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Miles v Forest Rock Granite
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The defendant had brought some explosives onto his land and used them to blast rocks which had already been naturally occurring on his land....
Pullman v Hill - 1891
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The plaintiffs were two members of a partnership firm. They owned property in Borough Road, London which they had contracted to sell....
Pankhania v Hackney LBC
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P brought a claim for damages for the misrepresentation at the point of sale by H, of commercial property that was used as a car park by NCP....
Metropolitan Police Commissioner v Charles
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The defendant’s bank account was overdrawn and he had been warned by his bank manager not to write more than one cheque a day for more than £30....
Manuel v Attorney General [1983] Ch 77
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The Canada Act 1982 provides for a new procedure for amending the constitution of Canada under which the UK Parliament no longer has any role....
National Coal Board v JE Evans & Co
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An electrical cable was placed under the land of the county council by the National Coal Board (NCB) or its predecessors, without the......
Lord Advocate v Dumbarton District Council
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The Ministry of Defence wished to improve the defences of their perimeter fencing at a nuclear submarine base located in Faslane....
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society Lawsuit
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He brought an action for slander regarding words purported to have been spoken at a meeting where he had sought a review of his expulsion....
Pagnan SpA v Feed Products Ltd
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Pagnan SpA were an Italian company seeking to buy corn pellets to feed chickens with from Feed Products, an American company....
Morales v Eccleston
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The defendant, Ecclestone, was driving at 20 mph along in a traffic stream along a road that was 30 feet wide. The plaintiff, Morales, who as......
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board v Cameron
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Historically, municipal docks were immune from the rates typically payable by docks to the Crown as a result of their connection......
Mulcahy v Ministry of Defence - 1996
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The plaintiff was a soldier serving for the British Army in the Gulf War and was part of the team manning a howitzer. His unit was deployed in Saudi Arabia......
Potton Developments v Thompson
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The claimants acted as distributors for a company which produced individual box units. The units were designed to be used by public houses......
Hulme v Brigham
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The claimant leased a number of printing machines to a third-party printing company on the basis that the company would have an option......
Performance Cars v Abraham
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Here, the defendant, Abraham, had caused a motor accident with the claimant as a result of his own breach of reasonable duty....
Jones v Jones - 1916
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The claimant was a teacher and headmaster of a school. The female defendant (the wife of the male defendant) falsely and......
Monarch Steamship v Karlshamns - 1949
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Karlshamms Oljiefabriker (KO) entered a contract in April 1939 with Monarch Steamship Co (MSC) to transport beans to a specific port....
Kolmar Group AG v Traxpo Enterprises Pvt Limited - 2010
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In late August 2007, Kolmar entered into a contract with Traxpo to buy methanol +/- 5% at buyer’s option. Then Kolmar wished to sell......
Issa and another v Hackney London Borough Council
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The claimants were the children of council tenants living in defendant owned accommodation. Environmental health officers found the property was severely......
Khorasandijan v Bush - 1993
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The claimant, a young lady, was harassed by a man who, amongst other things, repeatedly made harassing, pestering, threatening and......
ParkingEye v Somerfield Stores
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The appellant, Somerfield, was a supermarket who contracted for the respondent, ParkingEye, to install and operate a monitoring system in....
Johnson v Agnew - 1980
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Johnson was in arrears on his mortgage and entered an agreement to sell the property to Agnew. The agreed price was sufficient to discharge his mortgage......
Knowles v Liverpool County Council
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Mr Knowles was employed by Liverpool City Council as a labourer. In the course of his employment he was laying a flagstone in a Liverpool street....
National Phonograph Company v Edison
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The plaintiffs were manufacturers who sold wholesale goods to factors upon the terms of an agreement which provided that only factors...nati...
Leigh v Dickeson
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In this case a property was co-owned by two individuals. One of them (who was in possession of the property) decided on a need to......
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