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Livingstone v Ministry of Defence – Case Summary
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Janaway v Salford Health Authority (1989) AC 537 a conscientious objection case summary…
Liesbosch Dredger v SS Edison
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Knuppfer (K) was the head of the British branch of the Young Russia Party. The respondents published a newspaper article……
JT Stratford v Lindley
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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….
Huyton SA v Peter Cremer
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Huyton entered into an agreement with Cremer according to which it agreed to buy wheat from Cremer. Payment was to be made in cash against listed……
Kent v Griffiths – 2000
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The plaintiff, Kent, was pregnant and had asthma. She was attended by her GP who dialled 999 and requested an ambulance to take the plaintiff to hospital. The ambulance took 38 minutes to arrive….
Kralj v McGrath – 1986
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Whilst attempting to deliver twins, the defendant medical professional put his arm inside the plaintiff in an attempt to manipulate……
Hutton v Warren – 1836
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Hutton contended it was customary upon the expiry of farming tenancies that the landlord should pay the out-going tenant farmer……
KD v Chief Constable of Hampshire
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KD was interviewed by a police officer DC Hull (H) in an investigation of rape involving KD’s daughter and KD’s former partner. In the course of the……
Jobson v Johnson
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The plaintiff owned 44.9% of the share capital of a football club and contracted to sell the shares to the defendant, by way of the defendant’s……
JJC v Eisenhower
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Whether internal blood vessel damage suffices for a finding of wounding under s. 18.. The defendant, a minor, shot multiple rounds from an air gun at a group of people, of which one airgun pellet hit the victim….
Lister v Romford Ice – 1957
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The defendant was a lorry driver who was employed by the plaintiffs to drive their lorry to a slaughterhouse in order to collect waste. The driver took his father with him for the journey and during the course of which, the son reversed the lorry into the father, causing injury….
International Transport Roth GmbH v Secretary of State
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The defendant, the Home Secretary, had introduced rules regarding the liability of HGV drivers entering the United Kingdom with……
Lister v Forth Dry Dock
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Following financial difficulties, the defendants, Forth Dry Dock, entered receivership. Forth Dry Dock was sold to a third party company……
Jackson v Attorney General 2006
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Jackson v AG – Upholds the legality of the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, limiting the House of Lords’ legislative powers.. In November 2004, the British Government enacted the Hunting Act which prohibited fox hunting, inter alia….
Interfoto v Stiletto
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
Stiletto Visual Programmes (SVP) ordered 47 photographic transparencies from Interfoto Picture Library (IPL). On the delivery note was a clause stating that transparencies should be returned within 14 days of delivery. …
R v Lidar | Criminal Law Case | Law Teacher
Example case summary. Last modified: July 16, 2019
R v Lidar. In December 1998 the appellant Narinder Singh Lidar was charged with murder before Scott Baker J and a jury at the Leicester Crown Court. He was acquitted of murder but convicted of manslaughter by a unanimous verdict….
Korbetis v Transgrain Shipping
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This case concerned a demurrage claim and the appointment of an arbitrator. In April 2004, the complainant, LJ Korbetis sent a fax to the defendants……
Johnstone v Bloomsbury Health Authority
Example case summary. Last modified: December 22, 2020
Dr Johnstone, a junior doctor at University College Hospital was required under his employment contract to work 40 basic hours……
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