Kleinwort Benson v Malaysian Mining Corp

Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Malaysian Mining Corporation, [1989] 1 WLR 379. Intention to create legal relations in the formation of contracts. Facts. A company incorporated in Malaysia, acquired a cash loan from merchant bankers for the purposes of funding its subsidiary trading company in London. The Malaysian company wrote the bank a …

OTHERS (1965) 15 (CA)

In 'full mens rea' offences such as murder or manslaughter, the accused has the burden of raising the issue of mistake of fact by adducing or pointing to relevant evidence, but, …

Knightley v Johns

Knightley v Johns and Others [1982] 1 WLR 349. Law of Tort – Novus Actus Interveniens – Damage – Remoteness of Damage – Causation. Facts. Mr Johns was driving negligently and this resulted in a crash where his car overturned near the exit of a tunnel. Due to the crash, two police officers attended the scene.

Simpkins v Pays

Simpkins v Pays [1955] 1 WLR 975. Intention to create legal relations in the formation of contracts in a domestic context. Facts. Ms. Simpkins was a paying boarder at Ms. Pays house, who lived with her granddaughter. Ms. Simpkins habitually entered into newspaper competitions. Concerning one weekly Sunday newspaper competition, the three agreed ...

Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee

Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957] 1 WLR 583. TORT – NEGLIGENCE – STANDARD OF CARE FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS - THE BOLAM TEST. Facts. The defendant was the body who employed a doctor who had not given a mentally-ill patient (the claimant) muscle-relaxant drugs nor restrained them prior to …

T Choithram International SA v Pagarani [2001] 1 WLR 1

T Choithram International SA v Pagarani [2001] 1 WLR 1. by Lawprof Team; First-class Oxford trust law notes. Go to shop. Premium Notes. PQ Guide. Model Answers. Key point. An imperfect transfer to trustees is perfected if the settlor is also one of the trustees; Facts.

International Law Reports: Volume 65

Export citation. View abstract. Sovereign immunity — Heads of foreign States — Claim against foreign Head of State arising from road accident — Whether entitled to absolute …

Haley v London Electricity Board

Haley v London Electricity Board [1965] AC 778. TORT – NEGLIGENCE – FACTORS RELEVANT TO BREACH OF DUTY. Facts. The defendant's employees dug a hole in a pavement. When they left the area on their break, they realised that they had not been provided with the necessary materials to fence off the area. They thought it would be …

R v Blaue

R v Blaue [1975] 1 WLR 1411. Chain of Causation – Manslaughter – Novus Actus Interveniens – Victim's Own Act – Egg shell Skull Rule ... Even if R v Roberts (1971) 56 Cr App R 95 is applied the victim's response was foreseeable taking into account their particular characteristics. Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp ...

Dick Bentley Productions v Harold Smith Motors

Dick Bentley Productions v Harold Smith Motors [1965] 1 WLR 623 Court of Appeal Dick Bentley knew the defendant, who was a car trader specialising in the prestige market, for some time. He had asked him to look out for a well vetted Bentley car. The defendant obtained a Bentley and recommended it to the claimant.

Phipps v Pears

Phipps v Pears [1965] 1 QB 76, CA. Negative easement of protection against the weather by a neighbour's house. Facts. The plaintiff and defendant both owned houses which were adjacent to one another, on Market Street, Warwick. Phipps did not insulate his house, including the wall which bordered the house of the Pears.

Terms of The Contract Case Summaries

Dick Bentley v Harold Smith

Dick Bentley Productions Ltd v Harold Smith (Motors) Ltd [1965] 1 WLR 623. Established that a representation from an experience party to an inexperienced party is likely to be interpreted as a contractual term rather than a representation. Facts. The claimant, Dick Bentley, was aware of the defendant, Harold Smith's, reputation as an expert ...

Protection of the surety under Zimbabwean law

Extract The availability of credit facilities to both companies and individuals wishing to do business is probably one of the most important facets of the modern world. It is needless …

OTHERS (1965) 15 (CA)

6th May 1965 Fly note and Headnote [1] Civil Procedure - Judicial notice - test for determining what can be subject to judicial notice: ... [1956] 1 WLR 965. (2) R v Willis [1960] 1 All ER 331. (3) Brennan v R 1936 55 CLR 253 HC (4) Tenson Simukona and Others v R NRCA Cases 105, 106, 107 of 1964.

Inwards & Ors v Baker | [1965] 2 WLR 212

Get free access to the complete judgment in Inwards & Ors v Baker on CaseMine. Log In. India; UK & Ireland ... Jan 13, 1965; Full Judgment; Subsequent References; CaseIQ (AI Recommendations) Inwards & Ors v Baker [1965] 2 WLR 212 [1965] 2 QB 29 [1965] 1 All ER 446 [1965] EWCA Civ 4. Case Information. CITATION CODES ATTORNEY(S) MR …

Manchester Diocesan Council for Education v Commercial

Manchester Diocesan Council for Education v Commercial & General Investments Ltd High Court Citations: [1970] 1 WLR 241; [1969] 3 All ER 1593; (1970) 21 P & CR 38; (1970) 114 SJ 70; [1970] CLY 2893. Facts The claimant owned a school. ... On the 7th of January 1965, the claimant sent a formal letter of acceptance. On the same day, the defendant ...

Spurling v Bradshaw

Spurling v Bradshaw [1956] 1 WLR 461. Validity of contractual clause purporting to exclude liability for negligence of bailees. Facts. Bradshaw sent eight barrels of orange juice to be stored at Spurling's warehouse. Spurling sent a receipt to Bradshaw on which were printed their conditions of storage. The conditions contained a clause ...

Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957] 1 …

Essential Cases: Tort Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957] 1 WLR 582. The document also included supporting commentary from author Craig Purshouse.

Bartlett v Sidney Marcus Ltd [1965]: A Summary

In Bartlett v Sidney Marcus Ltd [1965], the seller was a car dealer, and the buyer purchased a second-hand car from him. Skip to content. Case Judgments. Summary of important cases Menu. ... [1965] 2 All ER 753; [1965] 1 WLR 1013: Court: Court of Appeal: Jurisdiction: England & Wales: Date/year: 13 April 1965:

Law on joint enterprise misinterpreted for years | Burton …

The Supreme Court ruled that the law in relation to Joint Enterprise has been wrongly interpreted for years. What are the implications of the Ruling?

Dick Bentley Productions Ltd v Harold Smith (Motors) Ltd …

FACTS. Mr. Charles Walter Bentley, also known as Dick Bentley, brings a legal action against Harold Smith (Motors) Limited for breach of warranty on the sale of a car. Mr. Smith informed Mr. Bentley that he had purchased a Park Ward convertible car with a replacement engine and gearbox, which had done only 20,000 miles since the refit.

Chaudry v Prabhakar

Chaudry v Prabhakar [1989] 1 WLR 29. DUTY OF CARE – RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TORT AND CONTRACT. Facts. The plaintiff was seeking to purchase a car and asked the defendant, her friend, to assist her on the basis that he claimed to be knowledgeable on the subject. She purchased a car on the recommendation of the defendant.

Oscar Chess v Williams

Oscar Chess v Williams [1957] 1 WLR 370. The steps to be taken in identifying a warranty. Facts. The defendants sold a Morris car to the claimants, who were motor traders, for £290. The defendants provided a copy of the vehicles first registration indicating that the car was first registered in 1948. Some eight months later the claimants ...

Ratnam v Cumarasamy

[1965] 1 wlr 8 [privy council.] thamboo ratnam appellant; and thamboo cumarasamy and cumarasamy ariamany d/o kumarasa respondents. on appeal from the court of appeal of the supreme court of the federation of malaya. 1964 oct. 21; nov. 23. lord hodson, lord guest and lord donovan.

Wong v Beaumont Property Trust Ltd

Wong v Beaumont Property Trust Ltd [1965] 1 QB 673. Property law – Easement – Implied term – Easement of Necessity Implied. Facts: Wong, the tenant of the property had covenanted the property into a restaurant. Three cellars were let to control and eliminate smells and odours caused by the restaurant so they did not cause annoyance to the ...

National Provincial Bank v Ainsworth

National Provincial Bank v Ainsworth [1965] 3 WLR 1 House of Lords Mr Ainsworth was a second hand car dealer and sole registered proprietor of the matrimonial home. He left the matrimonial home and moved in with his mother. His wife obtained a judicial separation. As part of the separation agreement, his wife was to live in the house rent free ...

Jones V Lipman 1962 1 WLR 832 | PDF

jones-v-lipman-1962-1-wlr-832 - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. Mr. Lipman contracted to sell his house to Jones but then changed his mind and sold the property to a company he had established instead. The company was set up solely for the purpose of receiving the land from Lipman. The court held that the …

Webb v Minister of Housing and Local Government

Westminster Corp v. London Railway[1904] 1 Ch 759 45. Webb v. Housing and Local [1965] 1 W.L.R. 755 46. Denman v. Westminster Corp[1906] 1 Ch 464 47. R v. Horseferry Road Magistrate's Court, ex-parte Bennett[1994] 1 A.C. 42 at 62 48. ... OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE ACT 1939 S30(1) WEBB V MIN OF HOUSING & LOCAL GOVT …

Williams v Williams (Enforcability of Agreement) – Case …

Williams v Williams (Enforcability of Agreement) Court of Appeal Citations: [1957] 1 WLR 148; [1957] 1 All ER 305; (1957) 121 JP 93; (1957) 101 SJ 108; [1957] CLY 1081. Facts The parties were a formerly married couple. After seven years of marriage, the wife deserted her husband. The parties later agreed that the husband…

Overview — AN/WLR-1 — Electronic Support …

AN/WLR-1. Country of Origin: USA. Table of contents. description. description. The AN/WLR-1 is a shipborne radar warning receiver (RWR) that has been in service since the early 1960s. It is designed for real-time intercept of signals, direction-finding, processing and evaluation of radio-frequency signal emitters in the 0.5-18 GHz (C to J) bands.

Attorney General of Belize v Belize Telecom Ltd – Case …

Citations: [2009] UKPC 10; [2009] 1 WLR 1988; [2009] 2 All ER 1127; [2009] 2 All ER (Comm) 1; [2009] BCC 433; [2009] 2 BCLC 148. Facts. The Government of Belize formed a company to provide telecommunications services in the country. The aim was for the company to take over operations from the public body that previously provided those …

The mutable defendant: from penitent to rights-bearing and …

Abstract. Contemporary criminal justice is premised on a rights-bearing defendant safe-guarded by due process from arbitrary state punishment. The paucity of …

Williams v holland 1965 1 wlr 739 is relied upon for

Williams v Holland [1965] 1 WLR 739 is relied upon for this proposition. The relevant facts of that case were that the plaintiff, as the executor, served notice to quit on the defendants, who were specific devisees in occupation of the devised properties. The English Court of Appeal said: 'A more difficult question arises with regard to the mesne …

(1965) East Africa Law Reports | PDF | Lawsuit | Lease

This document contains summaries of 77 court cases from 1965 in various East African countries. The cases cover a range of legal topics and were decided by various courts, …

R v Church [1966] 1 QB 59, [1965] 2 W.L.R. 1220

Key point. The principle in R v Thabo Meli [1954] 1 WLR 228 applies to manslaughter – the mens rea need not exactly coincide with the act causing death if the act is part of a connected series of acts which at some point of time coincided with the mens rea; To establish constructive/unlawful act manslaughter, the risk of harm have been capable of …