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Chadwick v British Railways Board - 1967
Example case summary. Last modified: 29th Dec 2020
The claimant, Henry Chadwick (C) was described as a cheerful man who was active in his local community and ran a well-known window cleaning company....
Kay v Lambeth LBC
Example case summary. Last modified: 22nd Dec 2020
The appellants appealed against decisions that Art.8 provided no defence to possession applications....
Wainwright v Home Office
Example case summary. Last modified: 22nd Dec 2020
The claimants were strip-searched for drugs on a prison visit. At trial, the judge found trespass against the person in relation......
R v Olugboja
Example case summary. Last modified: 22nd Dec 2020
The defendant and the co-accused met the complainant and her friend at a discotheque and offered to take them home. However, the defendant......
Pennyfeathers Ltd v Pennyfeathers Property
Example case summary. Last modified: 22nd Dec 2020
The key issues were whether the obligations of the second and third defendants as directors of the first claimant were superseded by the buy-out agreement AND......
Johnstone v Bloomsbury Health Authority
Example case summary. Last modified: 22nd Dec 2020
Dr Johnstone, a junior doctor at University College Hospital was required under his employment contract to work 40 basic hours......
Long v Lloyd - 1958
Example case summary. Last modified: 22nd Dec 2020
The plaintiff was a haulage contractor who saw an advert for the sale of a lorry which was described as in ‘exceptional condition’....
Dennant v Skinner and Collom [1948] 2 KB 164 (KBD)
Example case summary. Last modified: 22nd Dec 2020
Case Summary of Dennant v Skinner and Collom [1948] 2 KB 164 (KBD). Establishing the general position in inter praesentes....
Karsales v Wallis - Case Brief
Example case summary. Last modified: 22nd Dec 2020
The Defendant (Mr Wallis) agreed to buy a used car if the vendor was able to find a company with which the Defendant could enter into a hire-purchase......
Wenkheim v Ardnt
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This case was heard and decided in New Zealand. The facts of the case were that the plaintiff offered to marry the defendant. The defendant......
Countess of Dunmore v Alexander (1830) 9 S. 190
Example case summary. Last modified: 22nd Dec 2020
The Countess of Dunmore (C) was looking to change servant and wrote to Lady Agnew (LA) requesting information on the character of one of her servants......
Lipkin Gorman v Karpnale Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 22nd Dec 2020
The plaintiffs were a firm of solicitors at which Cass was a partner. Cass was a compulsive gambler and dishonestly obtained money from the firm’s bank......
Knight v Knight (1840) 3 Beav 148
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Case Summary of Knight v Knight (1840) 3 Beav 148. Private express trusts must demonstrate the 'three certainties'....
Osman v Ferguson - 1993
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Dec 2020
P, a school teacher, formed an unhealthy attachment to a 15-year-old male pupil. P repeatedly harassed the pupil. In May 1987, P changed his surname......
Cullinane v British Rema Manufacturing
Example case summary. Last modified: 11th Oct 2019
Cullinane purchased a clay pulverising machine from British ‘Rema’ Manufacturing Co Ltd (BRMCO). BRMCO warranted the machine processed six tonnes......
R v Foreign Secretary (Gentle)
Example case summary. Last modified: 3rd Sep 2019
The claimants were the mothers of two British servicemen killed serving in Iraq. Inquests were to be held into the circumstances of their deaths......
R v Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Example case summary. Last modified: 3rd Sep 2019
The claimant, Lord Rees-Mog, was a noted journalist and life peer of the House of Lords, who sought judicial review on the......
LMS International v Styrene Packaging
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Aug 2019
The First Defendants operated a factory in a Bradford Industrial Estate, which was owned by the second, third, fourth and fifth defendants....
Penfold v Westcote
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Aug 2019
The defendant said the following about the claimant: “Why don’t you come out you blackguard rascal, scoundral, Penfold, you are a thief”....
Mens Rea Intention Table | Law Essays
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Aug 2019
DECISION ON HOW INTENTION IS TO BE ESTABLISHED...
Meates v Westpac Corp
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Aug 2019
Mr. Meates was a businessman who supported the campaign of the leader of the New Zealand Labour Party in 1972. Throughout the elections......
Summit Investment v BSC - 1987
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Aug 2019
The defendants chartered a ship from the plaintiff on a New York Produce Exchange form of time charter. Clause 20 of this charter provided......
Howard Marine v Ogden - 1978 QB 574
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The defendant, A, were civil engineering contractors who entered into negotiation with H for the hire of two ships to carry clay out to sea....
Ministry of Sound v World Online
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Aug 2019
M was one of a group of companies that appealed against a summary judgment that had refused its application for the payment of a final instalment......
Herbert Morris Ltd v Saxelby
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Aug 2019
The plaintiffs, Herbert Morris Ltd, manufactured hoisting machinery. The defendant, Saxelby, was employed and trained by them......
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