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Burton v Camden LBC
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Whether a deed assigning joint tenancy constituted an assignment as prohibited by the Housing Act 1985....
Burton v Islington Health Authority
Example case summary. Last modified: 18th Jun 2019
The claimants were children who had been born suffering from disabilities which had been caused by negligent medical treatment of their mothers......
Bushwall Properties v Vortex Properties
Example case summary. Last modified: 18th Jun 2019
The parties agreed to sell a property of 51 ½ acres of land for a set price of £500,000. The payments were to be made in unequal instalments....
Butler Machine Tool v Ex-Cell-O Corporation - 1979
Example case summary. Last modified: 26th Oct 2021
The court allowed the buyer’s appeal. The court found that the buyer’s order was not an acceptance of the initial offer from the seller but a counter-offer which the sellers had accepted by returning the signature section of the buyer’s letter....
Butterfield V Forrester (1809) 103 E.R. 926
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Case Summary of Butterfield V Forrester (1809) 103 E.R. 926. The establisment of contributory negligence....
Bux v Slough Metals
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Mr Bux was employed by the defendant as a die-caster. This involved him lifting molten metal from a furnace with a ladle and pouring it into a die....
Byrne and Co v Van Tienhoven
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
The defendants wrote a letter, on October 1, to the plaintiffs offering the sale of 1000 boxes of tin plates. The defendant was based in Cardiff and the plaintiff was based in New York, and letters took around 10-11 days to be delivered....
Byrne v Deane - 1937
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The claimant was golf club member, while the defendants were the proprietors and the secretary of the club. By a rule of the club......
C & P Haulage v Middleton - Summary
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C&P granted Middleton a license to occupy premises from where he would conduct his business. The agreement expressly stated the license......
Cabinet Office v Information Commissioner and Dr Lamb
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The Cabinet Office sought to resist disclosure of the minutes of two meetings at which Ministers had determined to commit forces to the conflict in Iraq......
Caldwell v Maguire
Example case summary. Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
The claimant was a professional jockey. He sustained severe injuries due to manoeuvres from two other jockeys a left turn in a race, which a later internal investigation by the Jockey Club deemed to be careless and against the rules. ...
Calverley v Green
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Mr Calverley and Ms Green were in a de facto relationship, where they were not legally married but had lived together......
Calverley v Green - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 18th Jun 2019
Mr Calverley and Ms Green were in a de facto relationship, where they were not legally married but had lived together as if they were for 10 years....
Cambridge Water v Eastern Countries Leather Plc
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The Defendants were engaged in leather tanning at Sawston. During their work, as a result of the process of degreasing pelts, small quantities of a solvent known as Perchloroethene (PCE) was spilt on the floor of the building in which the Defendants carried out their activities....
Cameron v Murdoch (1986)
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Proprietary estoppel can be enforced even though the interest is inchoate....
Campbell v Griffin [2001]
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The claimant, Campbell, moved in with a much older couple, Mr and Mrs Ascough, as a lodger....
Campbell v Mirror Group Newspapers - 2004
Example case summary. Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
The House of Lords held that the correct test to determine whether information was private was to consider whether a reasonable person of ordinary sensibility placed in the same situation as C would find the disclosure of the information offensive....
Canada Steamship Lines v The King
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Canada Steamship Lines entered into a Crown lease in 1940. The Duration of the lease was for 12 years and the lease pertained to dock property on St Gabriel Basin on the Lachine Canal. All of this was situated in the Port of Montreal....
Canadian Railway Co v The King
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Circumstances where a licence will be implied and whether such a licence is revocable...
Caparo v Dickman Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 24th Sep 2021
Case Summary of Caparo Industries plc v Dickman [1990] UKHL 2. The tripartite test in establishing duty of care. Caparo is the landmark case which has created the tripartite test in establishing duty of care....
Capital and Counties v Hampshire CC
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Jan 2021
The decision is on three conjoined appeals from three separate decisions. Hampshire County Council (HCC) – the defendant, appealed a decision that the......
Carillion Construction v Felix - Summary
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Carillion was a main contractor on a building site and subcontracted Felix to undertake work. The work was due for completion......
Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co - 1893
Example case summary. Last modified: 24th Sep 2021
Emphasised the significance of offer and acceptance in contract law; distinguishes between offers and invitations to treat. The issue in Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co was whether the advert in question constituted an offer or an invitation to treat....
Carmarthenshire County Council v Lewis
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The claimant in this matter was the wife of a lorry driver killed whilst trying to avoid a child in the road. The child was at school......
Carnegie v Waugh
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It was agreed between the parties that the annual rent would be paid to C. There was a dispute related to the agreement between the parties......
Carslogie Steamship v Norwegian Government
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The complainant’s vessel, Heimgar, was damaged by a collision with the defendant, Carslogie. The defendants admitted negligence and damage and this was not......
Case 6/64 Flaminio Costa v E.N.E.L
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In 1962 the Italian Republic introduced a law which nationalised the production and *427 distribution of electricity and created an organisation......
Case Law on Duress by Threats
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Duress by Threats. The general nature of the defence of duress is that the defendant was forced by someone else to break the law under an immediate threat of serious harm befalling himself or someone else, ie he would not have committed the offence but for the threat. Duress is a defence because.....
Case Summaries on Burglary
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Criminal law case summaries covering and burglary and aggravated burglary. R v Brown - A witness, having heard the sound of breaking glass, saw the defendant partially inside a shop front display. ...
Case Summary: Cellulose Acetate Silk Co Ltd v Widnes Foundry
Example case summary. Last modified: 18th Feb 2025
LawTeacher.net Case Summary about Cellulose Acetate Silk Co Ltd v Widnes Foundry (1933) - tackling contract law, contract terms, and measure of damages....
Case Summary: Hinz v Berry - 1970
Example case summary. Last modified: 18th Feb 2025
A case summary for LawTeacher.net covering Hinz v Berry (1970) regarding matters of negligence, psychiatric damage and duty of care....
Case Summary: Monmouth BC v Marlog, The Times
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A case summary for LawTeacher.net regarding Monmouth BC v Marlog, The Times (4 May 1994), covering matters of the intention to create legal relationships in tenancy arrangements....
Case Summary: R v Kirk - 2008
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Case Summary for LawTeacher.net about R v Kirk [2008], regarding admissibility of evidence including bad character, summing up in respect of consent, the approach for two defendants and sentence length....
Case Summary: Rothwell v Chemical and Insulating Ltd (2007)
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Case summary for LawTeacher.net of Rothwell V Chemical And Insulating Co [2007] covering legal matters such as Negligence, Asbestos-Related Illness, Psychiatric Damage, and Nature Of Compensatable Damage....
Cases on Actus Reus
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Cases on Actus Reus. The defendant, a diabetic was charged with assaulting his victim. The assault occurred whilst the defendant was in a state of hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar level due to an excess of insulin)....
Cases on Mens Rea
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Mens Rea Case Summaries. The defendant, in order to frighten Mrs Booth, her rival for the affections of Mr X, put burning newspaper through the letterbox of Booth's house and caused the death of two of her children....
Cases on Mens Rea 2
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Cases on Mens Rea 2. The defendant struck a blow with his belt at Horace Chapple which recoiled off him, severely injuring an innocent bystander. The defendant was convicted of maliciously wounding the victim......
Cases on Preliminary Crimes
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Preliminary Crime Case Summaries. The defendant members of the ‘National Front’ had conducted a campaign against a Mr and Mrs W (a white couple) fostering black children....
Cassell v Riverside Health Authority
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The claimant had been injured at birth due to the negligence of the defendant health authority, which had been responsible......
Cassidy v Daily Mirror Newspapers
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Libel; husband and wife; statement for per se defamatory. The claimant was known as the lawfully wedded wife of a famous race-horse owner and former General of the Mexican Army....
Cassidy v Ministry of Health 1951
Example case summary. Last modified: 4th Oct 2021
The claimant was a patient at a hospital run by the defendant who required routine treatment to set the bones in his wrist. Due to negligence on the part of one of the doctors, the operation caused his fingers to become stiff. ...
Castle v St Augustine’s Links
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The claimant was a taxi driver who had been driving on a road near the St Augstine’s Links course when he was hit in the eye by a golf ball....
Caswell v Powell Duffryn
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A mine worker was responsible for periodically cleaning the movable plates of a coal-transporting conveyor belt, instructed to ensure that......
Cattle v Stockton Waterworks
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Stockton Waterworks Co laid down one of their main roads along and under a turnpike road. Private property was either side of the road. The landowner employed Cattle to make a tunnel under the road so he could access his land on the other side of the road easily....
Caunce v Caunce [1969]
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A husband and wife both made contributions to the purchase price for a property intended to act as the matrimonial home. The property in question was unregistered land, and the husband received sole legal title....
CCSU v Minister for the Civil Service
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
In the 1980’s, with the United Kingdom under the Conservative government led by Margaret Thatcher, it was ruled that any and all employees of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) were prohibited from joining any trade union....
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. ...
Century Insurance v Northern Ireland Road Transport Board
Example case summary. Last modified: 4th Oct 2021
Employer’s vicarious liability for damages caused by the acts of an employee. A transport undertaking had a contract with a petroleum company for the carriage and delivery of their petrol in lorries, agreeing to insure the lorries against any spillage or fire of the petroleum....
Chadwick v British Railways Board - 1967
Example case summary. Last modified: 29th Dec 2020
The claimant, Henry Chadwick (C) was described as a cheerful man who was active in his local community and ran a well-known window cleaning company....
Chahal v UK - Case Summary
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C, an Indian citizen, was given indefinite leave to remain in the UK after entering illegally. In 1984 he visited India and......
Chambers v DPP - 2012
Example case summary. Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
A 26-year-old man learned that an airport from which he was due to travel was closed due to heavy snow-fall. He responded on Twitter by tweeting: “Crap! Robin Hood airport is closed. You’ve got a week and a bit to get your shit together otherwise I’m blowing the airport sky high!”...
Chan Pui Chun v Leung Kam Ho
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The complainant had worked with the defendant and a personal relationship had developed with him while he was...
Chapelton v Barry Urban District Council - 1940
Example case summary. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
Hire of deck chair; effect of purported exclusion of liability on ticket. Chapelton wished to hire a deck chair and approached a pile of chairs owned by Barry Urban District Council (BUDC). ...
Chaplin v Hicks - 1911
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Hicks was a famous actor and theatre manager. He invited women to enter a beauty contest by sending in photographs which would be placed in a newspaper....
Chappell and Co v Nestle Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Consideration need not have economic value. The defendants, Nestlé, contracted with a company manufacturing gramophone records to buy several recordings of music. ...
Chartered Trust plc v Davies
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Whether lease could be repudiated due to nuisance from adjoining premises...
Chaudry v Prabhakar - 1989
Example case summary. Last modified: 4th Oct 2021
The plaintiff was seeking to purchase a car and asked the defendant, her friend, to assist her on the basis that he claimed to be knowledgeable on the subject. She purchased a car on the recommendation of the defendant. ...
Cheltenham & Gloucester v Krausz
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The respondent borrowers had fallen into arrears on their mortgage payments. They applied for an order suspending a warrant for possession......
Chen v Secretary of State for the Home Department
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Chen V. Secretary of State for the Home Department (2005) QB 325 case summary...
Cheney v Conn - 1968
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The claimant, Cheney, asserted that the tax obligations placed on British citizens by the Finance Act 1964 were unlawful......
Chester v Afshar - 2004
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Establishing causation following consent to medical treatment and subsequent injury. The claimant Chester, had managed with bad back pain for several years, which severely limited her ability to walk around and interfered with her ability to control her bladder....
Chhokar v Chhokar
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
The parties, Mr and Mrs Chhokar lived in a house bought in the husband’s sole name. They both contributed to its purchase and upkeep. The marriage fell apart and the husband arranged to sell the house without telling his wife....
Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Constabulary v Shimmen
Example case summary. Last modified: 19th Jun 2019
The defendant was spending time with four of his friends outside a shop in a generally jovial atmosphere. At one stage, the appellant......
Children and Local Authorities | Family Law Study Area | Law Teacher
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Children and Local Authorities. During the first half of the twentieth century the conventional wisdom was that parents knew best, and only in the most extreme cases would parents or society at large tolerate any interference in their......
Children and Their Welfare | Family Law Study Area | Law Teacher
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Children and Their Welfare. The Children Act 1989 was the result of a comprehensive review of the law as it affected children, and now encompasses almost the whole of the civil law in that area with the exception of that which...
Chung Chi Cheung v R - 1939
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The appellant (C), a British subject, who was cabin boy on board a Chinese Maritime Customs cruiser - a foreign armed public ship......
Chwee Kin Keong v Digilandmall Pte Ltd
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The defendant, Digilandmall.com Pte Ltd, were an online IT company that sold related software and hardware from Singapore. They were selling a HP laser printer and an employee accidently made a mistake as to the price of the printer on their website....
CIBC Mortgages Plc v Pitt - 1994
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The Pitts were husband and wife. The husband, putting her under pressure, convinced his wife to take out a loan on the security of their matrimonial......
City of London Building Society v Flegg
Example case summary. Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Here, the Maxwell Browns purchased a property, attaining half of the cost form Mrs Maxell Brown’s parents, the Fleggs. The property was placed solely under the Maxwell Brown’s name with both the Browns and the Fleggs in actual occupancy....
City of London Building Society v Flegg - 1988
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Here, the Maxwell Browns purchased a property, attaining half of the cost form Mrs Maxell Brown’s parents, the Fleggs. The property was placed solely......
Cityland and Property (Holdings Ltd) v Dabrah
Example case summary. Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
The plaintiffs, Cityland, sold a house to a former tenant for £3,500. The tenant paid £600 in cash and took......
Clark Fixing Ltd v Dudley
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The defendant, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (Dudley MBC), appealed a decision that it was liable in negligence for damage caused by fire......
Clarke v Dickson - Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The plaintiff claimed that he had been induced to invest in shares in a lead and copper mining company by the three defendants, who were directors of the......
Claughton v Charalambous
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The effect of exceptional circumstances on the rights of a beneficiary in actual occupation....
Clore v Theatrical Properties Ltd and Westby & Co Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Whether agreement lease or license; whether binding upon third party with notice...
Clos Farming Estates Pty Ltd v Easton
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
Clos Farming owned several lots including Lot 86 that was situated on vineyard estate land....
Co-operative Insurance v Argyll Stores
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The plaintiffs granted a lease to the defendant for the use of a unit in a shopping centre for the period of thirty-five years. A clause in the lease required a covenant to keep the premises open for trade during regular business hours in the local area....
Cohen v Cohen - 1929
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Mrs Cohen was unsuccessful in her claim. There was no consideration given for the promise of Mr Cohen because the contract for......
Cole v Turner
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The relevance of the mental element in the tort of Battery. The case concerned an action brought before the court for trespass and battery. The Claimants were a husband and wife, both of who had allegedly suffered battery by the Defendant....
Collier v Collier - 2002
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Due to financial difficulties the respondent granted leases, with options to purchase, over two properties to the appellant (his daughter)....
Collins v Godefroy - (1831)
Example case summary. Last modified: 26th Oct 2021
Performance of an existing duty is no consideration. Godefroy, the defendant, brought an action against an attorney for negligence and caused Collins, the plaintiff, to be subpoenaed to attend and give evidence....
Collins v Wilcock - 1984
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Definition of battery, unlawful touching when beyond scope of police authority. A police officer wished to question a woman in relation to her alleged activity as a prostitute. The woman decided to walk away, but the police officer was intent on stopping her and in order to do so....
Combe v Combe - 1951
Example case summary. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
During the divorce process, a husband promised to pay his wife a tax-free sum of £100 each year to represent a permanent maintenance payment. The wife was aware that the husband was not in a good financial state and made no claim to this payment....
Commonwealth of Australia v Verwayen
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The plaintiff was a naval officer who was injured when two navy ships, the HMAS Voyager and the HMAS Melbourne......
Compagnie Noga v Abacha
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The claimant Swiss company entered into a tripartite agreement with the defendant (the personal representative of the deceased former military......
Congreve v Home Office
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The acts of the executive amounted to the revoking of legally gained, fully paid for licences from the public, effectively forcing members to pay additional fees....
Consent Cases - Bodily Harm - ABH
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Cases on Consent. R v Wilson (1996) Times Law Report March 5 1996. The defendant had been charged with assault occasioning a.b.h. contrary to s47 of the O.A.P.A. 1861......
Consideration Case Summaries
Example case summary. Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Re McArdle (1951) A wife and her three grown-up children lived together in a house. The wife of one of the children did some decorating and later the children promised to pay her £488 and they signed a document to this effect....
Contract Law Intention Case Summaries
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Contract law intention cases - social and domestic agreements, business / commercial agreements. Lens v Devonshire Club (1914) It was held that the winner of a competition held by a golf club could not sue for his prize...
Contract Law Misrepresentation Cases
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The plaintiff purchased from the defendant two blocks of land for the purpose of sheep farming. During negotiations the defendant said that if the place was worked properly, it would carry 2,000 sheep....
Contract Law Mistake Case Summaries
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Mistake Cases covering common mistake, unilateral mistake, and mutual mistake contract law case summaries....
Conway v George Wimpey & Co Ltd
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Conway (C) was on his way to work on an aerodrome when he hailed a lorry belonging to the George Wimpey & Co Ltd (W) and driven by one of their......
Cook v JL Kier and Co - 1970
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The claimant was a foreman who suffered severe brain damage when a spanner was dropped on to his head from a height whilst......
Cook v Square D Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The complainant was an electronics engineer that worked for Square D Ltd, a company based in the UK. He worked abroad sometimes and......
Cooke v MGN Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 18th Jun 2019
The defendants published an article which suggested that various landlords made significant profit from renting poor quality......
Cooper v Phibbs - 1867
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It was held that the contract and lease that existed between the complainant and the defendant was voidable, rather than void. This was due to the claim being in equity, as Mr Cooper had beneficial ownership of the salmon fishery and not legal ownership....
Copeland v Greenhalf [1952]
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Copeland owned an orchard and adjoining house. Access to the orchard from the road was via a strip of land......
Corin v Patton
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Severance of joint tenancies and transfer of equitable interest in property....
Cork v Kirby Maclean
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The claimant was a factory worker who died when he had an epileptic seizure while working on a platform with no railings over 20 feet above the ground. His employers were not aware of his condition....
Cornish v Midland Bank plc
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The plaintiff’s husband made an application for a loan from the defendant bank, which the plaintiff consented to guarantee by signing a second......
Corporate Officer of the House of Commons v Information Commissioner
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Case summary for LawTeacher.net about Corporate Officer of the House of Commons v Information Commissioner....
Corporate Officer of the House of Commons v Information Commissioner
Example case summary. Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE – FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – JURISDICTION. Numerous requests were made to the House of Commons under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for detailed breakdowns of some MPs’ claims under the Additional Costs Allowances scheme. ...
Corporation v Skibs A/S Avanti
Example case summary. Last modified: 22nd Oct 2021
The Defendant owned two tankers that were charted to the Plaintiff for three years. The Plaintiff’s financial situation began to deteriorate, so they approached the Defendant requesting that the rates for the charter were reduced as the company had suffered massive losses...
Costello v Chief Constable of Northumbria
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The claimant was taking a prisoner to a cell and was, at the time accompanied by a police inspector. When the prisoner attacked the claimant, the accompanying officer did nothing to assist her. The result was that the claimant was injured. ...
Coulthard v Neville Russell - 1998
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
The case concerned a claim by three directors of D & H Ltd (the Directors) against Neville Russell (the Auditors) on the grounds that the Auditors had failed in their duty to advise them against their acquisition of shares through a loan from the Company in breach of section 151 of the Companies Act 1985....
Countess of Dunmore v Alexander (1830) 9 S. 190
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The Countess of Dunmore (C) was looking to change servant and wrote to Lady Agnew (LA) requesting information on the character of one of her servants......
Courtney & Fairburn Ltd v Tolaini Bros
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The respondents, Tolaini Bros, wished to develop a hotel. The appellants were property developers. During negotiations between the parties, it was proposed......
Coward v Motor Insurance Bureau
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Mrs Coward obtained judgement for damages which was not paid out because Mr Cole’s insurance policy did not provide cover for him to carry pillion......
Cowcher v Cowcher
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Mr and Mrs Cowcher were together for almost 20 years, marrying in 1953. In 1963, they had bought a house together......
Cowell v Rosehill Racecourse Co Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
he appellant brought an action against the respondent for damages for assault at common law....
Crabb v Arun DC 1975
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
The claimant purchased land with a limited number of access points. The defendant authority placed gates at the access......
Crawley BC v Ure 1996
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Landlord and tenant; one joint tenant giving notice to quit without consulting the other...
Credit Lyonnais v Burch Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Burch raised the defence of undue influence - stating that Mr Pelosi had induced her to enter into the agreement, and the bank had full knowledge/notice of this....
Crest Nicholson v McAllister
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Two brothers, by way of their joint company, had purchased land for development and onward sale....
Criminal Law Case Summaries
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The defendant, Bree (B), visited his brother and went for an evening out with him and others, including the complainant (C). All present consumed considerable quantities of alcohol, before returning to B’s brother’s home....
Crofter Hand Woven Harris Tweed v Veitch
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The appellants produced cloth, obtaining their yarn from the mainland – unlike other yarn spun in the mills of Stornoway. The respondents worked for the......
Crooke v De Vandes
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The testator of a will wished to dispose of his property between a number of beneficiaries....
Crossley v Rawlinson - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The defendant, a lorry driver, stopped his vehicle when the tarpaulin covering his load caught fire. The fire was accepted to be a consequence of the......
Crowhurst v Amersham Burial Board
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The defendant planted a yew tree on their property, however these trees were planted very close to the claimant’s own property (approximately 4 feet......
Crown River Cruises v Kimbolton Fireworks - 1996
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Jan 2021
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......
Crystal Palace v Dowie
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The defendant, Mr Dowie, was a football manager for the complainants, Crystal Palace Football Club. In the terms of his employment contract......
CTN Cash & Carry Ltd v Gallagher Ltd [1994]
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Gallagher demanded CTN to pay for the cigarettes despite those not being delivered due to Gallagher’s own mistake. Gallagher argued that the risk......
Cullinane v British Rema Manufacturing
Example case summary. Last modified: 11th Oct 2019
Cullinane purchased a clay pulverising machine from British ‘Rema’ Manufacturing Co Ltd (BRMCO). BRMCO warranted the machine processed six tonnes......
Cummings v Granger
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The defendant was the occupier of a breaker’s yard. At night, the yard was locked and the defendant’s untrained Alsatian dog was turned loose in order......
Cundy v Lindsay
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
The case concerned whether a mistake as to the identity of a contracting party was so fundamental so as to negate the consent of the other party. The foundation of contract law is premised on mutual agreement, i.e., agreeing on the same thing in the same sense, popularly referred to as consensus ad idem....
Curley v Parkes [2005]
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Purchase price resulting trust of home; when trust takes effect; whether it can be altered subsequently....
Currie v Misa - Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
Lizardi & Co. sold a number of bills of exchange to Mr. Misa, drawn from a banking firm owned by Mr. Currie, and were to be paid on the next day. However, Lizardi was in substantial debt to Mr. Currie’s bank and was being pressed for payment....
Curtis v Chemical Cleaning & Dyeing Co - 1951
Example case summary. Last modified: 29th Sep 2021
Affirms that when a party misrepresents the significance of a term, it ceases to be contractually binding. The claimant, Curtis, took her wedding dress to be cleaned by a professional laundry service, the defendants, the Chemical Cleaning and Dyeing Company....
Cutler v Wandsworth Stadium Ltd - 1949
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Mr Cutler was a bookmaker who carried on his business at a greyhound track occupied by the respondents. He claimed that as occupiers......
Cutter v Powell - 1795
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Partial performance of a contract. Mr. Cutter, a sailor, was hired for a voyage and given a promissory note from his employment that ten days after the ship arrives at Liverpool, he will pay Mr. Cutter a certain sum....
D & C Builders v Rees
Example case summary. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
The builders sought payment from Rees for building work done and materials supplied in respect of alterations and repairs completed on Rees’ shop. Rees did not pay, but the work continued and a second bill was issued....
D'Eyncourt v Gregory
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
A testator was a life tenant of certain estates, upon which he had erected and furnished a mansion-house and bequeathed all the tapestry......
Dahlia v Four Millbank
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
This case concerns selling property. The complainant, Dahlia, wanted to purchase property from the defendants, Four Millbank Nominees....
Daiichi UK Ltd v Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
A number of unincorporated groups and their supporters (S) who campaigned for the rights of animals targeted a campaign against Daiichi UK Ltd....
Dalrymple v Dalrymple Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
A wife raised a claim against her husband for the restitution of conjugal rights. Due to family circumstances requiring secrecy......
Dalton v Angus & Co
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The claimants and defendants' adjoined houses were built independently, but each had lateral support from the soil......
Daly v General Steam Navigation
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The plaintiff who was a housewife, was a passenger in the defendant’s vessel. She was injured in an accident and had to be treated over a long......
Damages and Remedies Case Summaries
Example case summary. Last modified: 7th Sep 2021
A shipowner was held liable to a charterer in damages for loss of a cargo which had been caused by a combination of perils of the sea and the unseaworthiness of the ship....
Daniel v Drew - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
A Hampshire farm was left in trust to sisters Mss Drew and Daniel. The sisters gave away their interest to their respective sons....
Dann v Hamilton - 1939
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
The plaintiff, knowing that the defendant was drunk and that a road traffic accident was highly likely as a result, chose to travel by the car despite being under no compulsion to do that driven either by necessity or something else....
Darlington BC v Wiltshier Northern
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
The agreement between WNL and the finance company stipulated that all rights and causes of action against WNL were assigned to DBC. DBC brought......
Darlington Futures v Delco - Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The issue in this case was the validity of both the limitation and exclusion clauses, as well as the court’s approach to ambiguity in both types......
Das v Linden Mews Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Two residents of Linden Mews formed a company called Linden Mews Ltd. The purpose of the company was the purchase......
Davidge v Bennett - 1984
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The Defendant (D) received cheques from her three flatmates in order to pay for the communal gas bill. Instead, D spent the money on Christmas......
Davies v Marshall 1861
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The plaintiff complained that the defendant had obstructed the light and air from entering his antient windows......
Davis Contractors Ltd v Fareham Urban District Council
Example case summary. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
The appellants tendered for a contract with the respondents to build 28 houses for 8 months. The tender was accompanied by a letter which stated that the tender was subject to adequate supplies of materials and labour when required to carry out the work within the time specified....
Davis v Johnson
Example case summary. Last modified: 30th Dec 2020
Exclusion orders of a cohabiting joint tenant from a matrimonial home under the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial......
Davis v Smith [2011]
Example case summary. Last modified: 22nd Oct 2021
A husband and wife married in 1988, after which they moved into a property which Mrs Smith had already been a tenant of for some time. In 1989, they purchased the property as joint tenants. ...
Day Morris Associates v Voyce - 2003
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Ms Voyce denied that she had entered into this agreement for commission, as she had not signed any contract with the complainants....
Day v Savadge
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Day sued Savadge for trespass after the latter took away a bag of nutmegs. Savadge claimed that it was customary in London for people......
De Keyser’s Royal Hotel v Spicer Bros
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The defendants were constructing a building nearby to the claimant’s hotel. This involved the excavation of the foundations and pile-driving......
De Molestina v Ponton
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
This case concerned ownership of property and the estate of a deceased wealthy businessman. This was a dispute between members of the family......
Deen v Andrews (1985)
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
Whether a greenhouse standing by its own weight was included in a conveyance because it was to be defined as a building...
Dennant v Skinner and Collom [1948] 2 KB 164 (KBD)
Example case summary. Last modified: 22nd Dec 2020
Case Summary of Dennant v Skinner and Collom [1948] 2 KB 164 (KBD). Establishing the general position in inter praesentes....
Derry v Peek - 1889
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
False representation - In the prospectus released by the defendant company, it was stated that the company was permitted to use trams that were powered by steam, rather than by horses....
DGM Commodities Corporation v Sea Metropolitan SA
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
In October 2007, the defendants (the owners of a vessel) chartered a vessel to the claimants (the charterers)......
Dhanani v Crasnianski
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The defendant, Mr Crasnianski was a scientist and inventor. He met the claimant, Mr Dhanani by chance on the Eurostar whilst travelling from Paris to......
DHN Food v Tower Hamlets
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Piercing the corporate veil – groups of companies. DHN Food Distributors Ltd v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council [1976] 1 WLR 852 Case Summary. An example of piercing the corporate veil....
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. ...
Dick Bentley v Harold Smith
Example case summary. Last modified: 4th Oct 2021
The claimant, Dick Bentley, was aware of the defendant, Harold Smith’s, reputation as an expert in prestige cars and requested that the defendant keep an eye out for a well vetted and kept Bentley car, as he wished to purchase one....
Dickinson v Abel
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The taxpayer received this money despite not offering any services in relation to the eventual sale....
Dickinson v Dodds
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
The defendant, Mr Dodds, wrote to the complainant, Mr Dickinson, with an offer to sell his house to him for £800. He promised that he would keep this offer open to him until Friday. However, on the Thursday Mr Dodds accepted an offer from a third party and sold his house to them....
Dillwyn v Llewelyn [1862]
Example case summary. Last modified: 30th Dec 2020
A father signed a memorandum leaving his farm to his son. However, this memorandum was not executed by deed....
Diment v NH Foot Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Diment was the owner of a farm from 1936 onwards. She rarely visited the farm, only once a year until 1967....
Dimskal Shipping v ITWF
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The Plaintiffs owned a vessel manned by Greeks and Filipinos when it docked at a Swedish port. An agent of I.T.F informed the plaintiff......
Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland v Maxwell
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The defendant was a member of the UVF, an organisation carrying out attacks on Roman Catholics by the use firearms and bombs....
Discharge Case Summaries
Example case summary. Last modified: 7th Sep 2021
Cases on discharge of contract covering the general rule and modification to it, agreement, breach, frustration and limitations of the doctrine....
Dixon v Fisher
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
John Dixon was the owner and operator of several coal mines, some of which were owned outright by him and others were held under various leases....
Dodd Properties v Canterbury City Council
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
In 1970, the defendants were building a multi-storey car park near to the complainant’s building. The pile driver they had used had resulted in bad......
Dolphin Maritime v Sveriges - Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The Claimant was a cargo recovery agent and the Defendant was a Swedish P&I Club. The Claimant was engaged by an insurer to recover cargo....
Domestic Violence | Family Law Study Area | Law Teacher
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
Domestic Violence. The phrase 'domestic violence' is usually taken to mean unlawful violence used or threatened by one spouse or cohabitant against the other. The perpetrator is usually the male partner, and pronouns are......
Donington Park Leisure Ltd v Wheatcroft & Son Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The tenant of a lease over a racing-circuit persuaded its landlord to allow it to use additional land for parking during a large event...
Donnelly v Joyce - 1974
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
As a child, the plaintiff sustained injuries to his right leg in a road traffic accident which was the defendant’s fault. Although the leg was not broken......
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. ...
Donohoe v Ingram
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
A couple jointly occupied a home alongside their children. The father subsequently entered bankruptcy and their creditors sought to......
Donohoe v Ingram
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The impact of exceptional circumstances on sales orders resultant from bankruptcy; can sales orders violate human rights....
Donovan v The Face
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
The claimant, Jason Donovan, was a successful singer. In the early 1990s, the magazine called The Face published an article alleging that Mr Donovan was homosexual....
Dooley v Cammell Laird - 1971
Example case summary. Last modified: 29th Dec 2020
The claimant (C) was a crane operator working for the defendant (D). C was loading cargo from a quay onto a ship when the rope carrying the load snapped....
Doughty v Turner Manufacturing
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The claimant, Doughty, was an employee of the defendants, Turner Manufacturing Company, where he worked in their factory....
Douglas v Hello Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The Douglases were a celebrity couple who sold exclusive photography rights of their wedding to OK! Magazine. An unauthorised freelance photographer gained access to the wedding and sold pictures to Hello! Magazine, a rival competitor....
Downsview Nominees Ltd v First City
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
The plaintiff appointed receivers and managers of a company over which it held a debenture. A separate debenture in relation to the......
Doyle v Olby - 1969
Example case summary. Last modified: 4th Jan 2021
The complainant, Mr Doyle, decided to purchase an Ironmonger’s business from the defendants, Olby (Ironmongers) Ltd. He purchased the business for......
DPP for Northern Ireland v Lynch
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
On the 29th January 1972, the appellant was instructed by members of the IRA to drive them to a specific location in Belfast. One of the men in the car......
DPP v A - 2000
Example case summary. Last modified: 18th Mar 2021
The defendant wished to raise the defence of duress to a charge of robbery on the basis that two strangers had threatened to kill......
DPP v Morgan - 1976
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Rape – Consent – Honest Belief to Consent – No Reasonable Belief Required if Honest and Genuine Belief to Consent. The defendant was a Royal Air Force Pilot and he had invited his friends over to have sexual intercourse with his wife....
DPP v Smith - 1961
Example case summary. Last modified: 29th Sep 2021
Whether mens rea for murder is subjective or objective. Jim Smith (S) was ordered by a police constable to stop his car which contained stolen goods, however S accelerated instead....
DSBD Subsea v Petroleum - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
DSND entered into a memorandum of understanding varying the terms of the agreement with PGS, after DSND was found to have a......
Dubai Aluminium v Salaam
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
A solicitor firm’s vicarious liability for a partner’s dishonest assistance to a client. The senior partner of a firm drafted a consultancy agreement and other requisite documentation for a client’s fraudulent enterprise....
Duffy v Lamb
Example case summary. Last modified: 18th Jun 2019
This case concerned the (continuing) supply of electricity to the claimant’s property. The claimant was initially a tenant of Manby Estates Limited, being......
Duffy v Lamb (1997)
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
This case concerned the (continuing) supply of electricity to the claimant's property. The claimant was initially......
Duke of Norfolk v Arbuthnot
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The parish church, St. Nicholas Arundel, was a cruciform church with a central tower. Part of it, located to the east......
Dunlop v New Garage
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
The Claimant (C) manufactured and supplied goods to the Respondents (R) who were dealers and under an agreement C prohibited R from selling than their list price sold an item under the list price, hence C bought a claim in the breach of contract and wanted R to pay a sum of 5l....
Dunlop v Selfridge - 1915
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Contract law – Construction of contract – Consideration. Dunlop was a tire manufacturer who agreed with their dealer to not sell the tires below a recommended retail price (RRP)....
Dunraven Securities Ltd v Holloway
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The case involved a 150-year lease of a property between landlord and tenant, with the property being a retail store....
Duress Case Summaries
Example case summary. Last modified: 7th Sep 2021
Contract law duress cases including duress to the person, duress to goods, economic duress and remedies. Barton v Armstrong [1976] AC 104 - A (the former chairman of a company) threatened B (the managing director) with death if he did not agree to purchase A’s shares in the company. ...
Durham Tees Valley Airport v Bmibaby
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
Bmibaby entered an agreement to operate two aircraft from Durham Tees Valley Airport (DTVA) in 2004. The contract was to continue for a 10-year term......
Dutton v Poole Case
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
A son made a contract with his father for his father to not cut down an oak woodland. As consideration for this, the son would make a payment......
Dyer v Dyer (1788)
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Presumed resulting trust; contribution to purchase price; equitable ownership....
E E Caledonia v Orbit Valve - Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Jun 2019
This case was linked to the Piper Alpha platform disaster. The Claimants made a settlement with the estate of a deceased engineer......
Earl of Leicester v Wells-next-the-Sea
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The plaintiff's father conveyed nineteen acres of land to a local authority so they could be used as allotments....
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