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Woodrup v Nicol
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
The claimant was a motor cyclist and was involved in a collision with the defendant motorist. He suffered serious injuries and was cared for by his father….
Young v Bristol Aeroplane Company Limited
Example case summary. Last modified: September 30, 2021
Obligation to follow previous decisions. The plaintiff, who was employed at the defendants' workshops, received injury in an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment and received compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Acts…
Wheeler v New Merton Board Mills
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
An eighteen-year-old workman was working at a machine for cutting cardboard with revolving sharp knives and, whilst collecting the shavings……
Venables and Thompson v News Group Newspapers
Example case summary. Last modified: February 18, 2025
A case summary for LawTeacher.net about Venables and Thompson v News Group Newspapers, regarding a perpetual injunction granted to protect the identities of two notorious murderers. …
Weeks v Tybald – 1605
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
The case derives from 1605. The defendant who was the father of a woman to whom the plaintiff sought to “woo” with the intention of marriage….
Wooldridge v Sumner
Example case summary. Last modified: October 5, 2021
The claimant was a photographer working at a horse show. He was situated within the ring where the horse show took place (rather than behind the spectator barriers) when one of the horses galloped towards him at a significant speed after the rider lost control of it, knocking him down….
Watts v Morrow – 1991
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Watts instructed Morrow to provide a full structural survey on a house he wished to purchase. The report found the property to be sound……
Torquay Hotel Ltd v Cousins
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Cousins was part of a trade union. Members of the trade union called a strike at the Torbay Hotel and the Imperial hotel……
Wainwright v Home Office
Example case summary. Last modified: December 22, 2020
The claimants were strip-searched for drugs on a prison visit. At trial, the judge found trespass against the person in relation……
Van Gend en Loos Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: October 25, 2021
Established that EEC’s treaties were legitimate grounds for the recognition of legal rights and thus famously recognised the principle of direct effect. The claimants, van Gend en Loos, imported chemicals from Western Germany to the Netherlands where they were asked to pay import taxes….
Wilsher v Essex Area Health Authority
Example case summary. Last modified: September 29, 2021
Claimant always holds the burden of proving likely causation. An infant was delivered prematurely and shortly after was administered oxygen by a junior doctor, accidentally providing too much….
Vellino v Chief Constable of Manchester
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
The plaintiff was well known to the local police, which were often called to arrest him at his second-floor flat. He sometimes evaded the……
Tomlinson v Congleton Borough Council
Example case summary. Last modified: October 1, 2021
Congleton Borough Council had attempted to turn a disused quarry into a beauty spot and country park by turning the quarry into an artificial lake. The council prohibited swimming, recognising the lake to be dangerous for swimmers and had prominent signs prohibiting swimming, as well as park rangers who sought to prevent swimming. T…
Yewen v Noakes – 1880
Example case summary. Last modified: October 5, 2021
The definition of an employee. There was a statutory exemption for premises which were occupied by a “servant” or person occupying the premises “for the protection thereof.”…
Tinn v Hoffman and Co 1873
Example case summary. Last modified: September 28, 2021
It was held in this case that there was no contract between Mr Tinn and Mr Hoffman for the iron. The cross offers were made simultaneously and without knowledge of one another; this was not a contract that would bind the parties for the iron….
Torreggiani and Others v Italy 43517/09 (ECHR, 08 January 2013)
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
The case of Torreggiani and Others v Italy deals primarily with the Article 3 prohibition on torture or inhuman and degrading treatment…
Vaughan v Vaughan – 1953
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A case summary for LawTeacher.net about Vaughan v Vaughan [1953] 1 QB 762, where a wife was granted a revocable licence by the promise to remain in the matrimonial home after divorce….
Ward v Tesco – 1976
Example case summary. Last modified: October 26, 2021
The claimant was injured when they slipped on spilled yoghurt in the defendant’s store. The defendant adduced evidence that they regularly inspected and cleaned the floors and had policies requiring staff to deal with spillages as soon as they were detected….
Walker v Northumberland County Council
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
Employer’s duty to provide safe system of work; whether duty extends to risk of psychiatric illness. Mr Walker was a social worker employed by the defendant who had a heavy, emotionally demanding caseload and suffered a mental breakdown in 1986….
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)
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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
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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
Example case summary. Last modified: September 28, 2021
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
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
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
Example case summary. Last modified: June 24, 2019
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
Example case summary. Last modified: September 6, 2021
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
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
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
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
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
Example case summary. Last modified: June 21, 2019
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
Example case summary. Last modified: September 30, 2021
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….
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