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Title: Gibson v Manchester City Council - 1979
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Introduction: The defendant City Council had adopted a policy of selling council houses to its tenants. The claimant was a tenant of such a council house......

Title: DHN Food Distributors Ltd v Tower Hamlets Council [1976] 1 WLR 852 Case Summary
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Introduction: DHN Food Distributors Ltd v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council [1976] 1 WLR 852 Case Summary. An example of piercing the corporate veil....

Title: Macaura v Northern Assurance Co Ltd [1925] AC 619 Case Summary
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Introduction: A case study in members interests in company property. Macaura v Northern Assurance Co Ltd [1925] AC 619...

Title: Pyrene Co Ltd v Scindia Navigation Co Ltd
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Introduction: The owners of the ship admitted liability but argued their liability would be limited by the Hague Rules, Article 4 (5)....

Title: Bunge Corporation v Tradax Export
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Introduction: 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......

Title: Flaminio Costa v ENEL - 1964
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Introduction: The claimant, Costa, was an Italian citizen with shares in the Italian electricity supply company Edisonvolta, and he sought......

Title: Bull v Bull - 1955
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Introduction: A mother and son jointly purchased a property, however the son contributed a greater proportion of the original purchase price......

Title: R v Howe [1987] AC 417
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Introduction: In the first case, the two appellants, Howe and Bannister, and the victim were driven by M to an isolated area, where they assaulted......

Title: St Helen's Smelting Co v Tipping - 1865
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Introduction: The claimant was the owner of a large country house with over a thousand acres of land. This land was close to a copper smelting factory which had long......

Title: Ancell v McDermott
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Introduction: 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......

Title: Crown River Cruises v Kimbolton Fireworks - 1996
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Introduction: The defendants, Kimbolton Fireworks, carried out a short firework display that lasted for some twenty minutes or so. As a result of the fireworks display......

Title: Stovin v Wise - 1996
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Introduction: A local authority was aware that a bank of land was obstructing the view at a junction where three accidents had occurred in the previous twelve years....

Title: Barrett v Ministry of Defence
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Introduction: The plaintiff was the widow of the deceased, who was a British naval army serviceman. He died of asphyxiation on his own vomit after......

Title: Kent v Griffiths - 2000
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Introduction: The plaintiff, Kent, was pregnant and had asthma. She was attended by her GP who dialled 999 and requested an ambulance to take......

Title: Capital and Counties v Hampshire CC
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Introduction: The decision is on three conjoined appeals from three separate decisions. Hampshire County Council (HCC) – the defendant, appealed a decision that the......

Title: Knightley v Johns - 1982
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Introduction: Mr Johns was driving negligently and this resulted in a crash where his car overturned near the exit of a tunnel. Due to the crash, two police officers......

Title: Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire
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Introduction: The plaintiff’s 20-year-old daughter was attacked at night in a city street and died from her injuries. The defendant was a chief constable of the area in......

Title: Victoria Laundry v Newman Industries Ltd [1949] 2 KB 528
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Introduction: Victoria Laundry Ltd (VLL) ordered a large boiler from Newman Industries Ltd (NIL) in contemplation of some lucrative dyeing contracts....

Title: Parsons (Livestock) v Uttley Ingham
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Introduction: Parsons ordered a bulk storage hopper to store pignuts to feed their top-grade pigs from the defendants. When installing the hopper, the defendants failed......

Title: Avon Insurance v Swire Fraser - Facts
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Introduction: The claimant was a stop loss insurance company which made a claim against the defendant insurance brokers under the Misrepresentation Act 1967......

Title: Doyle v Olby - 1969
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Introduction: The complainant, Mr Doyle, decided to purchase an Ironmonger’s business from the defendants, Olby (Ironmongers) Ltd. He purchased the business for......

Title: JEB Fasteners Ltd v Marks Bloom & Co - 1983
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Introduction: JEB took control of a company. Marks Bloom & Co. (MBC) were the auditors for the business. One of the primary motivations behind......

Title: Spurling v Bradshaw - 1956
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Introduction: Bradshaw alleged Spurling were negligent, and in breach of an implied term to take reasonable care of the barrels because they had left them......

Title: Alan v El Nasr
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Introduction: 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....

Title: D & C Builders v Rees
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Introduction: The builders sought payment from Rees for building work done and materials supplied in respect of alterations and repairs completed on Rees’ shop....