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Patel v Ali - 1984
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The first and second defendants were joint owners of a property and contracted to sell it to the plaintiffs. The husband of the first defendant was......
Mendelssohn v Normand Ltd - Case
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The Claimant parked in a garage owned and operated by the Defendant. There was a notice board in the car park which stipulated that the Defendant would......
R (Abbasi) v Foreign Secretary
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The first claimant was a British national who had been captured by United States forces in Afghanistan and detained in Guantanamo......
Mansfield v Weetabix - 1998
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D appealed against a judgment holding them liable in negligence following an incident in which a lorry belonging to D, and driven by one of their......
McFarlane v EE Caledonia Ltd
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The claimant (C) was on board a vessel which was called upon to attend to the serious fire that had broken out on the oil rig......
Melluish v BMI
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The appellant company provided equipment, such as central heating and crematoria equipment, for local authorities to use in their properties....
Morris v Murray - 1991
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After drinking alcohol the whole afternoon, the plaintiff and his friend decided to go on a flight in the friend’s light aircraft. The plaintiff drove a......
Monarch Airlines v London Luton Airport
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The Claimant airline had one of its planes damaged by a loose paving stone, while taxing on the runway of the airport operated by the Defendant....
Pursell v Horn - 1838
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In this case the defendant threw water on the claimant and got both the claimant and the claimant’s clothes, wet. The claimant started an action for......
Othman v UK 2012 Case Summary | Abu Qatada
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Othman (Abu Qatada) v United Kingdom (UK) (2012) 55 EHRR 1, 189. Deportation and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)....
Parmiter v Coupland - 1840
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The claimant was the late mayor of Winchester. A series of libels were published of him in a local newspaper between November 1938 and March 1939......
Notting Hill Housing Trust v Brackley
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A married couple held a periodic tenancy on a property as joint tenants, which could be terminated with the provision of four months notice....
Norfolk Constabulary v Seekings
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The defendants, Seekings and Gould, were convicted of attempted burglary of two articulated lorry trailers that were being used......
Massey v Boulden - 2002
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The case revolved around an open green space close to a public highway between Bilsington and Hythe, known as the Pinn, as well as adjacent land......
Medforth v Blake
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In 1984 the defendants were appointed as receivers over the pig-farming business of the plaintiff. After the receivership had ended......
Lonrho v Shell Case Summary
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Shell operated an oil refinery in Southern Rhodesia (SR). Lonrho constructed a pipeline from a port in Mozambique where oil......
Pioneer Container Case
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The claimant was a cargo owner who contracted with a carrier to ship the cargo. Per the bills of lading, the claimant granted the carrier authority to......
Massey v Midland Bank
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Ms Massey owned a house. Her companion (although they did not live together), P, convinced to charge the house as security for an overdraft......
Metropolitan Police Commissioner v Caldwell
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The appellant had worked in a hotel and during this employment he developed a grudge against the hotel owner. This eventually came to the......
Moeliker v A Reyolle - 1977
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The claimant had been apprenticed to the defendant company when he was a teenager and had been employed by them ever since....
Offord v Davies - 1862
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The defendant, in this case, agreed to secure money to advance to a third party on discount for the space of twelve calendar months....
R v B [2007] 1 WLR 1567
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The defendant was accused of raping a victim outside of a nightclub. After his arrest, the defendant informed the custody officer......
Northern Ireland v Lynch - 1975
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The defendant was charged with aiding and abetting a second degree murder. He drove members of the Irish terrorist group the IRA into town where they had......
Pigott v Thompson
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The plaintiff was a treasurer to the commissioners of the tolls and as such, earned an annual salary and was employed by way of an act of Parliament....
Macklin v Dowsett - 2004
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Dowsett was in a dire financial situation. He had a bungalow that was condemned by the local authority. He was able to obtain planning for......
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