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Bushwall Properties v Vortex Properties
Example case summary. Last modified: June 18, 2019
The parties agreed to sell a property of 51 ½ acres of land for a set price of £500,000. The payments were to be made in unequal instalments….
Children and Their Welfare | Family Law Study Area | Law Teacher
Example case summary. Last modified: June 14, 2019
Children and Their Welfare. The Children Act 1989 was the result of a comprehensive review of the law as it affected children, and now encompasses almost the whole of the civil law in that area with the exception of that which…
Caswell v Powell Duffryn
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
A mine worker was responsible for periodically cleaning the movable plates of a coal-transporting conveyor belt, instructed to ensure that……
Avon Finance v Bridger
Example case summary. Last modified: June 14, 2019
The Bridgers were an elderly couple. They bought a house with their son’s help who was a chartered accountant. The son made arrangements for……
Bisset v Wilkinson – 1927
Example case summary. Last modified: September 28, 2021
Whether a statement is one of fact or opinion for the purposes of rescinding a contract. The defendant in this matter was the purchaser of land in New Zealand which was purchased by the claimant for the purpose of sheep farming….
Currie v Misa – Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: October 5, 2021
Lizardi & Co. sold a number of bills of exchange to Mr. Misa, drawn from a banking firm owned by Mr. Currie, and were to be paid on the next day. However, Lizardi was in substantial debt to Mr. Currie’s bank and was being pressed for payment….
Blackburn v Attorney General – 1971
Example case summary. Last modified: October 25, 2021
The claimant, Blackburn, asserted that the decision by Parliament to allow Britain to join the Economic Community and sign the Maastricht Treaty was illegal as it diminished their own sovereignty, and violated the theoretical conception of the ‘Queen in Parliament’…
Cornish v Midland Bank plc
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The plaintiff’s husband made an application for a loan from the defendant bank, which the plaintiff consented to guarantee by signing a second……
Bonham v College of Physicians
Example case summary. Last modified: June 14, 2019
Bonham, a trained medical doctor, petitioned to join the College of Physicians but was rejected. A short time later he applied for…….
Corporate Officer of the House of Commons v Information Commissioner
Example case summary. Last modified: February 18, 2025
Case summary for LawTeacher.net about Corporate Officer of the House of Commons v Information Commissioner….
Barclays Bank v O’Brien
Example case summary. Last modified: October 1, 2021
Fraud; misrepresentation; mortgage; married couple. The defendants were a married couple who took out a second mortgage on their home as security for overdraft facilities extended by Barclays to the husband’s company….
Cork v Kirby Maclean
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
The claimant was a factory worker who died when he had an epileptic seizure while working on a platform with no railings over 20 feet above the ground. His employers were not aware of his condition….
Brittain v Garner – 1989
Example case summary. Last modified: June 14, 2019
The claimant sought damages for the loss of his career, arguing that this should be quantified based not only on his present……
Castle v St Augustine’s Links
Example case summary. Last modified: June 14, 2019
The claimant was a taxi driver who had been driving on a road near the St Augstine’s Links course when he was hit in the eye by a golf ball….
Cheney v Conn – 1968
Example case summary. Last modified: June 14, 2019
The claimant, Cheney, asserted that the tax obligations placed on British citizens by the Finance Act 1964 were unlawful……
Costello v Chief Constable of Northumbria
Example case summary. Last modified: October 5, 2021
The claimant was taking a prisoner to a cell and was, at the time accompanied by a police inspector. When the prisoner attacked the claimant, the accompanying officer did nothing to assist her. The result was that the claimant was injured. …
Chaplin v Hicks – 1911
Example case summary. Last modified: June 14, 2019
Hicks was a famous actor and theatre manager. He invited women to enter a beauty contest by sending in photographs which would be placed in a newspaper….
Banco Exterior Internacional v Mann
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The defendants, Mr and Mrs Mann, lived in a property registered in the husband’s sole name. Mr Mann applied for a loan from the claimant bank……
Cummings v Granger
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The defendant was the occupier of a breaker’s yard. At night, the yard was locked and the defendant’s untrained Alsatian dog was turned loose in order……
British Coal Corporation v R
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The British Coal Corporation, together with four other companies involved in the import of coal, were convicted of unduly restraining the coal industry….
Courtney & Fairburn Ltd v Tolaini Bros
Example case summary. Last modified: June 14, 2019
The respondents, Tolaini Bros, wished to develop a hotel. The appellants were property developers. During negotiations between the parties, it was proposed……
Beckham v Mirror Group News
Example case summary. Last modified: June 14, 2019
David and Victoria Beckham invoked s12 Human Rights Act 1998 to seek an interim injunction to prevent the publication of unauthorised photographs of……
Dahlia v Four Millbank
Example case summary. Last modified: June 14, 2019
This case concerns selling property. The complainant, Dahlia, wanted to purchase property from the defendants, Four Millbank Nominees….
Burmah Oil v Lord Advocate
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
The claimant, Burmah Oil Company, brought proceedings against the UK government (who were represented in the case by the Lord Advocate) seeking compensation for the destruction of oil fields in Burma by British forces in 1942 (during the Second World War). …
Barker v Corus – 2006
Example case summary. Last modified: June 14, 2019
This case was an appeal from the earlier decision in Barker v Saint Gobain Pipelines Plc [2004] EWCA Civ 545, regarding the deceased claimant who had……
Collins v Wilcock – 1984
Example case summary. Last modified: September 28, 2021
Definition of battery, unlawful touching when beyond scope of police authority. A police officer wished to question a woman in relation to her alleged activity as a prostitute. The woman decided to walk away, but the police officer was intent on stopping her and in order to do so….
Chung Chi Cheung v R – 1939
Example case summary. Last modified: June 14, 2019
The appellant (C), a British subject, who was cabin boy on board a Chinese Maritime Customs cruiser – a foreign armed public ship……
Barry v Davies – 2000
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
Two brand new engine analyser machines owned by Customs and Exise were put up for auction by the defendant auctioneer. Each could be procured from the manufacturer for £14,521 but despite this were listed without a reserve price….
Cutler v Wandsworth Stadium Ltd – 1949
Example case summary. Last modified: June 14, 2019
Mr Cutler was a bookmaker who carried on his business at a greyhound track occupied by the respondents. He claimed that as occupiers……
Barclays Bank v Bird
Example case summary. Last modified: June 14, 2019
An equitable charge was created over the property of Mr Bird. It contained a clause whereby the plaintiff obtained an irrevocable power……
Beard v London General Omnibus
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
Employer’s vicarious liability for an employee’s negligent act outside his scope of employment.The conductor of an omnibus drove the omnibus through side streets, outside of the bus route, at a fast pace in the absence of the bus driver. In doing so, he negligently hit and injured a man….
Bradbury v Morgan – 1862
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Leigh requested that Bradbury provide credit to his brother to the value of £100. Leigh guaranteed the account owned by his brother to this effect….
Daiichi UK Ltd v Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
A number of unincorporated groups and their supporters (S) who campaigned for the rights of animals targeted a campaign against Daiichi UK Ltd….
Beresford v Royal Insurance – 1938
Example case summary. Last modified: June 14, 2019
In 1925 Major Rowlandson took out five life insurance policies on his own life with the defendants, Royal Insurance Co Ltd……
Blackpool and Fylde Aero Club v Blackpool BC
Example case summary. Last modified: September 29, 2021
The defendants were a local authority that managed the local airport as its owners. They had granted the plaintiffs, who were a flight club, a concession to operate casual flights out of the airport. …
Bratty v AG for Northern Ireland
Example case summary. Last modified: October 4, 2021
Failure to discharge onus of proof in relation to defence of automatism. The appellant (B) was convicted of the murder of an 18-year-old girl. In his statement to the police, he said that he had been overcome with a “terrible feeling” and a “sort of blackness” during the event….
Bigos v Bousted
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
The defendant, Bousted, wanted to support his wife while she stayed in Italy for her health. He agreed with the defendant that in return for a……
Butler Machine Tool v Ex-Cell-O Corporation – 1979
Example case summary. Last modified: October 26, 2021
The court allowed the buyer’s appeal. The court found that the buyer’s order was not an acceptance of the initial offer from the seller but a counter-offer which the sellers had accepted by returning the signature section of the buyer’s letter….
Consent Cases – Bodily Harm – ABH
Example case summary. Last modified: June 14, 2019
Cases on Consent. R v Wilson (1996) Times Law Report March 5 1996. The defendant had been charged with assault occasioning a.b.h. contrary to s47 of the O.A.P.A. 1861……
Barrett v Halifax Building Society
Example case summary. Last modified: June 14, 2019
A possession order granted to the respondents over the applicant’s home was suspended to allow the applicants time to find a purchaser for the property….
Combe v Combe – 1951
Example case summary. Last modified: September 30, 2021
During the divorce process, a husband promised to pay his wife a tax-free sum of £100 each year to represent a permanent maintenance payment. The wife was aware that the husband was not in a good financial state and made no claim to this payment….
Brown v NCB
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
An electrician was employed in a coal mine. A damaged tub was sent up a haulage in the drift and, on the way up, collided with……
Crown River Cruises v Kimbolton Fireworks – 1996
Example case summary. Last modified: January 5, 2021
The defendants, Kimbolton Fireworks, carried out a short firework display that lasted for some twenty minutes or so. As a result of the fireworks display……
Butterfield V Forrester (1809) 103 E.R. 926
Example case summary. Last modified: June 14, 2019
Case Summary of Butterfield V Forrester (1809) 103 E.R. 926. The establisment of contributory negligence….
Caparo v Dickman Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: March 13, 2026
Case Summary of Caparo Industries plc v Dickman [1990] UKHL 2. The tripartite test in establishing duty of care. Caparo is the landmark case which has created the tripartite test in establishing duty of care….
D & C Builders v Rees
Example case summary. Last modified: September 30, 2021
The builders sought payment from Rees for building work done and materials supplied in respect of alterations and repairs completed on Rees’ shop. Rees did not pay, but the work continued and a second bill was issued….
Countess of Dunmore v Alexander (1830) 9 S. 190
Example case summary. Last modified: December 22, 2020
The Countess of Dunmore (C) was looking to change servant and wrote to Lady Agnew (LA) requesting information on the character of one of her servants……
Criminal Law Case Summaries
Example case summary. Last modified: September 7, 2021
The defendant, Bree (B), visited his brother and went for an evening out with him and others, including the complainant (C). All present consumed considerable quantities of alcohol, before returning to B’s brother’s home….
Conway v George Wimpey & Co Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
Conway (C) was on his way to work on an aerodrome when he hailed a lorry belonging to the George Wimpey & Co Ltd (W) and driven by one of their……
Capital and Counties v Hampshire CC
Example case summary. Last modified: January 5, 2021
The decision is on three conjoined appeals from three separate decisions. Hampshire County Council (HCC) – the defendant, appealed a decision that the……
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