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Strickland v Turner - 1852
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In this case, Strickland, the complainant, entered into a contract for annuity and life assurance on the life of Turner, with an insurance company....
Rice v Great Yarmouth Borough Council
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A contractor concluded two contracts with a local council for leisure management and maintenance of sports facilities, parks, gardens, playgrounds and other......
Sutton v Mishcon de Reya
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The plaintiff, Sutton, was a male prostitute who entered into a sado-masochistic relationship with Staal, a wealthy Swedish businessman....
Thompson v Lohan - Case Summary
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The defendant was a company which hired plant and machinery with operators if necessary. The claimant hired some machinery with two of......
Rahman v Arearose Ltd - 2001
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Mr Rahman was a manager of a fast food restaurant when he was violently assaulted at work. His employer, the first defendant......
Raja v Lloyds TSB Bank plc
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In 1986 the Appellant (R) was granted overdraft facilities which were secured by legal charges over four properties he owned....
St John Shipping v Joseph Rank Ltd - Summary
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The plaintiff, St John Shipping Corporation, owned a ship that was to sail from a port in the United States to the United Kingdom....
The Mahkutai - 1996
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A cargo owner contracted with a charterer to organize for the transportation and delivery of their cargo with a bills of lading which contained a......
Breach of Statutory Duty Cases
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Breach of Statutory Duties. A motor lorry, being a light locomotive within the meaning of the Locomotives on Highways Act 1896 and a motor car within the meaning of the Motor Cars......
S.A.S. v. France [2014] ECHR 695
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Case Summary of SAS v France [2014] ECHR 695. The case concerned the rights of individuals to manifest their freedom of religion...
Sky Petroleum v VIP Petroleum - 1974
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The plaintiffs, Sky Petroleum, entered into a contract with the defendant, VIP Petroleum, and agreed to purchase at a fixed price their entire order......
Target Home Loans Ltd v Clothier - 1994
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The respondents took a mortgage on their home. The appellant lender sought an order for possession after repayments were not made....
Shaw v Director of Public Prosecutions - 1962
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Shaw published a booklet containing (mostly) the names and addresses of prostitutes, indicating that such ladies were open to being......
Rudge v Richens
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The plaintiff lender took possession of mortgaged premises and sold them after a default in mortgage payments. The defendant borrower pleaded......
Sirros v Moore - 1975
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Sirros, the plaintiff, was an alien, who visited the UK, who was fined and recommended for deportation for breach of Aliens Order 1953......
Tomlin v Standard Telephones and Cables
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A man claimed against his employers for damages for personal injuries sustained during the course of his employment. The man’s solicitor and......
Yip-Chiu-Cheung v R
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The defendant entered into an agreement with an undercover narcotics officer in a hotel in Hong Kong. The agreement was that the defendant was to......
Withers v Perry Chain Co Ltd - 1961
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Ms Withers was employed by the defendant factory doing bicycle hub assembly work. She contracted dermatitis from having contact with grease....
Rodway v Landy
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Two doctors jointly purchased a property for the purposes of running a medical practice from it. The doctors contributed to the purchase......
Theaker v Richardson
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The defendant (R) wrote to the plaintiff (T) accusing her of, amongst other things, being “a very dirty whore.” T’s husband opened the letter thinking......
Smith v Mawhood - 1845
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The plaintiff, a London tobacconist entered into a contract to sell a quantity of tobacco to the defendant. Under the relevant Excise Act any......
Reynolds v Times Newspapersu
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The plaintiff was a former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland. He began proceedings against a British newspaper publisher in relation......
Smith v Austin Lifts
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The plaintiff was a fitter who was employed by the first defendants, who had contracted the second defendants to maintain a lift on their premises....
Storey v Ashton - Case Summary
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The defendant in this case, was a wine merchant who, in the course of employment, sent his clerk and his car man off with a horse and cart to make a......
Smith & Snipes Hall Farm v River Douglas Catchment
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The defendant was a catchment board and covenanted with the owner of land, which was subject to flooding. It did so on the basis that......
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