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Adam Opel GmbH v Mitras Automotive
Example case summary. Last modified: June 18, 2019
Mitras was in the business of manufacturing automotive parts and was the sole supplier of a particular part. Adam decided to source the part……
The Alaskan Trader (No.2)
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The owners of a vessel chartered for a two-year time charter with the defendant. One year into this, the vessel incurred a serious engine issue which……
Archer v Williams – 2003
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The claimant (A) was the wife of a well-known politician. A previously employed the defendant (W) as a personal assistant….
Agreement Case Summaries – Formation, Acceptance, Termination
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Agreement case summaries covering formation of a contract, acceptance and termination of an offer. Payne v Cave (1789) – The defendant made the highest bid for the plaintiff’s goods at an auction sale, but he withdrew his bid before the fall of the auctioneer’s hammer….
Ali v Khan – 2002 – Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: June 17, 2019
This case concerned property transferred between a father and daughter. Mr Khan was the sole registered proprietor of the house and he……
Attwood v Lamont – 1920
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The plaintiff was a tailor and general outfitter who employed the defendant as an assistant. In the contract of employment, the defendant agreed……
Arcos v EA Ronaasen & Son – 1933
Example case summary. Last modified: October 28, 2021
English purchasers concluded a contract for the sale of staves of timber wood from the English agents of a Russian company for the purposes of making cement barrels, specifying staves of Russian redwood and whitewood to be of half-an-inch in thickness…
Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire
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A joined action was brought by Alcock (C) and several other claimants against the head of the South Yorkshire Police. C and the other claimants all had relatives who were caught up in the Hillsborough Stadium disaster, in which 95 fans of Liverpool FC died….
A-G’s Ref (No 3 of 1994)
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B stabbed his pregnant girlfriend, who then prematurely gave birth to S. S was wounded in the stabbing and died after 121 days after being born prematurely….
Attorney General v Hartwell
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L, a British Virgin Islands policeman, abandoned his post and travelled to another island. He went into a bar, where his former partner……
Attorney-General v Antrobus [1905] 2 Ch 188
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The case concerned Stonehenge and the public’s right of access to it. The site’s owner had taken steps to protect the monument by enclosing it with……
Attorney-General of Belize v Belize Telecom Ltd – Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: March 15, 2026
The Belize government established a company to take over the country’s telecommunications services. The articles of association……
Anns v Merton London Borough Council
Example case summary. Last modified: September 28, 2021
The availability of a duty of care in negligence. The local authority approved building plans for a block of flats and the flats were built later that year. …
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