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Malcolm Charles Contracts Ltd v Crispin
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MCC, a contractor, submitted a tender to Crispin. The Parties undertook cost reduction exercises and proposed a JCT Standard Form of Building......
Knuller v DPP - 1973
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The defendant was the director of a company, which published regular magazines for distribution. Inside the magazines, there was a page......
J Murphy Sons v Johnston Precast
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The claimant was a main contractor for works which requested the defendant sub-contractor to tender for the supply of a pipe for the purpose of carrying......
Pitts v Hunt - 1991
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The plaintiff was the pillion passenger on a motor cycle, involved in a collision with a vehicle driven by the second defendant......
Howard v Howard-Lawson - Case Brief
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The case concerns a family dispute regarding the trusts created by PJC Howard’s will, who was Howard-Lawson grandfather and Howard’s great-grandfather....
OBG v Allan [2007] UKHL 21
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OBC got into financial difficulties. The defendants were appointed as joint receivers. The receivers took control of the......
Lynch v Knight - Case Brief
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Mr Lynch told Mr Knight that his wife was a liar, who took pleasure in causing disturbances, had been involved in immoral conduct before marriage......
Mason v Provident Clothing & Supply Co Ltd
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The appellant was employed as a canvasser by the respondent. A restrictive covenant in the employment contract provided that the appellant could not......
Kaya v Turkey (1999) 28 EHRR 1
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Kaya v Turkey (1999) 28 EHRR 1. Unlawful killing by state action and failure to bring to justice the perpetrator(s)....
Korbetis v Transgrain Shipping
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This case concerned a demurrage claim and the appointment of an arbitrator. In April 2004, the complainant, LJ Korbetis sent a fax to the defendants......
Hutton v Warren - 1836
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Hutton contended it was customary upon the expiry of farming tenancies that the landlord should pay the out-going tenant farmer......
Jones v Manchester Corporation
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During the course of operating on a patient with facial burns, a newly qualified doctor administered a drug which she had no thorough......
Jobling v Associated Dairies Ltd
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The complainant was a butcher at Associated Dairies Ltd and he had slipped on the floor and suffered a slipped disc while at work, due to his employer’s......
Lambert v Lewis Case Summary
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The defendants were the farmer, his employee and the retailer and manufacturer concerned with the sale and supply of a faulty towing hitch....
Jones v Boyce
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The defendant was a proprietor of a coach. Soon after the coach had set off from an inn and while the it was on a descent......
Linden Gardens v Lenesta Sludge - 1994
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A lessee of part of a building entered into a standard form contract with the second defendants to remove asbestos from the building....
Livingstone v Ministry of Defence - Case Summary
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A group of soldiers were dispatched to establish control over a riot. However, the soldiers were attacked by the rioters....
Inntrepreneur Pub v East Crown - 2000
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Affirmed that pre-agreement representations are not binding or influential where a written agreement contains an ‘entire agreement’ clause....
Houghton v Trafalgar Insurance Co - 1954
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The claimant and the defendant had entered into an insurance contract (with the defendant being the insurer). The contract included an exemption......
Jones v Vernons’ Pools Ltd Case
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Mr. Jones filled in two winning entries on coupons for a sales promotion and sent it to Vernon Pools. The coupons contained the words of......
Hughes v Morris | Criminal Law Case Summary
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Case Summary of E Ivor Hughes Educational Foundation v Miss J E Morris & Others 2015 WL 3875656 (EAT)...
Human Rights Law Cases
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IBA v EMI Electronics Ltd
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After experiencing problems with a similar mast, IBA sought assurance from BICC that the mast met the specifications and would not break....
Howe v Motor Insurers Bureau
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The facts of this case concern the English claimant (Mr Howe) who was involved in a motor accident while driving in France....
Lagden v O’Connor
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The Defendant, Mr O’Connor, hit the complainant’s parked car and caused damage to the vehicle. The complainant, Mr Lagden, was unemployed at the time......
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