Case Summaries

Torquay Hotel Ltd v Cousins

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Cousins was part of a trade union. Members of the trade union called a strike at the Torbay Hotel and the Imperial hotel… ...

Torreggiani and Others v Italy 43517/09 (ECHR, 08 January 2013)

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The case of Torreggiani and Others v Italy deals primarily with the Article 3 prohibition on torture or inhuman and degrading treatment ...

Tower Hamlets LBC v Bromley LBC

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A Henry Moore sculpture was purchased by London County Council in 1962. That organisation was subsequently abolished and replaced by the… ...

Transco Plc v United Utilities Water Plc

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United Utilities Water (UUW) operated water networks in the UK. UUW were required to shut off the water while undertaking… ...

Transco v Stockport MBC

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The Claimant was the owner of a gas pipe which passed under the surface of an old railway between Stockport and Denton. The Defendant was the local… ...

Tremain v Pike – 1969

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The claimant, Tremain, was a farmer employed by the defendant, Pike, to work as a herdsman on the defendant’s farm. In the course of his… ...

Trendtex Trading Corporation v Credit Suisse

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Trendtex had a claim in England against the Central Bank of Nigeria [‘CBN’] for damages amounting to approximately USD 14 million. ...

Trendtex Trading v Bank of Nigeria

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The Central Bank of issued an irrevocable letter of credit to pay for quantities of cement ordered by the Nigerian Ministry of Defence. ...

Trespass To The Person Cases

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Trespass To The Person. In an action for damages for assault and false imprisonment it appeared that the plaintiff had contracted with the defendants to enter their wharf and stay there till the boat should start and then be taken by the boat to the other side. ...

Tribe v Tribe – 1996

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The plaintiff operated a company which sold clothing from a number of shops. The landlord served schedules of dilapidations in relation to two… ...

Trident Insurance v McNiece

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McNiece was the main construction contractor for work being carried out at a limestone plant named Blue Circle. Blue Circle entered into a… ...

Troughton v MPC

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The defendant got into a taxi whilst heavily intoxicated and asked to be driven to Highbury but did not specify his address. The driver stopped to obtain clearer directions from the defendant ...

Trustees of Ampleforth Abbey v Turner & Townsend

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The claimant employed the defendant to project manage the building of three construction projects on its property. The works were carried out… ...

Tsakiroglou & Co Ltd v Noblee Thorl

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The appellants agreed to sell to the respondents Sudanese groundnuts for shipment to Hamburg during November/December 1956. The agreement included a CIF (cost, insurance and freight) term (requiring the seller to arrange the carriage of the goods by sea to Hamburg. ...

TSB Bank v Camfield – 1995

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C stood as security for a loan from a bank for her husband’s business. C’s husband had made an innocent misrepresentation that the liability of the… ...

Tuberville v Savage – 1669

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Whether a threatening declaration of future harm constituted an unlawful assault.. A man placed his hand on his sword and told another, “If it were not assize-time, I would not take such language.” The justices of assize were in town. ...

Tulk v Moxhay – Case Brief

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Established that there are occasions in which equitable covenants can bind future purchasers of property and ‘run with the land’. The claimant, Tulk, owned several properties in Leicester Square, London, and sold one such property to another. ...

Tulk v Moxhay 1848

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The plaintiff used to be the owner of a vacant piece of ground in Leicester Square, as well as several of the houses… ...

Turkey v Awadh – 2005

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A Saudi Arabian couple purchased a home in London with the help of a mortgage. They rented the house to the wife’s father who lived there with his wife. ...

Tweddle v Atkinson – 1861

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The son and daughter of the parties involved in this dispute were getting married. As such, the father of the groom and father of the bride entered into an agreement that they would both pay sums of money to the couple. ...

Ultramares Corporation v Touche 174 N.E. 441 (1932)

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Case Summary of Ultramares Corporation v Touche 174 N.E. 441 (1932). Tort law in the United States covering indeterminate liability and privity. ...

Undue Influence Case Summaries

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Cases on Undue Influence. Class 1 – Actual undue influence. Class 2 (2A and 2B)- Presumed undue influence. ...

Union Lighterage Co. v London Graving Dock Co

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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… ...

United Bank of Kuwait plc v Sahib

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The defendant, Sahib, had a half share in a house. He held the title deeds to the house to the order of the other… ...

USA v Julian Assange

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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 ...

Vacwell Engineering Co v BDH Chemicals

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The defendant, BDH Chemicals Ltd, supplied the complainant with chemicals contained in glass ampoules. This had a label stating ‘harmful vapour’ on it. ...

Van Gend en Loos Case Summary

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Established that EEC’s treaties were legitimate grounds for the recognition of legal rights and thus famously recognised the principle of direct effect. The claimants, van Gend en Loos, imported chemicals from Western Germany to the Netherlands where they were asked to pay import taxes. ...

Van Haarlam v Kasner Charitable Trust (1992)

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The plaintiff held a 99-year lease over a flat which had a subsequent covenant, preventing the flat from being used… ...

Varga And Others v Hungary 2015

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Varga And Others v Hungary 2015 ECHR 14097/12, 45135/12, 73712/12, 34001/13, 44055/13, and 64586/13 ...

Vaughan v Vaughan – 1953

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A case summary for LawTeacher.net about Vaughan v Vaughan [1953] 1 QB 762, where a wife was granted a revocable licence by the promise to remain in the matrimonial home after divorce. ...

Vellino v Chief Constable of Manchester

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The plaintiff was well known to the local police, which were often called to arrest him at his second-floor flat. He sometimes evaded the… ...

Venables and Thompson v News Group Newspapers

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A case summary for LawTeacher.net about Venables and Thompson v News Group Newspapers, regarding a perpetual injunction granted to protect the identities of two notorious murderers. ...

Veral v Great Yarmouth BC

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Great Yarmouth Council, which was under a Conservative majority granted a licence to the National Front… ...

Vernon v Bosley – (No. 1)

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The plaintiff suffered distress after witnessing fire fighters attempt to rescue her children from the wreckage of a car following a road traffic accident. ...

Vicarious Liability Cases | Negligence

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Examples of vicarious liability case around the subject of matrimonial issues between husband and wife. ...

Victoria Laundry v Newman Industries

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Delayed delivery of boiler to laundry company; whether lost profits recoverable. Victoria Laundry Ltd (VLL) ordered a large boiler from Newman Industries Ltd (NIL) in contemplation of some lucrative dyeing contracts. ...

Vitol SA v Norelf Ltd, The Santa Clare

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The defendant buyers – Vitol (V), entered into a contract with the plaintiff sellers – Norelf… ...

Wainwright v Home Office

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The claimants were strip-searched for drugs on a prison visit. At trial, the judge found trespass against the person in relation… ...

Wakefield v Duckworth

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Mr Duckworth requested as low a price as possible for the photographs because his client was not a wealthy man. Mr Wakefield sought to recover the… ...

Walker v Northumberland County Council

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Employer’s duty to provide safe system of work; whether duty extends to risk of psychiatric illness. Mr Walker was a social worker employed by the defendant who had a heavy, emotionally demanding caseload and suffered a mental breakdown in 1986. ...

Wall v Collins – 2007

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The appellant asserted that he had a right of way over a track which passed over one part of his property, as well as into… ...

Wall v Collins 2007

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Doctrine of merger of leasehold and freehold interests, extinguishment of easements ...

Waller v Waller [1967]

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A married couple made joint contributions to the purchase of a property intended to serve as the matrimonial home… ...

Walsh v Lonsdale (1882)

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Whether equitable leases must comply with common law requirements. The defendant, Lonsdale, agreed to grant the claimant, Walsh, the lease of a mill for seven years, the rent to be paid quarterly in arrears with a year’s rent payable in advance if demanded. ...

Walters v North Glamorgan

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N, an NHS trust, appealed against a decision granting damages to the claimant (C) for a psychiatric condition C suffered as a result of events… ...

Wandsworth LBC v A 2000

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A was the parent of a child who attended a school run by the local authority. The parent was accused of verbally… ...

Ward v London County Council

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A fire engine driver injured the claimant by running a red light while driving to deal with an emergency. The claimant sued the driver’s employers. ...

Ward v Tesco – 1976

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The claimant was injured when they slipped on spilled yoghurt in the defendant’s store. The defendant adduced evidence that they regularly inspected and cleaned the floors and had policies requiring staff to deal with spillages as soon as they were detected. ...

Warner Bros v Nelson – Case Brief

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The defendant was a film artist, otherwise known as Bette Davis, who had entered into a contract with the plaintiffs, Warner Bros. Pictures… ...

Watchtower Bible and Tract Society Lawsuit

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He brought an action for slander regarding words purported to have been spoken at a meeting where he had sought a review of his expulsion. ...

Watford Electronics v Sanderson – Summary

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The claimant was a family owned business involved in the sale, largely through mail order, of computer equipment. When the claimant company moved… ...

Watt v Hertfordshire County Council – 1954

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The claimant worked for the fire department, and was answering a call involving a woman trapped under a lorry near the fire station. This involved moving a heavy piece of equipment to the scene to lift the lorry. ...

Watts and Ready v Story

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The claimant’s grandmother induced him to move from Leeds to Nottinghamshire so that he would look after her… ...

Watts v Morrow – 1991

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Watts instructed Morrow to provide a full structural survey on a house he wished to purchase. The report found the property to be sound… ...

Wayling v Jones [1995]

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The claimant, Wayling was in a homosexual relationship with his partner, Jones. For several years he worked at… ...

Webb v Paternosters Case

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Personal rights are generally not enforceable against third-parties, in contrast to proprietary rights, which can be enforced against… ...

Weeks v Tybald – 1605

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The case derives from 1605. The defendant who was the father of a woman to whom the plaintiff sought to “woo” with the intention of marriage. ...

Welton v North Cornwall District Council

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The plaintiff was the owner of a guest house in North Cornwall. An environmental health officer employed by the defendant council to carry out… ...

Wenkheim v Ardnt

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This case was heard and decided in New Zealand. The facts of the case were that the plaintiff offered to marry the defendant. The defendant… ...

Wessex Reserve Forest v White

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W occupied premises under a lease which provided that, upon termination, W was obliged to restore the land to its pre-tenancy condition. ...

Westminster City Council v Clarke

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Local authority homeless hostel; whether occupation agreement was a lease or a license ...

WG Clark (Properties) Ltd v Dupre Properties Ltd

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The basement flat of an apartment was leased to a tenant. A year later, the parties agreed that the tenant could extend… ...

Wheat v E Lacon & Co Ltd

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The defendants, in this case, were brewers who owned a public house, which they entrusted to a licensee to manage. This individual was employed by the defendants under a service agreement to this effect. ...

Wheeldon v Burrows (1879)

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It was usual for implied grants and easements over tenements to be passed down or to continue over the land. Usually, they were granted as part of the enjoyment of the land and there are no corresponding implications in favour of the grantor. ...

Wheeler v Copas – 1981

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The plaintiff was a partner in a bricklaying company. The defendant was a farmer who wanted a house built on his farm and negotiated for this directly with the plaintiff. ...

Wheeler v JJ Saunders Ltd

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Wheeler bought properties adjacent to a farm. There were two access points to the properties, one via an access strip… ...

Wheeler v New Merton Board Mills

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An eighteen-year-old workman was working at a machine for cutting cardboard with revolving sharp knives and, whilst collecting the shavings… ...

Wheeler v Office of the Prime Minister – 2008

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The claimant (W) applied for permission to seek judicial review of the decision of the Office of the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign… ...

Whiston v Secretary of State For Justice

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In Whiston v Secretary of State for Justice [2014] UKSC 39, the Supreme Court considered the issue of whether a person released from prison on a home detention curfew who is subsequently recalled to prison under s. 255 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, has rights pursuant to article 5(4) of the European Convention on Human Rights. ...

White & Carter v McGregor – 1962

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White & Carter, the appellants, were advertising contractors that agreed with a representative of a garage proprietor to advertise for his garage for the period of three years. The respondent, the garage owner, wrote to the appellant on the same day of the agreement to cancel as the representative was mistaken during the negotiation. ...

White and Bluett – 1853

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The defendant was sued by his deceased father’s executors on a promissory note acknowledging a debt owed by the son which was signed by… ...

White and Others v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire

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The claimants (C) were all police officers who had been on duty within Hillsborough Stadium during the eponymous disaster, in which 95 Liverpool FC fans were killed and many others injured. ...

White v Blackmore – 1972

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Mr White was thrown into the air and died from his injuries. Mrs White claimed damages in negligence and for breach of s2 Occupier’s Liability Act 1957. ...

White v Bluett – 1853

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Contract law – Consideration. Bluett Sr. lent his son, the respondent in this case, a sum of money and died before his son had repaid this to him. Bluett Sr. and Jr. had agreed on this and completed a promissory note to this effect. ...

White v Jones – 1995

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Considers professional negligence and the circumstances in which a third party can bring a claim on such grounds. A man, Mr White, wished to change his will so as to leave £9000 for the benefit of his two daughters, who he had chosen to exclude at the point of his will’s initial drafting. ...

Wilkes v Spooner

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A lessee of premises (L), upon which the lessee conducted his business as a general butcher, contained a covenant by which L covenanted ...

Wilkie v Redsell 2003

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Claim for equitable relief denied by claimant’s own unconscionable conduct. ...

Wilkinson v Downton – 1897

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Damages – Psychiatric harm – Remoteness. Downton (D) made a joke to Mrs Wilkinson (W) that her husband, Thomas Wilkinson (T) had had an accident in which both his legs were broken and that W should go to The Elms pub where T was lying to bring him home. ...

Williams (JW) v Williams

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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. ...

Williams (JW) v Williams (MA)

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A husband and wife jointly owned a piece of property that acted as their family home, where they lived alongside their four children. ...

Williams & Glyn’s Bank Ltd v Boland

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The equitable interest of spouses in occupation of a matrimonial home. The appeal concerned two consolidated cases. In a matrimonial home, each wife contributed to home’s purchase monies and mortgage instalments, rendering each tenant in common in equity to the extent of their financial contribution. ...

Williams v Hensman

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Co-Ownership – Severance – Modes of Severance of Joint Tenancy. A fund of money had been bequeathed by a mother, on trust for eight children to be invested in order to create an income that would then be payable to her children on the mother’s death. ...

Williams v Morgan – 1906

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The defendant was a borrower under a mortgage and the lender was the plaintiff’s predecessor. The mortgage deed provided that the principal… ...

Williams v Roffey Bros – 1991

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Whether performance of an existing duty can amount to consideration. The appellants Roffey Bros, were builders who were contracted to refurbish 27 flats belonging to a housing corporation. ...

Willis v Hoare (1999)

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The claimant was the head-tenant of a third-party’s land, and had granted a four-year sub-lease to the defendant. ...

Wilsher v Essex Area Health Authority

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Claimant always holds the burden of proving likely causation. An infant was delivered prematurely and shortly after was administered oxygen by a junior doctor, accidentally providing too much. ...

Wilson Smithett v Bangladesh Sugar

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A company responded to a tender invitation concerning the sale of sugar with Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries. Following the submission of the tender… ...

Wilson v Lombank

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Wilson bought a car off Lombank. The representative of Lombank had no right to sell the vehicle. Wilson took the vehicle… ...

Wilson v Tyneside Window Cleaning Co

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The complainant was a window cleaner that worked for the defendants, Tyneside Window Cleaning Co. Mr Wilson was an experienced worker. ...

Wilson v Wilson [1969]

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Rectification of trust on grounds of mistake; effect of equitable interests. ...

Wilsons and Clyde Co v English

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The defendants had employed the complainant, Mr English. He was working on a repair to an airway on the Mine Jigger Brae, which was used as part of the haulage system. ...

Winkworth v Edward Baron Development Co Ltd

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The defendants, Mr and Mrs Wing, were directors of a company. The company owned the couple’s matrimonial home… ...

Winter Garden Theatre (London) Ltd v Millennium Productions Ltd

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The appellant was a company that owned a theatre and which had given the respondent a licence to occupy… ...

Winterbottom v Wright – 1842

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The defendant contracted with the postmaster general to supply a mail coach for the purpose of carrying the mail along a particular route. ...

Wiseman v Simpson

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Exclusion of a spouse from the premises of property of which he/she is a joint tenant. ...

With v O’Flanagan – 1936

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The claimant entered into negotiations with the defendant for the purchase of the defendant’s medical practice. During the negotiations, the defendant represented to the claimant that the practice took in around £2,000 per year. ...

Withers v Perry Chain Co Ltd – 1961

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Ms Withers was employed by the defendant factory doing bicycle hub assembly work. She contracted dermatitis from having contact with grease. ...

WJ Alan v El Nasr – 1972

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It was important for the court to consider whether the payment for the goods given by the letter of credit in Pound Sterling could satisfy the value… ...