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Mason v Provident Clothing & Supply Co Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The appellant was employed as a canvasser by the respondent. A restrictive covenant in the employment contract provided that the appellant could not……
Nicolene v Simmonds – Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
Nicolene Ltd ordered 3,000 tonnes of steel bars from Simmonds. The two parties had never done business before. The written agreement between……
R v Adomako – 1995
Example case summary. Last modified: October 25, 2021
Dismissing Mr Adomako’s appeal, it was held that in cases of manslaughter by criminal negligence involving a breach of duty the ordinary principles of the law of negligence applied to ascertain whether the defendant had been in breach of a duty of care to the victim….
Metropolitan Police Commissioner v Charles
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The defendant’s bank account was overdrawn and he had been warned by his bank manager not to write more than one cheque a day for more than £30….
Manuel v Attorney General [1983] Ch 77
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The Canada Act 1982 provides for a new procedure for amending the constitution of Canada under which the UK Parliament no longer has any role….
L Schuler v Wickman
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
Schuler were a company engaged in the manufacture of types of tools. They had contracted with Wickman, who had sole rights to sell Schuler products in the UK….
Holwell Securities v Hughes
Example case summary. Last modified: September 30, 2021
Holwell Securities claimed specific performance of the contract when Dr Hughes refused to complete the sale of his house. This claim was originally dismissed by the court. But, it was appealed. …
Leeds Rugby v Harris
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
Iestyn Harris played rugby league for Leeds Rhinos and was contracted to play for them for four years. However, he wished to switch codes and play……
Knightsbridge Estates Trust v Byrne – 1939
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The plaintiff company granted a mortgage to the defendant’s insurance company. The mortgage deed provided for repayment in eighty instalments……
Houghton v Trafalgar Insurance Co – 1954
Example case summary. Last modified: May 27, 2024
The claimant and the defendant had entered into an insurance contract (with the defendant being the insurer). …
Hulme v Brigham
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The claimant leased a number of printing machines to a third-party printing company on the basis that the company would have an option……
J Evans and Son v Andrea
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The plaintiffs imported machines from Italy to England. The defendants were their forwarding agents….
Kokkinakis v Greece – Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
Kokkinakis v Greece 1993 ECHR 20. Freedoms under article 9, article 10 and article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights…
Involuntary Manslaughter Case Summaries
Example case summary. Last modified: October 25, 2021
Legal cases on involuntary manslaughter – 1. An unlawful act. 2. The act must be dangerous. 3. Substantial cause of death. 4. Mens Rea….
Inntrepreneur Pub v East Crown – 2000
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
Affirmed that pre-agreement representations are not binding or influential where a written agreement contains an ‘entire agreement’ clause….
Livingstone v Ministry of Defence – Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
A group of soldiers were dispatched to establish control over a riot. However, the soldiers were attacked by the rioters….
Household Fire Insurance v Grant – 1879
Example case summary. Last modified: September 29, 2021
The defendant, Mr Grant, applied for shares in the complainant’s company, the Household Fire Insurance. The complainants allotted shares to Mr Grant and they completed this contract by posting him a letter with notice of the allotment….
Linden Gardens v Lenesta Sludge – 1994
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
A lessee of part of a building entered into a standard form contract with the second defendants to remove asbestos from the building….
Jones v Boyce
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The defendant was a proprietor of a coach. Soon after the coach had set off from an inn and while the it was on a descent……
Law Society v KPMG – 2000
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The Law Society sought a report from the defendant accountants for the purposes of making decisions about how to manage their funds……
Hotson v East Berkshire AHA
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The claimant was a young boy who sustained various injuries after falling from a tall tree, including a fractured hip. He was taken to receive medical……
Janaway v Salford Health Authority
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
Janaway v Salford Health Authority (1989) AC 537 a conscientious objection case summary…
Liesbosch Dredger v SS Edison
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The complainant’s dredger, Liesbosch, were negligently damaged and sunk by the owner of the Edison in Greece. At the time, the complainant had a contract……
JH Milner v Percy Bilton – 1966
Example case summary. Last modified: October 21, 2021
The plaintiffs were a firm of solicitors. The defendants were a property development company. In relation to a particular development the plaintiffs wrote to the defendants and it was accepted that the plaintiffs would carry out the legal work in relation to that property….
Lloyd’s v Harper – Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
A father wrote a letter to the managing committee of Lloyd’s, which held himself responsible for all of his son’s actions as an underwriting member……
Letang v Cooper – 1965
Example case summary. Last modified: October 4, 2021
In the summer of 1957, the claimant was sunbathing outside on a piece of land which ordinarily served as a car park. While she was sunbathing, the Defendant reversed over her legs with his car, causing her injury….
Keates v The Earl of Cadogan – 1851
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The defendant entered into an agreement with the claimant for the lease of a property for a term of three years……
Knuppfer v London Express Newspapers
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
Knuppfer (K) was the head of the British branch of the Young Russia Party. The respondents published a newspaper article……
JT Stratford v Lindley
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The respondents were the officers of a trade union and sought to unsuccessfully negotiate an agreement on behalf of their members……
Liverpool City Council v Irwin
Example case summary. Last modified: October 5, 2021
LCC v Irwin – The Irwins were council tenants of a flat in a high rise building owned by Liverpool City Council (LCC). They withheld their rent in protest regarding conditions in the common parts and in their maisonette. …
Ingram v Little – 1961
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
The Plaintiffs were joint owners of a car. A fraudster attempted to purchase the car by cheque, which they initially refused. He pretended to be a reputable business man and the Plaintiffs then accepted payment by cheque. …
Lloyds Bank v Bundy – 1975
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
Mr Bundy was elderly farmer. He and his son were long-time customers at Lloyds Bank – the son’s company also banked there. Lloyds guaranteed the company’s overdraft and charged the farm as security….
Kepong Prospecting v Schmidt
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
T agreed with Schmidt in writing, that in consideration for Schmidt’s assistance to obtain a permit and start mining operations, T would pay Schmidt 1% of the price that all ore from the land was sold at. A year later, KP (the plaintiff) agreed to work the land and undertake T’s agreement to Schmidt….
Lambert v Lewis Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The defendants were the farmer, his employee and the retailer and manufacturer concerned with the sale and supply of a faulty towing hitch….
Leaf v International Galleries – 1950
Example case summary. Last modified: September 30, 2021
The plaintiff purchased a picture from the defendants who represented that it was painted by the artist, J. Constable. Five years later, the plaintiff tried to sell the painting at an auction house and was told it had not been painted by the artist he had been told previously….
Knightley v Johns – 1982
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
Mr Johns was driving negligently and this resulted in a crash where his car overturned near the exit of a tunnel. Due to the crash, two police officers attended the scene….
HP Bulmer Ltd v J Bollinger SA
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The appellants, Bulmer, created a product called Babycham which they also described as ‘champagne perry’. The claimants, Bollinger, asserted that the……
Les Affreteurs Reunis v Leopold
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
Les Affreteurs refused to pay Walford’s commission, holding that commission was only payable in respect of hire duly earned under the charterparty….
James v Woodall Duckham Construction
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The claimant fell from a ladder during the course of his employment with the defendant construction company. He suffered minor injuries but……
Inntrepreneur Pub v Sweeney
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The claimant, who was a landlord of various public houses, brought an action for an injunction against the defendant, the tenant of one of these……
Knapp v Railway Executive
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
Mr Knapp was approaching a railway level crossing in his car where the barrier was down. He accidentally let his car run into the barrier which was not……
Kennedy v The Charity Commission
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
In Kennedy v Charity Commission, the Supreme Court considered the issue of whether s.32(2) Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides an exemption to the freedom of information regime which continues after the conclusion of a public inquiry….
Hounga v Allen and Another – 2014
Example case summary. Last modified: October 21, 2021
Miss Hounga is of Nigerian nationality, now residing in England. In January 2007, when Miss Hounga was approximately 14 years of age, she came from Nigeria to the UK under a false identity in order to be granted a visitor’s visa for six months…
Jobling v Associated Dairies Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The complainant was a butcher at Associated Dairies Ltd and he had slipped on the floor and suffered a slipped disc while at work, due to his employer’s……
Intoxication Case Summaries
Example case summary. Last modified: September 6, 2021
Cases On Intoxication. The defendant had been convicted of various counts alleging actual bodily harm, and assaults upon police officers. The offences had occurred after the defendant had consumed large quantities of alcohol and drugs….
Kleinwort Benson v Malaysian Mining Corp
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
Intention to create legal relations in the formation of contracts. A company incorporated in Malaysia, acquired a cash loan from merchant bankers for the purposes of funding its subsidiary trading company in London….
Jones v Manchester Corporation
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
During the course of operating on a patient with facial burns, a newly qualified doctor administered a drug which she had no thorough……
Insanity Cases – Disease of the Mind
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
Insanity Cases. The defendant during a blackout, attacked his wife with a hammer causing her grievous bodily harm. The medical evidence showed that he suffered from arterial-sclerosis, a condition which restricted the flow of blood to the brain….
Hummingbird Motors Ltd v Hobbs
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The defendant bought a car which appeared to be in excellent condition. The odometer reading on the car displayed a mileage of 34,900 miles……
Lewis v Averay – 1972
Example case summary. Last modified: October 5, 2021
The complainant, Mr Lewis, was a postgraduate that wanted to sell his car. He met with somebody interested in buying the car, who was actually a rogue that was impersonating a famous actor, Richard Greene….
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