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X (Minors) v Bedforshire CC
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The House of Lords dealt with various appeals in respect of alleged breaches of statutory duty by local authorities in relation to the care of children....
Williams v Morgan - 1906
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The defendant was a borrower under a mortgage and the lender was the plaintiff’s predecessor. The mortgage deed provided that the principal......
Trident Insurance v McNiece
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McNiece was the main construction contractor for work being carried out at a limestone plant named Blue Circle. Blue Circle entered into a......
Wilson v Lombank
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Wilson bought a car off Lombank. The representative of Lombank had no right to sell the vehicle. Wilson took the vehicle......
WJ Alan v El Nasr - 1972
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It was important for the court to consider whether the payment for the goods given by the letter of credit in Pound Sterling could satisfy the value......
Tremain v Pike - 1969
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The claimant, Tremain, was a farmer employed by the defendant, Pike, to work as a herdsman on the defendant’s farm. In the course of his......
Wollerton and Wilson v Richard
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The defendant was a building company involved in a construction project which required the use of a crane. When the crane was erected......
Young v Kent County Council - Case Summary
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The claimant fell through a skylight whilst on the roof a school building which was accessed by pipework on the exterior of the building....
Weeks v Tybald - 1605
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The case derives from 1605. The defendant who was the father of a woman to whom the plaintiff sought to “woo” with the intention of marriage....
Vellino v Chief Constable of Manchester
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The plaintiff was well known to the local police, which were often called to arrest him at his second-floor flat. He sometimes evaded the......
White and Bluett - 1853
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The defendant was sued by his deceased father’s executors on a promissory note acknowledging a debt owed by the son which was signed by......
Vernon v Bosley - (No. 1)
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The plaintiff suffered distress after witnessing fire fighters attempt to rescue her children from the wreckage of a car following a road traffic accident....
Welton v North Cornwall District Council
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The plaintiff was the owner of a guest house in North Cornwall. An environmental health officer employed by the defendant council to carry out......
Thompson v Metropolitan Police Commissioner
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The case concerned two conjoined actions by claimants who had been manhandled, assaulted, and abused by police officers employed......
Vacwell Engineering Co v BDH Chemicals
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The defendant, BDH Chemicals Ltd, supplied the complainant with chemicals contained in glass ampoules. This had a label stating ‘harmful vapour’ on it....
Transco Plc v United Utilities Water Plc
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United Utilities Water (UUW) operated water networks in the UK. UUW were required to shut off the water while undertaking......
X City Council v MB
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M, aged 25, had severe autistic spectrum disorder. He was cared for by P, who had arranged for him to meet his cousin in......
Zanzibar v British Aerospace - Case Summary
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The complainants, the Government of Zanzibar, wanted to purchase an executive jet from the British Aerospace (Lancaster House Ltd)....
Young v Dalgety
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The appellant landlord entered into a lease which required the tenant to covenant to install light fittings and flooring to the property....
Woodrup v Nicol
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The claimant was a motor cyclist and was involved in a collision with the defendant motorist. He suffered serious injuries and was cared for by his father....
TSB Bank v Camfield - 1995
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C stood as security for a loan from a bank for her husband’s business. C’s husband had made an innocent misrepresentation that the liability of the......
Trustees of Ampleforth Abbey v Turner & Townsend
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The claimant employed the defendant to project manage the building of three construction projects on its property. The works were carried out......
Wakefield v Duckworth
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Mr Duckworth requested as low a price as possible for the photographs because his client was not a wealthy man. Mr Wakefield sought to recover the......
Walters v North Glamorgan
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N, an NHS trust, appealed against a decision granting damages to the claimant (C) for a psychiatric condition C suffered as a result of events......
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