Cases - tort - negligence - duty of care
You are to select one of the cases listed below that are connected with the LAW of TORT or NEGLIGENCE.
Write your name in along side the case. No more than 2 persons per case.
Note the Name of the case and the year.
You are to research the case and report to the class your findings.
What was the case about? A brief outline of the circumstances that lead to this case going to court.
Who was the Plaintiff?
Who was the Defendant?
Who was the Judge and give a brief summary of his decision.
Your discussion should be no more than 2 minutes.
You are to submit a written report outlining the above including information on where you sourced your
information.
Full reference please.
Case
Name
Name
Alcock v Chief Constable of South
Yorkshire [1991] HL
Alexandrou v Oxford (1993) CA
Anns v London Borough of Merton
(1977) HL
Barber v Somerset County Council
[2004] HL
Barnett v Chelsea Hospital
Management Committee (1969)
QBD
Barrett v Ministry of Defence [1995]
CA
Barrett (AP) v Enfield London
Borough Council (1999) HL
Beasley v Buckinghamshire CC
(1997) QBD
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Bici v Ministry of Defence [2004] CA
Blyth v Birmingham Waterworks
(1856) Exch
Bolam v Friern Barnet Hospital
Management Committee (1957)
QBD
Bolitho v City & Hackney Health
Authority [1997] HL
Bolton v Stone [1951] HL
Bourhill v Young (1943) HL
Bradford Corporation v Pickles
[1895] HL
Bradford-Smart v West Sussex CC
[2002] CA
Carmarthenshire CC v Lewis [1955]
HL
Caparo v Dickman (1990) HL
Capital and Counties plc v
Hampshire County Council (1996)
CA
Chadwick v British Railways Board
[1967] QBD
Church of Latter-Day Saints v
Yorkshire Fire Authority [1997] CA
Clunis v Camden & Islington Health
Authority (1998) CA
Clay v Crump [1963] CA
Costello v Chief Constable of
Northumbria Police [1999] CA
D v East Berkshire Community NHS
Trust and others [2003] CA
Donachie v The Chief Constable of
the Greater Manchester Police (CA)
[2004]
Donoghue v Stevenson (1932) HL
East Suffolk Rivers Catchment
Board v Kent [1941] HL
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Farrell v Avon Health Authority
[2001] QBD
Froom v Butcher [1975] CA
Gates v McKenna (1998)
Gibson v Orr CCof Strathclyde
[1999] (OH) Outer House Scotland
Gorringe v Calderdale Metropolitan
Borough Council [2004] HL
Griffiths v Brown and Lindsay
[1999] QBD
Hale v London Underground Ltd
[1993] QBD
Haley v London Electricity Board
(1965) HL
Hall v Simons (2000) HL
Harris v Evans (1998) CA
Heaven v Pender (1883) CA
Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller &
Partners Ltd ]1963] (HL)
Hill v Chief Constable for West Yorkshire
(1988) HL
Hollywood Silver Fox Farm v
Emmett [1936] QBD
Home Office v Dorset Yacht [1970]
HL
Hotson v East Berkshire Health
Authority [1987] HL
Hughes v Lord Advocate (1963) HL
Hunter v Canary Warf Ltd and
London Docklands Development
Corporation (1997) HL
Jebson v Ministry of Defence [2000]
CA
Jobling v Associated Dairies [1981]
HL
John Munroe (Acrylics) Ltd v London
Fire and Civil Defence authority
[1997] CA
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Jolley v Sutton LBC (1998) HL
Junior Books v Veitchi (1983) HL
Kent v Griffiths [2001] CA
Kirkham v. Chief Constable of the
Greater Manchester Police [1990]
CA
Knight v Home Office (1990) QBD
L and another v The CC of the
Thames Valley Police [2001] CA
Langley v Dray (1998) CA
Latimer v AEC Ltd [1953] HL
Law Reform (Contributory
Negligence) Act 1945 s.1 (1)
Leach v Chief Constable of
Gloucester (1998) CA
Mahon v Osborne [1939] CA
Mansfield v Weetabix (1997) CA
Margereson & Hancock v JW
Roberts Ltd (1996) CA
Marc Rich Co AG and Others v
Bishop Rock Marine Co Ltd and
Others [1996] HL
Marshall v Osmond [1983] CA
Matthews v Ministry of Defence
[2003] HL
McFarlane v EE Caledonia Ltd
[1997] CA
McKay v Essex AHA (1982) CA
McLoughlin v O’Brian (1983) HL
McWilliams v Arrol [1962] HL
Mercer v South Eastern and
Chatham Railway Companies'
Managing Committee (1922) KBD
Mulcahy v Ministry of Defence
(1996) CA
Mullaney v CC West Midlands
[2001] CA
Mullin v Richards [1997] CA
Murphy v Brentwood District Council
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[1991] HL
Nettleship v Weston [1971] CA
Newman & others v United Kingdom
Medical Research Council (1996) CA
Ogwo v Taylor [1987] HL
OLL v Secretary of State for the
Home Department (1996) QBD
Orange v Chief Constable of West
Yorkshire [2002] CA
Osman v Ferguson (1993) CA
Osman v United Kingdom (1998)
ECHR
Palsgraf v Long Island Railway Co
(1928) New York Appeals
Palmer v Tees HA [2000] CA
Paris v Stepney BC [1951] HL
Peabody Fund v Parkinson [1984]
HL
Perrett v Collins (1998) CA
Phelps v Hillingdon London Borough
(2000) HL
R v Corydon Health Authority
(1997) CA
Reeves v Commissioner of Police of
the Metropolis [1999] (HL)
Rigby v Chief Constable of
Northamptonshire (1985) QBD
Roberts v Ramsbottom [1980] QBD
Roe v Minister of Health [1954] CA
Rondel v Worsley (1969) HL
Rylands v Fletcher [1866] HL
Sayers v Harlow UDC [1958] CA
Sirros v Moore [1974] CA
Smith v Cribben [1994] CA
Smith v Leech Brain & Co (1962)
QBD
Smith v Littlewoods Organisation
Ltd [1987] HL
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Smoldon v Whitworth [1997] CA
Spartan Steel v Martin [1972] CA
Stansbie v Troman [1948] CA
Stovin v Wise (1996) HL
Sutherland Shire Council v Heyman
[1985] High Court of Australia
Swinney v Chief Constable of
Northumbria Police (1996) CA
The Wagon Mound (1961) PC
Overseas Tankship v Morts Dock
(The Wagon Mound (No 1)) [1961]
PC
Overseas Tankship v Miller
Steamship (The Wagon Mound (No
2)) [1966] PC
Thompson v Blake-James (1998)
Thompson v Smith Shiprepairers
(North Shields) (1984) QBD
Three Rivers DC v Bank of England
(No.3) [2000] HL
Topp v London Country Bus (South
West) Ltd [1993] CA
Ultramares Corporation v Touche
(1931) New York
Vaughan v Menlove (1837)
Vowles v Evans and Welsh Rugby
Union Ltd [2003] CA
W v Essex County Council (1998)
HL
Ward v Tesco Stores Ltd [1976] CA
Watson v BBBC (1999) CA
Watt v Hertfordshire PP [1954] CA
Wells v Cooper [1958] CA
White and others v Chief Constable
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of South Yorkshire and others
[1998] HL
Wilson v Governors of Sacred Heart
RC Primary School, Carlton (1997)
CA
Wisniewski v Central Manchester
Health Authority (1998) CA
X & Others v Bedfordshire County
Council (1995) HL
Yuen Kun Yeu v Attorney General of
Hong Kong (PC) [1988]
Z and others v The United Kingdom
(2001) ECHR
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