Case briefs

Facts In Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v. Heller & Partners Ltd [1964] AC 465, the appellants, Hedley Byrne (HB), a firm …

Facts In Caparo Industries plc v. Dickman [1990] 2 AC 605, the plaintiff, Caparo Industries, had taken over a company and sued …

Facts In this case the plaintiff, Bourhill, a fishwife who was eight months pregnant, alighted from a train and was retrieving her …

Facts In Bird v. Jones (1845) 7 QB 742, a section of Hammersmith Bridge, typically used as a public footway, was temporarily …

Court: House of Lords Facts: A block of eight flats experienced structural movement and damage eight years after construction. Seven tenants, only …

House of Lords Facts During an FA Cup match at Hillsborough Stadium in South Yorkshire, 95 people died when the stadium collapsed. …

Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists (Southern) Ltd [1952] 2 QB 795 (Court of Queen’s Bench) [1953] 1 QB …

In the case of Fisher v Bell [1961] 1 QB 394 (QB), a shopkeeper had a flick knife on display in his …