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Wollerton and Wilson v Richard
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
The defendant was a building company involved in a construction project which required the use of a crane. When the crane was erected......
Wong v Beaumont Property Trust Ltd
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Wong, the tenant of the property had covenanted the property into a restaurant. Three cellars were let to control......
Wong v Parkside Health NHS Trust
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
Minna Wong (W) was employed as a wheelchair administrator by NHS Trust. In this employment, she suffered harassment from her......
Wood v Leadbitter
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
The claimant was attending Doncaster races, when he was removed from the racecourse by the defendant...
Wood v Odessa Waterworks Co (1889) 42 Ch D 636.
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
Case Summary of Wood v Odessa Waterworks Co (1889) 42 Ch D 636. The constitution of a company and dividend payments....
Woodar v Wimpey - 1980
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
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...
Woodrup v Nicol
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
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....
Woods v Durable Suites
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
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....
Woodward v Mayor of Hastings
Example case summary. Last modified: 2nd Sep 2021
The plaintiff, aged twelve, slipped on an icy surface on the step of a church whilst he was at school. He fell over and sustained injuries. A cleaner had brushed away snow from the step but not placed any material down to neutralise the ice left behind which therefore left the step in a dangerous condition....
Wooldridge v Sumner
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
The claimant was a photographer working at a horse show. He was situated within the ring where the horse show took place (rather than behind the spectator barriers) when one of the horses galloped towards him at a significant speed after the rider lost control of it, knocking him down....
Wright v Gibbons
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Co-ownership of property and whether a deed transferring a joint tenancy to one of the other joint tenant severed the tenancy....
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......
Wrotham Park Estate v Parkside Homes
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The owner of an estate sold a parcel of land to a developer, with a covenant that the developer did not build......
Wyatt v Kreglinger & Fernau - 1933
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
Mr Wyatt contended the letters he had received from his previous employer amounted to a binding contract under which they were bound to pay......
X (Minors) v Bedforshire CC
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
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....
X City Council v MB
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
M, aged 25, had severe autistic spectrum disorder. He was cared for by P, who had arranged for him to meet his cousin in......
Yanner v Eaton [1999]
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The appellant was an indigenous hunter who killed two animals in a creek for his own consumption. He was later charged with taking ‘fauna’ from the area without a license, contrary to statute....
Yaxley v Gotts [2000]
Example case summary. Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The claimant, Yaxley, made an oral agreement with the defendant that Yaxley would refurbish and convert......
Yewen v Noakes - 1880
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
The definition of an employee. There was a statutory exemption for premises which were occupied by a “servant” or person occupying the premises “for the protection thereof.”...
Yianni v Evans - 1981
Example case summary. Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
The defendants were valuers who had prepared a report on behalf of a building society in order to understand whether a house would provide adequate value for the loan requested by the plaintiffs....
Yip-Chiu-Cheung v R
Example case summary. Last modified: 24th Jun 2019
The defendant entered into an agreement with an undercover narcotics officer in a hotel in Hong Kong. The agreement was that the defendant was to......
YL v Birmingham City Council - 2007
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
Y was a resident of a care home run by a healthcare company (S). Her placement had been arranged by the respondent local authority (B)......
Young v Bristol Aeroplane Company Limited
Example case summary. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
Obligation to follow previous decisions. The plaintiff, who was employed at the defendants' workshops, received injury in an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment and received compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Acts...
Young v Dalgety
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
The appellant landlord entered into a lease which required the tenant to covenant to install light fittings and flooring to the property....
Young v Kent County Council - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
The claimant fell through a skylight whilst on the roof a school building which was accessed by pipework on the exterior of the building....
Yuanda UK v WW Gear Construction
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
The claimant was a contractor instructed to install a glazed curtain wall in a hotel constructed by the defendant. The contract entered into between......
Yukong Line Ltd of Korea v Rendsburg Investments Corporation of Liberia
Example case summary. Last modified: 15th Jun 2019
In 1995, the plaintiffs, Yukong Line, who were owners of vessels, chartered the vessel Rialto to the first...
Z v UK Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
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......
Zanzibar v British Aerospace - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 21st Jun 2019
The complainants, the Government of Zanzibar, wanted to purchase an executive jet from the British Aerospace (Lancaster House Ltd)....
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