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Undue Influence Case Summaries
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Cases on Undue Influence. Class 1 - Actual undue influence. Class 2 (2A and 2B)- Presumed undue influence....
Contract Law Mistake Case Summaries
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Mistake Cases covering common mistake, unilateral mistake, and mutual mistake contract law case summaries....
Discharge Case Summaries
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Cases on discharge of contract covering the general rule and modification to it, agreement, breach, frustration and limitations of the doctrine....
Duress Case Summaries
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Contract law duress cases including duress to the person, duress to goods, economic duress and remedies. Barton v Armstrong [1976] AC 104 - A (the former chairman of a company) threatened B (the managing director) with death if he did not agree to purchase A’s shares in the company. ...
Strict Liability Case Summaries
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Cases on Strict Liability. The defendant ran off with an under-age girl. He was charged with an offence of taking a girl under the age of 16 out of the possession of her parents contrary to s55 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (now s20 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956)....
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...
Damages and Remedies Case Summaries
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A shipowner was held liable to a charterer in damages for loss of a cargo which had been caused by a combination of perils of the sea and the unseaworthiness of the ship....
Blundell v St Andrew's School 2007
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Maternity leave – right to return to work – ‘same job’. The claimant teacher had taught a reception class before taking maternity leave. Upon her return, she was offered a role either as a floating teacher or taking a class of older children....
Hounslow LBC v Twickenham Garden Developments Ltd
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EQUITY – MANDATORY INJUNCTIONS WHICH ASSIST A BREACH OF CONTRACT. A local council had contracted with the defendants for construction work on their land. ...
Holman v Johnson - 1775
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Agreement for the sale of tea at Dunkirk valid and value of tea recoverable. The plaintiff sold and delivered a quantity of tea to the defendant knowing that the defendant intended to smuggle it into England (without paying the relevant duty)....
R v Hale - 1978
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Robbery under Section 8(1) Theft Act 1968, actus reus, immediately before or at the time of stealing using force on any person. Two defendants entered the victim’s house and stole her jewellery box from her bedroom. ...
Santley v Wilde 1899
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Collateral advantages and presumptions about oppressive conduct. The owner of a lease of a theatre wanted to carry on a theatre business there and took out a mortgage of £20,0001 in order to do this, secured against the lease, over five years....
R v Horncastle and Others 2009
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Case Summary of R v Horncastle and others [2009] UKSC 14 (SC). Hearsay evidence and Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). R v Horncastle and others was an English legal case concerning the rules on hearsay evidence....
Trespass To The Person Cases
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Trespass To The Person. In an action for damages for assault and false imprisonment it appeared that the plaintiff had contracted with the defendants to enter their wharf and stay there till the boat should start and then be taken by the boat to the other side....
Hannaford v Selby
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Trust – Beneficial Interest – Common Intention – Property – Repossession – Licensee – Notice – Reasonable Time. The defendants, the Selby family, were the parents of the complainant, Mrs Hannaford. The Hannaford family bought property in their own name and used the money from selling their former home...
Corporate Officer of the House of Commons v Information Commissioner
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PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE – FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – JURISDICTION. Numerous requests were made to the House of Commons under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for detailed breakdowns of some MPs’ claims under the Additional Costs Allowances scheme. ...
Melbury Road Properties 1995 Ltd v Kreidi
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LAND LAW – REGISTRATION – CONSTRUCTIVE TRUST. The defendant sought to extend his lease pursuant to a statutory framework. He served the notice of claim required, and was later informed......
Cases on Actus Reus
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Cases on Actus Reus. The defendant, a diabetic was charged with assaulting his victim. The assault occurred whilst the defendant was in a state of hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar level due to an excess of insulin)....
Marriage and Nullity Case Summaries
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According to Lord Penzance in Hyde v Hyde (1866) LR 1 PD 130, concerning the validity of a Mormon marriage, marriage may be defined as “the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others”. ...
Participation Case Summaries
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Cases on participation. The defendant had deliberately given false information to the book-keeper of the company for which he worked, knowing that it would be entered into the accounts. As the book-keeper had innocently entered the wrong information, the defendant was convicted as the principal on a charge of falsifying the accounts....
Terms of The Contract Case Summaries
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Terms of Contract Cases. The plaintiffs, who had shipped goods for many years with the defendants, who were forwarding agents, agreed to a changeover in the method of shipment to enable goods to be carried in containers stored below deck on the ship....
Intoxication Case Summaries
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Cases On Intoxication. The defendant had been convicted of various counts alleging actual bodily harm, and assaults upon police officers. The offences had occurred after the defendant had consumed large quantities of alcohol and drugs....
Equitable Remedies Case Summaries
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The court refused specific performance to a buyer of a set of Hepplewhite chairs saying that they were 'ordinary articles of commerce and of no special value or interest'. Note: the buyer was contracting with a view to resale and for personal use....
Non-fatal Offence Case Summaries
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Case summaries covering non-fatal offences including common law assault and battery, assault and ABH, malicious wounding and GBH. ...
Necessity Law Law Case Summaries
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Necessity Law. Necessity law arises where a defendant is forced by circumstances to transgress the criminal law. The generally accepted position is that necessity cannot be a defence to a criminal charge. The leading case is......
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