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Cutler v Wandsworth Stadium Ltd - 1949
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Mr Cutler was a bookmaker who carried on his business at a greyhound track occupied by the respondents. He claimed that as occupiers......
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......
BS & N Ltd v Micado
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Ship owners chartered a vessel, The Seaflower, to charterers to carry oil. Clause 46 required major oil companies’ approvals and stipulated that......
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......
Crystal Palace v Dowie
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The defendant, Mr Dowie, was a football manager for the complainants, Crystal Palace Football Club. In the terms of his employment contract......
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......
Burma Oil Company v Lord Advocate - Case Summary
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The claimant, Burma Oil Company, brought proceedings against the UK government (who were represented in the case by the Lord Advocate)......
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......
Brimelow v Casson
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Brimelow was a theatrical manager and Casson was a member of the Joint Protection Committee, effectively a trade union of sorts....
Cellulose Acetate Silk Co Ltd v Widnes Foundry
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Brittain v Garner - 1989
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The claimant sought damages for the loss of his career, arguing that this should be quantified based not only on his present......
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......
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......
Coward v Motor Insurance Bureau
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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......
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......
CTN Cash & Carry Ltd v Gallagher Ltd [1994]
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Gallagher demanded CTN to pay for the cigarettes despite those not being delivered due to Gallagher’s own mistake. Gallagher argued that the risk......
Brice v Brown
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C, a woman aged 42, had suffered from a hysterical personality disorder since childhood. She was, however, able to lead a......
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....
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...
HIV man is found guilty of deliberately infecting lovers | Law Teacher
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A man who knowingly infected two women with HIV has become the first person in more than a century to be convicted of inflicting biological grievous bodily harm......
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......
Cassell v Riverside Health Authority
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The claimant had been injured at birth due to the negligence of the defendant health authority, which had been responsible......
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...
Credit Lyonnais v Burch Case Summary
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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....
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....
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