Articles tagged as UK Law
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Cundy v Lindsay
Case Summaries
The case concerned whether a mistake as to the identity of a contracting party was so fundamental so as to negate the consent of the other party. The foundation of contract law is premised on mutual agreement, i.e., agreeing on the same thing in the same sense, popularly referred to as consensus ad idem. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Bell v Lever Bros – 1932
Case Summaries
Only a mistake to the identity of the parties or of subject matter to the contract, as well as an item’s quality, would be able to successfully negate consent and therefore void a contract, as if it had never existed. The mistake must be essential to the identity of the contract. ...
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Hong Kong Fir Shipping Ltd v Kisen Kaisha – 1962
Case Summaries
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. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
R v Moloney – 1985
Case Summaries
The House of Lords allowed Moloney’s appeal. He had not intended to kill his stepfather. Knowledge of foresight of the consequences of an action were to be considered at best material from which a crime of intent may be inferred. ...
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R v Stone and Dobinson – 1977
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Regarding the issue of negligence, the Court of Appeal held that in order to ground a conviction for manslaughter the defendants must have been ‘grossly negligent’ in respect of their breach of duty. ...
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Entick v Carrington [1765]
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An individual’s rights over their property. On 11th November 1762 the defendant and three other named individuals entered a property belonging to the claimant and spent four hours there searching all of the rooms, breaking open boxes and going through all of the claimant’s possessions. ...
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Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking – 1971
Case Summaries
Automatic ticket machine at car park; incorporation of terms displayed inside. Thornton drove his car to a car park. Outside the car park, the prices were displayed and a notice stated cars were parked at their owner’s risk ...
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Hunter v Canary Wharf
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Television signal, actionable nuisance, property right requirement for claimants. A large tower was constructed in the Docklands area of East London which now goes by the name of One Canada Square ...
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Stevenson Jacques & Co v Mclean
Case Summaries
The defendant, Mclean, offered to sell iron to the complainant, Stevenson Jaques & Co. This was for the price of 40s and the offer would remain open until Monday. ...
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R v Pagett – 1983
Case Summaries
The appellant shot at a police officer who was trying to arrest him, and subsequently attempted to use a pregnant teenage girl standing nearby as a human shield to defend himself against retaliation by the officer. ...
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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. ...
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Harris v Nickerson
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The defendant was an auctioneer who had advertised in the London papers that certain brewing materials, plant, and office furniture would be sold by him by auction at Bury St. Edmunds over a period of three specified days. ...
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R v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte Factortame
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Reaffirmed the supremacy of European Community law over the domestic laws of a Member State in the event of conflict. New British legislation required that to register a ship in Britain, most of its owners to be of British nationality. ...
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Brogden v Metropolitan Rly Co
Case Summaries
The complainants, Brogden, were suppliers of coal to the defendant, Metropolitan Railway. They completed business dealings regarding the coal frequently for a number of years, on an informal basis. ...
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Collins v Wilcock – 1984
Case Summaries
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. ...
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R v Smith – 1959
Case Summaries
Causation – The defendant was a soldier who stabbed one of his comrades during a fight in an army barracks. The victim was taken to receive medical attention, but whilst being carried to the hospital was dropped twice by those carrying him. ...
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A and Others v UK – Belmarsh Case
Case Summaries
The case concerned the indefinite detention of foreign prisoners in the United Kingdom prison ‘Belmarsh’. The prisoners were held without trial under section 23 of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001. ...
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L’Estrange v Graucob – 1934
Case Summaries
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. ...
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Wilkinson v Downton – 1897
Case Summaries
Damages – Psychiatric harm – Remoteness. Downton (D) made a joke to Mrs Wilkinson (W) that her husband, Thomas Wilkinson (T) had had an accident in which both his legs were broken and that W should go to The Elms pub where T was lying to bring him home. ...
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Ready Mixed Concrete v Minister of Pensions
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A driver contracted with a mixed concrete company for the delivery of concrete. The contract declared him an “independent contractor” and set out wages and expenses. ...
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Street v Mountford
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Whether exclusive possession creates a tenancy. The respondent, Street, granted a licence to the appellant, Mountford, to occupy two rooms at a weekly rent subject to 14 days’ notice of termination. ...
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CCSU v Minister for the Civil Service
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In the 1980’s, with the United Kingdom under the Conservative government led by Margaret Thatcher, it was ruled that any and all employees of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) were prohibited from joining any trade union. ...
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Dickinson v Dodds
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The defendant, Mr Dodds, wrote to the complainant, Mr Dickinson, with an offer to sell his house to him for £800. He promised that he would keep this offer open to him until Friday. However, on the Thursday Mr Dodds accepted an offer from a third party and sold his house to them. ...
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R v White – 1910
Case Summaries
The defendant put poison into the evening drink of the victim, his mother, with the intention of killing her. The victim drank a few sips of the drink and then fell asleep. ...
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Bourhill v Young – 1943
Case Summaries
Mr Young had been negligently riding his motorcycle and was responsible for a collision with car in which he himself suffered fatal injuries. At the time of the crash, Mrs Bourhill (C) was in the process of leaving a tram about 50 feet away. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
