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Salomon v Salomon - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 2nd Jan 2023
A Case Summary of Salomon v A Salomon and Co Ltd [1897] AC 22 (Salomon v Salomon) - Separate Legal Personality (SLP) is the basic tenet on which company law is premised. Establishing the foundation of how a company exists and functions, it is perceived as, perhaps, the most profound and steady rule of corporate jurisprudence....
Vicarious Liability Cases | Negligence
Example case summary. Last modified: 4th Nov 2022
Examples of vicarious liability case around the subject of matrimonial issues between husband and wife....
Gregory v Piper - Case Summary
Example case summary. Last modified: 4th Nov 2022
The issue in Gregory v Piper was whether a master could be liable for the trespass which occurred as a result of instructions the master gave to another in his employment....
R v Lockley - 1995
Example case summary. Last modified: 7th Sep 2022
In R v Lockley the defendant stole cans of beer from an off-licence. The shopkeeper tried to prevent him leaving the shop with the stolen items....
R v Ghosh - 1982
Example case summary. Last modified: 26th Aug 2022
Meaning of dishonesty under the Theft Act 1968. The defendant, Ghosh, was a locum consultant at a hospital who falsely claimed to have carried out a surgical operation in order to claim money when in fact that operation had been carried out by someone else under the NHS...
R v King
Example case summary. Last modified: 9th Dec 2021
The defendant had remarried while his previous marriage was still valid. He was prosecuted for bigamy contrary to section 57 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861...
Case Law on Duress by Threats
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Duress by Threats. The general nature of the defence of duress is that the defendant was forced by someone else to break the law under an immediate threat of serious harm befalling himself or someone else, ie he would not have committed the offence but for the threat. Duress is a defence because.....
Malone v Laskey - 1907
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The claimant lived in a house belonging to her husband’s employer. The claimant’s husband was a tenant, and she had a license to live at the property. Whilst using the lavatory, the cistern was dislodged by vibrations caused by the next-door neighbour’s electricity generator, which fell on her causing her injuries....
McCutheon v David MacBrayne Ltd - 1964
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
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. ...
R v Hennessy - 1989
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Diabetes and defences – automatism or insanity in hyperglycaemic cases. The appellant (a diabetic) was apprehended while driving a stolen car. He later collapsed at the police station it became apparent that he was having a diabetic episode....
R v Sullivan [1984] AC 156
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The defendant, a psychomotor epilepsy sufferer, had an epileptic seizure during which he kicked the victim in the head violently. He was charged with causing Grievous Bodily Harm contrary to sections 18 and 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861...
R v Dawson - 1985
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The defendant approached a petrol station manned by a 50 year old male. The defendants attempted a robbery with an imitation gun and a pick-axe handle. The defendants demanded money but did not touch the attendant who pressed the alarm button and the defendants ran away without obtaining any cash....
R v Franklin - 1883
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Mr Franklin took up a larger box from Brighton Pier and threw it into the sea. The victim was swimming underneath in the sea at the time and was struck by the box and died....
George Mitchell v Finney Lock Seeds - 1983
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The Claimant (George Mitchell) and the Defendant (Finney Lock Seeds Ltd) entered into an agreement where the Defendant would supply the Claimant with 30lb of Dutch winter cabbage seed....
Thompson v London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Thompson was unable to read and she travelled on a train with her daughter and niece. On the back of her ticket it was printed that the tickets were issued subject to the terms outlined in the company’s time tables. ...
Co-operative Insurance v Argyll Stores
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The plaintiffs granted a lease to the defendant for the use of a unit in a shopping centre for the period of thirty-five years. A clause in the lease required a covenant to keep the premises open for trade during regular business hours in the local area....
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....
Granatino v Radmacher
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
A French investment banker married a very wealthy German national. Prior to the marriage, at the request of the wife’s family, an anti-nuptial agreement was signed by both parties....
Barry v Davies - 2000
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Two brand new engine analyser machines owned by Customs and Exise were put up for auction by the defendant auctioneer. Each could be procured from the manufacturer for £14,521 but despite this were listed without a reserve price....
Shanklin Pier v Detel Products - 1951
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The Plaintiffs were owners of a pier in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. They entered into a contract with contractors to have the pier repaired and painted. Under the contract the plaintiff had the express right to alter the contract....
Scriven Bros v Hindley - 1913 3 KB 564
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The complainants, Scriven Bros and Co, instructed an auctioneer to sell large bales of tow and hemp on behalf of them at an auction. The bales looked rather similar in the way they were packaged and the samples that were on display to potential bidders were not easily distinguishable....
Canada Steamship Lines v The King
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Canada Steamship Lines entered into a Crown lease in 1940. The Duration of the lease was for 12 years and the lease pertained to dock property on St Gabriel Basin on the Lachine Canal. All of this was situated in the Port of Montreal....
Kaitamaki v R
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
The defendant was convicted of breaking into the victim’s flat and raping her twice. There was no dispute that sexual intercourse had taken place on two occasions, but the defendant contended that the victim had consented or that he had a reasonable belief that she was consenting....
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. ...
Rickards v Lothian - 1913
Example case summary. Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Natural versus non-natural use of land, domestic water supply, malicious act of third party. The claimant rented premises on the second floor of a building which was used for commercial purposes and ran a business from the premises he was renting....
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