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Murder and Unlawful Killing Cases
Example case summary. Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Murder is a crime of specific intent. Intention in this context includes direct or oblique intent. Direct intent covers the situation where the defendant desired the death. Oblique intent covers the situation where the death is foreseen by the defendant as virtually certain, although not desired for its own sake....
Exclusion Clause Case Summaries
Example case summary. Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Contract law exclusion clause cases including incorporation, interpretation and unfair contract terms. The plaintiff bought a cigarette machine for her cafe from the defendant and signed a sales agreement, in very small print, without reading it. ...
Promissory Estoppel Cases
Example case summary. Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
An example of promissory estoppel is where A promises B that he would not enforce his legal rights and B acted and relied on it without giving any consideration....
Cases on Mens Rea
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Mens Rea Case Summaries. The defendant, in order to frighten Mrs Booth, her rival for the affections of Mr X, put burning newspaper through the letterbox of Booth's house and caused the death of two of her children....
Consideration Case Summaries
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Re McArdle (1951) A wife and her three grown-up children lived together in a house. The wife of one of the children did some decorating and later the children promised to pay her £488 and they signed a document to this effect....
Self Defence Case Summaries
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Self Defence. At common law the defence of self-defence operates in three spheres. It allows a person to use reasonable force to: (a) Defend himself from an attack......
Contract Law Misrepresentation Cases
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The plaintiff purchased from the defendant two blocks of land for the purpose of sheep farming. During negotiations the defendant said that if the place was worked properly, it would carry 2,000 sheep....
Woodward v Mayor of Hastings
Example case summary. Last modified: 2nd Sep 2021
The plaintiff, aged twelve, slipped on an icy surface on the step of a church whilst he was at school. He fell over and sustained injuries. A cleaner had brushed away snow from the step but not placed any material down to neutralise the ice left behind which therefore left the step in a dangerous condition....
Tanner v Tanner [1975]
Example case summary. Last modified: 2nd Sep 2021
Whether a contractual licence will be implied in respect of allowing a woman to remain in occupation of a property whilst her children are of school age....
The Eugenia, Ocean Tramp Tankers Corporation v V/O Sovfracht
Example case summary. Last modified: 23rd Jun 2021
The vessel Eugenia was let to the charterers for “a trip out to India via Black Sea” from the time Eugenia was delivered to them in Genoa. Under Clause 21 in the contract between the two parties, the vessel was not to be brought within any zone which is dangerous as a result of any actual or threatened act of war...
Morgan v Odhams Press
Example case summary. Last modified: 23rd Jun 2021
The defendant was a journalist collecting material on a dog doping gang story, whereby he put a key witness (who agreed to talk to him) under his surveillance while investigations were ongoing....
R v Graham - 1982
Example case summary. Last modified: 18th Mar 2021
Paul Graham had been drinking and taking drugs when he and his homosexual partner killed Graham’s wife. Graham claimed he was under duress as his......
R v Cole - 1994
Example case summary. Last modified: 18th Mar 2021
The appellant (C) was convicted of two robberies. He claimed the defence of duress on the basis that he was “desperate” for money as he owed money......
DPP v A - 2000
Example case summary. Last modified: 18th Mar 2021
The defendant wished to raise the defence of duress to a charge of robbery on the basis that two strangers had threatened to kill......
Wheeler v Office of the Prime Minister - 2008
Example case summary. Last modified: 18th Mar 2021
The claimant (W) applied for permission to seek judicial review of the decision of the Office of the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign......
Associated Japanese Bank v Credit Du Nord
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Jan 2021
The complainants, Associated Japanese Bank, bought three engineering machines from a client that turned out to be a rogue....
Attorney-General of Belize v Belize Telecom Ltd - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Jan 2021
The Belize government established a company to take over the country’s telecommunications services. The articles of association......
Pyrene Co Ltd v Scindia Navigation Co Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Jan 2021
The owners of the ship admitted liability but argued their liability would be limited by the Hague Rules, Article 4 (5)....
Bunge Corporation v Tradax Export
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Jan 2021
A party contracted to purchase 15,000 tons of US soya bean meal, to be shipped in three shipments. Under the standard form of contract......
Bull v Bull - 1955
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Jan 2021
A mother and son jointly purchased a property, however the son contributed a greater proportion of the original purchase price......
Ancell v McDermott
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Jan 2021
The first defendant, while driving his car, ran over an aluminum tube which had fallen from the fourth defendant’s truck, ruptured his fuel tank, leaving......
Crown River Cruises v Kimbolton Fireworks - 1996
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Jan 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......
Barrett v Ministry of Defence
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Jan 2021
The plaintiff was the widow of the deceased, who was a British naval army serviceman. He died of asphyxiation on his own vomit after......
Capital and Counties v Hampshire CC
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Jan 2021
The decision is on three conjoined appeals from three separate decisions. Hampshire County Council (HCC) – the defendant, appealed a decision that the......
Parsons (Livestock) v Uttley Ingham
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Jan 2021
Parsons ordered a bulk storage hopper to store pignuts to feed their top-grade pigs from the defendants. When installing the hopper, the defendants failed......
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