Spencer v Harding (1870) LR 5 CP 561 (CP) The case is well summarized by Willes J: The action is brought against persons who issued a circular offering a stock for sale by tender, to be sold at a discount in one lot. The plaintiffs sent in a tender which turned out to be the […]
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Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists (Southern) Ltd [1952] 2 QB 795 (Court of Queen’s Bench) The defendants, Boots was charged with an offence under the Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1933, Section 18, which required that sales of poisons in Part I of the Poisons List take place under the supervision of
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Fisher v Bell [1961] 1 QB 394 (QB) A shopkeeper displayed a flick knife in his shop window with a ticket stating ‘Ejector knife—4 shillings’. He was charged with offering the knife for sale contrary to section 1(1) of the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959. Held: A display of goods in a shop window
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Partridge v Crittenden [1968] 1 WLR 1204 (QB) The plaintiff had placed an advertisement in a periodical, which read ‘Bramblefinch cocks, Bramblefinch hens, 25 shillings each’. The plaintiff was charged with unlawfully offering for sale a wild live bird contrary to Section 6(1) of and Schedule 4 to the Protection of Birds Act 1954. Held:
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Gibson v Manchester City Council [1979] 1 WLR 294 (HL) The Manchester City Council adopted a policy of selling council houses to tenants. The respondent tenant applied on a printed form for details of the price and mortgage terms. The city treasurer wrote to the respondent that the Council: ‘may be prepared to sell the
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LAND ACT, 2020 (ACT 1036) ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section PART ONE—INTERESTS AND RIGHTS IN LAND 1. Interests in land 2. Allodial title 3. Customary law freehold 4. Common law freehold 5. Usufructuary interest 6. Leasehold interest 7. Customary tenancy 8. Incidents of interests in land 9. Stool or skin, or clan or family land 10.
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Plaintiff, Mr Kelsen had a lease of a tobacco dealer’s shop in London. The Imperial Tobacco Co had an advertising board that projected into the air and above the leased property. Mr Kelsen initially had no complaints, but subsequently demanded that the board be removed. The Company refused, arguing that the interference by the signage
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Plaintiffs, a couple owned a land near the famous Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. They discovered that there was another such spectacular cave beneath their building. They capitalized on it – branding it the “Great Onyx Cave”, built a hotel around it and charged tourists for entry. Unbeknownst to them, while the entrance to the cave
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Case Brief: Bernstein of Leigh (Baron) v Skyviews & General Ltd The defendant, Skyviews took aerial photographs of houses and then offered to sell copies of the photographs to residents of the houses. On receiving such offer to buy a photograph of his country house in Leigh, Kent, Lord Bernstein took exception, and turned down
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Toure v Baako[1] This is a case decided by the Supreme Court having travelled from the High Court through the Court of Appeal. Facts: The plaintiff, in the High Court brought an action for the following reliefs: Declaration of title, and recovery of possession of all that piece and parcel of land situate lying and
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