November 23, 2025
This appeal resolves a narrow but strategically important question in costs law: when (if ever) an English court should order costs in a foreign currency rather than sterling.
August 28, 2025
Donoghue v Stevenson established the "neighbour principle," laying the foundations for duty of care and modern negligence law.
August 28, 2025
Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball established the legal principle of unilateral contracts, confirming that advertisements may constitute binding offers accepted by performing specific acts.
August 28, 2025
This analysis explores how the court's strict stance against necessity as a defence for murder underscores deeper moral and legal principles, notably prioritising societal values and human dignity over individual survival instincts.
August 28, 2025
Balfour v Balfour (1919) landmark case on intention to create legal relations, differentiating domestic promises from binding contracts.
August 28, 2025
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The case of Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v Selfridge established key principles regarding the rights of third parties in contract law.
October 3, 2024
During the course of electro-convulsive therapy [E.C.T.] treatment administered to him at the defendants’ mental hospital, the plaintiff, a voluntary patient, sustained bilateral “stove-in” fractures of the acetabula. E.C.T. treatment consisted in the passing of an electric current through the brain of the patient which, when given unmodified, i.e., without...
August 25, 2026
National Case Law Archive
August 25, 2026
National Case Law Archive
August 25, 2026
National Case Law Archive