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Kaya v Turkey (1999) 28 EHRR 1
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Kaya v Turkey (1999) 28 EHRR 1. Unlawful killing by state action and failure to bring to justice the perpetrator(s)….
Hudson v Ridge Manufacturing Co Ltd [1957]
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The issue here was whether an employer held a duty of care to ensure that their employees were safe at work, including ensuring that other……
John Summers & Sons Ltd v Frost – 1955
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Mr Frost was an experienced maintenance fitter employed at the defendant factory. He was grinding a piece of metal on a grinding wheel which rotated 1450……
Lefkowitz v Great Minneapolis Surplus Store
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The defendant placed an advertisement in the paper for the sale of fur, stating that it would be sold on a ‘first come first served’ basis. The claimant was the first to respond to the advertisement, but the defendant refused to sell on the basis that it was a ‘house rule’ to sell only to female customers….
Home Counties Dairies Ltd v Skilton
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In an employment contract between a dairy company and dairyman, it was agreed that the employee, within one year of termination of his employment contract……
King’s Norton Metal Co v Edridge
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A fraudster ordered goods from a metal manufacturer. He told the manufacturer that he was a well known business man and provided him……
Howard Marine v Ogden – 1978 QB 574
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The defendant, A, were civil engineering contractors who entered into negotiation with H for the hire of two ships to carry clay out to sea….
L’Estrange v Graucob – 1934
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Affirmed that the clauses of a written contract are binding on the signatories, even where a party is unaware of the contract’s full contents. The claimant, L’Estrange, contracted to purchase a slot machine for cigarettes from the defendant, Graucob….
Iqbal v London Transport Executive
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A bus conductor, who had been previously prohibited by his employer from driving, disobeyed his employer’s instructions and drove a bus for a short……
In The Matter of K (a child) – NI
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In K (A Child) (Northern Ireland) [2014] UKSC 29, the Supreme Court were asked to determine the scope of the term ‘rights of custody’ in relation to wrongful removal of a child from a country….
Hong Kong Fir Shipping Ltd v Kisen Kaisha – 1962
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Construction of contractual terms as ‘conditions’ and repudiatory breach of contract. Ship owners let the vessel, Hongkong fir, to charterers for a period of 24 months. Clause 1 of the contract obliged the owners to deliver a “seaworthy” vessel and Clause 3 further obliged them to maintain the vessel’s seaworthiness and good condition….
King’s Motors (Oxford) Ltd v Lax
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The parties had a lease for seven years. The lease contained an option for renewal for a further term of seven years on the same terms……
Kearley v Thomson – 1890
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The defendants were a firm of solicitors which represented a creditor in bankruptcy proceedings. The plaintiff was a friend of the bankrupt….
JEB Fasteners v Marks Bloom – 1983
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JEB took control of a company. Marks Bloom & Co. (MBC) were the auditors for the business. One of the primary motivations behind taking over the company was that JEB would be able to acquire the services of two of the company directors…
International Organisations Act 2005 – Summary
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This Act makes provisions concerning various international entities conferring privileges, immunities and legal capacity on them……
Lagden v O’Connor
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The Defendant, Mr O’Connor, hit the complainant’s parked car and caused damage to the vehicle. The complainant, Mr Lagden, was unemployed at the time……
Howard v Howard-Lawson – Case Brief
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The case concerns a family dispute regarding the trusts created by PJC Howard’s will, who was Howard-Lawson grandfather and Howard’s great-grandfather….
Joel v Morison – 1834
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The plaintiff was walking on foot on a public highway. The defendant had a horse and a cart, which were under the care, government and direction of his……
Junior Books Ltd v Veitchi Co Ltd – Summary
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The defendants were specialists in flooring and were sub-contractors to lay a floor in a factory which was to be used by the plaintiffs….
Karsales v Wallis – Case Brief
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The Defendant (Mr Wallis) agreed to buy a used car if the vendor was able to find a company with which the Defendant could enter into a hire-purchase……
Leach v Chief Constable of Gloucestershire Constabulary
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The plaintiff had acted as the ‘appropriate adult’ during the police questioning of a criminal who was accused of numerous murders….
Ireland v United Kingdom 1979-80
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Ireland v United Kingdom is a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) principally concerning the threshold at which ‘cruel and unusual treatment’ becomes ‘torture’ for the purposes of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)…
Lister v Hesley Hall Ltd – 2002
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Employer’s vicarious liability for personal injury caused by torts committed by employees. A warden was employed at an annex of a boarding school for boys and responsible for the day-to-day running of the school…
Hyam v DPP – 1975
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The defendant Hyam had been in a relationship with a man before the relationship ended. Hyam then had become jealous of her ex-boyfriend’s new fiancée Ms Booth. She poured petrol through Booth’s letter box and then ignited it using a rolled up newspaper. …
J Murphy Sons v Johnston Precast
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The claimant was a main contractor for works which requested the defendant sub-contractor to tender for the supply of a pipe for the purpose of carrying……
Knuller v DPP – 1973
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The defendant was the director of a company, which published regular magazines for distribution. Inside the magazines, there was a page……
R v Secretary of SSHD Ex P Ejaz
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R v Secretary of State for the Home Department Ex P Naheed Ejaz (1994) 2 WLR 534 case summary…
Kaur v MG Rover
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An employee was threatened with compulsory redundancy by her employer. The employee applied to court for declaratory relief that the……
Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co Ltd
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Seven boys detained in a borstal – a type of youth detention centre, were working on an island under the supervision of three officers. The borstal boys escaped from the island at night with the plaintiffs’ yacht and damaged it….
Jones v Livox Quarries Ltd
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The workmen in a quarry and a few slow-moving vehicles were proceeding to the canteen for a lunch break. The way was around a……
Leigh v Dickeson
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In this case a property was co-owned by two individuals. One of them (who was in possession of the property) decided on a need to……
Jackson v Horizon Holidays – 1975
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Mr Jackson booked a holiday through Horizon Holidays, a travel company, for him and his family and paid approximately £1,400. He had provided explicit details……
Knight v Knight (1840) 3 Beav 148
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Case Summary of Knight v Knight (1840) 3 Beav 148. Private express trusts must demonstrate the 'three certainties'….
James v Thomas – 2007
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The defendant, Mr Thomas, owned the cottage in dispute as the sole registered proprietor of the property. Mr Thomas had inherited this……
Jaggard v Dickinson – 1981
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The defendant had been told by a friend that they could stay at their house and “use it as their own”. Returning to the street drunk one evening the……
Lampleigh v Braithwaite
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When past consideration may be good consideration.. The defendant, Braithwaite, killed a man. He asked the plaintiff, Lampleigh to secure him a pardon from the king. …
Contract Law Intention Case Summaries
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Contract law intention cases – social and domestic agreements, business / commercial agreements. Lens v Devonshire Club (1914) It was held that the winner of a competition held by a golf club could not sue for his prize…
Kaitamaki v R
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The defendant was convicted of breaking into the victim’s flat and raping her twice. There was no dispute that sexual intercourse had taken place on two occasions, but the defendant contended that the victim had consented or that he had a reasonable belief that she was consenting….
Latimer v AEC Ltd
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The defendant Mr Latimer, worked in a factory owned by the defendants, AEC Ltd. The factory had become flooded due to adverse weather, which caused the floor to become very slippery. …
Hughes v Liverpool VictoriaFriendly Society
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With a Mr Thomas, the defendants entered into five life insurance policies on the lives of others. Thomas ceased paying the premiums….
Huth v Huth – 1915
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The defendant, Captain Huth, sent an allegedly defamatory letter in an unclosed envelope through the post to his four children….
Liability For Fire Cases
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Liability For Fire. A person will be liable for damage done by fire in three situations. That is, if the damage was caused: 1. wilfully; 2. by negligence; or…
Horsfall v Thomas – 1862
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The plaintiff was employed by the defendant to make him a steel gun which the defendant would pay for with two bills of exchange….
Knowles v Liverpool County Council
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Mr Knowles was employed by Liverpool City Council as a labourer. In the course of his employment he was laying a flagstone in a Liverpool street….
Laemthong International v Artis
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The Laemthong Glory (the respondent) was a vessel chartered on a voyage from Brazil to Yemen, carrying bagged sugar. The charterparty contract provided……
In The Matter of LC (children) – UKSC
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In LC (Children) No.2, a five member panel of the Supreme Court were asked to pass judgment on the on what is to be taken into account regarding whether a child is habitually resident in a place for the purposes of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 and s.1(2) Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985….
Le Fanu v Malcolmson – 1848
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The Plaintiffs were the owners of various factories in Ireland. They raised an action of libel against newspaper publishers….
Howe v Motor Insurers Bureau
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The facts of this case concern the English claimant (Mr Howe) who was involved in a motor accident while driving in France….
Lavarack v Woods of Colchester
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Lavarack was employed by Woods of Colchester (WOC). Under the employment contract, he was to earn £4,000 per year and such bonuses as the directors……
Jolley v Sutton London Borough Council
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The relevance of the extent and kind of remoteness of damage to the imposition of tortious liability. The defendant, Sutton London Borough Council, negligently left a dangerously derelict boat abandoned on a beach that they owned, albeit they had placed a warning sign on the boat advising that it not be touched….
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