Contractcase summaries

Every contract case in the CareerInLaw library — 176 summaries, each with the facts, the issue, what was held, and the principle you need in the exam.

• Adams v Lindsell(1818) 1 B. & Ald. 681 · Court of King’s Bench
• Addis v Gramophone Co Ltd[1909] AC 488 · House of Lords
• Ailsa Craig Fishing Co Ltd v Malvern Fishing Co Ltd[1983] 1 WLR 964 · House of Lords
• Akai Holdings Ltd Liquidators v Ting[2010] UKPC 21 · Privy Council (Bermuda)
• Alfred McAlpine Construction Ltd v Panatown Ltd[2001] A.C. 518 · House of Lords
• Allcard v Skinner(1887) 36 Ch D 145 · Court of Appeal
• Amalgamated Investment & Property Co Ltd v Texas Commerce International Bank Ltd[1982] Q.B. 84 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Anglia Television Ltd v Reed[1972] 1 Q.B. 60 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Appleby v Myers(1867) LR 2 CP 651 · Court of Exchequer Chamber
• Arcos Ltd v EA Ronaasen & Son[1933] AC 470 · House of Lords
• Arnold v Britton[2015] UKSC 36 · Supreme Court
• Associated Japanese Bank (International) v Credit du Nord SA[1989] 1 WLR 255 · High Court (Queen's Bench Division)
• Atlas Express Ltd v Kafco (Importers and Distributors) Ltd[1989] Q.B. 833 · Queen’s Bench Division (Commercial Court)
• Attorney General of Belize v Belize Telecom Ltd[2009] UKPC 10 · Privy Council
• Attorney General v Blake[2001] 1 A.C. 268 · House of Lords
• Attwood v Small(1838) 6 Cl & F 232 · House of Lords
• Axa Sun Life Services Plc v Campbell Martin Ltd[2011] EWCA Civ 133 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Baird Textile Holdings Ltd v Marks & Spencer[2001] EWCA Civ 274 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Balfour v Balfour[1919] 2 KB 571 · Court of Appeal
• Barton v Armstrong[1976] AC 104 · Privy Council (appeal from New South Wales)
• Barton v Morris[2023] UKSC 3 · Supreme Court
• Bell v Lever Brothers Ltd[1932] AC 161 · House of Lords
• Beswick v Beswick[1968] AC 58 · House of Lords
• Bisset v Wilkinson[1927] AC 177 · Privy Council (New Zealand)
• Boustany v Pigott(1995) 69 P & CR 298 · Privy Council
• Brinkibon Ltd v Stahag Steel[1983] 2 AC 34 · House of Lords
• British Crane Hire Corporation Ltd v Ipswich Plant Hire Ltd[1975] QB 303 · Court of Appeal
• British Steel Corp v Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co Ltd[1984] 1 All ER 504 · High Court
• Butler Machine Tool Co Ltd v Ex-Cell-O Corp (England) Ltd[1979] 1 WLR 401 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• C & P Haulage Co Ltd v Middleton[1983] 1 WLR 1461 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Car & Universal Finance Co Ltd v Caldwell[1965] 1 QB 525 · Court of Appeal
• Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co[1893] 1 QB 256 · Court of Appeal
• Cavendish Square Holding BV v Makdessi; ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis[2015] UKSC 67 · Supreme Court
• Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd[1947] KB 130 · High Court
• Centrovincial Estates PLC v Merchant Investors Assurance Company Ltd[1983] Com LR 158 · Court of Appeal
• Chapelton v Barry Urban District Council[1940] 1 KB 532 · Court of Appeal
• Chappell & Co Ltd v Nestlé Co Ltd[1960] AC 87 · House of Lords
• Charnock v Liverpool Corporation[1968] 3 All ER 473 · Court of Appeal
• Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd[2009] UKHL 38; [2009] AC 1101 · House of Lords
• Collier v P & MJ Wright (Holdings) Ltd[2007] EWCA Civ 1329; [2008] 1 WLR 643 · Court of Appeal
• Combe v Combe[1951] 2 KB 215 · Court of Appeal
• Commonwealth of Australia v Verwayen[1990] 64 ALJR 540 · High Court of Australia
• Cooper v Phibbs(1867) LR 2 HL 149 · House of Lords
• Couchman v Hill[1947] KB 554 · Court of Appeal
• Couturier v Hastie(1856) 5 HL Cas 673 · House of Lords
• Cresswell v Potter[1978] 1 WLR 255 · Chancery Division of the High Court
• CTN Cash and Carry Ltd v Gallaher Ltd[1994] 4 All ER 714 · Court of Appeal
• Cundy v Lindsay(1878) 3 App Cas 459 · House of Lords
• Curtis v Chemical Cleaning & Dyeing Co[1951] 1 KB 805 · Court of Appeal
• D & C Builders Ltd v Rees[1966] 2 QB 617 · Court of Appeal
• Darlington Borough Council v Wiltshier Northern Ltd[1995] 1 WLR 68 · Court of Appeal
• Daulia Ltd v Four Millbank Nominees Ltd[1978] Ch 231 · Court of Appeal
• Davis Contractors Ltd v Fareham Urban District Council[1956] AC 696 · House of Lords
• Derry v Peek(1889) 14 App Cas 337 · House of Lords
• Dick Bentley Productions Ltd v Harold Smith Motors Ltd[1965] 1 WLR 623 · Court of Appeal
• Dolphin Maritime & Aviation Services Ltd v Sveriges Angfartygs Assurans Forening[2009] EWHC 716 (Comm) · Queen’s Bench Division (Commercial Court)
• Doyle v Olby (Ironmongers) Ltd[1969] 2 QB 158 · Court of Appeal
• DSND Subsea Ltd v Petroleum Geo-Services ASA[2000] BLR 530 · High Court
• Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v New Garage & Motor Co Ltd[1915] AC 79 · House of Lords
• Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v Selfridge & Co Ltd[1915] AC 847 · House of Lords
• East v Maurer[1991] 1 WLR 461 · Court of Appeal
• Eastwood v Kenyon(1840) 11 Ad & E 438 · Court of Queen's Bench
• Ecay v Godfrey(1947) 80 Ll L Rep 286 · King's Bench Division
• Edgington v Fitzmaurice(1885) 29 Ch D 459 · Court of Appeal
• Entores Ltd v Miles Far East Corporation[1955] 2 QB 327 · Court of Appeal
• Errington v Errington and Woods[1952] 1 KB 290 · Court of Appeal
• Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v Commissioners of Customs and Excise[1976] 1 WLR 1 · House of Lords
• Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v Mardon[1976] QB 801 · Court of Appeal
• Experience Hendrix LLC v PPX Enterprises Inc[2003] EWCA Civ 323; [2003] 1 All ER (Comm) 830 · Court of Appeal
• Farley v Skinner[2001] UKHL 49; [2002] 2 AC 732 · House of Lords
• Felthouse v Bindley(1862) 11 CB (NS) 869 · Court of Common Pleas
• Fibrosa Spolka Akcyjna v Fairbairn Lawson Combe Barbour Ltd[1943] AC 32 · House of Lords
• First Tower Trustees Ltd v CDS (Superstores International) Ltd[2018] EWCA Civ 1396 · Court of Appeal
• Fisher v Bell[1961] 1 QB 394 · Queen's Bench Divisional Court
• Foakes v Beer(1884) 9 App Cas 605 · House of Lords
• Fry v Lane(1888) 40 Ch D 312 · High Court (Chancery Division)
• FSHC Group Holdings Ltd v GLAS Trust Corp Ltd[2019] EWCA Civ 1361 · Court of Appeal
• Gamerco SA v ICM/Fair Warning (Agency) Ltd[1995] 1 WLR 1226 · High Court
• George Mitchell (Chesterhall) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd[1983] 2 AC 803 · House of Lords
• Geys v Société Générale, London Branch[2012] UKSC 63 · Supreme Court
• Gibbons v Proctor(1891) 64 LT 594 · Queen's Bench Division
• Gibson v Manchester City Council[1979] 1 WLR 294 · House of Lords
• Gore v Van der Lann[1967] 2 QB 31 · Court of Appeal
• Government of Zanzibar v British Aerospace (Lancaster House) Ltd[2000] 1 WLR 2333 · High Court
• Great Peace Shipping Ltd v Tsavliris Salvage (International) Ltd[2002] EWCA Civ 1407; [2003] QB 679 · Court of Appeal
• Hadley v Baxendale(1854) 9 Exch 341 · Court of Exchequer
• Hamer v Sidway 124 N.Y. 538(1891) · Court of Appeals of New York (United States)
• Hartog v Colin & Shields[1939] 2 All ER 566 · High Court (King’s Bench Division)
• Harvela Investments Ltd v Royal Trust Co of Canada (CI) Ltd[1986] AC 207 · House of Lords
• Hayward v Zurich Insurance Co Plc[2016] UKSC 48; [2017] AC 142 · Supreme Court
• Heilbut, Symons & Co v Buckleton[1913] AC 30 · House of Lords
• Henthorn v Fraser[1892] 2 Ch 27 · Court of Appeal
• Herne Bay Steamboat Co v Hutton[1903] 2 KB 683 · Court of Appeal
• Hillas Co v Arcos Ltd[1932] 147 L.T. 503 · House of Lords
• Hollier v Rambler Motors (AMC) Ltd[1972] 2 QB 71 · Court of Appeal
• Holwell Securities Ltd v Hughes[1974] 1 WLR 155 · Court of Appeal
• Hong Kong Fir Shipping Co Ltd v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd[1962] 2 QB 26 · Court of Appeal
• Hounslow London Borough Council v Twickenham Garden Developments Ltd[1971] Ch 233 · High Court
• Household Fire and Carriage Accident Insurance Co Ltd v Grant(1879) 4 Ex D 216 · Court of Appeal
• Howard Marine and Dredging Co v A. Ogden and Sons[1978] Q.B. 574 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Hughes v Metropolitan Railway Co(1877) 2 App Cas 439 · House of Lords
• Huyton v Cremer[1999] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 620 · High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
• Hyde v Wrench(1840) 3 Beav 334 · Court of Chancery
• Ingram v Little[1961] 1 Q.B. 31 · Court of Appeal
• Interfoto Picture Library Ltd v Stiletto Visual Programmes Ltd[1989] QB 433 · Court of Appeal
• Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society[1998] 1 WLR 896 · House of Lords
• Isabella Shipowner SA v Shagang Shipping Co Ltd (The Aquafaith)[2012] EWHC 1077 (Comm) · Queen’s Bench Division (Commercial Court)
• J Lauritzen AS v Wijsmuller BV (The Super Servant Two)[1990] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 1 · Court of Appeal
• Jackson v Horizon Holidays[1975] 3 All ER 92 · Court of Appeal
• Jackson v Union Marine Insurance Co(1874) LR 10 CP 125 · Exchequer Chamber
• Jarvis v Swans Tours Ltd[1973] QB 233 · Court of Appeal
• John Grimes Partnership Limited v Gubbins[2013] EWCA Civ 37 · Court of Appeal
• Johnson v Agnew[1980] AC 367 · House of Lords
• Jones v Padavatton[1969] 1 WLR 328 · Court of Appeal
• Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Malaysia Mining Corp[1989] 1 All ER 785 · Court of Appeal
• Koufos v C Czarnikow Ltd (The Heron II)[1969] 1 AC 350 · House of Lords
• Krell v Henry[1903] 2 KB 740 · Court of Appeal
• L Schuler AG v Wickman Machine Tool Sales Ltd[1974] AC 235 · House of Lords
• L'Estrange v F Graucob Ltd[1934] 2 K.B. 394 · King's Bench Division (Divisional Court)
• Laemthong International Lines Co Ltd v Artis (The Laemthong Glory) (No. 2)[2005] EWCA Civ 519 · Court of Appeal
• Lampleigh v Brathwait(1615) Hob 105 · King’s Bench
• Lauritzencool AB v Lady Navigation Inc[2005] EWCA Civ 579 · Court of Appeal
• Lazenby Garages Ltd v Wright[1976] 1 WLR 459 · Court of Appeal
• Leaf v International Galleries[1950] 2 KB 86 · Court of Appeal
• Lewis v Averay[1972] 1 QB 198 · Court of Appeal
• Linden Gardens Trust Ltd v Lenesta Sludge Disposals Ltd[1994] 1 A.C. 85 · House of Lords
• Liverpool City Council v Irwin[1977] AC 239 · House of Lords
• Lloyd’s v Harper(1880) 16 Ch D 290 · Court of Appeal
• Lloyds Bank Ltd v Bundy[1975] QB 326 · Court of Appeal
• Lord Strathcona Steamship Co Ltd v Dominion Coal Co Ltd[1926] AC 108 · Privy Council
• Lumley v Wagner(1852) 1 De GM & G 604 · Court of Chancery
• Manchester Diocesan Council for Education v Commercial and General Investments Ltd[1970] 1 WLR 241 · High Court
• Maritime National Fish Ltd v Ocean Trawlers Ltd[1935] AC 524 · Privy Council
• Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd[2015] UKSC 72 · Supreme Court
• McCutcheon v David Macbrayne Ltd[1964] 1 W.L.R. 125 · House of Lords (Scotland)
• McRae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission(1951) 84 CLR 377 · High Court of Australia
• Museprime Properties Ltd v Adhill Properties Ltd(1991) 61 P & CR 111 · High Court
• MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd v Rock Advertising Ltd[2018] UKSC 24 · Supreme Court
• Nisshin Shipping Co Ltd v Cleaves & Co Ltd[2004] 1 Lloyds Rep 38 · High Court
• Oscar Chess Ltd v Williams[1957] 1 WLR 370 · Court of Appeal
• Pakistan International Airline Corp v Times Travel (UK) Ltd[2021] UKSC 40 · Supreme Court
• Pankhania v Hackney London Borough Council[2002] EWHC 2441 (Ch) · High Court
• Parker v South Eastern Railway(1877) 2 CPD 416 · Court of Appeal
• Partridge v Crittenden[1968] 1 WLR 1204 · Queen's Bench Division (Divisional Court)
• Patel v Mirza[2016] UKSC 42 · Supreme Court
• Peekay Intermark Ltd v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd[2006] EWCA Civ 386 · Court of Appeal
• Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists[1953] 1 QB 401 · Court of Appeal
• Phillips v Brooks Ltd[1919] 2 KB 243 · High Court (King’s Bench Division)
• Photo Production Ltd v Securicor Transport Ltd[1980] AC 827 · House of Lords
• R v Attorney General for England and Wales[2003] UKPC 22 · Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
• Re Selectmove Ltd[1995] 1 WLR 474 · Court of Appeal
• Redgrave v Hurd(1881) 20 Ch D 1 · Court of Appeal
• Royscot Trust Ltd v Rogerson[1991] 3 WLR 57 · Court of Appeal
• RTI Ltd v MUR Shipping BV[2024] UKSC 18 · Supreme Court
• Salt v Stratstone Specialist Ltd[2015] EWCA Civ 745 · Court of Appeal
• Scriven Bros & Co v Hindley & Co[1913] 3 KB 564 · High Court (King’s Bench Division)
• Shirlaw v Southern Foundries (1926) Ltd[1939] 2 KB 206 · Court of Appeal
• Shogun Finance Ltd v Hudson[2003] UKHL 62 · House of Lords
• Smith v Land and House Property Corporation(1884) 28 Ch D 7 · Court of Appeal
• Solle v Butcher[1950] 1 KB 671 · Court of Appeal
• Statoil ASA v Louis Dreyfus Energy Services LP[2008] EWHC 2257 (Comm) · High Court (Commercial Court)
• Taylor v Caldwell(1863) 3 B & S 826 · Court of Queen’s Bench
• The Moorcock(1889) 14 PD 64 · Court of Appeal
• Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd[1971] 2 QB 163 · Court of Appeal
• Tool Metal Manufacturing Co Ltd v Tungsten Electric Co Ltd[1955] 2 All ER 657 · House of Lords
• Tweddle v Atkinson(1861) 1 B & S 393 · Court of Queen’s Bench
• Walford v Miles[1992] 2 AC 128 · House of Lords
• Walker v Boyle[1982] 1 All ER 634 · High Court (Chancery Division)
• White v Bluett(1853) 23 LJ Ex 36 · Court of Exchequer
• Whittington v Seale-Hayne(1900) 82 LT 49 · High Court (Chancery Division)
• William Sindall plc v Cambridgeshire County Council[1993] EWCA Civ 14 · Court of Appeal
• Williams v Bayley(1866) LR 1 HL 200 · House of Lords
• Williams v Roffey Bros & Nicholls (Contractors) Ltd[1991] 1 QB 1 · Court of Appeal
• With v O’Flanagan[1936] Ch 575 · Court of Appeal
• Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd[2017] UKSC 24 · Supreme Court
• Yam Seng Pte Ltd v International Trade Corporation Ltd[2013] EWHC 111 (QB) · High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)