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Case NameCase Law AreaJurisdiction
Routledge v Grant (1828) 4 Bing 653Contract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Blue v Ashley [2017] EWHC 1928 (Comm)Contract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Mountford v Scott [1975] Ch 258Property Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Scammell v Ouston [1941] AC 251Contract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Liverpool City Council v Irwin [1977] AC 239Property Law CasesUnited Kingdom
The Moorcock (1889) 14 PD 64United Kingdom
Liverpool City Council v Irwin [1977] AC 239Property Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Shirlaw v Southern Foundries (1926) Ltd [1939] 2 KB 206Contract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Hillas & Co Ltd v Arcos Ltd (1932) 147 LT 503Contract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
May & Butcher Ltd v R [1934] 2 KB 17Contract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Hutton v Warren (1836) 1 M&W 466Property Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Spurling v Bradshaw [1956] 1 WLR 461Contract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Rose & Frank Co v JR Crompton & Bros Ltd [1923] 2 KB 261Contract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Walford v Miles [1992] 2 AC 128Contract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Sussex Peerage Case (1844): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesLegal Systems and Procedural Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Woolmington v DPP (1935): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesCriminal Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Tinsley v Milligan (1994): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesEquity and Trusts Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Street v Mountford (1985): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesProperty Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Webb v EMO Air Cargo (UK) Ltd (1995): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesEmployment Law CasesEuropean Union
Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd (1970): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Yanner v Eaton (1999): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesProperty Law CasesAustralia
Stilk v Myrick (1809): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Whitely v Chappell (1868): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesLegal Systems and Procedural Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Williams v Roffey Bros (1991): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Vosburg v Putney (1890): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesTort Law CasesUnited States
Thorner v Major (2009): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
United States v Causby (1946): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesTort Law CasesUnited States
Wainwright v Sykes (1977): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesCriminal Law CasesUnited States
Walsh v Lonsdale (1882): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesProperty Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Stevenson v McLean (1880): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Tinn v Hoffman (1873): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Williams v Carwardine (1833): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Stoffel v Grondona (2020): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Thomas v Thomas (1842): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Tweddle v Atkinson (1861): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Tekdata Interconnections Ltd v Amphenol Ltd (2009): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Teague v Lane (1989): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesPublic Law CasesUnited States
Stovin v Wise (1996): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Stone v Ritter (2006): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisBusiness Law CasesUnited States
Whittington Hospital NHS Trust v XX (2020): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Swain v Alabama (1965): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesPublic Law CasesUnited States
R v Oakes (1986): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesPublic Law CasesCanada
Sinclair Investments (UK) Ltd v Versailles Trade Finance Ltd (In Administration) (2011): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesBusiness Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Hansen-Tangen (The Diana Prosperity) (1976): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire (2018): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Re McArdle (1951): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Royal Bank of Scotland Plc v Etridge (No.2) (2001): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisBusiness Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Shogun Finance Ltd v Hudson (2003): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Roe v Minister of Health (1954): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Somma v Hazelhurst (1978): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesProperty Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Roe v Wade (1973): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisPublic Law CasesUnited States
Re Spectrum Plus Ltd (In Liquidation) (2005): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisBusiness Law CasesUnited Kingdom
R. v R (A Husband) (1992): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisCriminal Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Ramos v Louisiana (2020): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisPublic Law CasesUnited States
R v Dudley and Stephens (1884): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesCriminal Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Scott v London & St Katherine Docks Co (1865): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Reddaway v Banham (1897): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesBusiness Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Schrems II (2020): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesInternational Law CasesEuropean Union
Smith v Pimlico Plumbers Ltd (2022): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisEmployment Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Shuey v United States (1875): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited States
Ramsgate Victoria Hotel Co Ltd v Montefiore (1866): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Scottish Power UK Plc v BP Exploration Operating Co Ltd (2016): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
R v Thabo Meli (1954): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesCriminal Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Starson v Swayze (2003): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesPublic Law CasesCanada
Smith v Hughes (1960): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisPublic Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Spartan Steel v Martin (1973): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Roberts v Ramsbottom (1980): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Salomon v Salomon & Co Ltd (1897): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesBusiness Law CasesUnited Kingdom
National Provincial Bank Ltd v Ainsworth (1965): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesProperty Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Percival v Wright (1902): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesBusiness Law Cases
Longbottom v Berry (1870): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesProperty Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Nettleship v Weston (1971): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Michael v Chief Constable of South Wales (2015): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Marr v Collie (2017): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisEquity and Trusts Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Patel v Mirza (2016): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesEquity and Trusts Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Mullin v Richards (1998): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Payne v Cave (1789): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Murphy v Brentwood DC (1991): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Macaura v Northern Assurance Co Ltd (1925): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisBusiness Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board (2015): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v London Residuary Body (1992): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisProperty Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Pinnel's Case (1601): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Partridge v Crittenden (1968): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Le Lievre v Gould (1893): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd (2013): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisBusiness Law CasesUnited Kingdom
NAACP v Alabama (1958): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisPublic Law CasesUnited States
Mabo v Queensland (No. 1) (1988): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesProperty Law CasesAustralia
Mabo v Queensland (No. 2) (1992): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesProperty Law CasesAustralia
Miranda v Arizona (1966): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisCriminal Law CasesUnited States
R v Brown (1994): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesCriminal Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists Ltd (1953): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Page v Smith (1996): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Parker v Clark (1960): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Mints v PJSC National Bank Trust (2023): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesInternational Law Cases
Lefkowitz v Great Minneapolis Surplus Store (1957): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited States
R v Clarke (1927): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesAustralia
Merritt v Merritt (1970): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Mareva Compania Naviera v International Bulk Carriers (The Mareva) (1980): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisLegal Systems and Procedural Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Lister v Stubbs (1890): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisBusiness Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Orchard v Lee (2009): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Mansfield v Weetabix Ltd (1998): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
McHale v Watson (1965): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesTort Law CasesAustralia
Paris v Stepney Borough Council (1951): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Heaven v Pender (1883): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Holland v Hodgson (1872): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesProperty Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Indermaur v Dames (1867): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Harvey v Facey (1893): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Haynes v Harwood (1935): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Jarndyce v Jarndyce (1853): A Charles Dickens "Bleak House" Fictional CasePublic Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Hellawell v Eastwood (1851): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesProperty Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co Ltd (1970): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Lampleigh v Braithwaite (1615): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Hartley v Ponsonby (1857): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Holroyd v Marshall (1861): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesEquity and Trusts Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Heien v North Carolina (2014): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisPublic Law CasesUnited States
Illingworth v Houldsworth (1904): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisBusiness Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Jones v Lipman (1962): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesBusiness Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Interfoto Picture Library Ltd v Stiletto Visual Programmes Ltd (1987): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Gilford Motor Co Ltd v Horne (1933): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesBusiness Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Hyde v Wrench (1840): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Hedley Byrne v Heller (1964): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Glasbrook Bros Ltd v Glamorgan CC (1925): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesPublic Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Griswold v Connecticut (1965): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisPublic Law CasesUnited States
Hadley v Baxendale (1854): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Frey v Fedoruk (1950): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesLegal Systems and Procedural Law CasesCanada
Lace v Chantler (1944): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Gibson v Manchester City Council (1979): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Harvela Investments Ltd v Royal Trust Co of Canada (1986): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Hryniak v Mauldin (2014): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesLegal Systems and Procedural Law CasesCanada
Foss v Harbottle (1843): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesBusiness Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Household Fire Insurance v Grant (1879): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Holwell Securities v Hughes (1973): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Kelner v Baxter (1866): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesBusiness Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Gibbons v Ogden (1824): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesPublic Law CasesUnited States
Heslop v Burns (1974): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesProperty Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Kent v Griffiths (2001): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Heydon's Case (1584): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesLegal Systems and Procedural Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Donoghue v Stevenson (1932): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
FHR European Ventures LLP v Cedar Capital Partners LLC (2015): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesBusiness Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Brinkibon v Stahag Stahl (1983): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Entores Ltd v Miles Far East Corp (1955): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v Mardon (1976): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd (1947): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Derry v Peek (1889): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Bourhill v Young (1943): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Daubert v Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1993): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesLegal Systems and Procedural Law CasesUnited States
Currie v Misa (1876): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd (2009): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co (1893): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Edwards v Vannoy (2021): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesCriminal Law CasesUnited States
Fay v Noia (1963): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesPublic Law CasesUnited States
Ebrahimi v Westbourne Galleries Ltd (1973): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesBusiness Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Foakes v Beer (1884): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v Selfridge (1915): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Brogden v Metropolitan Railway Co (1877): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Erlanger v New Sombrero Phosphate Co (1878): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesBusiness Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Christopher v SmithKline Beecham Corp (2012): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesEmployment Law CasesUnited States
Butler Machine Tool v Ex-Cell-O Corporation (1979): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Felthouse v Bindley (1862): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesInternational Law CasesAustralia
Byrne v Boadle (1863): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Byrne v Van Tienhoven (1880): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Dickinson v Dodds (1876): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Errington v Errington and Woods (1952): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesProperty Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Daulia Ltd v Four Millbank Nominees Ltd (1978): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Caparo Industries Plc v Dickman (1990): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Fisher v Bell (1961): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
European Super League Co v UEFA (2023): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesInternational Law CasesEuropean Union
Eastwood v Kenyon (1840): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee (1957): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Fagan v Metropolitan Police Commissioner (1969): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesCriminal Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Chappell v Nestle (1960): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesBusiness Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Andrews v Law Society of British Columbia (1989): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesPublic Law CasesCanada
Attorney General of Hong Kong v Reid (1994): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesEquity and Trusts Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Al-Kateb v Godwin (2004): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesPublic Law CasesAustralia
Blackpool and Fylde Aero Club v Blackpool Borough Council (1990): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Boardman v Phipps (1967): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesBusiness Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Bernstein v Skyviews & General Ltd (1978): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisProperty Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Aslan v Murphy (1990): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesProperty Law CasesUnited Kingdom
AG Securities v Vaughan (1990): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesProperty Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Antoniades v Villiers (1988): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesProperty Law CasesUnited Kingdom
BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd v Eurosail (2013): Case Summary and Legal AnalysisBusiness Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Arnold v Britton (2015): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Adams v Cape Industries Plc (1990): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesBusiness Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Australian Woollen Mills v The Commonwealth (1954): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesAustralia
B (A Child) v Director of Public Prosecutions (2000): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesCriminal Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Anton Piller KG v Manufacturing Processes Ltd (1976): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesLegal Systems and Procedural Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Anderson v Mt. Clemens Pottery Co (1946): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesEmployment Law CasesUnited States
Abbey National Building Society v Cann (1991): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesProperty Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Adams v Lindsell (1818): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Berkley v Poulett (1976): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesProperty Law Cases
Apodaca v Oregon (1972): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesPublic Law CasesUnited States
Beswick v Beswick (1968): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Balfour v Balfour (1919): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesContract Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Adler v George (1964): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesPublic Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Alice Corp v CLS Bank International (2014): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesBusiness Law CasesUnited States
Anns v Merton London Borough Council (1978): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesTort Law CasesUnited Kingdom
Batson v Kentucky (1986): Case Summary and Legal PrinciplesPublic Law CasesUnited States
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