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R v Conway – 1989
Example case summary. Last modified: October 5, 2021
Conway was arrested for driving recklessly in contradiction of the Road Traffic Act 1972, section 2. Conway had driven away from plain-clothed police officers in a reckless manner. …
R v George – 1956
Example case summary. Last modified: July 4, 2019
The defendant had a foot fetish, and on two occasions attempted to remove shoes off the feet of young girls without their consent for the……
R v Jheeta – 2007
Example case summary. Last modified: June 28, 2019
The defendant and the victim were in a consensual sexual relationship. The defendant began sending anonymous threatening messages to the victim……
R v Clarke 1972
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
Availability of insanity defence for depression and temporary absent mindedness. The defendant was apprehended for shoplifting after she placed certain items (including a jar of coffee, a jar of mincemeat and butter) into her handbag….
R v Pembliton
Example case summary. Last modified: July 3, 2019
The defendant was ejected from a pub and became engaged in a physical altercation in the street. This escalated until he threw a large stone at his……
R v Hinks – 2000
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
Unlawful appropriation of “gifted” money under the Theft Act 1968. The defendant (H) was a carer for a man of limited intelligence (D). H persuaded D to make a series of payments to her from his bank account which she contended were gifts. H was charged with theft….
Fitzroy George v SSHD – Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: June 27, 2019
The Supreme Court in this case were asked to determine the immigration status of a man who had been subject to a deportation order, but where the immigration judge had decided that he could not actually be deported as it would breach his Article 8 ECHR rights to respect for family life….
R v Sangha
Example case summary. Last modified: June 27, 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 Stephenson – 1979
Example case summary. Last modified: June 28, 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 Campbell – 1991
Example case summary. Last modified: July 4, 2019
Tony Campbell (C) arrested after loitering outside a post office, wearing sunglasses and carrying something heavy, after police had……
R v Dowds – 2012
Example case summary. Last modified: June 28, 2019
The defendant, Dowds (D), killed his partner with a knife by inflicting 60 wounds on her. He sought to rely on the partial defence of……
R v Khan [1990] 2 All ER 783
Example case summary. Last modified: December 30, 2020
Four men, Mohammed Iqbal Khan, Mahesh Dhokia, Jaswinder Singh Banga and Navaid Faiz (A) were charged with the attempted rape of a……
R v Roberts – 1971
Example case summary. Last modified: September 30, 2021
After a party the male defendant R, gave the female victim a lift in his automobile. The victim and the defendant had not met before. The defendant began making sexual advances towards the victim which were rejected before attempting to pull off her coat. …
R v Kingston – 1994
Example case summary. Last modified: March 17, 2024
Barry Kingston was involuntarily drugged by a friend. While Kingston was intoxicated, his friend encouraged him to perform sexual acts on a 15 year old boy. The incident had been a set up by his friend. Kingston was convicted of indecent assault….
R v Crutchley
Example case summary. Last modified: June 28, 2019
Ann Crutchley (AC) strangled her newborn baby. The two surgeons testifying in the case stated that the strangling had taken place before……
R v Heard [2008] QB 43
Example case summary. Last modified: June 27, 2019
The police had been called to the defendant’s house; he had been self-harming at the time, appearing depressive and emotional, as well as……
R v Chan Wing-Siu
Example case summary. Last modified: July 3, 2019
On May 31st 1980, the Appellant along with two others, in Kowloon, entered the premises of the two victims (a husband and wife) in order to collect a debt….
R v Stone and Dobinson – 1977
Example case summary. Last modified: September 28, 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 Hale – 1978
Example case summary. Last modified: September 6, 2021
Robbery under Section 8(1) Theft Act 1968, actus reus, immediately before or at the time of stealing using force on any person. Two defendants entered the victim’s house and stole her jewellery box from her bedroom. …
R v Foreign Secretary (Gentle)
Example case summary. Last modified: September 3, 2019
The claimants were the mothers of two British servicemen killed serving in Iraq. Inquests were to be held into the circumstances of their deaths……
R (Al Rawi and others) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Example case summary. Last modified: June 27, 2019
The first three claimants were imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay. Having been previously resident in the UK, they held indefinite leaves to remain……
R v Shepherd – 1988
Example case summary. Last modified: June 27, 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 Jackson – 1985
Example case summary. Last modified: July 3, 2019
Four members of a gang agreed to shoot a friend of theirs in the leg. He was on trial for burglary and it was hoped by the gang members that being shot in……
R v Sharp 1857
Example case summary. Last modified: July 3, 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 Martin – 2001
Example case summary. Last modified: October 1, 2021
Martin had shot two people that were trying to burgle his home. He killed one of them and wounded the other. At the initial trial, Martin attempted to claim self-defence but was unsuccessful….
R v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte Factortame
Example case summary. Last modified: March 13, 2026
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 Foreign Affairs
Example case summary. Last modified: September 3, 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 Clarke – 2009
Example case summary. Last modified: July 4, 2019
Clarke suffered from type 1 Diabetes and had a Hypoglycaemic attack at the wheel of his vehicle, causing him to hit two pedestrians……
R v Parker – 1977
Example case summary. Last modified: June 28, 2019
The appellant had tried (and failed) to place a telephone call in a street telephone booth. This infuriated him and in a rage……
R v H – 2005
Example case summary. Last modified: October 26, 2021
The defendant propositioned the victim sexually and attempted to pull her towards him and place a hand over her mouth by grabbing at the pocket of her tracksuit….
R v Hasan [2005] 2 AC 467
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
Criminal law – Defence of Duress – Association with known criminal – Whether statement was a confession. Hasan was charged with the crime of aggravated burglary. He was associated with a gang and relied on the defence of duress….
R v Ghosh – 1982
Example case summary. Last modified: September 11, 2024
Meaning of dishonesty under the Theft Act 1968. The defendant, Ghosh, was a locum consultant at a hospital who falsely claimed to have carried out a surgical operation in order to claim money when in fact that operation had been carried out by someone else under the NHS…
R v Bree 2007
Example case summary. Last modified: September 28, 2021
The defendant, Bree (B), visited his brother at University and went for an evening out with him and others, including the complainant (C). Both B and C consumed considerable quantities of alcohol, before returning to B’s brother’s home…
R v Olugboja
Example case summary. Last modified: December 22, 2020
The defendant and the co-accused met the complainant and her friend at a discotheque and offered to take them home. However, the defendant……
R v M (J) and Another – 2012
Example case summary. Last modified: October 6, 2021
JM and SM had been involved in a fight with a few doormen in a nightclub. One of the doormen, who had no signs of health problems, had a renal artery aneurysm and died. JM and SM were charged with affray and manslaughter caused by an unlawful act (affray being the unlawful act). …
R v JF Alford Transport
Example case summary. Last modified: July 3, 2019
The first defendant was a lorry operator transport company; the second defendant was its managing director while the third was the……
R v Flatt
Example case summary. Last modified: June 28, 2019
Flatt had a drug addiction and fell in debt to his supplier to the value of £1,500. The supplier had told the appellant to take possession of some drugs……
R v Dudley and Stephens – 1884
Example case summary. Last modified: March 13, 2026
The availability to the defence of necessity for murder. The two defendants and a boy between the ages of seventeen and eighteen were cast away in an open boat at sea following a storm….
Majrowski v Guy’s and St. Thomas’s NHS Trust
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
William Majrowski (M) was formerly employed by St Thomas’s NHS Trust (D). M claimed that he had been bullied by his manager (L), which M claimed amounted……
Poland v Parr & Sons – 1927
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
A contractor’s employee was, in the course of his employment, following close behind his employer’s waggon carrying sugar bags. Seeing a boy with a……
Oakley v Walker – 1977
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The plaintiff suffered severe personal injuries, including a change of personality, as a result of the defendant's negligence. His injuries and in……
Page v Smith – 1996
Example case summary. Last modified: September 28, 2021
The House of Lords found in favour of C, albeit by a bare majority (Lords Keith and Jauncey dissenting) and held that, provided it was reasonably foreseeable that C would suffer some physical injury as a result of D’s negligence, it was not necessary that the type of harm caused was itself reasonably foreseeable…
National Coal Board v Gamble
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
M, who worked for a haulier firm, had his lorry filled up at a National Coal Board (NCB) colliery. He then drove to a weighbridge……
Proactive Sports Management v Rooney
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The respondent, Wayne Rooney, assigned his image rights to the third respondent company. An agreement between the respondents and the appellant sports……
Pearce v Brooks – Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
The defendant was a prostitute who hired a carriage from the plaintiff, who was a coachbuilder, on hire purchase terms to be paid for in instalments. She wanted the carriage to attract customers. …
Ministry of Sound v World Online
Example case summary. Last modified: August 14, 2019
M was one of a group of companies that appealed against a summary judgment that had refused its application for the payment of a final instalment……
Mogul Steamship Co v McGregor
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The plaintiffs were independent shipowners who sent their ships to the cargo port to obtain cargo. An association (the defendants)……
Marc Rich v Bishop Rock
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
During a voyage a ship developed a crack in its hull. The ships owners requested its classification society to inspect the damage. An employee of the classification society advised that the ship should be put into dry dock in order for repairs to be carried out….
Herbert Morris Ltd v Saxelby
Example case summary. Last modified: August 14, 2019
The plaintiffs, Herbert Morris Ltd, manufactured hoisting machinery. The defendant, Saxelby, was employed and trained by them……
Cases on Mens Rea
Example case summary. Last modified: September 6, 2021
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….
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