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White v Bluett – 1853
Example case summary. Last modified: September 30, 2021
Contract law – Consideration. Bluett Sr. lent his son, the respondent in this case, a sum of money and died before his son had repaid this to him. Bluett Sr. and Jr. had agreed on this and completed a promissory note to this effect….
White and Bluett – 1853
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
The defendant was sued by his deceased father’s executors on a promissory note acknowledging a debt owed by the son which was signed by……
Undue Influence Case Summaries
Example case summary. Last modified: September 7, 2021
Cases on Undue Influence. Class 1 – Actual undue influence. Class 2 (2A and 2B)- Presumed undue influence….
Vernon v Bosley – (No. 1)
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
The plaintiff suffered distress after witnessing fire fighters attempt to rescue her children from the wreckage of a car following a road traffic accident….
Wilson v Tyneside Window Cleaning Co
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
The complainant was a window cleaner that worked for the defendants, Tyneside Window Cleaning Co. Mr Wilson was an experienced worker….
Tulk v Moxhay – Case Brief
Example case summary. Last modified: September 28, 2021
Established that there are occasions in which equitable covenants can bind future purchasers of property and ‘run with the land’. The claimant, Tulk, owned several properties in Leicester Square, London, and sold one such property to another….
YL v Birmingham City Council – 2007
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
Y was a resident of a care home run by a healthcare company (S). Her placement had been arranged by the respondent local authority (B)……
Welton v North Cornwall District Council
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
The plaintiff was the owner of a guest house in North Cornwall. An environmental health officer employed by the defendant council to carry out……
Trendtex Trading Corporation v Credit Suisse
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
Trendtex had a claim in England against the Central Bank of Nigeria [‘CBN’] for damages amounting to approximately USD 14 million….
With v O’Flanagan – 1936
Example case summary. Last modified: October 4, 2021
The claimant entered into negotiations with the defendant for the purchase of the defendant’s medical practice. During the negotiations, the defendant represented to the claimant that the practice took in around £2,000 per year….
Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking – 1971
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Automatic ticket machine at car park; incorporation of terms displayed inside. Thornton drove his car to a car park. Outside the car park, the prices were displayed and a notice stated cars were parked at their owner’s risk…
Wheeler v Office of the Prime Minister – 2008
Example case summary. Last modified: March 18, 2021
The claimant (W) applied for permission to seek judicial review of the decision of the Office of the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign……
Ultramares Corporation v Touche 174 N.E. 441 (1932)
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Case Summary of Ultramares Corporation v Touche 174 N.E. 441 (1932). Tort law in the United States covering indeterminate liability and privity….
TSB Bank v Camfield – 1995
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C stood as security for a loan from a bank for her husband’s business. C’s husband had made an innocent misrepresentation that the liability of the……
Withers v Perry Chain Co Ltd – 1961
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Ms Withers was employed by the defendant factory doing bicycle hub assembly work. She contracted dermatitis from having contact with grease….
Troughton v MPC
Example case summary. Last modified: October 21, 2021
The defendant got into a taxi whilst heavily intoxicated and asked to be driven to Highbury but did not specify his address. The driver stopped to obtain clearer directions from the defendant…
Ward v London County Council
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
A fire engine driver injured the claimant by running a red light while driving to deal with an emergency. The claimant sued the driver’s employers….
Trespass To The Person Cases
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Trespass To The Person. In an action for damages for assault and false imprisonment it appeared that the plaintiff had contracted with the defendants to enter their wharf and stay there till the boat should start and then be taken by the boat to the other side….
Tomlin v Standard Telephones and Cables
Example case summary. Last modified: June 24, 2019
A man claimed against his employers for damages for personal injuries sustained during the course of his employment. The man’s solicitor and……
Trustees of Ampleforth Abbey v Turner & Townsend
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
The claimant employed the defendant to project manage the building of three construction projects on its property. The works were carried out……
Tribe v Tribe – 1996
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The plaintiff operated a company which sold clothing from a number of shops. The landlord served schedules of dilapidations in relation to two……
Transco v Stockport MBC
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The Claimant was the owner of a gas pipe which passed under the surface of an old railway between Stockport and Denton. The Defendant was the local……
Woodward v Mayor of Hastings
Example case summary. Last modified: September 2, 2021
The plaintiff, aged twelve, slipped on an icy surface on the step of a church whilst he was at school. He fell over and sustained injuries. A cleaner had brushed away snow from the step but not placed any material down to neutralise the ice left behind which therefore left the step in a dangerous condition….
Wall v Collins – 2007
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
The appellant asserted that he had a right of way over a track which passed over one part of his property, as well as into……
Yip-Chiu-Cheung v R
Example case summary. Last modified: June 24, 2019
The defendant entered into an agreement with an undercover narcotics officer in a hotel in Hong Kong. The agreement was that the defendant was to……
Thompson v Metropolitan Police Commissioner
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
The case concerned two conjoined actions by claimants who had been manhandled, assaulted, and abused by police officers employed……
Vacwell Engineering Co v BDH Chemicals
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
The defendant, BDH Chemicals Ltd, supplied the complainant with chemicals contained in glass ampoules. This had a label stating ‘harmful vapour’ on it….
Wakefield v Duckworth
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Mr Duckworth requested as low a price as possible for the photographs because his client was not a wealthy man. Mr Wakefield sought to recover the……
Watford Electronics v Sanderson – Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: December 29, 2020
The claimant was a family owned business involved in the sale, largely through mail order, of computer equipment. When the claimant company moved……
Sturges v Bridgman – 1879
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The claimant, a doctor, moved house and on the premises, he bought and built a shed in his garden to carry out his private practice within. His shed was on the boundary of the property and happened to be next door to a confectioner….
Stevenson, Jordan Harrison Ltd v MacDonald & Evans
Example case summary. Last modified: September 30, 2021
Definition of an employee under a ‘contract of service’ for the purposes of determining the copyright of a work. An engineer wrote a book that used knowledge that he acquired whilst he was working for a firm in different capacities….
St Albans City and District Council v International Computers
Example case summary. Last modified: June 26, 2019
The appellant was the defendant company which had supplied computer software to the respondent, and for which the respondent had been awarded £1.3 million….
Salomon v Salomon – Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: August 26, 2025
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. …
Stewart Gill Ltd v Horatio Myer – Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: December 29, 2020
The Claimant and Defendant had a contract under which the Defendant purchased an overhead conveyor system from the Claimant….
Smith v Superintendent of Woking Police
Example case summary. Last modified: October 5, 2021
The defendant entered the grounds of a private enclosed garden at 11 pm. He stood and looked through the window of Miss M’s bedroom. Miss M saw the defendant staring at her through the window while she was in her night closes, causing her to jump and scream in fright….
Summit Investment v BSC – 1987
Example case summary. Last modified: August 15, 2019
The defendants chartered a ship from the plaintiff on a New York Produce Exchange form of time charter. Clause 20 of this charter provided……
S Pearson v Dublin Corporation
Example case summary. Last modified: June 27, 2019
The defendant provided the plaintiff with plans, drawings and specifications for the construction of work on a sewage system….
The Case of Proclamations
Example case summary. Last modified: October 26, 2021
In what turned out to be a landmark case concerning the Royal Prerogative, Sir Edward Coke (the Chief Justice of Common Pleas) was asked to express his opinion as to whether the monarch could prohibit new buildings or the making of wheat….
R v Wilson – 1996
Example case summary. Last modified: September 30, 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….
Reynolds v Times Newspapersu
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
The plaintiff was a former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland. He began proceedings against a British newspaper publisher in relation……
Smith v Austin Lifts
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 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….
Storey v Ashton – Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
The defendant in this case, was a wine merchant who, in the course of employment, sent his clerk and his car man off with a horse and cart to make a……
Silven Properties v RBS
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
The claimant was a property company which had several mortgaged properties with the defendant bank. The claimants defaulted……
Tabcorp v Bowen Investments
Example case summary. Last modified: June 26, 2019
Bowen Investments Pty Ltd (BIPL) constructed a new office building and installed an expensive high quality foyer. A 10-year lease of the whole building……
Southwark London Borough Council v Williams
Example case summary. Last modified: June 26, 2019
The defendants were in need of housing, both having been forced to leave their current lodgings. The defendants sought the assistance of a squatters……
Ruxley v Forsyth – Case Brief
Example case summary. Last modified: September 28, 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….
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Rehman
Example case summary. Last modified: June 27, 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…….
Scott v Avery – Arbitration
Example case summary. Last modified: June 26, 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……
R v Warbuton
Example case summary. Last modified: June 27, 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……
Stovin v Wise – 1996
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
The availability of a private law claim in negligence in respect of a failure of a local authority to comply with a public law discretion. A local authority was aware that a bank of land was obstructing the view at a junction where three accidents had occurred in the previous twelve years….
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