Case Summaries Archives

R v Abdul Hussain

Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019

Abdul Hussain and the other defendants, in this case, where Shia Muslims that had fled the Iraqi regime to live in Sudan….

Oxford v Moss – 1979

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The defendant (M) was a civil engineering student who dishonestly obtained the proof of an examination paper. After he had read……

Morgan Crucible v Hill Samuel

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The plaintiffs were bidding to take over a third party company, which was being advised by the defendants. During the bidding process, the defendants made a number of negligent misrepresentations to the third party company, which resulted the plaintiffs suffering a loss….

Oscar Chess v Williams – 1957

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The steps to be taken in identifying a warranty. The defendants sold a Morris car to the claimants, who were motor traders, for £290. The defendants provided a copy of the vehicles first registration indicating that the car was first registered in 1948….

Mens Rea Intention Table | Law Essays

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DECISION ON HOW INTENTION IS TO BE ESTABLISHED…

McCann and Others v UK – 1995

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The applicants lodged an application with the Commission on 14 August 1991, on the grounds that the deaths of Daniel McCann, Mairead Farrell and Sean Savage by members of the SAS were in violation of Article 2 of the ECHR;…

Meretz investments v ACP

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The claimants (M and B) brought an action against the defendants (X, F and T) in connection with the purported sale by F to T of a long lease of a partially completed penthouse development on the roof of a block of flats….

Perry v Suffields – 1916

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The seller offered to sell a house with vacant possession for a price of £7,000. This offer was accepted by the buyer immediately……

Contract Law Mistake Case Summaries

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Mistake Cases covering common mistake, unilateral mistake, and mutual mistake contract law case summaries….

Participation Case Summaries

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Cases on participation. The defendant had deliberately given false information to the book-keeper of the company for which he worked, knowing that it would be entered into the accounts. As the book-keeper had innocently entered the wrong information, the defendant was convicted as the principal on a charge of falsifying the accounts….

Malone v Laskey – 1907

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The claimant lived in a house belonging to her husband’s employer. The claimant’s husband was a tenant, and she had a license to live at the property. Whilst using the lavatory, the cistern was dislodged by vibrations caused by the next-door neighbour’s electricity generator, which fell on her causing her injuries….

Palk v Mortgage Services Funding – 1993

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In 1990 A borrowed £300,000, secured by a mortgage over the house he owned jointly with his wife, B. A's company then went into insolvent liquidation….

Potton Developments v Thompson

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The claimants acted as distributors for a company which produced individual box units. The units were designed to be used by public houses……

McGhee v National Coal Board – 1973

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To satisfy causation, a claimant need only prove that the negligent behaviour most likely made a material contribution to the injury. The claimant, McGhee, contracted a skin condition (dermatitis) in the course of his employment with the defendant, the National Coal Board….

Nisshin Shipping v Cleaves – Case Brief

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Cleaves negotiated nine time charters on behalf of Nisshin. The contract between Cleaves and Nisshin stated that Cleaves was to receive a……

Makdessi v Cavendish Square Holdings

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The first case, Makdessi, involved the sale of a controlling interest in a marketing company where the defendant agreed to sell his stake to the claimant. In the second case, ParkingEye, the defendant parked his vehicle in a shopping centre which was privately owned and managed by the claimant….

Owens v Brimmell – 1977

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The plaintiff and the defendant were friends and the defendant often gave a lift to the plaintiff. One night, they bought went out……

Parmiter v Coupland – 1840

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The claimant was the late mayor of Winchester. A series of libels were published of him in a local newspaper between November 1938 and March 1939……

Pyrene Co Ltd v Scindia Navigation Co Ltd

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The owners of the ship admitted liability but argued their liability would be limited by the Hague Rules, Article 4 (5)….

Lowery v Walker – 1911

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The defendant was the owner of a savage horse which he knew had the potential to cause damage to other individuals and without warning; he placed into a field to graze, knowing that members of the public cross on their path to a local railway station….

National Westminster Bank v Skelton

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The claimant bank sought repossession of the defendants’ dwelling house in terms of a legal mortgage. The mortgage in favour of the bank was as……

Offer-Hoar v Larkstore Ltd – 2006

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Larkstore purchased a site for development. The seller of the land had commissioned a soil inspection report from Technotrade……

Olley v Marlborough Court Hotel

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Validity of notice in hotel room purporting to exclude liability for lost or stolen articles. Olley contended the hotel were negligent in failing to appropriately safeguard the keys to guest rooms….

Cases on Preliminary Crimes

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Preliminary Crime Case Summaries. The defendant members of the ‘National Front’ had conducted a campaign against a Mr and Mrs W (a white couple) fostering black children….

Prest v Petrodel

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Since Salomon v Salomon,1 it has been well established in UK law that a company has a separate personality to that of its members, and that such members cannot be liable for the debts of a company beyond their initial financial contribution to it….

Miller v Jackson – 1977

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Case Summary of Miller v Jackson [1977] 1 QB 966. Nuisance in tort law and the defence of coming to the nuisance. The case of Miller v Jackson1 is a case on nuisance. The tort of nuisance provides that there will be a remedy where an indirect and unreasonable interference to land has occurred….

Progress Bulk Carriers v Tube City – Summary

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The dispute arose out of the sale of a load of shredded scrap that the charterers (hirers of a cargo ship) had to ship to China from Mississippi….

Norfolk Constabulary v Seekings

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The defendants, Seekings and Gould, were convicted of attempted burglary of two articulated lorry trailers that were being used……

O’Brien v MGN Ltd – Case Summary

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Mr O’Brien’s claim was unsuccessful. The contractual rules had been successfully incorporated into the agreement by reference on the day……

M v Home Office [1994] 1 AC 377

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Asylum; judicial review; contempt. M was a citizen of Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) who arrived in the UK seeking asylum. His repeated applications were rejected, as were his applications for judicial review….

Peck v UK – 2003

Example case summary. Last modified: December 30, 2020

Release of CCTV footage of suicidal man breached Article 8 ECHR. The applicant was captured on CCTV as he carried a large knife and was in the process of attempting suicide….

Osman v Ferguson – 1993

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P, a school teacher, formed an unhealthy attachment to a 15-year-old male pupil. P repeatedly harassed the pupil. In May 1987, P changed his surname……

Popiw v Popiw

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Mr Popiw contended the arrangement was a domestic agreement between husband and wife and there had been no intention to create legal relations and……

Ocean Chemical Transport Inc v Exnor Craggs – 2000

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OCT claimed EC had breached the implied term to provide quiet and unencumbered possession of the bunkers contrary to s12 Sale of Goods Act 1972….

North Ocean Shipping v Hyundai

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Duress; contract validity; economic pressure. Shipbuilders Hyundai Construction (HC) agreed to build a tanker for North Ocean Shipping (NOS) for a fixed price, which was to be paid in five instalments, in US dollars. …

Miller | Criminal Law Case | Law Teacher

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Miller. The actus reus of the offence of arson, contrary to s 1(1) and (3)a of the Criminal Damage Act 1971……

Mackay v Dick – 1881

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Mr. Mackay was a contractor for the construction of a railway branch line of Carfin Cutting, who concluded a contract of……

McRae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission

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The complainant, McRae, won a tender from the defendants, Commonwealth Disposals Commission, to retrieve an oil tanker that was on Jourmaund Reef near Samarai. However, when the complainant went to the location, after laying out significant expenses for the salvage, they discovered that in fact there was no oil tanker….

Monson v Tussauds Ltd

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The claimant was tried for murder by gunshot in Scotland for which the jury returned a verdict of “not proven”. The defendants exhibited wax figures of……

Pao On v Lau Yiu Long – Past Consideration

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The plaintiffs (P) owned the shares of a private company which owned a building that the defendants (D) wanted to buy. The defendants were majority shareholders in a public company. P agreed to sell their shares in the private company to D so that D could acquire the building…

Case Summary: Monmouth BC v Marlog, The Times

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A case summary for LawTeacher.net regarding Monmouth BC v Marlog, The Times (4 May 1994), covering matters of the intention to create legal relationships in tenancy arrangements….

Negligence Causation Cases

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Negligence Causation Cases. The plaintiff was a police dog handler. In 1987 he had been involved in a serious and frightening criminal incident. In 1993 an accident involving the……

Meates v Westpac Corp

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Mr. Meates was a businessman who supported the campaign of the leader of the New Zealand Labour Party in 1972. Throughout the elections……

Nordenfelt v Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Co Ltd

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Whether restraint of trade clauses are unlawful. The appellant, Thorsten Nordenfelt, was a Swedish gun manufacturer with a valuable, world-wide business. …

Miller v Miller: McFarlane v McFarlane

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Miller v Miller: McFarlane v McFarlane is a conjoined appeal case regarding financial provision offered in circumstances of divorce. The law with regards to financial provision has undergone extensive developments in order to accommodate cultural changes…