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Hamp v Bygrave
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The claimant purchased a house from the defendant. The particulars of sale mentioned several stone garden ornaments that rested......
Hardman v Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset
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The appellants were part of a group of protestors called the ‘Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Group’. They used soluble paint to paint human......
Mills v News Group Newspapers
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The claimant was Heather Mills who was publicly associated with Sir Paul McCartney. She had contracted to buy a new house and was anxious......
R (G) v Immigration Appeal Tribunal and R (M) v Same
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G and M were asylum seekers whose applications were refused by special adjudicators. They were also refused permissions to appeal to the Immigration......
R&B Custom Brokers v United Dominions Trust Ltd - 1998
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The issue in this case was whether the purchase agreement as made in the course of a business and therefore whether the Claimant could rely......
Museprime Properties Ltd v Adhill Properties
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Three properties (940, 942, 944) contained commercial premises and residential accommodation. The rent review on each property was scheduled after......
Gulf Oil Ltd v Page
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The claimant was in an exclusive supply agreement with the defendants, the owners of petrol filling stations. Following a debt dispute......
Dixon v Fisher
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John Dixon was the owner and operator of several coal mines, some of which were owned outright by him and others were held under various leases....
Platform Funding Ltd v Bank of Scotland
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A surveyor was instructed by a mortgage lender to inspect and value property on 1 Bakers Yard offered by a borrower as the security for a loan....
Harris v Evans
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The plaintiff ran a business providing bungee jumping facilities to the public by using a mobile telescopic crane. In 1993, the first defendant......
The Happy Day [2002] EWCA Civ 1068
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A dispute arose in relation to a claim of demurrage (the charge payable to the owner for failure to discharge the ship within the agreed time)....
Pickstone v Freemans plc
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The claimant, Ms Pickstone, was an employee of the defendants, Freemans, where she worked as a warehouse operative and received a salary......
Obtaining Property By Deception Cases
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Obtaining Property By Deception. The defendant had ordered a meal in a restaurant and had consumed it with an honest state of mind......
Dhanani v Crasnianski
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The defendant, Mr Crasnianski was a scientist and inventor. He met the claimant, Mr Dhanani by chance on the Eurostar whilst travelling from Paris to......
Easson v London & NE Railway
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The claimant was a four-year-old child who fell out of a moving train between stations and was injured as a result. The fall would not have been possible…...
Old Gate Estates Ltd v Toplis
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A block of flats was to be purchased by the promoters of the claimant’s company. During the promotion of the company and......
Evans v Pontypridd Roofing Ltd
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Due to the negligence of the defendant roofing company, the claimant fell from a roof, causing severe injuries to his right arm....
Hartley v Mayoh
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A fire broke out at the factory of the first defendants and the fire brigade attended. The factory manager directed a fireman to the main switchboard to......
Orchard v Lee - 2009
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The claimant was a school dinner lady acting as a supervisor in a children’s playground. She sustained injuries when a 13-year-old boy ran backwards......
Financial Matters During Marriage | Family Law Study Area | Law Teacher
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Financial Matters During Marriage. Before the Married Women's Property Act 1882 a woman's personal property was transferred automatically to her husband on marriage; her real property came under her husband's control but......
Euro Brokers Holdings Ltd v Monecor (London) Ltd
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Case Summary of Euro Brokers Holdings Ltd v Monecor (London) Ltd [2003] 1 BCLC 506. Passing resolutions and special resolutions, Companies Act 2006....
R v Abdul Hussain
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Abdul Hussain and the other defendants, in this case, where Shia Muslims that had fled the Iraqi regime to live in Sudan....
Henderson v Arthur - 1907
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The claimant, Henderson, was a seller who agreed to give a lease of a theatre to the defendant, Arthur, as a tenant....
Ecay v Godfrey - 1947
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Evidenced the necessity of considering all relevant remarks in assessing whether a representation may be deemed a contractual term....
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