Before Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, the law on public authority negligence liability was confused. The case law oscillated between two competing frameworks: (1) the policy-based approach and…
In Williams v Roffey Bros, the Court of Appeal departed from the traditional limits of what could constitute consideration by holding that a mere ‘practical benefit’ is sufficient to vary…
In Johnson v Unisys [2001] UKHL 13, the House of Lords founded what is today known as the ‘Johnson exclusion zone.’ This means there can be no claim for breach…
In Rock Advertising v MWB Business Exchange Centres, the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court were given the rare opportunity to comment on multiple aspects of Contract Law. In a…
BPE Solicitors v Hughes-Holland is an important Supreme Court case which re-visited the scope of the duty rule, first outlined by Lord Hoffmann in SAAMCO. The author welcomes the clarification…
This piece begins as a case note on Re Lehman Brothers, one of the most significant judgments on insolvency and proprietary interests of the last decade. It then considers how…
House of Lords judgement: [1993] UKHL 11, [1993] AC 789 In Airedale NHS Trust v Bland, the House of Lords was asked to grant a declaration allowing doctors to remove…
The Court of Appeal's judgement in Wellesley Partners v Withers changed the test for the remoteness of damage in the tort of negligence when there was a concurrent contract between…