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Re Hackney Pavilion Ltd - 1924
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The case addresses the transfer of shares in situations where the board fails to reach a consensus in passing a resolution and where the articles state that board approval is required....
Hyam v DPP - 1975
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The defendant Hyam had been in a relationship with a man before the relationship ended. Hyam then had become jealous of her ex-boyfriend’s new fiancée Ms Booth. She poured petrol through Booth’s letter box and then ignited it using a rolled up newspaper. ...
Lumley v Gye - 1853
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Miss Wagner was an opera singer at Lumley’s theatre on a three month contract. Gye and Wagner made an agreement that Wagner would break her contract and refuse to sing at Lumley’s theatre....
Cattle v Stockton Waterworks
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Stockton Waterworks Co laid down one of their main roads along and under a turnpike road. Private property was either side of the road. The landowner employed Cattle to make a tunnel under the road so he could access his land on the other side of the road easily....
Hyde v Wrench - 1840
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The complainant brought an action for specific performance, claiming that as Mr Wrench refused to sell the farm, this was a breach of contract. Contract – Counter Offer – Acceptance – Offer – Negotiation – Breach of contract – Specific Performance...
Wheeler v Copas - 1981
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The plaintiff was a partner in a bricklaying company. The defendant was a farmer who wanted a house built on his farm and negotiated for this directly with the plaintiff....
Troughton v MPC
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The defendant got into a taxi whilst heavily intoxicated and asked to be driven to Highbury but did not specify his address. The driver stopped to obtain clearer directions from the defendant...
DHN Food v Tower Hamlets
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Piercing the corporate veil – groups of companies. DHN Food Distributors Ltd v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council [1976] 1 WLR 852 Case Summary. An example of piercing the corporate veil....
Hedley Byrne v Heller - Brief Case Summary
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Case Summary of Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd (1964) AC 465 (HL). Claiming Economic Loss and Experts. In 1963 the House of Lords established that in limited circumstances – if a duty of care arose in the making of statements – pure economic loss in tort could now be recoverable in English law....
Henderson v Eason (Statute of Anne)
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Liability for shares of profits of tenants in common under the Statute of Anne. A farmland was jointly owned by two persons as tenants in common. One co-owner, the tenant in occupation, cultivated the land profited from the produce....
Henry Williams v James Bayley
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Bayley’s son took promissory notes to a bank, which he had forged in his father’s name and without his father’s knowledge. The notes were fraudulent. Bayley’s son had done this several times and gotten away with it....
Allan v Liverpool Overseas
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The joint appellants, Allan and Inman, owned steamship companies. They were given a licence to use part of a docks including some sheds and a coal depot. The Docks and Harbour Board who controlled the docks charged the appellants rent on these....
Re F (Mental Patient Sterilisation)
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Re: F - Whether medical practitioners are able to sterilise a mentally handicapped woman who is unable to consent on the basis that doing so is in her best interest....
Woodar v Wimpey - 1980
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Wimpey, the purchasers, entered into a contract with Woodar to buy land. It was agreed that part of the purchase price would be paid on completion of the build...
London County Council v Allen and Others
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The owner of a piece of land applied to London County Council under the London Building Act 1894, section 7 for the grant of a new street on the land that they owned....
Re Bond Worth Ltd - 1980
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The case of Re Bond Worth Ltd should be considered in the context of the law relating to the passing of property, and also in relation to the pari passu principles of recovery in insolvency....
JEB Fasteners v Marks Bloom - 1983
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JEB took control of a company. Marks Bloom & Co. (MBC) were the auditors for the business. One of the primary motivations behind taking over the company was that JEB would be able to acquire the services of two of the company directors...
Bridle v Ruby [1989]
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A company built houses and later sold number 12. The original transfer reserved the transferor and the successors a right of way (including with vehicles) over the driveway of the property, but this was then deleted out of the conveyance as agreed by the parties....
Ropaigealach v Barclays Bank
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The plaintiff was not residing in the property at the time when the defendant took possession and sold the property at auction. The plaintiff sought the determination of the court on whether the defendant had been entitled to take possession without first having sought and obtained an order of the court....
B & S Contracts & Design Ltd v Victor Green
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The plaintiffs were contracted to erect stands in a stadium. The contract specified that the Plaintiffs would make every effort to complete the works, but it was subject to a force majeure clause. ...
Woods v Durable Suites
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Mr Woods was employed as a glue spreader in the defendant’s factory. His role frequently involved his hands and arms coming into contact with a synthetic glue known to cause dermatitis, unless appropriate protective measures were taken....
Hirji Mulji v Cheong Yue Steamship Co Ltd
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By a charterparty, made in November 1916, the respondents chartered their steamship to the appellants. The charter was to commence on 1 March 1917 at the port of Singapore. ...
Greenfield v Greenfield
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Two brothers purchased a house together, and made an express statement that they would be holding the land as joint tenants. Both got married and moved their wives into the house shared between them. ...
Pay v Lancashire Probation; Pay v UK
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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....
Coulthard v Neville Russell - 1998
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The case concerned a claim by three directors of D & H Ltd (the Directors) against Neville Russell (the Auditors) on the grounds that the Auditors had failed in their duty to advise them against their acquisition of shares through a loan from the Company in breach of section 151 of the Companies Act 1985....
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