List of Supreme Court of Judicature cases
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This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the Supreme Court England and Wales. That is, cases from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Court of Appeal of England and Wales
, and Crown Court
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Court of Appeal of England and Wales
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales is the second most senior court in the English legal system, with only the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom above it...
, and Crown Court
Crown Court
The Crown Court of England and Wales is, together with the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal, one of the constituent parts of the Senior Courts of England and Wales...
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pre-1800
- Haxey's caseHaxey's caseHaxey's case Rotuli Parliamentorum 434, is a leading case in English law that established the right to free speech within Parliament. In January 1397, Sir Thomas Haxey presented a petition to Parliament, criticising the costs of King Richard II of England's household...
(1397) Rot. Parl.Rolls of ParliamentThe Rolls of Parliament were the official records of the English Parliament and the subsequent Parliament of the United Kingdom. They recorded meetings of Parliament and Acts of Parliament....
(iii) 434 - Booty v BarnabyBooty v BarnabyBooty v. Barnaby is the name of a court case that lead from a supposed sighting of a ghost to an action for slander being brought by Mrs. Booty, widow of a man known as Old Booty, against Captain Barnaby, a neighbor of Booty's, for saying that he had seen her deceased husband, a brewer, driven into...
(1687)
1800 – 1899
- Vaughn v. Menlove (1837). 132 E.R. 490 (C.P.)
- Foss v HarbottleFoss v HarbottleFoss v Harbottle 67 ER 189 is a leading English precedent in corporate law. In any action in which a wrong is alleged to have been done to a company, the proper claimant is the company itself. This is known as "the rule in Foss v Harbottle", and the several important exceptions that have been...
(1843) 2 Hare 461, 67 ER 189 - Parker v. South Eastern Railway CompanyParker v. South Eastern Railway CompanyParker v South Eastern Railway [1877] 2 CPD 416 is a famous English contract law case on exclusion clauses where the court held that an individual cannot escape a contractual term by failing to read the contract but that a party wanting to rely on an exclusion clause must take reasonable steps to...
(1877), L.R. 2 C.P.D. 416 - Cundy v. Lindsay (1878) 3 App Cas 459
- Household Fire & Carriage Account Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Grant (1879), 4 Exch. Div. 216
- R v. Dudley and Stephens (1884) 14 QBDKing's BenchThe Queen's Bench is the superior court in a number of jurisdictions within some of the Commonwealth realms...
273 DC - The MoorcockThe MoorcockThe Moorcock 14 PD 64 is a leading English contract law case, which introduced the concept of implied terms. It has been superseded by more modern approach to implied terms in recent cases such as Equitable Life Assurance Society v Hyman and Attorney General of Belize v Belize Telecom...
(1889), 14 Probate Division 64 - Kenrick v. LawrenceKenrick v. LawrenceKenrick v. Lawrence L.R. 25, Q.B.D. 99 was a seminal English case on the nature of copyright. In it the court establishes the extent for which copyright protection is given for a work and at which point it crosses the line from "expression", which is protected, to "idea", which is not.A company...
[1890] QBD - Henthorn v. FraserHenthorn v. FraserHenthorn v Fraser [1892] 2 Ch 27 is a decision of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales dealing with the postal rule in English law of contract formation.-Facts:...
[1892] 2 Ch. 27 - Hollingrake v. Truswell [1894] 3 Ch. 420
- Wilkinson v DowntonWilkinson v DowntonWilkinson v Downton [1897] 2 Q.B. 57, is a famous English tort law decision in which the Common Law first recognised the tort of intentional infliction of mental shock.-Background:...
[1897] 2 Q.B. 57: Intentional infliction of nervous shock
1900 – present
- Automatic Self-Cleansing Filter Syndicate Co Ltd v CuninghameAutomatic Self-Cleansing Filter Syndicate Co Ltd v CuninghameAutomatic Self-Cleansing Filter Syndicate Co Ltd v Cuninghame [1906] 2 Ch 34 is a UK company law case, which concerns the enforceability of provisions in a company's constitution....
, [1906] 2 Ch. 34 (C.A.): duty of corporate directors - University of London Press, Ltd. v. University Tutorial Press, Ltd. [1916] 2 Ch. 601
- Balfour v. BalfourBalfour v. BalfourBalfour v Balfour [1919] 2 KB 571 is a leading English contract law case. It held that there is a rebuttable presumption against an intention to create a legally enforceable agreement when the agreement is domestic in nature.-Facts:...
[1919] 2 K.B. 571 - Foley v. Classique Coaches Ltd. [1934] 2 K.B. 1
- Young v Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd [1944] KBKing's BenchThe Queen's Bench is the superior court in a number of jurisdictions within some of the Commonwealth realms...
718 CACourt of Appeal of England and WalesThe Court of Appeal of England and Wales is the second most senior court in the English legal system, with only the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom above it... - Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd [1947] K.B. 130.
- Olley v Marlborough Court Hotel [1949] 1 K.B. 532.
- Shanklin Pier Ltd v Detel Products LtdShanklin Pier Ltd v Detel Products LtdShanklin Pier Ltd v Detel Products Ltd [1951] 2 KB 854 is a leading judgment on the subject of collateral contracts in English contract law. In it the High Court of Justice King's Bench Division created the principle of collateral contracts, an exception to the rule of privity of contract where a...
, [1951] 2 KB 854 - Fisher v Bell [1960] 3 W.L.R. 919
- R v Waterfield, [1963] 3 All E.R. 659
- Edwards v. Skyways Ltd. [1964] 1 All E.R. 494
- Gould v. Gould [1969] 3 All E.R. 728
See also
- List of cases involving Lord Denning
- List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases
- List of House of Lords cases