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Avon Insurance v Swire Fraser - Facts
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The claimant was a stop loss insurance company which made a claim against the defendant insurance brokers under the Misrepresentation Act 1967......
Doyle v Olby - 1969
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The complainant, Mr Doyle, decided to purchase an Ironmonger’s business from the defendants, Olby (Ironmongers) Ltd. He purchased the business for......
Spurling v Bradshaw - 1956
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Bradshaw alleged Spurling were negligent, and in breach of an implied term to take reasonable care of the barrels because they had left them......
Alan v El Nasr
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This case concerns the sale of coffee beans between a Kenyan coffee business (A) and a Tanzanian based buyer (El Nasr), who then resold the product....
Hammond v Mitchell [1991]
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Cohabitee seeking equitable interest in property held in sole name of former partner....
Lavarack v Woods of Colchester
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Lavarack was employed by Woods of Colchester (WOC). Under the employment contract, he was to earn £4,000 per year and such bonuses as the directors......
Davis v Johnson
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Exclusion orders of a cohabiting joint tenant from a matrimonial home under the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial......
Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Lenah Game Meats
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The respondent operated a possum meat processing plant in Tasmania. It sought an injunction to prevent the appellant from......
R v Khan [1990] 2 All ER 783
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Four men, Mohammed Iqbal Khan, Mahesh Dhokia, Jaswinder Singh Banga and Navaid Faiz (A) were charged with the attempted rape of a......
Eastham v Newcastle United Football Club
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The governing body of football in England (FA) provides that a player must register with the association of his club and while so registered......
Greig v Insole - 1978
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A private sports promoter entered into contracts with leading cricketers for a series of test matches. The international cricketing governing body (ICC)......
Matharu v Matharu (1994)
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The claimant allowed his son and daughter-in-law to live on his property as their family home for many years....
Dillwyn v Llewelyn [1862]
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A father signed a memorandum leaving his farm to his son. However, this memorandum was not executed by deed....
Habermann v Koehler and another [2000]
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The appellants had been permitted to occupy a home owner's property, and had been given an informal option to later......
Eves v Eves - 1975
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The woman sought a declaration that she held a beneficial interest in the home. The woman contended the house had been jointly acquired…...
Peck v UK - 2003
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Release of CCTV footage of suicidal man breached Article 8 ECHR. The applicant was captured on CCTV as he carried a large knife and was in the process of attempting suicide....
Nimmo v Alexander Cowan and Sons Ltd
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An employee of a factory was unloading railway wagons filled with bales of pulp for which he was required on some bales....
Nottingham Patent Brick v Butler - 1886
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The owner of land divided it into thirteen plots and sold these to various buyers over a period of three years. The conveyances all contained covenants......
Smith v Chadwick - 1884 - Case Summary
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The prospectus of a company, which was created for the purposes of a takeover of an ironworks enclosed the following statement......
Horsfall v Thomas - 1862
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The plaintiff was employed by the defendant to make him a steel gun which the defendant would pay for with two bills of exchange....
Stewart Gill Ltd v Horatio Myer - Case Summary
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The Claimant and Defendant had a contract under which the Defendant purchased an overhead conveyor system from the Claimant....
Watford Electronics v Sanderson - Summary
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The claimant was a family owned business involved in the sale, largely through mail order, of computer equipment. When the claimant company moved......
R v Clarence
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The defendant, Charles James Clarence (CJC) was charged for unlawfully inflicting grievous bodily harm upon his wife Selina Clarence (SC) and......
Hunter v British Coal
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The claimant (C) was driving along a roadway in a mine owned by the defendant company (D) when he drove into a hydrant, causing it to leak water....
Dooley v Cammell Laird - 1971
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The claimant (C) was a crane operator working for the defendant (D). C was loading cargo from a quay onto a ship when the rope carrying the load snapped....
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