Tortcase summaries

Every tort case in the CareerInLaw library — 157 summaries, each with the facts, the issue, what was held, and the principle you need in the exam.

• A v National Blood Authority[2001] 3 All ER 289 · Queen’s Bench Division
• Abouzaid v Mothercare UK Ltd[2000] EWCA Civ 348 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Airedale NHS Trust v Bland[1993] A.C. 789 · House of Lords
• Alcock v Chief Constable of the South Yorkshire Police[1992] 1 A.C. 310 · House of Lords
• Allen v Gulf Oil[1981] A.C. 1001 · House of Lords
• Allied Maples Group v Simmons & Simmons[1995] 4 All E.R. 907 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Anns v Merton L.B.C.[1978] A.C. 728 · House of Lords
• Armes v Nottinghamshire County Council[2017] UKSC 60 · Supreme Court
• Ashdown v Samuel Williams[1957] 1 All E.R. 35 · Court of Appeal
• Bailey v Ministry of Defence[2009] 1 W.L.R. 1052 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Baker v Quantum Clothing Group[2011] UKSC 17 · Supreme Court
• Baker v Willoughby[1970] AC 467 · House of Lords
• Barclays Bank plc v Various Claimants[2020] UKSC 13 · Supreme Court
• Barker v Corus UK Ltd[2006] UKHL 20 · House of Lords
• Barnes v Scout Association[2010] EWCA Civ 1476 · Court of Appeal
• Barnett v Chelsea and Kensington Hospital Management Committee[1969] 1 QB 428 · High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
• Barrett v Enfield LBC[2001] 2 AC 550 · House of Lords
• Barrett v Ministry of Defence[1995] 3 All ER 87 · Court of Appeal
• Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Ltd[2018] EWCA Civ 2214 · Court of Appeal
• Bogle v McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd[2002] EWHC 490 (QB) · Queen’s Bench Division
• Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee[1957] 1 WLR 582 · High Court (Queen's Bench Division)
• Bolitho v City and Hackney Health Authority[1998] AC 232 · House of Lords
• Bourhill v Young[1943] AC 92 · House of Lords
• Bourne Leisure Ltd. v Marsden[2009] EWCA Civ 671 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• BPE Solicitors v Hughes-Holland[2017] UKSC 21 · Supreme Court
• Cambridge Water v Eastern Counties Leather[1994] 2 A.C. 264 · House of Lords
• Campbell v MGN Ltd[2004] UKHL 22 · House of Lords
• Caparo Industries plc v Dickman[1990] 2 AC 605 · House of Lords
• Capital & Counties plc v Hampshire County Council[1997] QB 1004 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Cassidy v Ministry of Health[1951] 2 KB 343 · Court of Appeal
• Century Insurance v NI Transport Board[1942] AC 509 · House of Lords
• Chandler v Cape plc[2012] EWCA Civ 525 · Court of Appeal
• Chester v Afshar[2005] 1 AC 134 · House of Lords
• Co-operative Group Ltd v Pritchard[2011] E.W.C.A. Civ 329 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Cocking v Eacott[2016] EWCA Civ 140 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Cocking v Eacott[2016] EWCA Civ 140 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Commission v United KingdomCase C-300/95 [1997] ECR I-2649 · Court of Justice of the European Union
• Corr v IBC Vehicles[2008] UKHL 13; [2008] 1 AC 884 · House of Lords
• Coventry v Lawrence[2014] UKSC 46 · Supreme Court
• Cox v Ministry of Justice[2016] UKSC 10 · Supreme Court
• D Pride Partners v Institute for Animal Health[2009] EWHC 685 (QB) · Queen’s Bench Division
• Darby v National Trust[2001] E.W.C.A. Civ 189 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust[2018] UKSC 50; [2019] AC 831 · Supreme Court
• Delaney v Pickett[2011] E.W.C.A. Civ 1532 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Donoghue v Folkestone Properties[2003] EWCA Civ 231; [2003] 2 WLR 1138 · Court of Appeal
• Donoghue v Stevenson[1932] AC 562 · House of Lords
• Dryden v Johnson Matthey Plc[2018] UKSC 18 · Supreme Court
• Dunnage v Randall[2015] EWCA Civ 673 · Court of Appeal
• East Suffolk Rivers Catchment Board v Kent[1941] AC 74 · House of Lords
• Everett v Comojo UK Ltd[2011] EWCA Civ 13 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services[2003] 1 AC 32 · House of Lords
• Farraj v King's Healthcare NHS Trust[2009] EWCA Civ 1203 · Court of Appeal
• Fearn v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery[2023] UKSC 4 · Supreme Court
• Ferguson v Welsh[1987] 1 WLR 1553 · House of Lords
• Fitzgerald v Lane[1989] A.C. 328 · House of Lords
• Froom v Butcher[1976] Q.B. 286 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Galli-Atkinson v Seghal[2003] EWCA Civ 697 · Court of Appeal
• Geary v JD Wetherspoon plc[2011] EWHC 1506 (QB) · High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
• Goldman v Hargrave[1967] 1 AC 645 · Privy Council
• Gorringe v Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council[2004] UKHL 15; [2004] 1 WLR 1057 · House of Lords
• Grant v Australian Knitting Mills[1936] AC 85 · Privy Council (Australia)
• Gravil v Carroll[2008] EWCA Civ 689 · Court of Appeal
• Gray v Thames Trains Ltd[2009] UKHL 33 · House of Lords
• Gregg v Scott[2005] UKHL 2; [2005] 2 AC 176 · House of Lords
• Halsey v Esso Petroleum[1961] 2 All E.R. 145 · Queen’s Bench Division
• Harvey v Plymouth City Council[2010] EWCA Civ 860 · Court of Appeal
• Hawley v Luminar Leisure Ltd[2006] EWCA Civ 18 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Haynes v Harwood[1935] 1 KB 146 · Court of Appeal
• Heaven v Pender(1883) 11 QBD 503 · Court of Appeal
• Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd[1964] AC 465 · House of Lords
• Henderson v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust[2018] EWCA Civ 1841 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Henderson v Merrett Syndicates[1995] 2 AC 145 · House of Lords
• Heneghan v Manchester Dry Docks Ltd[2016] EWCA Civ 86 · Court of Appeal
• Herrington v British Railways Board[1972] AC 877 · House of Lords
• Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire[1989] AC 53 · House of Lords
• Hobbs Farms Ltd v Baxenden Chemical Co[1992] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 54 · Queen’s Bench Division
• Holbeck Hall Hotel v Scarborough Borough Council[2000] QB 836 · Court of Appeal
• Hollywood Silver Fox Farm v Emmett[1936] 2 K.B. 468 · King’s Bench Division
• Holtby v Brigham & Cowan (Hull) Ltd[2000] 3 All ER 421 · Court of Appeal
• Holtby v Brigham & Cowan (Hull) Ltd[2000] 3 All ER 421 · Court of Appeal
• Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co[1970] AC 1004 · House of Lords
• Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co[1970] A.C. 1004 · House of Lords
• Hotson v East Berkshire Area Health Authority[1987] AC 750 · House of Lords
• Hughes v Lord Advocate[1963] A.C. 837 · House of Lords (Scotland)
• Hunter v Canary Wharf Ltd[1997] AC 655 · House of Lords
• Hurst v Picture Theatres Ltd[1915] 1 KB 1 · Court of Appeal
• Hussain v Lancaster CC[1999] 2 W.L.R. 1142 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• ICI Ltd v Shatwell[1965] A.C. 656 · House of Lords
• Jackson v Murray[2015] UKSC 5 · Supreme Court (Scotland)
• James-Bowen v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis[2018] UKSC 40; [2018] 1 WLR 4021 · Supreme Court
• JD v East Berkshire NHS Trust[2003] EWCA Civ 1151 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Jobling v Associated Dairies[1982] AC 794 · House of Lords
• Jolley v Sutton LBC[2000] 1 WLR 1082 · House of Lords
• Jones v Livox Quarries Ltd[1952] 2 QB 608 · Court of Appeal
• Joyce v O'Brien[2013] EWCA Civ 546 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Junior Books Ltd v Veitchi Co Ltd[1983] 1 AC 520 · House of Lords
• Kent v Griffiths[2001] QB 36 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Keown v Coventry NHS Trust[2006] 1 WLR 953 · Court of Appeal
• Knightley v Johns[1982] 1 W.L.R. 349 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Lagden v O’Connor[2004] 1 AC 1067 · House of Lords
• Lamb v Camden LBC[1981] 2 All E.R. 408 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Lane v Holloway[1968] 1 QB 379 · Court of Appeal
• Leakey v National Trust[1980] QB 485 · Court of Appeal
• Leigh and Sillavan Ltd v Aliakmon Shipping Co Ltd[1986] A.C. 785 · House of Lords
• Lippiatt v South Gloucestershire CC[2000] Q.B. 51 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Lister v Hesley Hall[2002] 1 AC 215 · House of Lords
• Liverpool Women’s Hospital v Ronayne[2015] E.W.C.A. Civ 588 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• McFarlane v E.E. Caledonia Ltd.[1994] 2 All E.R. 1 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• McGhee v National Coal Board[1973] 1 WLR 1 · House of Lords
• McKew v Holland & Hannen[1969] 3 All E.R. 1621 · House of Lords (Scotland)
• McLoughlin v O’Brian[1983] 1 A.C. 410 · House of Lords
• Michael v Chief Constable of South Wales Police[2015] UKSC 2 · Supreme Court
• Miller v Jackson[1977] Q.B. 966 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board[2015] UKSC 11 · Supreme Court
• Morris v Murray[1991] 2 Q.B. 6 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Muirhead v Industrial Tank Specialities[1986] Q.B. 507 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Murphy v Brentwood District Council[1991] 1 A.C. 398 · House of Lords
• Mutual Life Citizens’ Assurance Co Ltd v Evatt[1971] A.C. 793 · Privy Council (Australia)
• Nettleship v Weston[1971] 2 Q.B. 691 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v Miller Steamship Co (The Wagon Mound No 2)[1967] 1 AC 617 · Privy Council (Australia)
• Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v Miller Steamship Co (The Wagon Mound No 2)[1967] 1 AC 617 · Privy Council (Australia)
• Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v Morts Dock & Engineering Co Ltd (The Wagon Mound No 1)[1961] AC 388 · Privy Council
• Page v Smith[1996] AC 155 · House of Lords
• Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust[2024] UKSC 1 · Supreme Court
• Perry v Kendricks[1956] 1 W.L.R. 85 · Court of Appeal
• Phelps v Hillingdon London Borough Council[2001] 2 AC 619 · House of Lords
• Phipps v Rochester Corporation[1955] 1 QB 450 · Queen’s Bench Division
• Pitts v Hunt[1991] 1 QB 24 · Court of Appeal
• Pollard v Tesco Stores Ltd[2006] EWCA Civ 393 · Court of Appeal
• Portsmouth Youth Activities Committee v Poppleton[2008] E.W.C.A. Civ 646 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Re Polemis[1921] 3 K.B. 560 · Court of Appeal
• Read v J Lyons & Co[1947] A.C. 156 · House of Lords
• Reeves v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis[2000] 1 A.C. 360 · House of Lords
• Richardson v LRC Products Ltd[2000] PIQR P164 · Queen’s Bench Division
• Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police[2018] UKSC 4 · Supreme Court
• Roles v Nathan[1963] 1 W.L.R. 1117 · Court of Appeal
• Rothwell v Chemical Insulating Co[2008] 1 A.C. 281 · House of Lords
• Rylands v Fletcher(1866) LR 1 Ex 265 · Court of Exchequer Chamber
• Sienkiewicz v Greif (UK) Ltd[2011] UKSC 10 · Supreme Court
• Smith v Leech Brain & Co Ltd[1962] 2 QB 405 · Queen's Bench Division
• Spencer v Wincanton Holdings Ltd[2009] EWCA Civ 1404 · Court of Appeal
• Spring v Guardian Assurance plc[1994] 3 All ER 129 · House of Lords
• St George v Home Office[2008] E.W.C.A. Civ 1068 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Sturges v Bridgman(1879) 11 Ch D 852 · Court of Appeal
• Taylor v A Novo (UK) Ltd.[2013] E.W.C.A. Civ 194 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• The Oropesa[1943] P 32 · Court of Appeal
• Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police[2024] UKSC 33 · Supreme Court
• Tomlinson v Congleton Borough Council[2004] 1 AC 46 · House of Lords
• Transco Plc v Stockport MBC[2004] A.C. 1 · House of Lords
• Viasystems v Thermal Transfer[2006] 2 W.L.R. 428 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• W v Essex CC[2001] 2 A.C. 592 · House of Lords
• Wheat v Lacon[1966] A.C. 552 · House of Lords
• White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire[1999] 2 A.C. 455 · House of Lords
• Wieland v Cyril Lord Carpets[1969] 3 All E.R. 1006 · Queen’s Bench Division
• Wilkes v DePuy International Ltd[2016] EWHC 3096 (QB) · Queen’s Bench Division
• WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants[2020] UKSC 12 · Supreme Court
• Worsley v Tambrands Ltd[2000] PIQR P95 · Queen’s Bench Division