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Massey v Boulden - 2002
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The case revolved around an open green space close to a public highway between Bilsington and Hythe, known as the Pinn, as well as adjacent land......
Massey v Boulden [2002]
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The case revolved around an open green space close to a public highway between Bilsington and Hythe......
Massey v Midland Bank
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
Ms Massey owned a house. Her companion (although they did not live together), P, convinced to charge the house as security for an overdraft......
Matharu v Matharu (1994)
Example case summary. Last modified: 30th Dec 2020
The claimant allowed his son and daughter-in-law to live on his property as their family home for many years....
Matthews v Ministry of Defence - Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 13th Jul 2019
Matthews was an electrical mechanic in the Royal Navy for some 13 years. Decades after his service ended he was diagnosed as having asbestos-related......
Matthews v United Kingdom (1999) 28 EHRR 361 (ECHR)
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Case Summary of Matthews v United Kingdom (1999) 28 EHRR 361 (ECtHR). Article 3 Protocol 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)....
May and Butcher Ltd v The King
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
After the end of the First World War, the Government had a surplus of tents which were no longer required by the army. As a result, the Government’s disposal’s board was set up to sell these tents. They agreed to sell tents to May and Butcher Ltd who left £1,000 as a security deposit for their purchases. ...
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......
McCann and Others v UK - 1995
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The applicants lodged an application with the Commission on 14 August 1991, on the grounds that the deaths of Daniel McCann, Mairead Farrell and Sean Savage by members of the SAS were in violation of Article 2 of the ECHR;...
McCormick v Lord Advocate
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Whether Queen Elizabeth II could use 'II' in Scotland where there had never been an Elizabeth I; consideration of judicial......
McCutheon v David MacBrayne Ltd - 1964
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McCutheon delivered his car to the defendant shipping company for carriage from the Hebrides to the mainland. The car was destroyed when the ship sank because of the company’s negligence. ...
McFarlane v EE Caledonia Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 18th Jul 2019
The claimant (C) was on board a vessel which was called upon to attend to the serious fire that had broken out on the oil rig......
McGhee v National Coal Board - 1973
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To satisfy causation, a claimant need only prove that the negligent behaviour most likely made a material contribution to the injury. The claimant, McGhee, contracted a skin condition (dermatitis) in the course of his employment with the defendant, the National Coal Board....
McGowan v Radio Buxton Case
Example case summary. Last modified: 13th Jul 2019
Ms. McGowan participated in a competition on a radio station for which the advertised prize was claimed to be a Renault Clio car....
McInerny v Lloyds Bank Ltd - 1974
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The defendant bank made arrangements for one party’s (T) commercial credit to facilitate the purchase of companies belonging to another party (P). P was to take bills of exchange in instalments over six years to pay for the price of the purchase....
McKew v Holland - 1969
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In the course of his employment, the complainant had suffered injuries, which meant his left leg could give way underneath him. A few days after the incident and while in his recovery, the complainant tried to come down a set of steep steps, which did not have a handrail....
McLoughlin v O'Brian
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In finding for C the House of Lords emphasised that recovery in such cases was not limited to those who were participants in the event, and who feared that they or a close relative would suffer some sort of personal injuries....
McRae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission
Example case summary. Last modified: 4th Oct 2021
The complainant, McRae, won a tender from the defendants, Commonwealth Disposals Commission, to retrieve an oil tanker that was on Jourmaund Reef near Samarai. However, when the complainant went to the location, after laying out significant expenses for the salvage, they discovered that in fact there was no oil tanker....
McWilliams v Sir Arrol
Example case summary. Last modified: 13th Jul 2019
The claimant was an experienced steel erecter who fell 70 feet to his death from a steel tower he was working on. His employer had failed to......
Meates v Westpac Corp
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Aug 2019
Mr. Meates was a businessman who supported the campaign of the leader of the New Zealand Labour Party in 1972. Throughout the elections......
Medforth v Blake
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
In 1984 the defendants were appointed as receivers over the pig-farming business of the plaintiff. After the receivership had ended......
Medforth v Blake [2000]
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
In 1984 the defendants were appointed as receivers over the pig-farming business of the plaintiff....
Mehra v Shah
Example case summary. Last modified: 22nd Oct 2021
Mr Shah and his wife had 12 children together. He ran a successful drapery business in Nairobi, which soon expanded to two shops. Some of the children helped out with the business and when they were older, they worked for the shops without receiving pay....
Mehta v Royal Bank of Scotland
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) were the mortgagees in possession of a hotel in Kensington....
Melbury Road Properties 1995 Ltd v Kreidi
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LAND LAW – REGISTRATION – CONSTRUCTIVE TRUST. The defendant sought to extend his lease pursuant to a statutory framework. He served the notice of claim required, and was later informed......
Melluish v BMI
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The appellant company provided equipment, such as central heating and crematoria equipment, for local authorities to use in their properties....
Melluish v BMI (No. 3)
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
BMI acquired and then hired out plant and machinery, such as central heating equipment and crematoria equipment, to local authorities. In each case......
Mendelssohn v Normand Ltd - Case
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Aug 2019
The Claimant parked in a garage owned and operated by the Defendant. There was a notice board in the car park which stipulated that the Defendant would......
Mens Rea Intention Table | Law Essays
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DECISION ON HOW INTENTION IS TO BE ESTABLISHED...
Meretz investments v ACP
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The claimants (M and B) brought an action against the defendants (X, F and T) in connection with the purported sale by F to T of a long lease of a partially completed penthouse development on the roof of a block of flats....
Merritt v Merritt - 1970
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Husband agreed to transfer home to wife on separation; whether intention to create legal relations. Mr Merritt contended the agreement was a domestic arrangement between husband and wife and there was no intention to create legal relations......
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board v Cameron
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Historically, municipal docks were immune from the rates typically payable by docks to the Crown as a result of their connection......
Metropolitan Police Commissioner v Caldwell
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The appellant had worked in a hotel and during this employment he developed a grudge against the hotel owner. This eventually came to the......
Metropolitan Police Commissioner v Charles
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The defendant’s bank account was overdrawn and he had been warned by his bank manager not to write more than one cheque a day for more than £30....
Meyer v Riddick
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
Joint tenancy and the interests of beneficiaries under a trust in the property....
Midland Bank Plc v Pike
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
The Midland Bank Plc were owed a sum of £55,000 by Mr Pike. Midland Bank secured a judgment debt against Mr Pike......
Midland Bank Trust Co Ltd v Green (No. 1)
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
A father granted his son, Green, an option to purchase a farm. The option was not registered on the Register of Title. To avoid the option, the father sold the farm to his wife for £500. The farm was really worth £40,000. ...
Midland Bank Trust Co Ltd v Green (No. 1)
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
For the consideration of £1, W granted G the option to buy a farm, title to which was unregistered. This was an estate contract and so a legal...
Mileform Ltd v Interserve Security Ltd
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Mileform provided packaging, warehousing and the distribution of products for the defendant. M claimed that the parties had agreed......
Miles v Easter
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Company S bought some land and mortgaged it to a bank. They later sold a part of this land to B....
Miles v Forest Rock Granite
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The defendant had brought some explosives onto his land and used them to blast rocks which had already been naturally occurring on his land....
Miller | Criminal Law Case | Law Teacher
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Miller. The actus reus of the offence of arson, contrary to s 1(1) and (3)a of the Criminal Damage Act 1971......
Miller v Jackson - 1977
Example case summary. Last modified: 29th Sep 2021
Case Summary of Miller v Jackson [1977] 1 QB 966. Nuisance in tort law and the defence of coming to the nuisance. The case of Miller v Jackson1 is a case on nuisance. The tort of nuisance provides that there will be a remedy where an indirect and unreasonable interference to land has occurred....
Miller v Jackson [1977]
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Nuisance and negligence, the existence of a defence of coming to the nuisance...
Miller v Miller: McFarlane v McFarlane
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Miller v Miller: McFarlane v McFarlane is a conjoined appeal case regarding financial provision offered in circumstances of divorce. The law with regards to financial provision has undergone extensive developments in order to accommodate cultural changes...
Miller v Prime Minister 2019
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
This case concerns the conglomeration of two appeals, one from the High Court of England and Wales and one from the Inner House of the Court of Session in Scotland. ...
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......
Mills v Silver [1991]
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Silver purchased a hill farm which only had one access for vehicles, which was along the track over Mill's......
Ministry of Sound v World Online
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Aug 2019
M was one of a group of companies that appealed against a summary judgment that had refused its application for the payment of a final instalment......
Moeliker v A Reyolle - 1977
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The claimant had been apprenticed to the defendant company when he was a teenager and had been employed by them ever since....
Mogul Steamship Co v McGregor
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The plaintiffs were independent shipowners who sent their ships to the cargo port to obtain cargo. An association (the defendants)......
Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets plc
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Mohamud had used a petrol station kiosk and approached a member of staff with a question. The employee responded in an aggressive manner and demanded that Mohamud leave immediately. ...
Monarch Airlines v London Luton Airport
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The Claimant airline had one of its planes damaged by a loose paving stone, while taxing on the runway of the airport operated by the Defendant....
Monarch Steamship v Karlshamns - 1949
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Karlshamms Oljiefabriker (KO) entered a contract in April 1939 with Monarch Steamship Co (MSC) to transport beans to a specific port....
Moncrieff v Jamieson
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Easements and ancillary rights between dominant and servient tenements. The case was an appeal against an earlier case which had ruled that where one had a right of vehicular access from a public road, this also meant that they had a right to park on the servient tenement....
Monsanto v Tilly [1999]
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The claimant was a company that had been granted a licence by the government to carry research into genetically......
Monson v Tussauds Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 13th Jul 2019
The claimant was tried for murder by gunshot in Scotland for which the jury returned a verdict of “not proven”. The defendants exhibited wax figures of......
Morales v Eccleston
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The defendant, Ecclestone, was driving at 20 mph along in a traffic stream along a road that was 30 feet wide. The plaintiff, Morales, who as......
Morgan Crucible v Hill Samuel
Example case summary. Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
The plaintiffs were bidding to take over a third party company, which was being advised by the defendants. During the bidding process, the defendants made a number of negligent misrepresentations to the third party company, which resulted the plaintiffs suffering a loss....
Morgan v Odhams Press
Example case summary. Last modified: 23rd Jun 2021
The defendant was a journalist collecting material on a dog doping gang story, whereby he put a key witness (who agreed to talk to him) under his surveillance while investigations were ongoing....
Morrells of Oxford Ltd v OUFC
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
The claimant (M) applied for an injunction to enforce a restrictive covenant contained in a conveyance of land against O, who proposed to convert the land to use a football stadium....
Morris v Murray - 1991
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
After drinking alcohol the whole afternoon, the plaintiff and his friend decided to go on a flight in the friend’s light aircraft. The plaintiff drove a......
Mortgage Corporation v Shaire
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
Fox and Shaire held a property as joint tenants in law and as tenants in common in equity, with ownership divided......
MRI Trading AG v Erdenet
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
By a contract governed by an English choice of law clause a Mongolian mining company, Erdenet, and a Swiss trading company......
Mulcahy v Ministry of Defence - 1996
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The plaintiff was a soldier serving for the British Army in the Gulf War and was part of the team manning a howitzer. His unit was deployed in Saudi Arabia......
Mullin v Richards 1998
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The defendant was a 15-year-old girl who play-fought with rulers with another 15-year-old girl (the claimant). In the course of the game, the defendant’s ruler snapped, causing a splinter to hit the claimant in the eye, blinding her....
Murder and Unlawful Killing Cases
Example case summary. Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Murder is a crime of specific intent. Intention in this context includes direct or oblique intent. Direct intent covers the situation where the defendant desired the death. Oblique intent covers the situation where the death is foreseen by the defendant as virtually certain, although not desired for its own sake....
Murphy v Brentwood District Council
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
The defendant local authority had negligently approved plans for the footings of a house (a task which fell within its responsibility in accordance with the provisions of the Public Health Act 1936). The claimant purchased the property, but some time afterwards it began to subside as a result of defects in the footings....
Murray v Ministry of Defence - 1988
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Margaret Murray, M, was a suspect of aiding IRA, a prohibited organisation in Northern Ireland. D and five soldiers arrived at M’s house to arrest M at 7a. D ascertained M’s identity, assembled all the occupants of the house in one room, and searched the house....
Museprime Properties Ltd v Adhill Properties
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
Three properties (940, 942, 944) contained commercial premises and residential accommodation. The rent review on each property was scheduled after......
Musgrove v Pandelis
Example case summary. Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
The Claimant rented rooms above a domestic garage in which the Defendant kept a car. The Defendant’s employee (his chauffeur) was instructed to clean the car and attempted to move it in order to carry out that instruction....
Muskett v Hill (1839)
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
The claimant was a mining group which had been purportedly assigned a person's right to mine and keep metals......
Muskett v Hill and Tozer
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
A miner was granted a license to search and mine for metal on the defendant's land, and to keep and use any metal which he found for his own purposes....
National Car Parks Ltd v Trinity Development Co (Banbury) Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Landlord and tenant; whether agreement in relation to a car park was a lease or license...
National Carriers Ltd v Panalpina (Northern) Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Lease of warehouse; local authority closed access road; whether lease frustrated. National Carriers Ltd (NCL) granted Panalpina a 10-year lease of a warehouse. The sole means of accessing the warehouse was via a road which was closed by the local authority for 20 months....
National Coal Board v Gamble
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
M, who worked for a haulier firm, had his lorry filled up at a National Coal Board (NCB) colliery. He then drove to a weighbridge......
National Coal Board v JE Evans & Co
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
An electrical cable was placed under the land of the county council by the National Coal Board (NCB) or its predecessors, without the......
National Phonograph Company v Edison
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The plaintiffs were manufacturers who sold wholesale goods to factors upon the terms of an agreement which provided that only factors...nati...
National Provincial Bank Ltd v Hastings Car Mart Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
A man was the sole registered proprietor of the home he occupied with his family. He transferred the property to his company, which used......
National Provincial Bank v Ainsworth
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
A man, his wife and children were occupants of a piece of property, though the defendant was the sole registered proprietor. The property was later used to secure an overdraft for the his company, and the bank which granted the overdraft registered a charge against the house accordingly....
National Westminster Bank v Morgan - 1985
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The defendants were a married couple who bought a house on mortgage. Their payments fell into arrears and the building society......
National Westminster Bank v Skelton
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The claimant bank sought repossession of the defendants’ dwelling house in terms of a legal mortgage. The mortgage in favour of the bank was as......
Necessity Law Law Case Summaries
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Necessity Law. Necessity law arises where a defendant is forced by circumstances to transgress the criminal law. The generally accepted position is that necessity cannot be a defence to a criminal charge. The leading case is......
Negligence Causation Cases
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Negligence Causation Cases. The plaintiff was a police dog handler. In 1987 he had been involved in a serious and frightening criminal incident. In 1993 an accident involving the......
Negligence Duty Of Care Cases | Tort Law Cases
Example case summary. Last modified: 2nd Dec 2023
Example cases from English tort law covering negligence and duty of care, and economic loss....
Negligence in Public Policy Case Summaries
Example case summary. Last modified: 7th Sep 2021
According to the ILEx Part 2 syllabus, candidates need to be aware of the continuing trend to restrict liability particularly for public bodies eg X v Bedfordshire County Council......
Nelson v Walker (1910)
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
The parties were owners of two contiguous allotments of land (allotments 13 and 12). In 1873, before the owners......
Nettleship v Weston 1971
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Case Summary of Nettleship v Weston [1971] 2 QB 691. The case of Nettleship v Weston1 concerned the concept of a duty of care which is a fundamental element of the tort of negligence....
New Hampshire Insurance v MGN
Example case summary. Last modified: 13th Jul 2019
The dispute concerned a number of fidelity insurance contracts. The defendants were all insured companies within the Maxwell Group of companies....
New Zealand Shipping v Satterthwaite - 1975
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
When performance of an existing duty to third party can be consideration. The appellants were stevedores engaged as independent contractors to unload machinery from a ship. The contract between the respondent machinery owners and the carriers contained a limitation clause....
Newstead v London Express Newspaper
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
A newspaper published details of a bigamy trial and referred to the accused as “Harold Newstead, thirty-year-old Camberwell man.” Another man......
Newton Abbot Co-op v Williamson and Treadgold
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
A vendor, who was an ironmonger, sold part of a property to a purchaser with the inclusion of a covenant which restricted......
Nicholls v Lan
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
A married couple, the Nicholls, jointly owned a property. Mr Nicholls subsequently entered bankruptcy......
Nickerson v Barraclough [1981]
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Nickerson purchased a land locked field that had a lane running down the side of it for access to the main road. Barraclough owned the lane....
Nicklinson v Ministry of Justice 2014
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
This appeal is concerning the law in relation to assisted suicide and whether it contravenes with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) Article 8 right to respect for private and family life. ...
Nicolene v Simmonds - Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
Nicolene Ltd ordered 3,000 tonnes of steel bars from Simmonds. The two parties had never done business before. The written agreement between......
Nielson-Jones v Fedden
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
A woman and her husband were the legal and beneficial joint tenants of a matrimonial home. Upon their separation......
Nimmo v Alexander Cowan and Sons Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 29th Dec 2020
An employee of a factory was unloading railway wagons filled with bales of pulp for which he was required on some bales....
Nisshin Shipping v Cleaves - Case Brief
Example case summary. Last modified: 13th Jul 2019
Cleaves negotiated nine time charters on behalf of Nisshin. The contract between Cleaves and Nisshin stated that Cleaves was to receive a......
Non-fatal Offence Case Summaries
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Case summaries covering non-fatal offences including common law assault and battery, assault and ABH, malicious wounding and GBH. ...
Nordenfelt v Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Co Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Whether restraint of trade clauses are unlawful. The appellant, Thorsten Nordenfelt, was a Swedish gun manufacturer with a valuable, world-wide business. ...
Norfolk Constabulary v Seekings
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The defendants, Seekings and Gould, were convicted of attempted burglary of two articulated lorry trailers that were being used......
North Ocean Shipping v Hyundai
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Duress; contract validity; economic pressure. Shipbuilders Hyundai Construction (HC) agreed to build a tanker for North Ocean Shipping (NOS) for a fixed price, which was to be paid in five instalments, in US dollars. ...
Northern Ireland v Lynch - 1975
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The defendant was charged with aiding and abetting a second degree murder. He drove members of the Irish terrorist group the IRA into town where they had......
Notting Hill Housing Trust v Brackley
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
A married couple held a periodic tenancy on a property as joint tenants, which could be terminated with the provision......
Notting Hill Housing Trust v Brackley
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
A married couple held a periodic tenancy on a property as joint tenants, which could be terminated with the provision of four months notice....
Nottingham Patent Brick v Butler - 1886
Example case summary. Last modified: 29th Dec 2020
The owner of land divided it into thirteen plots and sold these to various buyers over a period of three years. The conveyances all contained covenants......
Nunn v Dalrymple
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The Dalyrymples contended they were protected tenants of the lodge. They argued they were paying rent, and held exclusive possession......
O'Brien v MGN Ltd - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
Mr O’Brien’s claim was unsuccessful. The contractual rules had been successfully incorporated into the agreement by reference on the day......
O'Neill vs Dominick Healy & Sons
Example case summary. Last modified: 11th Jan 2024
A legal discourse on the liability of an employer for psychological injuries suffered by an employee due to work-related stress....
O’Connell v Jackson
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The plaintiff was an experienced motorist, travelling to work at 20 mph on a major road in a busy traffic area. Contrary to the......
Oakley v Walker - 1977
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The plaintiff suffered severe personal injuries, including a change of personality, as a result of the defendant's negligence. His injuries and in......
OBG v Allan [2007] UKHL 21
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
OBC got into financial difficulties. The defendants were appointed as joint receivers. The receivers took control of the......
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......
Ocean Chemical Transport Inc v Exnor Craggs - 2000
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
OCT claimed EC had breached the implied term to provide quiet and unencumbered possession of the bunkers contrary to s12 Sale of Goods Act 1972....
Odey v Barber [2006]
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The claimant - Odey, was a landowner. He sought a declaration that he had a right of way over a track which belonged...
Offer-Hoar v Larkstore Ltd - 2006
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
Larkstore purchased a site for development. The seller of the land had commissioned a soil inspection report from Technotrade......
Offord v Davies - 1862
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The defendant, in this case, agreed to secure money to advance to a third party on discount for the space of twelve calendar months....
Ogwo v Taylor - Case Brief
Example case summary. Last modified: 13th Jul 2019
The defendant had negligently started a fire at his home by using a blow torch on the fascia boards whilst attempting DIY home improvements....
Oh Hiam v Tham Kong
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The appellants owned land in Malaysia. Six plots were in rubber growing land, while another in a village contained......
Old Gate Estates Ltd v Toplis
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
A block of flats was to be purchased by the promoters of the claimant’s company. During the promotion of the company and......
Olley v Marlborough Court Hotel
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
Validity of notice in hotel room purporting to exclude liability for lost or stolen articles. Olley contended the hotel were negligent in failing to appropriately safeguard the keys to guest rooms....
Orchard v Lee - 2009
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
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......
Orgee v Orgee [1997]
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The defendant agreed to farm the claimant's land on the understanding that he would be given an agricultural tenancy......
Oscar Chess v Williams - 1957
Example case summary. Last modified: 29th Sep 2021
The steps to be taken in identifying a warranty. The defendants sold a Morris car to the claimants, who were motor traders, for £290. The defendants provided a copy of the vehicles first registration indicating that the car was first registered in 1948....
Osman v Ferguson - 1993
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Dec 2020
P, a school teacher, formed an unhealthy attachment to a 15-year-old male pupil. P repeatedly harassed the pupil. In May 1987, P changed his surname......
Osman v UK
Example case summary. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
Case Summary of Osman v United Kingdom (UK) Case No: 87/1997/871/1083. Mrs Mulkiye Osman was born in Cyprus in 1948 and her son, Ahmet Osman, was born in England in 1972....
Othman v UK 2012 Case Summary | Abu Qatada
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
Othman (Abu Qatada) v United Kingdom (UK) (2012) 55 EHRR 1, 189. Deportation and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)....
Overseas Tankship v Miller Steamship (Wagon Mound Case)
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
The defendant’s ship, ‘The Wagon Mound’, negligently released oil into the sea near a wharf close to Sydney Harbour. An unfortunate chain of events led to the oil becoming mixed with cotton debris, which was subsequently ignited by the sparks coming off some nearby welding works....
Overseas Tankship v Morts Dock - 1961
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
The court held that Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd could not be held liable to pay compensation for the damage to the wharf. This case disapproved the direct consequence test in Re Polemis and established the test of remoteness of damage....
Overstone v Shipway
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
A hirer of a vehicle paid no monthly rental fee as agreed by the parties, after having paid the deposit and taken delivery of the motor vehicle....
Owens v Brimmell - 1977
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The plaintiff and the defendant were friends and the defendant often gave a lift to the plaintiff. One night, they bought went out......
Oxford v Moss - 1979
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The defendant (M) was a civil engineering student who dishonestly obtained the proof of an examination paper. After he had read......
Oxley v Hiscock
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Ms Oxley and Mr Hiscock were in a relationship, but not married. They decided to purchase a house together......
P & S Platt Ltd v Crouch
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Crouch owned three pieces of land, including a hotel, house and bungalow built on an island in the river......
P&A Swift Investments v Combined English Stores Group
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The landlord designated specific business premises to a subsidiary company, which was owned by the defendant....
Paddington Building Society v Mendelsohn
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The defendants, a mother and her son, agreed to buy the leasehold of the mother's flat. The mother contributed......
Page v Smith - 1996
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
The House of Lords found in favour of C, albeit by a bare majority (Lords Keith and Jauncey dissenting) and held that, provided it was reasonably foreseeable that C would suffer some physical injury as a result of D’s negligence, it was not necessary that the type of harm caused was itself reasonably foreseeable...
Pagnan SpA v Feed Products Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
Pagnan SpA were an Italian company seeking to buy corn pellets to feed chickens with from Feed Products, an American company....
Palk v Mortgage Services Funding - 1993
Example case summary. Last modified: 13th Jul 2019
In 1990 A borrowed £300,000, secured by a mortgage over the house he owned jointly with his wife, B. A's company then went into insolvent liquidation....
Palk v Mortgage Services Funding plc
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
In 1990 A borrowed £300,000, secured by a mortgage over the house he owned jointly with his wife......
Palsgraf v Long Island Railroad - Case Brief
Example case summary. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
The elements that must be satisfied in order to bring a claim in negligence (note that this is a US case). The claimant was standing on a station platform purchasing a ticket. Whilst she was doing so a train stopped in the station and two men ran to catch it....
Pankhania v Hackney LBC
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
P brought a claim for damages for the misrepresentation at the point of sale by H, of commercial property that was used as a car park by NCP....
Pao On v Lau Yiu Long - Past Consideration
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
The plaintiffs (P) owned the shares of a private company which owned a building that the defendants (D) wanted to buy. The defendants were majority shareholders in a public company. P agreed to sell their shares in the private company to D so that D could acquire the building...
Pape v Cumbria County Council
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
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......
Paradine v Jane [1647]
Example case summary. Last modified: 4th Oct 2021
The plaintiff, Paradine, brought an action against the defendant, Jane, for the rent arrears for the lands that Paradine had leased to Jane. The defendant acknowledge that he owed the money for the rent....
Paragon Finance v Nash - Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
Mr and Mrs Nash obtained a mortgage from Paragon Finance for their matrimonial home. The mortgage agreement allowed Paragon to vary the rate......
Parents and Children Case Notes | Family Law Study Area | Law Teacher
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
Parents and Children Case Notes. The relationships between children and parents are complex. In different contexts, the word 'parent' can include biological parents (married or unmarried), step-parents, adoptive parents, foster......
Paris v Stepney Borough Council
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
Paris v Stepney BC. Because the claimant had sight only in one eye, there was a strong potential that the harm would be particular great: more so than would be inflicted on a normally-sighted person. This meant that a reasonable person would take greater steps than usual to protect him....
Parker v Clark - 1960
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The Clarks were an elderly married couple. Mrs Parker was Mrs Clark’s niece, and Mr Clark suggested she and her husband move into their home with them. Mr Parker supported the idea but expressed concern that it would mean their selling their own house....
Parker v Parker [2003]
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
The claimant occupied the defendant's castle, and claimed a right to continue occupation....
Parker v South Eastern Railway
Example case summary. Last modified: 29th Sep 2021
Deposit of bag in railway cloak room; effect of exclusion clause on ticket and on notice. Parker paid to leave his bag in the cloakroom of South Eastern Railway (SER). There was a notice within the cloakroom stating that SER would not be responsible for any deposits exceeding £10. in value....
Parker-Tweedale v Dunbar Bank plc
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
PT brought an action challenging the sale of the property by the defendant mortgagee, DB, after his wife had missed......
ParkingEye v Somerfield Stores
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The appellant, Somerfield, was a supermarket who contracted for the respondent, ParkingEye, to install and operate a monitoring system in....
Parkinson v College of Ambulance - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The defendant, Harrison, was secretary of the College of Ambulance, a charity. He told the plaintiff, Colonel Parkinson, that he could procure a......
Parmiter v Coupland - 1840
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The claimant was the late mayor of Winchester. A series of libels were published of him in a local newspaper between November 1938 and March 1939......
Parsons (Livestock) v Uttley Ingham
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Jan 2021
Parsons ordered a bulk storage hopper to store pignuts to feed their top-grade pigs from the defendants. When installing the hopper, the defendants failed......
Participation Case Summaries
Example case summary. Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Cases on participation. The defendant had deliberately given false information to the book-keeper of the company for which he worked, knowing that it would be entered into the accounts. As the book-keeper had innocently entered the wrong information, the defendant was convicted as the principal on a charge of falsifying the accounts....
Partridge v Crittenden - 1968
Example case summary. Last modified: 24th Sep 2021
Facts in Partridge v Crittenden. The defendant advertised for sale a number of Bramblefinch cocks and hens, stating that the price was to be 25 shillings for each. Under the Protection of Birds Act 1954, it was unlawful to offer for sale any wild live bird....
Patel v Ali - 1984
Example case summary. Last modified: 14th Aug 2019
The first and second defendants were joint owners of a property and contracted to sell it to the plaintiffs. The husband of the first defendant was......
Patel v Mirza [2016]
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Resulting trusts and illegality; insider dealing and unjust enrichment. Patel had given Mirza £620,000 to bet on shares in a company using inside information. The agreement between them amounted to a conspiracy to commit the offence of insider dealing contrary to s53 Criminal Justice Act 1993....
Pawlett v Attorney General
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The plaintiff (P) mortgaged his property to a man named Ludlow. P failed to make payments in terms of the mortgage due, he claimed......
Pay v Lancashire Probation; Pay v UK
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
The claimant was involved in the sale of products connected with BDSM and performing in fetish clubs. Photographs were available on the internet of him involved in these activities. The claimant was a probation officer working with sex offenders....
Payne v Inwood (1996)
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Payne and Inwood owned terrace houses 1 and 1A respectively. Prior to the partie' acquisition, a door had......
Payne v Inwood 1997
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The plaintiff and the defendant owned properties situated in a terrace of three cottages. The plaintiff purchased......
Pearce v Brooks - Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The defendant was a prostitute who hired a carriage from the plaintiff, who was a coachbuilder, on hire purchase terms to be paid for in instalments. She wanted the carriage to attract customers. ...
Peck v UK - 2003
Example case summary. Last modified: 30th Dec 2020
Release of CCTV footage of suicidal man breached Article 8 ECHR. The applicant was captured on CCTV as he carried a large knife and was in the process of attempting suicide....
Peckham v Ellison (2000)
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
This case dealt with two neighbouring terrace council houses built in the 1940s. Each house was let out by the......
Peekay Intermark v Australia and New Zealand
Example case summary. Last modified: 13th Jul 2019
B, the appellant, was a bank. P was a company that worked as an investment vehicle, operated by its shareholders and was the first respondent....
Peffer v Rigg
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
The plaintiff, Peffer, and his brother, Rigg, purchased a property that was registered in Rigg’s sole name but was actually held on trust for them both. They both contributed to the purchase price in equal shares....
Penfold v Westcote
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Aug 2019
The defendant said the following about the claimant: “Why don’t you come out you blackguard rascal, scoundral, Penfold, you are a thief”....
Pennyfeathers Ltd v Pennyfeathers Property
Example case summary. Last modified: 22nd Dec 2020
The key issues were whether the obligations of the second and third defendants as directors of the first claimant were superseded by the buy-out agreement AND......
Perera v Vandiyar
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
Landlord and tenant; whether cutting off gas and electricity is a breach of covenant...
Performance Cars v Abraham
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
Here, the defendant, Abraham, had caused a motor accident with the claimant as a result of his own breach of reasonable duty....
Perrett v Collins - 1998
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The plaintiff sustained personal injuries when the light aircraft in which he was travelling during the test flight. The first defendant was the pilot of......
Perry v Suffields - 1916
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The seller offered to sell a house with vacant possession for a price of £7,000. This offer was accepted by the buyer immediately......
Pettitt v Pettitt
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The equitable interest of a spouse in a matrimonial home.. A woman purchased a matrimonial home for herself and her husband to live in out of her own sums and conveyed the home into her name....
PGA Tour v Martin - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 9th Jan 2024
PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin was a significant case in the realm of sports law and disability rights. Casey Martin, a professional golfer, suffered from a degenerative circulatory disorder that impeded his ability to walk golf courses....
Pharmaceutical Society v Boots - 1953
Example case summary. Last modified: 24th Sep 2021
The defendant ran a self-service shop in which non-prescription drugs and medicines, many of which were listed in the Poisons List provided in the Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1933, were sold. ...
Philipp v Barclays - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 11th Sep 2024
Case summary of Philipp vs Barclays concerning Quincecare duty and economic losses due to forex manipulation....
Phillips v Brooks Ltd - 1919
Example case summary. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
Phillips was a jeweller. The fraudster purchased a ring from the jeweller with a cheque and signed his name “Sir George Bullough” and provided this person’s address....
Phipps v Pears - 1965
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The plaintiff and defendant both owned houses which were adjacent to one another, on Market Street, Warwick. Phipps did not insulate his house......
Phipps v Pears 1965
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Negative easement of protection against the weather by a neighbour's house...
Phipps v Rochester Corporation - 1955
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
Two children passed across grassland which was part of a building site located on a housing estate that was in the process......
Photo Production v Securicor - 1980
Example case summary. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
Due diligence, negligence and exclusion clauses in contracts. The issue in this case was whether the doctrine of fundamental breach applied and was relevant, and whether an exclusion clause could be effective....
Pickstone v Freemans plc
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The claimant, Ms Pickstone, was an employee of the defendants, Freemans, where she worked as a warehouse operative and received a salary......
Pigott v Thompson
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The plaintiff was a treasurer to the commissioners of the tolls and as such, earned an annual salary and was employed by way of an act of Parliament....
Pilcher v Rawlins
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
A father settled real estate on trust for his children. One of the trustees, P, was the uncle of the beneficiaries. The trustees advanced money......
Pinnel's Case - 1602
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Whether part payment of a debt can be good consideration. The defendant, Cole, owed the plaintiff, Pinnel, the sum of £8 10s. Pinnel sued Cole for recovery of the debt....
Pioneer Container Case
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The claimant was a cargo owner who contracted with a carrier to ship the cargo. Per the bills of lading, the claimant granted the carrier authority to......
Pitts v Hunt - 1991
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The plaintiff was the pillion passenger on a motor cycle, involved in a collision with a vehicle driven by the second defendant......
Platform Funding Ltd v Bank of Scotland
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
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....
Poland v Parr & Sons - 1927
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
A contractor’s employee was, in the course of his employment, following close behind his employer’s waggon carrying sugar bags. Seeing a boy with a......
Popiw v Popiw
Example case summary. Last modified: 13th Jul 2019
Mr Popiw contended the arrangement was a domestic agreement between husband and wife and there had been no intention to create legal relations and......
Port Jackson Stevedoring v Salmond & Spraggon
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
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......
Potton Developments v Thompson
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The claimants acted as distributors for a company which produced individual box units. The units were designed to be used by public houses......
Poussard v Spiers
Example case summary. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
Breach of condition of a contract. The Claimant (Poussard) was an opera singer. She was contracted by the defendant to perform in that capacity for a duration of three months. The issue in this case was whether failing to turn up to the first day of performance amounted to a breach of a condition of the contract....
Prest v Petrodel
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
Since Salomon v Salomon,1 it has been well established in UK law that a company has a separate personality to that of its members, and that such members cannot be liable for the debts of a company beyond their initial financial contribution to it....
Price v Easton - 1883 - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
A declaration between the parties stated that X owed the plaintiff £3. As such, X agreed to complete work for the defendant in exchange for payment......
Pritchard v Briggs
Example case summary. Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
The plaintiff was a tenant of the vendors. His lease contained an option to purchase the retained lands upon the death of both vendors....
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