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Warner Bros v Nelson - Case Brief
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The defendant was a film artist, otherwise known as Bette Davis, who had entered into a contract with the plaintiffs, Warner Bros. Pictures......
Varga And Others v Hungary 2015
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Varga And Others v Hungary 2015 ECHR 14097/12, 45135/12, 73712/12, 34001/13, 44055/13, and 64586/13...
Toomes v Conset
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The property in question was the subject of a lease for sixty years. This lease had been granted as a collateral security against the sum of......
Trendtex Trading v Bank of Nigeria
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The Central Bank of issued an irrevocable letter of credit to pay for quantities of cement ordered by the Nigerian Ministry of Defence....
Winterbottom v Wright - 1842
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The defendant contracted with the postmaster general to supply a mail coach for the purpose of carrying the mail along a particular route....
Wilson Smithett v Bangladesh Sugar
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A company responded to a tender invitation concerning the sale of sugar with Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries. Following the submission of the tender......
Watts v Morrow - 1991
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Watts instructed Morrow to provide a full structural survey on a house he wished to purchase. The report found the property to be sound......
Wilson v Tyneside Window Cleaning Co
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The complainant was a window cleaner that worked for the defendants, Tyneside Window Cleaning Co. Mr Wilson was an experienced worker....
Tribe v Tribe - 1996
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The plaintiff operated a company which sold clothing from a number of shops. The landlord served schedules of dilapidations in relation to two......
Wright v Lodge - 1993 - Case Summary
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Mr Wright was a driver injured by a collision that took place on a dual carriage motorway. The second defendant, Miss Shepherd, had been driving......
Tito v Waddell (No 2) [1977] Ch 106
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Banaba island was a British settlement and the land was owned by individual Banabans. The Crown granted a license to a British company to mine the......
Wood v Odessa Waterworks Co (1889) 42 Ch D 636.
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Case Summary of Wood v Odessa Waterworks Co (1889) 42 Ch D 636. The constitution of a company and dividend payments....
Tolley v Fry
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The defendants were owners a chocolate manufacturing company. They advertised their products with a caricature of the claimant......
Yuanda UK v WW Gear Construction
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The claimant was a contractor instructed to install a glazed curtain wall in a hotel constructed by the defendant. The contract entered into between......
Torquay Hotel Ltd v Cousins
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Cousins was part of a trade union. Members of the trade union called a strike at the Torbay Hotel and the Imperial hotel......
Trendtex Trading Corporation v Credit Suisse
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Trendtex had a claim in England against the Central Bank of Nigeria [‘CBN’] for damages amounting to approximately USD 14 million....
Transco v Stockport MBC
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The Claimant was the owner of a gas pipe which passed under the surface of an old railway between Stockport and Denton. The Defendant was the local......
White v Blackmore - 1972
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Mr White was thrown into the air and died from his injuries. Mrs White claimed damages in negligence and for breach of s2 Occupier’s Liability Act 1957....
Whiston v Secretary of State For Justice
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In Whiston v Secretary of State for Justice [2014] UKSC 39, the Supreme Court considered the issue of whether a person released from prison on a home detention curfew who is subsequently recalled to prison under s. 255 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, has rights pursuant to article 5(4) of the European Convention on Human Rights....
Z v UK Case Summary
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Z and Others v United Kingdom (Application No 29392/95). The applicants, four siblings, Z, a girl born in 1982, A, a boy born in 1984......
Wyatt v Kreglinger & Fernau - 1933
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Mr Wyatt contended the letters he had received from his previous employer amounted to a binding contract under which they were bound to pay......
Turkey v Awadh - 2005
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A Saudi Arabian couple purchased a home in London with the help of a mortgage. They rented the house to the wife’s father who lived there with his wife....
Wong v Parkside Health NHS Trust
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Minna Wong (W) was employed as a wheelchair administrator by NHS Trust. In this employment, she suffered harassment from her......
Titchener v British Railways Board
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The appellant was struck by a train and was very seriously injured. This had taken place whilst the appellant was crossing a railway......
Williams (JW) v Williams (MA)
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A husband and wife jointly owned a piece of property that acted as their family home, where they lived alongside their four children....
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