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Fisher v Bridges - 1854
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The defendant agreed to buy land from the plaintiff. According to the defendant, before the making of the deed, which was subject to a mortgage......
Owens v Brimmell - 1977
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The plaintiff and the defendant were friends and the defendant often gave a lift to the plaintiff. One night, they bought went out......
Grainger & Son v Gough - 1896
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The defendant wine merchant circulated a catalogue which contained a price list for its products. The claimant ordered a number......
General Cleaning Contractors v Christmas [1954] AC 180
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The complainant, Mr Christmas, was a window cleaner who had worked for the defendant, General Cleaning Contractors, for 20 years. He was working on......
Dutton v Poole Case
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A son made a contract with his father for his father to not cut down an oak woodland. As consideration for this, the son would make a payment......
Hanina v Morland - 2000
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The respondent in this case was tenant in a premises in a house, the freeholder of which had granted a 99 year lease of the first......
Mbasogo v Logo Ltd - Summary
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The action was launched by the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and related to an alleged coup d’etat against the President and his......
Evenden v Guildford City
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Evenden was made redundant by the football club. He then claimed for redundancy pay under the Redundancy Payments Act 1965 for his years of employment......
DPP for Northern Ireland v Lynch
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On the 29th January 1972, the appellant was instructed by members of the IRA to drive them to a specific location in Belfast. One of the men in the car......
Pape v Cumbria County Council
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Ms Pape was employed as a part-time cleaner by the defendant council. The council had provided their employees with rubber gloves, but the employees were......
The Hannah Blumenthal 1983 - Summary
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A contract was made for the sale of a ship. A dispute arose between the parties regarding alleged defects. The dispute was referred to......
MacCormick v Lord Advocate
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The claimants, MacCormick and Hamilton, brought an action against the Crown in Scotland which contested Queen Elizabeth using the title......
Grow With Us v Green Thumb
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Grow With Us Ltd entered into a franchise agreement with Green Thumb to set up a lawn treatment business in accordance with Green Thumbs methods......
Hannaford v Selby - 1976
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The defendants, the Selby family, were the parents of the complainant, Mrs Hannaford. The Hannaford family bought property......
Daniel v Drew - Case Summary
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A Hampshire farm was left in trust to sisters Mss Drew and Daniel. The sisters gave away their interest to their respective sons....
Foulger v Newcomb
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The claimant was, amongst other things, a warrener and gamekeeper and he was regularly employed as such by neighbouring land occupiers....
Dimskal Shipping v ITWF
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The Plaintiffs owned a vessel manned by Greeks and Filipinos when it docked at a Swedish port. An agent of I.T.F informed the plaintiff......
Ford Motor Co v Amalgamated Union
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Ford Motors and trade unions reached collective agreements concerning employment conditions, signed by their representatives....
National Westminster Bank v Morgan - 1985
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The defendants were a married couple who bought a house on mortgage. Their payments fell into arrears and the building society......
Domestic Violence | Family Law Study Area | Law Teacher
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Domestic Violence. The phrase 'domestic violence' is usually taken to mean unlawful violence used or threatened by one spouse or cohabitant against the other. The perpetrator is usually the male partner, and pronouns are......
Financial Matters After Divorce | Family Law Study Area | Law Teacher
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Financial Matters After Divorce. Now that 'matrimonial offences' have largely disappeared from divorce law, there is only rarely any dispute between the parties as to the desirability of a divorce in itself. Such disputes as do...
Financial Matters On Death | Family Law Study Area | Law Teacher
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Financial Matters on Death. Any adult of sound mind, whether married or not, can dispose of his or her own property by making a will. The law generally respects the testator's freedom of choice in this matter, and if the testator......
London County Council v Cattermoles
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A man was employed as a garage as a general garage hand, during which he would assist in moving cars out of the way of other cars......
Port Jackson Stevedoring v Salmond & Spraggon
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Goods were unloaded from a ship at a wharf and stored in a near shed which was under the control of the wharf’s stevedore. Thieves dishonestly claimed that......
Purton v Kilker Projects
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When Mr Purton submitted his final bill for approximately £147,000, KPL failed to pay it. Mr Purton referred the matter for adjudication and the…...
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