Case briefs

Stevenson, Jacques & Co. v McLean (1880) 5 QBD 346 (QB) The defendant wrote to the plaintiffs giving 40 shillings net cash …

Brogden v Metropolitan Railway Co. (1877) 2 App Cas 666 (HL) Brogden, the plaintiff had suggested that the defendant Railway Company should …

Warlow v Harrison (1859) 1 E & E 309, 120 ER 925 (Exchequer Chamber) The defendant, Harrison, an auctioneer, advertised the sale …

Harris v Nickerson (1873) LR 8 QB 286 (QB) The defendant auctioneer advertised that lots, including certain office furniture, would be sold …

Spencer v Harding (1870) LR 5 CP 561 (CP) The case is well summarized by Willes J: The action is brought against …

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

Fisher v Bell [1961] 1 QB 394 (QB) A shopkeeper displayed a flick knife in his shop window with a ticket stating …

Partridge v Crittenden [1968] 1 WLR 1204 (QB) The plaintiff had placed an advertisement in a periodical, which read ‘Bramblefinch cocks, Bramblefinch …