Articles tagged as UK Law
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Lister v Hesley Hall Ltd – 2002
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Employer’s vicarious liability for personal injury caused by torts committed by employees. A warden was employed at an annex of a boarding school for boys and responsible for the day-to-day running of the school ...
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R v Ahluwalia – 1992
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The definition in R v Duffy [1949] 1 All ER 932 as “sudden and temporary loss of control” is still good law as it is a readily understandable phrase. However, in cases of abused wives, the harmful act is often a result of a “slowburn” reaction, rather than immediate loss of self-control. ...
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Anns v Merton London Borough Council
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The availability of a duty of care in negligence. The local authority approved building plans for a block of flats and the flats were built later that year. ...
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Airedale NHS Trust v Bland
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Doctors have a duty to act in the best interests of their patients but this does not necessarily require them to prolong life. On the basis that there was no potential for improvement, the treatment Bland was receiving was deemed not to be in his best interests. ...
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Nettleship v Weston 1971
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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. ...
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Jones v Padavatton – 1969
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Agreement for mother to maintain daughter; whether intention to create legal relations. A mother and daughter came to an arrangement whereby the mother agreed to maintain her daughter if she agreed to study for the bar. ...
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Raffles v Wichelhaus – 1864
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There had been no consensus ad idem or meeting of the minds between the parties to form a binding contract. The objective test made it clear that a reasonable person would not have been able to identify with certainty what ship had been agreed on. ...
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Tinn v Hoffman and Co 1873
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It was held in this case that there was no contract between Mr Tinn and Mr Hoffman for the iron. The cross offers were made simultaneously and without knowledge of one another; this was not a contract that would bind the parties for the iron. ...
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R v Cheshire – 1991
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Chain of causation – Death in hospital following shooting. Cheshire shot a man during the course of an argument. The victim was taken to hospital to have surgery and shortly after developed respiratory issues. ...
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Hill v Baxter – 1958
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Insufficient evidence to rely on defence of automatism in dangerous driving case. The defendant (B) was charged with dangerous driving. He claimed to have no memory from an early point in his journey to immediately after the incident. ...
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Routledge v Grant 1828
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The court held that the original letter did not bind the defendant to keep the offer open for a full six weeks, and as such it had been validly withdrawn by the defendant, and the claimant’s purported acceptance was ineffective. ...
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Cundy v Lindsay
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The case concerned whether a mistake as to the identity of a contracting party was so fundamental so as to negate the consent of the other party. The foundation of contract law is premised on mutual agreement, i.e., agreeing on the same thing in the same sense, popularly referred to as consensus ad idem. ...
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Bell v Lever Bros – 1932
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Only a mistake to the identity of the parties or of subject matter to the contract, as well as an item’s quality, would be able to successfully negate consent and therefore void a contract, as if it had never existed. The mistake must be essential to the identity of the contract. ...
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Hong Kong Fir Shipping Ltd v Kisen Kaisha – 1962
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Construction of contractual terms as ‘conditions’ and repudiatory breach of contract. Ship owners let the vessel, Hongkong fir, to charterers for a period of 24 months. Clause 1 of the contract obliged the owners to deliver a “seaworthy” vessel and Clause 3 further obliged them to maintain the vessel’s seaworthiness and good condition. ...
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R v Moloney – 1985
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The House of Lords allowed Moloney’s appeal. He had not intended to kill his stepfather. Knowledge of foresight of the consequences of an action were to be considered at best material from which a crime of intent may be inferred. ...
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R v Stone and Dobinson – 1977
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Regarding the issue of negligence, the Court of Appeal held that in order to ground a conviction for manslaughter the defendants must have been ‘grossly negligent’ in respect of their breach of duty. ...
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Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking – 1971
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Automatic ticket machine at car park; incorporation of terms displayed inside. Thornton drove his car to a car park. Outside the car park, the prices were displayed and a notice stated cars were parked at their owner’s risk ...
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Hunter v Canary Wharf
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Television signal, actionable nuisance, property right requirement for claimants. A large tower was constructed in the Docklands area of East London which now goes by the name of One Canada Square ...
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Stevenson Jacques & Co v Mclean
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The defendant, Mclean, offered to sell iron to the complainant, Stevenson Jaques & Co. This was for the price of 40s and the offer would remain open until Monday. ...
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R v Pagett – 1983
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The appellant shot at a police officer who was trying to arrest him, and subsequently attempted to use a pregnant teenage girl standing nearby as a human shield to defend himself against retaliation by the officer. ...
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Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire
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A joined action was brought by Alcock (C) and several other claimants against the head of the South Yorkshire Police. C and the other claimants all had relatives who were caught up in the Hillsborough Stadium disaster, in which 95 fans of Liverpool FC died. ...
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Harris v Nickerson
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The defendant was an auctioneer who had advertised in the London papers that certain brewing materials, plant, and office furniture would be sold by him by auction at Bury St. Edmunds over a period of three specified days. ...
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Brogden v Metropolitan Rly Co
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The complainants, Brogden, were suppliers of coal to the defendant, Metropolitan Railway. They completed business dealings regarding the coal frequently for a number of years, on an informal basis. ...
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Collins v Wilcock – 1984
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Definition of battery, unlawful touching when beyond scope of police authority. A police officer wished to question a woman in relation to her alleged activity as a prostitute. The woman decided to walk away, but the police officer was intent on stopping her and in order to do so. ...
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R v Smith – 1959
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Causation – The defendant was a soldier who stabbed one of his comrades during a fight in an army barracks. The victim was taken to receive medical attention, but whilst being carried to the hospital was dropped twice by those carrying him. ...
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