Case Summaries
The case summaries below were written by our expert writers, as a learning aid to help you with your studies. If you are looking for help with your case summary then we offer a comprehensive writing service provided by fully qualified academics in your field of study.
Case Summaries & Related Services
R v Sangha
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
A flat in which squatters occupied, had two armchairs and a mattress which Sangha set fire to whilst the flat was unoccupied....
R v Savage
Example case summary. Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
The defendant was charged with unlawful and malicious wounding contrary to Offences Against the Person Act 1861, s 20. The defendant had thrown a......
R v Saw - 2009
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
Five appellants sought leave to appeal their sentences and a sixth appellant appealed against his sentence for burglary of an occupied dwelling house....
R v Secretary of SSHD Ex P Ejaz
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department Ex P Naheed Ejaz (1994) 2 WLR 534 case summary...
R v Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Example case summary. Last modified: 3rd Sep 2019
The claimant, Lord Rees-Mog, was a noted journalist and life peer of the House of Lords, who sought judicial review on the......
R v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte Factortame
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Reaffirmed the supremacy of European Community law over the domestic laws of a Member State in the event of conflict. New British legislation required that to register a ship in Britain, most of its owners to be of British nationality....
R v Secretary of State for Wales
Example case summary. Last modified: 4th Jul 2019
The appellant was the owner of a Grade II listed building which was subject to a notice of removal in respect of a carillon......
R v Secretary of State for Wales, ex parte Kennedy
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Factors taken into account when considering whether an item is a fixture; particularly in relation to listed buildings....
R v Sharp (David Bruce) - 1987
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
Sharp joined a gang of robbers that he knew possessed and used firearms. He participated in a robbery of a post office, in which the leader......
R v Sharp 1857
Example case summary. Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
The defendant was accused of breaking and entering a burial ground and removing the remains of his mother who was buried there. He did this under.......
R v Shayler
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
Shayler was a member of MI5. Before starting employment with the service, he signed a confidentiality declaration in accordance with the......
R v Shepherd - 1862
Example case summary. Last modified: 4th Jul 2019
The defendant was the mother of an eighteen year old girl who had died as a result of complications during childbirth. After going into labour......
R v Shepherd - 1988
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
The defendant entered a shop with a view to stealing boxes of goods from it. When charged with burglary, the defendant raised the defence......
R v Shillam - 2013
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Jun 2019
Shillam bought cocaine from R, in order to sell. He had been observed by police surveillance units meeting with R and was arrested driving a van and......
R v Shivpuri - 1986
Example case summary. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
Whether a person can be convicted for attempting an impossible crime – Importation of prohibited drugs. Pyare Shivpuri (S) was persuaded to act as a drugs courier. S collected a suitcase which contained several packages of white powder....
R v Slingsby - 1995
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The defendant, Simon Slingsby, penetrated the complainant’s vagina and rectum with his fingers, accidentally cutting her with the signet ring he was wearing. The complainant did not notice the internal cuts, which later became infected, causing the complainant to develop septicaemia and die....
R v Smith - 1959
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Causation - The defendant was a soldier who stabbed one of his comrades during a fight in an army barracks. The victim was taken to receive medical attention, but whilst being carried to the hospital was dropped twice by those carrying him....
R v Smith - 1974
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
Smith was the tenant of a ground floor flat. With the landlord’s permission, he installed some sound equipment and soundproofing material....
R v Smith - 2011
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
S, P and H challenged their conviction on the basis that the alleged offence was not known to the law because the heroin in question was unlawfully in the possession of the victim....
R v SS Home Department, ex parte Fire Brigades Union
Example case summary. Last modified: 25th Oct 2021
A House of Lords case concerning how compensation is awarded under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. The case is considered a very important ruling on the extent of the Ministerial prerogative powers....
R v SSHD ex p Fire Brigades Union 1995
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
When the Secretary of State for the Home Department announced his intention not to bring into force ss.108-117......
R v St George - 1840
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
The Defendant (St. George) got into an argument with the victim, a Mr Durant. During the course of this argument, the Defendant took out a gun and......
R v Steer
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Jun 2019
Steer went to his business partner’s property rang the doorbell and after no answer, fired a rifle at the bedroom and sitting room windows and the door......
R v Stephenson - 1979
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Jun 2019
The appellant attempted to sleep in a hollow which he had made in a haystack. Because he was cold, he started a fire in that hollow....
R v Stewart [2009] 1 WLR 2507 Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Jul 2019
Case Summary of R v Stewart [2009] 1 WLR 2507. Issues surrounding intoxication as a defence...
R v Stone and Dobinson - 1977
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Regarding the issue of negligence, the Court of Appeal held that in order to ground a conviction for manslaughter the defendants must have been ‘grossly negligent’ in respect of their breach of duty. ...
R v Stones - 1989
Example case summary. Last modified: 4th Jul 2019
The defendant, Stones, was caught running away from a house that had been burgled. When he was arrested and searched he was found......
R v Sullivan [1984] AC 156
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The defendant, a psychomotor epilepsy sufferer, had an epileptic seizure during which he kicked the victim in the head violently. He was charged with causing Grievous Bodily Harm contrary to sections 18 and 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861...
R v T [1990] Crim LR 256
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Jun 2019
T was one of three defendants charged with armed robbery. Upon arrest, T could only recall some of the events that had occurred....
R v Taaffe - 1984
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Jun 2019
Paul Desmond Taafe (T) was enlisted by a third party in Holland to import cannabis into England, which was prohibited to import under the......
R v Tabassum - 2000
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
The appellant had deceived a number of women into participating in what was claimed to be a breast cancer survey, for the purposes of helping......
R v Thomas - 1985
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
A school caretaker was convicted on two counts of indecent assault on female students. The first count concerned an 11-year-old girl’s allegation that the caretaker rubbed the bottom of her skirt and lifted it on two occasions, yet with no witnesses....
R v Turner (No 2) - 1971
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Theft of a car which was in the possession and control of a garage. The Defendant (T) took his car to a garage for repairs. The repairs were completed by the garage and the car was left outside the garage on the road....
R v Valderamma-Vega - 1985
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
Valderamma-Vega was a retired police officer who arrived at Gatwick Airport from Colombia when he was stopped by customs officers. They searched his suitcase and found almost two kilograms of cocaine hidden in a concealed compartment in his luggage....
R v Walkington - 1979
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
The defendant, Walkington, was in a department store when he went behind the unoccupied counter area on the shop floor and opened......
R v Warbuton
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
The facts of the victim’s death were disputed, however an expert witness gave evidence that he had died as a result of knife wounds, blunt force......
R v Watson - 1989
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
Mr Watson and another person threw a brick through the elderly and seriously ill victim’s house. Unaware of the victim’s condition and age, they......
R v Watson - 2015
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
The defendant was convicted of two counts of rape and two counts of assault by penetration. The defendant fathered a child......
R v Wenton
Example case summary. Last modified: 26th Jun 2019
A window was smashed by a brick at a property which was occupied by a family with three children. Shortly afterwards, a canister......
R v White - 1910
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
The defendant put poison into the evening drink of the victim, his mother, with the intention of killing her. The victim drank a few sips of the drink and then fell asleep. ...
R v Williams and Davies - 1992
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The defendants picked up a hitchhiker who was on his way to Glastonbury festival. The defendants then attempted to rob the victim who became agitated and afraid and in this mental state jumped out of the moving vehicle which was travelling at 30 mph. ...
R v Williams; R v Davis
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
The victim was a hitchhiker picked up by Mr Williams; Mr Davis and Mr Bobat were passengers in the car. After a few miles, the victim jumped out......
R v Wilson - 1996
Example case summary. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
Consensual bodily harm between husband and wife. Alan Wilson was charged under s 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 for assault. He branded his initials into his wife’s buttocks with a hot knife....
R v Wilson (1996) 2 Cr App Rep 241 | Criminal Law Case
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
R v Wilson (1996) 2 Cr App Rep 241. The appellant was charged with assaulting his wife contrary to section 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861....
R v Wilson 1984
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
The defendant nearly hit a pedestrian, the victim, with their vehicle and an altercation between the two subsequently ensued....
R v Windle - 1952
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
The appellant (W) was convicted of murdering his wife. His wife had regularly spoke of committing suicide and doctors suggested......
R v Wood - 2008
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
The appellant, Woods, was an alcoholic who drank on average 4 to 5 litres of strong cider daily. After having drunk 2-3 litres of cider......
R v Woollin
Example case summary. Last modified: 24th Sep 2021
Case Summary of R v Woollin [1999] AC 82. The facts of Woollin comprised of the defendant throwing his three month old baby to the ground in frustration when it would not stop crying, leading to the baby dying from a fractured skull....
R&B Custom Brokers v United Dominions Trust Ltd - 1998
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The issue in this case was whether the purchase agreement as made in the course of a business and therefore whether the Claimant could rely......
Radaich v Smith [1959]
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The parties entered in to an agreement which was executed as a deed. The agreement allowed Radaich to occupy......
Raffles v Wichelhaus - 1864
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
There had been no consensus ad idem or meeting of the minds between the parties to form a binding contract. The objective test made it clear that a reasonable person would not have been able to identify with certainty what ship had been agreed on....
Rahman v Arearose Ltd - 2001
Example case summary. Last modified: 26th Jun 2019
Mr Rahman was a manager of a fast food restaurant when he was violently assaulted at work. His employer, the first defendant......
Rahnema v Rahbari
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
Rights to occupation rent and/or purchase from a co-owner of property....
Raja v Austin Gray (a firm)
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
D had secured borrowings from a bank by a debenture, under the terms of which administrative receivers of......
Raja v Lloyds TSB Bank plc
Example case summary. Last modified: 26th Jun 2019
In 1986 the Appellant (R) was granted overdraft facilities which were secured by legal charges over four properties he owned....
Raja v Lloyds TSB Bank plc (2001)
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
In 1986 the Appellant (R) was granted overdraft facilities which were secured by legal charges over four properties......
Ramsgate Victoria Hotel v Montefiore - 1866
Example case summary. Last modified: 29th Sep 2021
The defendant, Mr Montefiore, wanted to purchase shares in the complainant’s hotel. He put in his offer to the complainant and paid a deposit to his bank account to buy them in June....
Ray v Hazeldine
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The defendant used to own two adjacent houses. In 1895, he conveyed one of the houses to the plaintiff......
Re A (Conjoined Twins: Medical Treatment)
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
The parents of conjoined twins, M and J, appealed against a decision to allow an operation to surgically separate them which would result in the death of M. M had severe brain abnormalities, no lungs and was supplied with blood by her sister....
Re Ballard's Conveyance
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The vendor included a covenant on the conveyance of property which defined the vendor as successors of the estate......
Re Bond Worth Ltd - 1980
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
The case of Re Bond Worth Ltd should be considered in the context of the law relating to the passing of property, and also in relation to the pari passu principles of recovery in insolvency....
Re Buchanan-Wollaston's Conveyance
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
Four owners of property with views of the ocean decided to jointly purchase the piece of land which was between......
Re Buchanan-Wollaston's Conveyance - Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
Four owners of property with views of the ocean decided to jointly purchase the piece of land which was between their respective houses......
Re Casey's Patents - 1892
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The defendant, Casey, managed some patents owned by the plaintiffs, Stewart and Charlton. The plaintiffs later signed a document that read: ‘In consideration of your services… we hereby agree to give you one-third share of the patents’....
Re Cordwell's Application [2008]
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
The claiman's land was bound by a restrictive covenant restraining them from building more than one dwelling-house. The claimant wished to build...
Re Denny [1947]
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Two business partners owned a number of properties which they let out to tenants. The partners were joint tenants...
Re Draper's Conveyance
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
A husband and wife were joint tenants of their matrimonial property. As their relationship broke down divorce......
Re Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England's Conveyance
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The Ecclesiastical Commission, who was charged with the responsibility to distribute the incomes for the Church of England......
Re Ellenborough Park
Example case summary. Last modified: 26th Oct 2021
The necessary requirements for granting an easement. The titular park area, Ellenborough Park, was a park in Weston-super-Mare which was owned jointly by two tenants....
Re F (Mental Patient Sterilisation)
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Re: F - Whether medical practitioners are able to sterilise a mentally handicapped woman who is unable to consent on the basis that doing so is in her best interest....
Re Farnol Eades Irvine & Co Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 26th Jun 2019
The plaintiff was a debenture-holder who claimed, inter alia, forpayment of the amount secured, foreclosure or sale and appointment of a receiver and......
Re Hackney Pavilion Ltd - 1924
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
The case addresses the transfer of shares in situations where the board fails to reach a consensus in passing a resolution and where the articles state that board approval is required....
Re Heys (deceased) [1914]
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
A husband wrote a will bequeathing his property to his wife. The couple divorced and the husband remarried...
Re K (deceased) [1985]
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
A husband and wife were in a marriage marred by domestic abuse. The wife had suffered physical violence......
Re Mahmoud and Ispahani
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
Under the Defence of the Realm Act 1914 an Order was made, titled the Seeds, Oils and Fats Order 1919 that said “a person shall not... buy or sell or......
Re Martin's Application (1989)
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
A local authority conveyed land to an individual containing a covenant requiring the purchaser to preserve the land as an open, undeveloped area....
Re McArdle - 1951
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Past consideration is no consideration.. Mrs McArdle had already performed the work before she asked for payment. Her consideration was in the past. Past consideration is not good consideration....
Re Midland Railway Co's Agreement
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Landlord and tenant; notice to quit periodic tenancy not complying with proviso in agreement...
Re Monolithic Building Co. 1915
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Monolithic Building Co. was an incorporated company who loaned money to the plaintiff by way of a mortgage....
Re Nisbet and Potts Contract
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
N entered into a contract to sell a parcel of land to P. N’s title was possessory, the paper title having being defeated by a successful......
Re Page's Application
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
The applicant sought to convert a stable into a dwelling to allow her to live near to her horses. The applicant had acquired planning permission, but was restrained from starting work by a restrictive covenant....
Re Pavlou (A Bankrupt)
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
A husband and wife bought a home in 1973 as beneficial joint tenants, with part of the cost assisted by a mortgage....
Re Polemis and Furness, Withy & Co
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The extent of liability where the injuries resultant from tortious negligence are entirely unforeseeable. Employees of the defendant had been loading cargo into the underhold of a ship when they negligently dropped a large plank of wood....
Re Quaffers Ltd's Application (1988)
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The claimant's land was bound by two restrictive covenants prohibiting business use of the land and the sale of alcohol....
Re Ransomes Plc [1999] 2 BCLC 591 CA Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 26th Jun 2019
A Case Summary of Re Ransomes Plc [1999] 2 BCLC 591 CA. Cancellation of share premium account during the reduction of capital process....
Re Schebsman, deceased [1944]
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Bankruptcy; agreement for payments to be made to debtor's wife and daughter; whether trustee could claim funds....
Re Selectmove - 1995
Example case summary. Last modified: 29th Sep 2021
Whether variation of an agreement is good consideration.. The Inland Revenue petitioned the court for a winding-up order in respect of a company, Selectmove, which had accrued arrears in the tax it owed under the PAYE system of tax collection. ...
Re Sharpe (A Bankrupt)
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
An aunt loaned Sharpe, her nephew, money for the purpose of buying a leasehold premises. This was a shop......
Re Sharpe (A Bankrupt) - 1980
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
An aunt loaned Sharpe, her nephew, money for the purpose of buying a leasehold premises. This was a shop with living accommodation situated above it....
Re Webb's Lease
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
In 1949, a landlord let to a tenant the second and first floor of certain premises. In 1949, the landlord granted......
Re Wilford's Estate
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
Two sisters jointly owned a property as joint tenants. They agreed between each other to both make a will......
Ready Mixed Concrete v Minister of Pensions
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
A driver contracted with a mixed concrete company for the delivery of concrete. The contract declared him an “independent contractor” and set out wages and expenses....
Redgrave v Hurd - 1881
Example case summary. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
Contract law – Misrepresentation – Specific performance. The plaintiff was a solicitor who constructed an advertisement titled ‘Law Partnership’ where he sought a successor who he would take as a Partner on the basis that the individual purchased the plaintiff’s property....
Redland Bricks Ltd v Morris
Example case summary. Last modified: 18th Feb 2025
Lawteacher.net offers a case study about Redland Bricks Ltd v Morris [1970] AC 652...
Reese v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
The executrix of a deceased estate brought an action against the police following the death of a prisoner in custody. The prisoner was a known suicide risk......
Reffel v Surrey County Council
Example case summary. Last modified: 26th Jun 2019
A 12-year-old female student at a grammar school was injured while, walking down a corridor towards the cloakroom, the cloakroom’s glass doors swung......
Reid v Bickerstaff 1909
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The defendant's predecessor purchased a plot of land as part of a larger property and vested this into trustees......
Reilly v Booth - 1890
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
This case concerned a dispute as to the full extent of the rights conferred through an easement. The holder of an easement had......
Reilly v Booth (1890)
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
This case concerned a dispute as to the full extent of the rights conferred through an easement. The holder of an easement......
Renals v Cowlishaw
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The predecessors of the defendants purchased part of a residential estate, and the adjacent lands from a land owner......
Revill v Newbery - 1996
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
William Newbery (N) slept in a shed on his allotment to protect his property at night. Mark Revill (R) and his accomplice Grainger (G) trespassed onto the allotment and attempted to break into the shed....
Rex v Entain Plc
Example case summary. Last modified: 22nd Dec 2023
The case deals with the allegations and subsequent considerations of violations of the gambling legislations and regulations by Entain PLC and their eventual DPA with HMRC....
Reynolds v Times Newspapersu
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
The plaintiff was a former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland. He began proceedings against a British newspaper publisher in relation......
Rhone v Stephens 1994
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
EQUITABLE INTERESTS IN PROPERTY, COVENANT TO REPAIR, POSITIVE COVENANT, ENFORCEABILITY, BURDEN AND BENEFIT OF COVENANTS...
Rialas v Mitchell - 1984
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
The infant plaintiff, aged 6 and a half, was crossing the road when he was struck by a van driven by a van driven by the defendant....
Rice v Great Yarmouth Borough Council
Example case summary. Last modified: 26th Jun 2019
A contractor concluded two contracts with a local council for leisure management and maintenance of sports facilities, parks, gardens, playgrounds and other......
Richmond Adult Community College v McDougall
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
Case Summary of Richmond Adult Community College v McDougall [2008] EWCA Civ 4 Disability discrimination. The assessment of disability and recurring disabilities...
Rickards v Lothian - 1913
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Natural versus non-natural use of land, domestic water supply, malicious act of third party. The claimant rented premises on the second floor of a building which was used for commercial purposes and ran a business from the premises he was renting....
Robbery Case Summaries
Example case summary. Last modified: 7th Sep 2021
Robbery. A person is guilty of robbery if he steals, and immediately before or at the time of doing so, and in order to do so, he uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force....
Robbins v Jones
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Landlord and tenant; duty of landlord to maintain premises during the term...
Robert Addie v Dumbreck
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
A four-year-old boy was killed as a result of being crushed by the wheel of a haulage system which belonged to a colliery company. The field in which the system was situated in was surrounded by a large hedge, which was essentially ineffective due to the large gaps in it...
Robertson v Wait - 1853
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
The plaintiffs brought a claim against the defendants for breaching their contract but did not establish the terms of the commission structure within......
Robinson v Balmain New Ferry Co. Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Robinson (R) paid a penny to cross on a ferry, however he narrowly missed the ferry and changed his mind about crossing. R attempted to leave through the gate he came through, however it required another penny to be paid to leave....
Robinson v Harman - 1848
Example case summary. Last modified: 29th Sep 2021
Agreement to grant a lease; lessor did not have good title; measure of damages. Harman wrote to Robinson offering him a 21-year lease of a dwelling house in Croydon. He subsequently changed his mind and refused to complete the lease....
Robinson v Kilvert - 1889
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
Nuisance – Sensitivity of the Claimant. The defendants operated a factory which made paper boxes. This required the factory to be continually warm and dry to ensure that the paper boxes were in good condition....
Robshaw v United Lincolnshire Hospitals
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
The claimant suffered from severe cerebral palsy due to mismanagement of his birth. He required full time care for the remainder of his life....
Robson v Hallett [1967]
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
A police sergeant and two constables went to a house where two defendants lived in order to enquire about some offences......
Rochefoucauld v Boustead [1898]
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The Court of Appeal had given an initial decision that found that B had purchased an estate, the Delmar Estates......
Rodway v Landy
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
Two doctors jointly purchased a property for the purposes of running a medical practice from it. The doctors contributed to the purchase......
Rodway v Landy [2001]
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Two doctors jointly purchased a property for the purposes of running a medical practice from it. The doctors contributed......
Roe v Kingerlee
Example case summary. Last modified: 26th Jun 2019
Kingerlee was charged with criminal damage having placed mud graffiti on the wall of a police cell. The graffiti cost £7 to clean away....
Roe v Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
Example case summary. Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
The case of Roe v Wade is perhaps one of the most famous US Supreme Court decisions to date. Decided in the early 70s,.....
Rogers v Hosegood [1900]
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The owners of land conveyed a plot to a purchaser on the basis that no more than one dwelling should be erected......
Rookes v Barnard - 1964
Example case summary. Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
The claimant was a skilled draughtsman and employee of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), resigned his membership of the Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen (AESD), a registered trade union....
Ropaigealach v Barclays Bank
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
The plaintiff was not residing in the property at the time when the defendant took possession and sold the property at auction. The plaintiff sought the determination of the court on whether the defendant had been entitled to take possession without first having sought and obtained an order of the court....
Roper v Knott
Example case summary. Last modified: 26th Jun 2019
Knott was a milk salesman who worked for Roper. Knott came every morning and collected four gallons of milk from Roper’s place of business....
Rose and Frank v Crompton - 1923
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Intention to create legal relations in the formation of contracts. An American company and English company entered into a sole agency agreement in 1913 for the sale of paper goods in the USA....
Routledge v Grant 1828
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
The court held that the original letter did not bind the defendant to keep the offer open for a full six weeks, and as such it had been validly withdrawn by the defendant, and the claimant’s purported acceptance was ineffective....
Royal Bank of Scotland v Etridge (No 2)
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Undue influence; married couple; notice of risk; protection of wife and lender. The case concerned eight joined appeals in which homeowners had mortgaged their houses to secure loans used by the husbands for their respective businesses. ...
RTS Flexible Systems Ltd v Molkerei
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The claimant was a supplier of automated machines and agreed to manufacture an automated system in the defendant’s factory. Work began on the basis of a letter of intent with a long form contract to follow. ...
Rudge v Richens
Example case summary. Last modified: 24th Jun 2019
The plaintiff lender took possession of mortgaged premises and sold them after a default in mortgage payments. The defendant borrower pleaded......
Russel v Russel (1783)
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Depositing title deeds raised presumption of equitable mortgage....
Russell v Archdale
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
A vendor company conveyed property which included barns and stables as part of the 'Hedgerley Park estate'...
Ruxley v Forsyth - Case Brief
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Pool not built to specified depth; whether cost of re-instatement recoverable. Ruxley agreed to build a swimming pool at Forsyth’s home. The contract specified the depth of the pool was to be seven feet and six inches....
Ryan v Mutual Tontine Westminster Chambers
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
This case involved a residential flat, in which the flats were leased to several tenants. The leases contained a covenant that agreed that the premises......
Rylands v Fletcher - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jan 2024
Liability under Rylands v Fletcher is regarded as a specific type of nuisance, a form of strict liability, where the defendant may be liable without having been negligent. ...
S Pearson v Dublin Corporation
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
The defendant provided the plaintiff with plans, drawings and specifications for the construction of work on a sewage system....
S.A.S. v. France [2014] ECHR 695
Example case summary. Last modified: 25th Jun 2019
Case Summary of SAS v France [2014] ECHR 695. The case concerned the rights of individuals to manifest their freedom of religion...
Saadi v Italy and Chahal v UK
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
Case Summary of Saadi v Italy (2008) 24 BHRC 123, 125 -142 and Chahal v United Kingdom (1996) 23 EHRR 413, 74. Article 3 ECHR...
SABIC UK Petrochemicals Ltd v Punj Lloyd Ltd - 2013
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
The legal relationship in this case was between SABIC and a company owned by Punj Lloyd Ltd – namely, Simon Carves Ltd. The latter had been contracted......
Sadler v Imperial Life Assurance of Canada
Example case summary. Last modified: 26th Jun 2019
The plaintiff was employed by the defendant for 17 years. As an insurance agent, he was reimbursed on a commission basis. When the......
Salmon v Seafarer Restaurants - Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
The plaintiff was a fireman who had attended to a fire that had broken out at the defendant’s fish and chip shop. This has been caused by the defendant......
Salomon v Salomon - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 6th Feb 2024
A Case Summary of Salomon v A Salomon and Co Ltd [1897] AC 22 (Salomon v Salomon) - Separate Legal Personality (SLP) is the basic tenet on which company law is premised. ...
Samarenko v Dawn Hill House Ltd - 2011
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
A seller and buyer entered into a written contract for the sale of property, with Clause 16 of the contract requiring the payment of a deposit....
Sandhu v Farooqi [2003]
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The claimant was the freeholder of a flat in which the defendant had lived for several years....
Sandiford v The Secretary of State For Foreign Affairs
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
This appeal is concerning a British national, aged 57, whom is imprisoned in Bali, Indonesia, awaiting execution by firing squad following her conviction for drug offences. Mrs Sandiford was arrested in May 2012 and admitted to the offences she was accused of....
Santley v Wilde 1899
Example case summary. Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Collateral advantages and presumptions about oppressive conduct. The owner of a lease of a theatre wanted to carry on a theatre business there and took out a mortgage of £20,0001 in order to do this, secured against the lease, over five years....
Saunders v Anglia Building Society - 1971
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
A widow was induced by a fraudster to sign her leasehold interest in her house over to him. He then mortgaged her property to the Anglia......
Saunders v Vautier
Example case summary. Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
A sole beneficiary’s right to terminate a trust prior to the date stipulated in the trust. A father left in his will stock in a company for his young son, to be held by a trustee for his son as the sole beneficiary until he turns twenty-five years of age....
Savage and Parmenter
Example case summary. Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
The foreseeability of the level of physical harm and subjective intent required for the crime of grievous bodily harm. In the first case, Ms. Savage threw beer over her husband’s ex-girlfriend in a bar. ...
Savva and Savva v Hussein (1997)
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
In 1991, the landlords granted a twelve-year lease of commercial premises to the respondent....
Sayers v Harlow Urban DC
Example case summary. Last modified: 4th Oct 2021
The plaintiff visited a public lavatory, owned by the defendant – a local authority. She locked the door, but when she tried to get out, she could not as the lock was stuck. The plaintiff unsuccessfully tried to attract attention for 15 minutes....
Scala House and District Property Co Ltd v Forbes
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
The lessees of a property agreed not to underlet or provide possession of the premises to a third-party......
Schawel v Reade
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
Emphasised the significance of a party’s expertise in determining whether their statements constitute representation or a contractual promise....
Schuler AG v Wickman Machine Tool Sales Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 26th Jun 2019
In 1963, a German manufacturer entered into a distributorship agreement with an English sales company, to be in effect until 1968....
Scott v Avery - Arbitration
Example case summary. Last modified: 26th Jun 2019
The respondent, Avery, took out a policy of insurance on a ship from the appellant. A clause in the policy stated that in the case of any......
Scott v London St Katherine’s Dock
Example case summary. Last modified: 4th Oct 2021
The claimant was a dockworker who was injured when large, heavy bags of sugar fell from the defendant’s crane and hit him. The claimant sued the defendant in the tort of negligence....
Scott v Pauly
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Before a mother died, she had made a will and she had also purchased some property. She had transferred this property......
Scott v Shepherd - 1773 (Famous Squib)
Example case summary. Last modified: 29th Sep 2021
Scott v Shepherd has become known as the Famous Squib case. The court dismissed the appeal; the injury to the complainant was the direct and unlawful act of the defendant who originally threw and intended to throw the squib....
Scout Association v Barnes - 2010
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
The claimant was injured after chasing a block that had been accidentally kicked away by another player. The claimant sued the Scout Association....
Scriven Bros v Hindley - 1913 3 KB 564
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The complainants, Scriven Bros and Co, instructed an auctioneer to sell large bales of tow and hemp on behalf of them at an auction. The bales looked rather similar in the way they were packaged and the samples that were on display to potential bidders were not easily distinguishable....
Scruttons Ltd v Midland Silicones Ltd - 1962
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
A drum filled with chemicals was shipped from the United States to the United Kingdom, as agreed by a bill of lading which included a clause......
Secretary of State For The Home Department v MN and KY
Example case summary. Last modified: 26th Jun 2019
The Supreme Court in SSHD v MN and KY [2014] UKSC 30 were concerned with guidance provided in a previous case of the Upper Tribunal in RB (Somalia) v SSHD [2012] EWCA Civ 277 and how the immigration had applied the guidance in the case of MN and KY....
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Rehman
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
The applicant was a Pakistani national who had been granted entry to the UK in order to work as a religious minister. After five years.......
Sekhon v Alissa [1989]
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Presumed resulting trust of land; contribution to purchase price; equitable interests; gifts....
Self Defence Case Summaries
Example case summary. Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Self Defence. At common law the defence of self-defence operates in three spheres. It allows a person to use reasonable force to: (a) Defend himself from an attack......
Selmouni v France (2000) 29 EHRR 403
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
Case Summary of Selmouni v France (2000). European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Article 3 (Prohibition on Torture) and Article 6 (Right to a Fair Trial)....
Sen v Headley
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
In 1986 the deceased (T) was diagnosed with terminal cancer. While in hospital the claimant (C) was told by T that his house would thereafter......
Shadwell v Shadwell
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Performance of a duty imposed by a contract with a Third Party. The defendant was the plaintiff’s uncle. The uncle promised to pay his nephew £150 a year until the nephew’s income reached 600 guineas provided the nephew married his fiancée....
Shanklin Pier v Detel Products - 1951
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The Plaintiffs were owners of a pier in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. They entered into a contract with contractors to have the pier repaired and painted. Under the contract the plaintiff had the express right to alter the contract....
Shanshal v Al-Kishtaini
Example case summary. Last modified: 26th Jun 2019
The claimant transferred 700,000 DM to the defendant in connection with a proposed business venture. Around $500,000 was returned by the......
Sharneyford Supplies Ltd v Edge
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
In this case, the complainant had entered into a contract to purchase land from the defendant. In this contract, it was expressly stated that there......
Sharp v Harrison - 1922
Example case summary. Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
The plaintiff and defendant lived next door to one another and were separated by a passageway which belonged to the plaintiff. The defendant bought her......
Sharpe v Manchester CC (1981 - 82)
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The availability of a claim in private nuisance against a landlord within a block of flats and whether failure......
Shaw v Director of Public Prosecutions - 1962
Example case summary. Last modified: 24th Jun 2019
Shaw published a booklet containing (mostly) the names and addresses of prostitutes, indicating that such ladies were open to being......
Shaw v DPP - 1962
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Conspiracy to Corrupt Public Morals – Prostitution – Public Morals – Court’s Ability to Create New Offence. The defendant created magazines, which contained personal adverts for prostitutes. This included their personal contact details, photographs and descriptions of their services....
Shell UK v Lostock Garage Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 26th Jun 2019
The defendant was a small garage which was tied to Shell along with two other neighbouring garages, by way of a solus agreement....
Shiloh Spinners Ltd v Harding
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The claimants (S) were assignees of two long leases of adjoining mills. S assigned part of the premises to T, who in turn assigned to H....
Shirlaw v Southern Foundries Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Shirlaw was appointed managing director of Southern Foundries (SF) for a fixed term of ten years. SF was taken over by another company who altered the pre-existing articles of association empowering two directors and a secretary to remove a director, irrespective of the terms of his contract....
Shogun Finance Ltd v Hudson [2003] UKHL 62
Example case summary. Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
Contract – Hire-Purchase agreement – Title to goods. A car dealer sold a car to a fraudster, who produced a stolen license as his own. The dealer wrote out the hire-purchase contract in the name written on the license. ...
Silven Properties v RBS
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
The claimant was a property company which had several mortgaged properties with the defendant bank. The claimants defaulted......
Silverstein v Keynetics, Inc
Example case summary. Last modified: 11th Jun 2019
Silverstein v Keynetics, Inc., and Click Sales., Inc, No. 17-15176 (9th Cir. 2016), United States District Court, Northern California...
Sim v Stretch - 1936
Example case summary. Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
Libel; telegram; words capable of defamatory meaning. The claimant had a housemaid for a limited period of time, who re-entered the service of the defendant. Upon the maid’s arrival, the defendant sent the following telegram to the claimant:...
Simpkins v Pays - 1955
Example case summary. Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
Intention to create legal relations in the formation of contracts in a domestic context..Ms. Simpkins was a paying boarder at Ms. Pays house, who lived with her granddaughter. Ms. Simpkins habitually entered into newspaper competitions....
Sirros v Moore - 1975
Example case summary. Last modified: 24th Jun 2019
Sirros, the plaintiff, was an alien, who visited the UK, who was fined and recommended for deportation for breach of Aliens Order 1953......
Sky Petroleum v VIP Petroleum - 1974
Example case summary. Last modified: 25th Jun 2019
The plaintiffs, Sky Petroleum, entered into a contract with the defendant, VIP Petroleum, and agreed to purchase at a fixed price their entire order......
Sledmore v Dalby 1996
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The claimant leased her house to her daughter and son-in-law (the defendant). The claimant represented to the defendant...
Small v Oliver & Saunders (Developments) Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The claimant owned a house next to the defendant who was a housing developer. The developer had two pieces of planning......
Smith & Snipes Hall Farm v River Douglas Catchment
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
The defendant was a catchment board and covenanted with the owner of land, which was subject to flooding. It did so on the basis that......
Smith v Austin Lifts
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
The plaintiff was a fitter who was employed by the first defendants, who had contracted the second defendants to maintain a lift on their premises....
Smith v Baker - 1891
Example case summary. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
The plaintiff was employed by a railway company to drill holes in a rock, near a crane, operated by men employed by the railway company. The crane lifted stones and at times swung them over the plaintiff’s head without warning. ...
Smith v Brudenell-Bruce
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The defendants were trustees of an estate, part of SavernakeForest, Wiltshire, comprised within a conveyance of 1951....
Smith v Chadwick - 1884 - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 29th Dec 2020
The prospectus of a company, which was created for the purposes of a takeover of an ironworks enclosed the following statement......
Smith v Eric S Bush - 1990
Example case summary. Last modified: 4th Oct 2021
Reasonableness of exemption clauses for surveyor reports. The Defendant, Eric Bush was a surveyor who was employed by Abbey National to assess the value of a property which was to be purchased by the Claimant, Mrs Smith....
Smith v Hughes
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Contract – Mistake – Breach of Contract – buyer beware – Caveat Emptor. The complainant, Mr Smith, was a farmer and the defendant, Mr Hughes, was a racehorse trainer. ...
Smith v Land and House Property Corp
Example case summary. Last modified: 4th Oct 2021
Whether a statement is one of opinion of a representation. The claimant put up a hotel for sale with the particulars stating that it was currently leased to a most desirable tenant. ...
Smith v Leech Brain & Co Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
The complainant was employed as a galvaniser of steel for the defendants, Leech Brain & Co Ltd. He had been working and operating a machine in the workplace, when a piece of molten metal burnt his lip, after he stepped out from behind the protective shield....
Smith v Littlewoods - [1987]
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The defendant purchased a disused cinema with the intention of turning it into a supermarket. Five weeks after the defendant entered the building for the first time, it was set on fire by intruders and destroyed. As a result, the adjacent buildings were also affected and damaged....
Smith v Marrable (1843)
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The lease of a furnished house includes an implied term that the house will be reasonably fit for habitation...
Smith v Mawhood - 1845
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
The plaintiff, a London tobacconist entered into a contract to sell a quantity of tobacco to the defendant. Under the relevant Excise Act any......
Tip: If you can't find what you are looking for, try shortening your search phrase. E.g. "Salomon"
