Articles tagged as UK Law
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Hollywood Silver Fox Farm v Emmett
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The claimant bred silver foxes for their fur. The foxes are, by their nature, of a timid disposition and are easily scared. When they are scared they are liable to miscarry. The defendant was a farmer and animal rights activist who owned land adjoining to the fox farm. ...
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
R v G 2004 – Recklessness
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The test for recklessness after MPC v Caldwell. The two appellants were boys aged 11 and 12 respectively. They went camping at night unsupervised (and in fact without parental permission). In the early hours of the night they entered the back yard of a Co-Op shop and found old newspapers. ...
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
R v Lowe – 1973
Case Summaries
The connection between “wilful neglect” under s.1(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 and manslaughter by negligence. Mr Lowe, of low intelligence, did not call a doctor to his sick infant child. The child died from dehydration and gross emaciation. ...
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Dubai Aluminium v Salaam
Case Summaries
A solicitor firm’s vicarious liability for a partner’s dishonest assistance to a client. The senior partner of a firm drafted a consultancy agreement and other requisite documentation for a client’s fraudulent enterprise. ...
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Patel v Mirza [2016]
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Resulting trusts and illegality; insider dealing and unjust enrichment. Patel had given Mirza £620,000 to bet on shares in a company using inside information. The agreement between them amounted to a conspiracy to commit the offence of insider dealing contrary to s53 Criminal Justice Act 1993. ...
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Knightley v Johns – 1982
Case Summaries
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. ...
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Smith v Littlewoods – [1987]
Case Summaries
The defendant purchased a disused cinema with the intention of turning it into a supermarket. Five weeks after the defendant entered the building for the first time, it was set on fire by intruders and destroyed. As a result, the adjacent buildings were also affected and damaged. ...
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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. ...
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Cork v Kirby Maclean
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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. ...
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Manchester Diocesan v Commercial
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The complainants, Manchester Diocesan Council of Education, called for tenders relating to property. The defendant, Commercial and General Investments Ltd, submitted a tender offer to buy the property from the complainants. ...
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Lister v Romford Ice – 1957
Case Summaries
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. ...
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R v Hasan [2005] 2 AC 467
Case Summaries
Criminal law – Defence of Duress – Association with known criminal – Whether statement was a confession. Hasan was charged with the crime of aggravated burglary. He was associated with a gang and relied on the defence of duress. ...
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Attorney-General v De Keyser’s Royal Hotel
Case Summaries
The claimants, De Keyser’s Royal Hotel, were the owners of a London Hotel that had been used by some members of the armed forces in World War One, and they thus sought reasonable compensation for this occupation under the Defence Act 1842. ...
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R (Anderson) v Secretary of State
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Prisoners; mandatory life sentence; right to hearing. Anderson received mandatory life sentences after having been convicted of two murders. The Secretary of State set a longer than recommended period for Anderson’s release on licence. ...
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R v Dalloway 1847
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Dalloway was standing on a horse and cart as it drove along a public road. Dalloway was not holding on to the reins as they were resting on the horse’s back. During his journey, a small child ran out in to the road in front of the cart and was killed by one of the wheels as it moved along. ...
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R v Konzani
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Feston Konzani was charged with three counts of inflicting grievous bodily harm contrary to s 20 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861. Konzani was HIV positive and aware of his condition. ...
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Burns v Burns
Case Summaries
The complainant, Valerie Burns, had been in a relationship and lived with the defendant, Patrick Burns, for 19 years. Despite taking his name, the couple were not married. ...
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Chester v Afshar – 2004
Case Summaries
Establishing causation following consent to medical treatment and subsequent injury. The claimant Chester, had managed with bad back pain for several years, which severely limited her ability to walk around and interfered with her ability to control her bladder. ...
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Interfoto v Stiletto
Case Summaries
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. ...
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Atlas Express v Kafco
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The Kafco imported basket ware and entered a contract with Atlas to sell and deliver baskets to Atlas retail stores. Atlas tried to negotiate a further term in the contract for a minimum order of £440 per trailer load. ...
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Bruton v London & Quadrant Housing Trust
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The defendant was a voluntary housing trust that focussed on homelessness. The local authority had granted the trust a licence to use short-life properties as temporary accommodation for homeless people who were on the waiting list for a home, before these properties were later developed ...
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Financings Ltd v Stimson – 1962
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The case regarded a hire purchase transaction, in which the dealer was an agent of the finance company. The hirer paid a deposit of £70 to a dealer and agreed to purchase a motor car from the plaintiff, a finance company, for £414. ...
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Beard v London General Omnibus
Case Summaries
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. ...
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R v Quick [1973] QB 910
Case Summaries
The appellant (a nurse at a hospital) was a diabetic who suffered from hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar). He had taken insulin in the morning for his condition but had not eaten much during the day and had imbibed alcohol. ...
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Sumpter v Hedges – 1898
Case Summaries
A builder contracted to build two houses and stables for the lump sum of £565. The builder only completed part of the work, after which he abandoned the contract. The completed works amounted to a value of £333. ...
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
