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Law Cases

Our in-house law team, headed by Jack Kinsella an Oxford law graduate, has compiled a comprehensive list of 1755 case law summaries to help you with your studies.

Law cases by module

Name Reference Subtopic
McGhee v National Coal Board [1973] 1 WLR 1; [1972] 3 All ER 1008 Negligence: Causation; Fairchild Exception Cases
Chandler v Cape Plc [2012] [2012] EWCA Civ 525; [2012] 1 WLR 3111; [2012] 3 All ER 640 Negligence: Duty & Standard of Care Cases
Hyam v DPP (Director of Public Prosecutions) [1975] AC 55; [1974] 2 WLR 607; [1974] 2 All ER 41 General Part; Mens Rea; Varieties of fault- intention Cases
R v Lipman [1970] 1 QB 152; [1969] 3 WLR 819; [1969] 3 All ER 410 Intoxication; Manslaughter Cases
Pepper (Inspector of Taxes) v Hart [1993] AC 593; [1992] 3 WLR 1032; [1993] 1 All ER 42 Public Law Cases
R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal and Others [2019] UKSC 22; [2017] EWCA Civ 1868 Public Law Cases
R v Lloyd [1985] QB 829; [1985] 3 WLR 30; [1985] 2 All ER 661; [1985] Crim LR 518 Property Offences; Theft; Copyright 3: Infringement Cases
R v Saik [2006] UKHL 18; [2007] 1 AC 18; [2006] 2 WLR 993; [2006] 4 All ER 866 Conspiracy Cases
Re Shaw [1957] 1 WLR 729; [1957] 1 All ER 745 Charitable Trusts Cases
R v Smith [1959] 2 QB 35 General Part; Actus Reus; Causation Cases
Hirst v The United Kingdom (No. 2) [2005] ECHR 681; [2005] 10 WLUK 84; [2006] 42 EHRR 41 Public Law; Human Rights Cases
R v Hinks [2001] 2 AC 241 (HL); [2000] 3 WLR 1590; [2000] 4 All ER 833; [2000] 10 WLUK 685 Property Offences; Theft; Dishonesty Cases
R v Gomez [1993] AC 442; [1992] 3 WLR 1067; [1993] 1 All ER 1 Property Offences; Theft; Dishonesty Cases
Galli-Atkinson v Seghal [2003] EWCA Civ 697; [2003] 3 WLUK 635 Negligence: Kinds of Damage Cases
FHR European Ventures LLP v Mankarious [2014] UKSC 45; [2014] 3 WLR 535 Constructive trusts Cases
Eves v Eves [1975] 1 WLR 1338; [1975] 3 All ER 768; [1975] 4 WLUK 68 Family Property Cases
Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v Mardon [1976] QB 801; [1976] 2 WLR 583; [1976] 2 All ER 5 Misrepresentation Cases
Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd and Others [2013] UKSC 34; [2012] EWCA Civ 1395; [2013] 2 AC 415 Power Within a Company Cases
Byrne v Deane [1937] 1 KB 818; [1937] 2 All ER 204 Defamation Cases
Burns v Burns [1984] Ch. 317; [1984] 2 WLR 582; [1984] 1 All ER 244 Family Property Cases
Blue v Ashley [2017] EWHC 1928 (Comm); [2017] 7 WLUK 593 Formation; Intention to Create Legal Relations Cases
Balfour v Balfour [1919] 2 K.B. 571; [1919] 6 WLUK 33 Formation; Intention to Create Legal Relations Cases
Adler v George [1964] 2 Q.B. 7; [1964] 2 W.L.R. 542 Statutory Interpretation Cases
Wishart v Credit and Mercantile plc [2015] 2 P & CR 322 Registration Cases
Walton v Scottish Ministers [2012] UKSC 44 Public Law Cases