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Makdessi v Cavendish Square Holdings
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
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
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
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
Example case summary. Last modified: January 5, 2021
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
Example case summary. Last modified: October 6, 2021
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
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
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
Example case summary. Last modified: October 5, 2021
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
Example case summary. Last modified: October 5, 2021
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
Example case summary. Last modified: September 29, 2021
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
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
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
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
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
Example case summary. Last modified: December 21, 2020
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
Example case summary. Last modified: July 13, 2019
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
Example case summary. Last modified: October 5, 2021
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
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
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
Example case summary. Last modified: October 4, 2021
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
Example case summary. Last modified: February 18, 2025
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
Example case summary. Last modified: August 15, 2019
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
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
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
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
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…
Performance Cars v Abraham
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
Here, the defendant, Abraham, had caused a motor accident with the claimant as a result of his own breach of reasonable duty….
Pym v Campbell – 1856
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Pym and Campbell signed a written agreement wherein Campbell agreed to purchase three-eighths of the profits to accrue from Pym’s new invention….
MRI Trading AG v Erdenet
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
By a contract governed by an English choice of law clause a Mongolian mining company, Erdenet, and a Swiss trading company……
Mbasogo v Logo Ltd – Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The action was launched by the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and related to an alleged coup d’etat against the President and his……
Medforth v Blake
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In 1984 the defendants were appointed as receivers over the pig-farming business of the plaintiff. After the receivership had ended……
Pape v Cumbria County Council
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Ms Pape was employed as a part-time cleaner by the defendant council. The council had provided their employees with rubber gloves, but the employees were……
Lonrho v Shell Case Summary
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Shell operated an oil refinery in Southern Rhodesia (SR). Lonrho constructed a pipeline from a port in Mozambique where oil……
Monarch Steamship v Karlshamns – 1949
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
Karlshamms Oljiefabriker (KO) entered a contract in April 1939 with Monarch Steamship Co (MSC) to transport beans to a specific port….
ParkingEye v Somerfield Stores
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The appellant, Somerfield, was a supermarket who contracted for the respondent, ParkingEye, to install and operate a monitoring system in….
Quinn v Leathem – 1901
Example case summary. Last modified: July 13, 2019
Leathem, a butcher, had employees who did not belong to the Belfast Butchers’ Association (BBA). After experiencing some difficulties, he asked……
MacCormick v Lord Advocate
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The claimants, MacCormick and Hamilton, brought an action against the Crown in Scotland which contested Queen Elizabeth using the title……
McWilliams v Sir Arrol
Example case summary. Last modified: July 13, 2019
The claimant was an experienced steel erecter who fell 70 feet to his death from a steel tower he was working on. His employer had failed to……
Manchester Diocesan v Commercial
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
The complainants, Manchester Diocesan Council of Education, called for tenders relating to property. The defendant, Commercial and General Investments Ltd, submitted a tender offer to buy the property from the complainants….
Contract Law Misrepresentation Cases
Example case summary. Last modified: September 6, 2021
The plaintiff purchased from the defendant two blocks of land for the purpose of sheep farming. During negotiations the defendant said that if the place was worked properly, it would carry 2,000 sheep….
New Hampshire Insurance v MGN
Example case summary. Last modified: July 13, 2019
The dispute concerned a number of fidelity insurance contracts. The defendants were all insured companies within the Maxwell Group of companies….
Market Investigations v Minister of Social Security
Example case summary. Last modified: July 13, 2019
A woman was engaged by a market research company to act as an interviewer on a part-time basis. For each particular survey, she would conduct interviews……
Macarthys v Smith
Example case summary. Last modified: September 27, 2021
The claimant, Ms Smith, was a factory employee of the defendants, Macarthys, for which she received a salary of £50 per week. She complained……
New Zealand Shipping v Satterthwaite – 1975
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
When performance of an existing duty to third party can be consideration. The appellants were stevedores engaged as independent contractors to unload machinery from a ship. The contract between the respondent machinery owners and the carriers contained a limitation clause….
National Phonograph Company v Edison
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
The plaintiffs were manufacturers who sold wholesale goods to factors upon the terms of an agreement which provided that only factors…nati…
Phillips v Brooks Ltd – 1919
Example case summary. Last modified: September 30, 2021
Phillips was a jeweller. The fraudster purchased a ring from the jeweller with a cheque and signed his name “Sir George Bullough” and provided this person’s address….
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