Case summaries

A

Adams v Lindsell (1818) 106 ER 250

Addis v Gramophone [1909] AC 488

Ailsa Craig Fishing v Malvern Fishing [1983] 1 WLR 964

Alan v El Nasr [1972] 2 WLR 800

Albert v MIB [1971] 3WLR 291

Andrews Bros ltd v Singer Cars [1934] 1 KB 17

Anglia Television v Reed [1971] 3 All ER 690

Arcos v Ranaason [1933] AC 470

Aswan Engineering v Lupdine [1987] 1 All ER 135

Attwood v Small [1838] UKHL J60

Avery v Bowden (1856) 5 E & B 714

 

B

 

Bailey v Bullock [1950] 2 All ER 116

Balfour v Balfour [1919] 2 KB 571    Youtube clip

Bank of Credit and Commerce International v Aboody [1990] 1 QB 923

Bank of Scotland v Bennett [1998] All ER 790

Bannerman v White (1861) 10 CBNS 844

Barclays Bank v O Brien [1994] 1 AC 180

Barclays Bank Plc v Thompson [1997] 4 All ER 816

Bartlett v Sidney Marcus ltd [1965] 1 WLR 1013

Barton v Armstrong [1976] AC 104

Bell v Lever bros [1932] AC 161

Bettini v Gye (1876) QBD 183

Bisset v Wilkinson [1927] AC 177

Bolton v Mahadeva[1972] 1 WLR 1009

Bowmakers Ltd v Barnet Instruments Ltd [1945] KB 65

British Crane Hire v Ipswitch Plant Hire [1975] QB 303

Brogden v Metropolitan Railway (1877) 2 App. Cas. 666

Bunge Corporation v Tradax [1981] 1 WLR 711

Butler Machine Tool v Ex-Cell-O Corporation [1979] 1 WLR 401

C

Car & Universal Credit v Caldwell [1964] 2 WLR 600

Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co [1893] 1 QB 256   Youtube clip

Central London Property Trust v High Trees House [1947] KB 130

 

Chapelton v Barry UDC [1940] 1 KB 532

 

Chaplin v Hicks [1911] 2 KB 786

Chappel v Nestle [1960] AC 87

CIBC Mortgages v Pitt [1994] 1 AC 200

 

Cohen v Roche [1927] 1 KB 169

Collins v Godefrey (1831) 1 B & Ad 950

Combe v Combe [1951] 2 KB 215

Condor v Baron Knights [1966] 1 WLR 87

Conoco Ltd v Khan & Khan[1996] EWCA Civ 968

 

Co-op Insurance Society v Argyll Stores [1997] 2 WLR 898

Cooper v Phibbs (1867) LR 2 HL 149

Couturier v Hastie (1856) 5 HLC 673

Coward v MIB [1963] 1 QB 359

Credit Lyonnais Bank Nederland NV v Burch [1997] 1 All ER 144

CTN Cash & Carry v Gallagher [1994] 4 All ER 714

Cundy v Lindsey (1878) 3 App Cas 459

Curtis v Chemical Cleaning [1951] 1 KB 805

Cutter v Powell [1795] EWHC KB J13

 

Czarnikow Ltd v Koufos (The Heron II) [1969] 1 AC 350

 

D

 

D & C Builders v Rees [1966] 2 WLR 28

Dahlia v Four Millbank Nominees [1978] Ch 231

Davis Contractors v Fareham UDC [1956] AC 696

Derry v Peek (1889) 5 TLR 625

Dick Bentley Productions v Harold Smith Motors [1965] 1 WLR 623

Dickinson v Dodds (1876) 2 Ch D 463

Dimskal Shipping v ITWF (The Evia Luck) [1991]4 All ER 871

Director General of Fair Trading v First National Bank [2001] UKHL 52

Doyle v Olby [1969] 2 QB 158

 

Dunk v George Waller and Son [1970] 2 All ER 630

Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company v New Garage & Motor co [1915] AC 7

 

E

 

Ecay v Godfrey [1947] 80 Lloyds Rep 286

Edgington v Fitzmaurice (1885) 29 Ch D 459

Edwards v Skyways [1964] 1 WLR 349

Entorres v Miles Far East [1955] 2 QB 327

Errington v Errington Woods [1952] 1 KB 290

Esso Petroleum v Customs & Excise [1976] 1 WLR 1

Esso Petroleum v Mardon [1976] QB 801

Euro London Appointments Ltd v Claessens [2006] EWCA Civ 385

 

F

 

Felthouse v Bindley [1862] EWHC CP J35

Ferrera v Littlewoods Pools [1998] EWCA Civ 618

Fibrosa Spolka v Fairbairn [1943] AC 32

Fisher v Bell [1961] 1 QB 394

Foakes v Beer (1883-84) LR 9 App Cas 605

G

George Mitchell v Finney Lock Seeds [1983] QB 284

Glasbrook Bros v Glamorgan County Council [1925] AC 270

Gray v Barr [1971] 2 QB 554

Great Peace Shipping v Tsavliris International [2003] QB 679


 

H

 

Hadley v Baxendale [1854] EWHC Exch J70

Harlington & Leinster v Christopher Hull Fine Art [1991] 1 QB 564

Hartley v Ponsonby [1857] 7 EB 872

Hartog v Colin & Shields [1939] 3 All ER 566

Harvey v Facey [1893] AC 552   Youtube clip

Heathcote Ball v Barry [2000] EWCA Civ 235

Herne Bay Steam Boat v Hutton [1903] 2 KB 683

HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd v Chase Manhattan Bank [2003] UKHL 6

Hirachand Punamchand v Temple [1911] 2 KB 330

Hochster v De la Tour (1853) 2 E & B 678

Hoenig v Isaacs[1952] 2 All ER 176

Hollier v Rambler Motors [1972] 2 WLR 401

Holman v Johnson (1775) 1 Cowp 341

Holtby v Brigham & Cowan [2000] 3 ALL ER 421

Holwell Securities v Hughes [1974] 1 WLR 155

Hong Kong Fir Shipping v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha [1962] 2 QB 26

Horsfall v Thomas [1862] 1 H&C 90

Howard Marine v Ogden [1978] QB 574

Hughes v Metropolitan Railway (1876-77) LR 2 App Cas 439

Hutton v Warren [1836] EWHC Exch J61

Hyde v Wrench (1840) 49 ER 132

 

 

I

IFR ltd v Federal Trade Spa [2001] EWHC 519

Ingram v Little [1961] 1 QB 31

Interfoto Picture Library v Stilletto [1989] QB 433

 

J

Jackson v Horizon Holidays [1975] 1 WLR 1468 

 

Jackson v Royal Bank of Scotland [2005] 1 WLR 377 

Jarvis v Swan Tours [1972] 3 WLR 954 

Jones v Padavatton [1969] 1 WLR 328

K

 

Kings Norton Metal co ltd v Edridge, Merrett & co ltd (1897) 14 TLR 98

 

Kpohraror v Woolwich Building Society [1996]4 AER 11

 

 

Krell v Henry [1903] 2 KB 740

L

L'Estrange v Graucob [1934] 2 KB 394

 

Lamare v Dixon (1873) LR 6 HL 414

Lampleigh v Braithwaite [1615] EWHC KB J17

Leaf v International Galleries [1950] 2 KB 86

Lewis v Avery [1971] 3 WLR 603

Liverpool City Council v Irwin [1977] AC 239

Lloyds Bank v Bundy [1975] QB 326

Lombard North Central plc v Butterworth [1987] 1 All ER 267

Long v Lloyd [1958] 1 WLR 753

Lumley v Wagner (1852) 42 ER 687

M

 

Maritime National Fish v Ocean Trawlers [1935] AC 524

Maskell v Horner [1915] 3 KB 106

McCutcheon v MacBrayne [1964] 1WLR 125

Merritt v Merritt [1970] 1 WLR 1211

Microbeads v Vinhurst Road Markings [1975] 1 WLR

Moberly v Alsop (1991) The Times 13 December

Monarch Steamship Co Ltd v Karlshamns Oljefabriker (A/B) [1949] AC 196

Moynes v Cooper 1956 1 KB 439

Murray v Leisureplay Plc [2005] EWCA Civ 963

N

Natwest Bank v Morgan [1985] AC 686

Natwest v Beaton [1997] EWCA Civ 1391

New Zealand Shipping v Satterthwaite [1975] AC 154

Niblett v Confectioners' Material [1921] 3 KB 387

Nicholl and Knight v Ashton, Eldridge & Co [1901] 2 KB 126

North Ocean Shipping v Hyundai Construction (The Atlantic Baron) [1979] QB 705

 

Nutbrown v Thornton (1805) 10 Ves 159

O

Occidental Worldwide Investment v Skibs (The Sibeon & The Sibotre) [1976] 1 Lloyds Rep 293

Olley v Marlborough Court [1949] 1 KB 532

Oscar Chess Ltd v Williams [1957] 1 WLR 370

P

 

Pao on v Lau Yiu Long[1979] 3 All ER 65

Page One Records v Britton [1968] 1 WLR 157

 

Parsons v Uttley Ingham [1978] QB 791 

Partridge v Crittenden (1968) 2 All ER 421

Patel v Ali [1984] 1 All ER 97

Payzu v Saunders [1919] 2 KB 581

Pearson's case 2 Lew. C.C. 144

Performance Cars Ltd v Abraham [1962] 1 QB 33

Peter Cassidy Seed Co Ltd v Osuustukkuk-Auppa Ltd [1957] 1 WLR 273

Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots [1953] 1 QB 401

Phillips v Brooks [1919] 2 KB 243

Phillips v Hyland [1987] 1 WLR 659

Photo Production v Securicor [1980] AC 827

Pilkington v Wood [1953] Ch 770

Pinnel's Case 1602 5 Rep, 117

Planche v Colburn [1831] EWHC KB J56

Poussard v Spiers (1876) 1 QBD 410

Q

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R

Raffles v Wichelhaus (1864) 2 H & C 906

Ramsgate Victoria Hotel v Montefoire (1866) LR 1 Ex 109

Royal Bank of Scotland v Etridge [1998] 4 All ER 705

Re McArdle (1951) Ch 669

Re Moore & Landauer [1921] 2 KB 519

Redgrave v Hurd (1881) 20 Ch D 1

Ritchie v Atkinson (1808) 10 East 295

Rose & Frank Co v Crompton Bros [1925] AC 445

Routledge v Mackay [1954] 1 WLR 615

Rowland v Divall [1923] 2 KB 500

Royscott Trust v Rogerson [1991] 2 QB 297

S

 

Saunders v Anglia Building Society (Gallie v Lee) [1970] AC 1004

Saunders v Edwards [1987] 1 WLR 1116

Scammell and Nephew v Ouston [1941] AC 251

 

Schawel v Reade [1913] 2 IR 81

Schuler v Wickman Tools [1974] AC 235

Scotson v Pegg [1861] EWHC Exch J2

Scott v Coulson [1903] 2 Ch 439

Shell UK v Lostock Garage Limited [1976] 1 WLR 1187

Shine v General Guarantee Corp [1988] 1 All ER 911

Shirlaw v Southern Foundries [1939] 2 KB 206

Shogan Finance v Hudson [2003] 3 WLR 1371

Simpkins v Pays [1955] 1 WLR 975

Skeate v Beale [1840] 11 Ad & El 983

Smith New Court Securities v Scrimgeour Vickers [1996] 3 WLR 1051

Smith v Eric Bush [1990] 1 AC 831

Smith v Hughes (1871) LR 6 QB 597

Smith v Land and House Property Corp (1884) 28 Ch D 7

Spencer v Harding Law Rep. 5 C. P. 561

Spurling v Bradshaw [1956] 1 WLR 461

Startup v MacDonald (1843) 6 Mann & G 593

Stevenson v Rogers [1999] 1 All ER 613

Stilk v Myrick [1809] EWHC KB J58

Sudbrook Trading Estate v Eggleton [1983] AC AC 444

Sumpter v Hedges (1898) 1 QB 673

T

Taylor v Caldwell (1863) 3 B & S 826

Thackwell v Barclays Bank Plc [1986] 1 All ER 676

The Mihalis Angelos [1971] 1 QB 164

The Monarch, Monarch Steamship Co Ltd v Karlshamns Oljefabriker (A/B) [1949] AC 196

The Moorcock (1889) 14 PD 64

Thompson v London, Midland and Scotland Railway Co [1930] 1 KB 41

Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking [1971] 2 WLR 585

Tool Metal Manufacturing v Tungsten [1955] 1 WLR 761

Tsakiroglou & Co Ltd v Noblee Thorl GmbH [1962] AC 93

Tweddle v Atkinson [1861] EWHC QB J57

U

UCB Corporate Services Ltd. v Williams [2002] EWCA Civ 555

Universe Tankships v International Transport Workers Federation, The Universe Sentinel[1983] 1AC 366

V

Victoria Laundry (Windsor) Ltd v Newman Industries Ltd[1949] 2 KB 528

W

Walton Harvey Ltd v Walker & Homfrays Ltd [1931] 1 Ch 274

Walters v Morgan (1861) 3 DF & J 718

Ward v Byham [1956] 1 WLR 496

Warner Bros v Nelson [1937] 1 KB 209

White & Carter (Councils) Ltd v McGregor [1961] UKHL 5

Williams v Roffey Bros [1990] 2 WLR 1153

Wilson v Best Travel [1993] 1 All ER 353

With v O'Flanagan [1936] Ch 575

Woodhouse A.C. Israel Cocoa Ltd v Nigerian Product Marketing Co Ltd [1972] AC 741

 

X,Y,Z

Contract Law

Revision games and quizzes

Offer and acceptance

Offer and acceptance quiz

Offer and acceptance crossword

Offer and invitation to treat vortex 

Offer and acceptance arcade game

Offer and acceptance drag and drop

Offer and acceptance word search

Offer and acceptance hangman

Offer and acceptance word scramble

Intention to create legal relations

 Intention to create legal relations quiz

Intention to create legal relations vortex

Intention to create legal relations word scramble

Intention to create legal relations word search 

Intention to create legal relations arcade game

Intention to create legal relations drag and drop

Intention to create legal relations hangman

Consideration

Consideration quiz

Consideration hangman

Consideration arcade games

Consideration drag and drop

Consideration word search

Consideration word scramble

Consideration vortex

Promissory estoppel

Promissory estoppel quiz

Promissory estoppel word search

Promissory estoppel hangman

Promissory estoppel word scramble

Contents of a contract


Term or representation quiz

Term or representation hangman

Term or representation word search

Term or representation vortex

Terms word scramble 

Terms hangman (words relating to terms not cases)

Classification of terms quiz (Conditions, warranties and innominate terms)

Classification of terms hangman (Conditions, warranties and innominate terms)

Classification of terms word search (Conditions, warranties and innominate terms)

Implied terms hangman

Implied terms word search

Sale of Goods Act dustbin game

Statutory implied terms quiz

Sale of Goods Act word search

Sale of Goods Act hangman

Sale of Goods Act word scramble

Unfair terms quiz

Unfair terms arcade game

Unfair terms drag and drop

Unfair terms hangman

Unfair terms word search

Unfair terms word scramble

Vitiating factors

Vitiating factors vortex 

Misrepresentation quiz

Misrepresentation word scramble

Misrepresentation arcade game

Misrepresentation drag and drop

Misrepresentation hangman

Misrepresentation word search

Mistake quiz

Mistake word search

Mistake hangman

Mistake word scramble

Undue influence quiz

Undue influence hangman

Undue influence word search

Duress quiz

Duress hangman

Duress word search

Discharge of a contract

Discharge by performance quiz

Discharge by performance hangman

Discharge by performance word search

Frustrated contracts quiz

Frustrated contracts hangman

Frustrated contracts word search

Remedies

Contract remedies quiz

Rescission Youtube clip

Remedies arcade game

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Remedies word search

Damages hangman

Specific performance hangman