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Elder Dempster v Paterson Zochonis
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An action in tortious negligence was brought against a ship owner for failing to properly store cargo. In response, the ship owner attempted to rely......
Hardwick Game Farm v Suffolk Agricultural Poultry Producers Association
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The wholesalers had purchased the supplies from two parties on their standard terms, which purported to exclude liability for latent defects....
Hill v CA Parsons Ltd - 1972
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The defendant, an engineering company, agreed with a trade union that after 12 months, their technical staff would become members of the trade union....
Entick v Carrington (1765) 19 St Tr 1030
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Case Summary of Entick v Carrington (1765) 19 St Tr 1030. Government officials cannot enter private premises without legal authority....
Edwin Hills v First National Finance
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Edwin Hills (EHP) was an architecture firm contracted by L. Co, who owned a property that was heavily mortgaged to First National......
DSBD Subsea v Petroleum - Case Summary
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DSND entered into a memorandum of understanding varying the terms of the agreement with PGS, after DSND was found to have a......
Gray v Thames Trains Ltd - 2009
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The appellant, Gray, was a passenger in the Ladbroke Grove train crash which the respondents had caused due to negligence....
Hollier v Rambler Motors - 1972
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Hollier claimed the garage had been negligent and in breach of the implied term that they would take reasonable care of his car....
Dolphin Maritime v Sveriges - Summary
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The Claimant was a cargo recovery agent and the Defendant was a Swedish P&I Club. The Claimant was engaged by an insurer to recover cargo....
Parker-Tweedale v Dunbar Bank plc
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PT brought an action challenging the sale of the property by the defendant mortgagee, DB, after his wife had missed......
Bakewell Managements Ltd v Brandwood
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In 1927 under a 's193(2) Law of Property Act 1925 (the Act)' deed, public access to common law was allowed....
Beatty v Guggenheim Exploration Co.
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The defendants, Guggenheim Exploration Company, acquired and developed mining properties and the complainant, Beatty......
Barrett v Morgan 2000
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Head lease terminated on agreement between landlord and tenant; impact on sub-tenancy...
Kling v Keston Properties Ltd
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The plaintiff, Kling, occupied a garage in Chelsea owned by the defendants under a licence. He obtained from them a......
Re Pavlou (A Bankrupt)
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A husband and wife bought a home in 1973 as beneficial joint tenants, with part of the cost assisted by a mortgage....
Re Schebsman, deceased [1944]
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Bankruptcy; agreement for payments to be made to debtor's wife and daughter; whether trustee could claim funds....
A (A Juvenile) v R
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A was seen to have spat on a police officer’s rain jacket, during the course of being escorted from one location to another. The rain coat was used as......
Expert Clothing Service & Sales Ltd v Hillgate House Ltd
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The plaintiffs granted a lease of twenty-five years to the defendants under an agreement that the defendant would convert......
Lee v Leeds CC; Ratcliffe and Others v Sandwell MBC
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Landlord's obligations with regards to ensuring that a property is fit for human habitation...
Aslan v Murphy (No 1)
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Landlord and tenant; whether agreement is a lease which expressly excludes exclusive possession...
Qazi v Harrow
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Possession proceedings against a former joint tenant and the right to respect for a home under the EC......
Wollerton and Wilson Ltd v Richard Costain Ltd
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The availability of an injunction for trespass in the absence of damage....
Re Webb's Lease
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In 1949, a landlord let to a tenant the second and first floor of certain premises. In 1949, the landlord granted......
Jaggard v Sawyer [1995]
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The defendant was subject to a restrictive covenant requiring them to leave a private road clear for use. They breached this covenant by......
Claughton v Charalambous
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The effect of exceptional circumstances on the rights of a beneficiary in actual occupation....
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