberry v Corporation of Oldham
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COVENANT TO REPAIR, DEDICATION TO THE PUBLIC, TOLLS, TURNPIKE ROAD, HIGHWAY REPAIRABLE BY THE INHABITANTS AT LARGE, STREET...
Austin v Keele (1987)
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The parties, in this case, had a long business arrangement. The case was concerned with the dissolution of a......
Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Lenah Game Meats
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The respondent operated a possum meat processing plant in Tasmania. It sought an injunction to prevent the appellant from......
Automatism Cases | Law Teacher
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Automatism Cases. The defendant had driven eratically while suffering from hypo-glycaemia (low blood sugar level caused by an excess of insulin in the bloodstream), but was convicted of driving without due care and......
Avon Finance v Bridger
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The Bridgers were an elderly couple. They bought a house with their son’s help who was a chartered accountant. The son made arrangements for......
Avon Insurance v Swire Fraser - Facts
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The claimant was a stop loss insurance company which made a claim against the defendant insurance brokers under the Misrepresentation Act 1967......
Avraamides v Colwill - 2006
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Avraamides contracted Bathroom Trading Company (BTC) to complete two bathroom refurbishments. BTC was later sold to Colwill....
B & S Contracts & Design Ltd v Victor Green
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The plaintiffs were contracted to erect stands in a stadium. The contract specified that the Plaintiffs would make every effort to complete the works, but it was subject to a force majeure clause. ...
B & S v Leathley - 1979
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The defendants, B and S, entered a freezer container that had been placed in a farmyard and stole goods from it. The container was resting on sleepers, weighed three tons and was twenty-five foot long by seven by seven feet....
B v C - Surrogacy and Adoption Case Summary
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B v C [2015] EWFC 17; [2015] 1 F.L.R. 1392; [2015] Fam. Law 533 a Surrogacy and Adoption Case Summary....
Bagum v Hafiz and another
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Court's discretionary powers in relation to co-ownership in trusts of land....
Bahr v Nicolay (No. 2)
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The appellant agreed to sell their land to the first respondent, with an option to buy it back later. The first respondent later sold the land......
Bailey v Stephens - 1862
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This case dealt with the issue of proximity in the law on easements in England & Wales. In particular, it was disputed whether it is possible for a......
Bailey v Stephens (1862)
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This case dealt with the issue of proximity in the law on easements in England & Wales....
Baker v Willoughby - 1970
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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...
Bakewell Managements Ltd v Brandwood
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In 1927 under a 's193(2) Law of Property Act 1925 (the Act)' deed, public access to common law was allowed....
Ball v Johnson - 2019
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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....
Banco Exterior Internacional v Mann
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The defendants, Mr and Mrs Mann, lived in a property registered in the husband’s sole name. Mr Mann applied for a loan from the claimant bank......
Bank of Ireland Home Mortgages Ltd v Bell
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Factors for consideration in balancing the rights of creditors and beneficiaries in exceptional circumstances for a sales......
Bank of Ireland Home Mortgages v Bell
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A husband and wife jointly owned a house, which acted as the family home for them and their teenage child. The husband subsequently......
Banks v Cox
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B brought a claim for damages for misrepresentation after acquiring a nursing home business that was previously managed by C....
Bankway Properties Ltd v Pensfold-Dunsford
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Landlord and tenant; assured tenancy; rent review clauses and security of tenure...
Banner Homes Group Plc v Luff Development Ltd
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The defendants, Luff Development Ltd, acquired a site that would be suitable for developing property on....
Banner Homes Group Plc v Luff Developments
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The defendants, Luff Development Ltd, acquired a site that would be suitable for developing property on. Before this acquisition......
Bannerman v White - 1861
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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....
Bannister v Bannister [1948]
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Constructive trust of land; oral agreement to allow vendor to occupy a house rent free....
Banque Keyser Ullman v Skandia
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The plaintiff bank had made loans against property which the borrower had informed them valuable, and had also taken out insurance policies from the......
Barbudev v Eurocom Cable Management Bulgaria
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Mr Barbudev, a Bulgarian businessman had founded a successful cable television and internet company in Bulgaria called Eurocom Plovdiv....
Barclays Bank Plc v Zaroovabli
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Barclays Bank claimed possession of a house from Mr and Mrs Zaroovabli (Z), and their tenant, Mrs Pourdanay......
Barclays Bank v Alcorn
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The defendant had argued that the charge did not cover a separate building on the property known as “The Cottage.” The defendant refused to give up......
Barclays Bank v Bird
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An equitable charge was created over the property of Mr Bird. It contained a clause whereby the plaintiff obtained an irrevocable power......
Barclays Bank v O’Brien
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Fraud; misrepresentation; mortgage; married couple. The defendants were a married couple who took out a second mortgage on their home as security for overdraft facilities extended by Barclays to the husband’s company....
Barclays v Fairclough Building Ltd
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B employed F to clean a roof which was made of corrugated sheets. F did not take any safety precautions when cleaning. The premises were contaminated......
Barclays v Quincecare
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Barclays Bank plc v Quincecare Ltd [1992] 4 All ER 363 - Landmark case establishing the ...
Barker v Corus - 2006
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This case was an appeal from the earlier decision in Barker v Saint Gobain Pipelines Plc [2004] EWCA Civ 545, regarding the deceased claimant who had......
Barker v Saint Gobain Pipelines
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The claimant, Barker, developed lung cancer (malignant mesothelioma) following exposure to asbestos in the course of employment....
Barkway v South Wales Transport
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The claimant was injured when a bus drove off the road because of a latent, undetectable defect in the tyre that made it burst....
Barrett v Halifax Building Society
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A possession order granted to the respondents over the applicant’s home was suspended to allow the applicants time to find a purchaser for the property....
Barrett v Ministry of Defence
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The plaintiff was the widow of the deceased, who was a British naval army serviceman. He died of asphyxiation on his own vomit after......
Barrett v Morgan 2000
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Head lease terminated on agreement between landlord and tenant; impact on sub-tenancy...
Barry v Davies - 2000
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Two brand new engine analyser machines owned by Customs and Exise were put up for auction by the defendant auctioneer. Each could be procured from the manufacturer for £14,521 but despite this were listed without a reserve price....
Barry v Hasseldine
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The previous owner of the plaintiff's parcel of land bought it from the defendant in 1947....
Barton v County Natwest Bank - 1999
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The plaintiff, County Natwest Ltd (CN), loaned money to a company of which Barton (B) was an officer and guaranteed the value of the loan....
Bass Holdings Ltd v Morton Music Ltd
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The plaintiffs granted the defendants a fifteen-year lease, with the option to extend the lease for a period...
BBC v Johns - 1965
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Here, the claimants, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) sought to submit that they ought be exempt from income tax......
Beard v London General Omnibus
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Employer’s vicarious liability for an employee’s negligent act outside his scope of employment.The conductor of an omnibus drove the omnibus through side streets, outside of the bus route, at a fast pace in the absence of the bus driver. In doing so, he negligently hit and injured a man....
Beatty v Guggenheim Exploration Co.
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The defendants, Guggenheim Exploration Company, acquired and developed mining properties and the complainant, Beatty......
Beckham v Mirror Group News
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David and Victoria Beckham invoked s12 Human Rights Act 1998 to seek an interim injunction to prevent the publication of unauthorised photographs of......
Bedson v Bedson
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A husband and wife had three children and lived in the matrimonial home which was a flat above a draper's......
Bell v Lever Bros - 1932
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Only a mistake to the identity of the parties or of subject matter to the contract, as well as an item’s quality, would be able to successfully negate consent and therefore void a contract, as if it had never existed. The mistake must be essential to the identity of the contract....
Benn v Hardinge (1992)
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The plaintiff had owned a farm and the adjoining land for 20 years. The defendants were the owners of a property located...
Bennet v Bennet
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This case concerned a transaction between a mother and her son and the presumption of advancement in equity....
Bennet v Bennet - 1879
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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......
Beresford v Royal Insurance - 1938
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In 1925 Major Rowlandson took out five life insurance policies on his own life with the defendants, Royal Insurance Co Ltd......
Berkoff v Burchill - 1996
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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....
Bernard v Josephs [1982]
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Trust of the family home; cohabitees ascertainment of their beneficial interests....
Bernstein v Skyviews - 1978
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Trespass – No right of privacy in airspace. Skyviews and General Ltd (S) took an aerial photograph a number of houses, including Coppings Farm, Bernstein’s (B) country home. ...
Beswick v Beswick - 1968
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The court granted the widow an order of specific performance for the payment owed by PB’s nephew as an administrator to her husband’s estate. The court held that the damages would also not be limited due to the loss that had been caused to PB’s estate....
Bettini v Gye
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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....
Bhullar v Bhullar [2003] EWCA Civ 424 Case Summary
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The Corporate Opportunity Doctrine. Bhullar v Bhullar [2003] EWCA Civ 424 Case Summary2...
Bigg v Boyd Gibbins - 1971
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
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....
Biggs v Hoddinott - Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The plaintiff (B) was a brewer. The defendants (H) were the owners of a hotel. The plaintiff had a mortgage over the hotel....
Bigos v Bousted
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The defendant, Bousted, wanted to support his wife while she stayed in Italy for her health. He agreed with the defendant that in return for a......
Billson v Residential Apartments Ltd [1992]
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The landlords had a lease with the tenants of a freehold property which included a covenant that prevented......
Binion v Evans [1972]
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 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......
Bird v Jones - 1845
Example case summary. Last modified: 29th Sep 2021
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....
Birmingham Midshires Mortgage Services Ltd v Sabherwal
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
Whether an interest created by proprietary estoppel can be overreached....
Bisset v Wilkinson - 1927
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Whether a statement is one of fact or opinion for the purposes of rescinding a contract. The defendant in this matter was the purchaser of land in New Zealand which was purchased by the claimant for the purpose of sheep farming....
Blackburn Bobbin Co Ltd v Allen (TW) & Sons Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The defendants sold to the plaintiffs timber to be imported from Finland through a contract, made in early 1914....
Blackburn v Attorney General - 1971
Example case summary. Last modified: 25th Oct 2021
The claimant, Blackburn, asserted that the decision by Parliament to allow Britain to join the Economic Community and sign the Maastricht Treaty was illegal as it diminished their own sovereignty, and violated the theoretical conception of the ‘Queen in Parliament’...
Blackpool and Fylde Aero Club v Blackpool BC
Example case summary. Last modified: 29th Sep 2021
The defendants were a local authority that managed the local airport as its owners. They had granted the plaintiffs, who were a flight club, a concession to operate casual flights out of the airport. ...
Blundell v St Andrew's School 2007
Example case summary. Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Maternity leave – right to return to work – ‘same job’. The claimant teacher had taught a reception class before taking maternity leave. Upon her return, she was offered a role either as a floating teacher or taking a class of older children....
Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee
Example case summary. Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
The defendant was the body who employed a doctor who had not given a mentally-ill patient (the claimant) muscle-relaxant drugs nor restrained them prior to giving them electro-convulsive therapy....
Bolitho v City and Hackney Health Authority
Example case summary. Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
A child was brought to a hospital suffering from breathing abnormalities. The doctor summoned to deal with the matter never received the summons due to a low battery on her bleep....
Bolton v Stone 1951
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
In this case, the likelihood of the harm was very low, and erecting a fence any higher than the defendant had already done would be impractical. The cricket club was also providing a social useful service to the community....
Bonham v College of Physicians
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Bonham, a trained medical doctor, petitioned to join the College of Physicians but was rejected. A short time later he applied for.......
Bonnington Castings v Wardlaw - 1956
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
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....
Borman v Griffith [1930]
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Borman leased a garden which included a paddock, orchard and adjoining gardens, on a long term basis....
Botham v TSB Bank
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Sep 2021
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....
Bourhill v Young - 1943
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Mr Young had been negligently riding his motorcycle and was responsible for a collision with car in which he himself suffered fatal injuries. At the time of the crash, Mrs Bourhill (C) was in the process of leaving a tram about 50 feet away. ...
Bowater v Rowley Regis Corporation
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The plaintiff was a carter employed to go around the streets and collect road sweepings. For this purpose, he was provided with a horse......
Bowles v Bank of England - 1913
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Mr Bowles purchased a high number of Irish Land Stock which was transferred to his name in Bank of England books. The Committee of the House of Commons......
BP Exploration Co v Hunt - Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
BP entered an agreement with Hunt, under which BP would explore and develop his oil concession in Libya at their own expense. This expenditure......
Bradbury v Morgan - 1862
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Leigh requested that Bradbury provide credit to his brother to the value of £100. Leigh guaranteed the account owned by his brother to this effect....
Bradford v Robinson Rentals Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
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. ...
Brady v Brady Case Summary [1988] 2 All ER 617 HL
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Brady v Brady Case Summary [1988] 2 All ER 617 HL. Maintenance of share capital in company law....
Bratty v AG for Northern Ireland
Example case summary. Last modified: 4th Oct 2021
Failure to discharge onus of proof in relation to defence of automatism. The appellant (B) was convicted of the murder of an 18-year-old girl. In his statement to the police, he said that he had been overcome with a “terrible feeling” and a “sort of blackness” during the event....
Breach of Statutory Duty Cases
Example case summary. Last modified: 25th Jun 2019
Breach of Statutory Duties. A motor lorry, being a light locomotive within the meaning of the Locomotives on Highways Act 1896 and a motor car within the meaning of the Motor Cars......
Brice v Brown
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
C, a woman aged 42, had suffered from a hysterical personality disorder since childhood. She was, however, able to lead a......
Bridle v Ruby [1989]
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
A company built houses and later sold number 12. The original transfer reserved the transferor and the successors a right of way (including with vehicles) over the driveway of the property, but this was then deleted out of the conveyance as agreed by the parties....
Brimelow v Casson
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Brimelow was a theatrical manager and Casson was a member of the Joint Protection Committee, effectively a trade union of sorts....
Brinkibon v Stahag Stahl - 1983
Example case summary. Last modified: 26th Oct 2021
The complainants, Brinkibon Ltd, were a company that was based in London. They were buying steel from the defendants, Stahag Stahl, who were sellers based in Austria....
British Coal Corporation v R
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The British Coal Corporation, together with four other companies involved in the import of coal, were convicted of unduly restraining the coal industry....
British Crane v Ipswich Plant - 1975
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Ipswich Plant Hire (IPH) arranged by telephone to hire a crane from British Crane Hire Corporation (BCHC). The crane was duly delivered......
British Economical Lamp Co v Empire Mile End Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The claimant let electrical lamp fittings to lessees of a theatre. The lamps were attached to their brackets using a bayonet attachment....
British Railways v Pickin
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
Validity of statute; private Act. A private Act of Parliament from 1836 said that if a railway line was abandoned, the land beneath the tracks should become the property of the owners of the adjoining lands....
British Road Services v Arthur Crutchley
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The plaintiff transported a lorry load of whisky by road and delivered it to a warehouse owned by the defendant. Upon arrival, the whisky was unloaded......
British Westinghouse v Electric Railways
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Underground Electric Railways (UER) purchased turbines from British Westinghouse Electric Co (BWEC). The turbines were faulty in that they were......
Brittain v Garner - 1989
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The claimant sought damages for the loss of his career, arguing that this should be quantified based not only on his present......
Brogden v Metropolitan Rly Co
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
The complainants, Brogden, were suppliers of coal to the defendant, Metropolitan Railway. They completed business dealings regarding the coal frequently for a number of years, on an informal basis....
Brooks v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The claimant and his friend, who were black, were attacked by white youths. The claimant was dealt with by the police in a way that was subsequently......
Broom v Morgan - 1953
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Ms. Broom was employed as the helper of a beer and wine house, of which her husband, Mr. Broom, was employed as the manager....
Broome v Perkins - 1987
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The defendant (P) was diabetic. He was charged with driving without due care and attention. At trial, he argued that he had suffered......
Brown v NCB
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
An electrician was employed in a coal mine. A damaged tub was sent up a haulage in the drift and, on the way up, collided with......
Bruton v London & Quadrant Housing Trust
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The defendant was a voluntary housing trust that focussed on homelessness. The local authority had granted the trust a licence to use short-life properties as temporary accommodation for homeless people who were on the waiting list for a home, before these properties were later developed...
BS & N Ltd v Micado
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Ship owners chartered a vessel, The Seaflower, to charterers to carry oil. Clause 46 required major oil companies’ approvals and stipulated that......
Buckinghamshire County Council v Moran
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
In 1955 the claimant (C) acquired a plot of land with a view to building a road diversion. The land was left vacant for many years. The roadside of the plot was fenced but there was no fence between the garden of a house owned by the defendant’s predecessor....
Buckland v Butterfield - 1820
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
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......
Bugdaycay v Home Secretary 1987
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The Pakistani government issued a decree introducing new and additional discrimination against members of the sect to which the claimants......
Bulk Trading Co v Zenziper Grains
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
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......
Bull v Bull
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
A mother and son jointly purchased a property, however the son contributed a greater proportion of the original......
Bull v Bull - 1955
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Jan 2021
A mother and son jointly purchased a property, however the son contributed a greater proportion of the original purchase price......
Bunge Corporation v Tradax Export
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Jan 2021
A party contracted to purchase 15,000 tons of US soya bean meal, to be shipped in three shipments. Under the standard form of contract......
Burgess v Rawnsley [1975] Ch 429, CA
Example case summary. Last modified: 1st Jul 2019
Mr Honick and Mrs Rawnsley bought a property as beneficial joint tenants. They had originally agreed to move into......
Burma Oil Company v Lord Advocate - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The claimant, Burma Oil Company, brought proceedings against the UK government (who were represented in the case by the Lord Advocate)......
Burmah Oil v Lord Advocate
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The claimant, Burmah Oil Company, brought proceedings against the UK government (who were represented in the case by the Lord Advocate) seeking compensation for the destruction of oil fields in Burma by British forces in 1942 (during the Second World War). ...
Burnett's Trustee v Grainger
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Grainger purchased the title to a flat for £45,000 from Burnett (B). Once this was agreed, Grainger failed......
Burns v Burns
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The complainant, Valerie Burns, had been in a relationship and lived with the defendant, Patrick Burns, for 19 years. Despite taking his name, the couple were not married....
Burrows v Brent LBC
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
Ms Burrows was a secured tenant in a flat owned by the council. She fell behind with her rent and the council......
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