1 |
A v Hoare |
[2008] EWHC 1573 (QB) |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
The extension of limitation periods for assault and battery |
2 |
A v National Blood Authority (No. 2) |
[2001] EWHC QB 446 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Interpretation of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 |
3 |
AAA v Associated Newspapers Ltd |
[2013] EWCA Civ 554 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
The right to privacy |
4 |
B v Leeds Teaching Hosp NHS Trust |
[2004] EWHC 644 (QB); [2005] QB 506 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
The 'elevated primary victim' in negligently-inflicted psychiatric injury |
5 |
AB v MOD (the Atomic Veterans case) |
[2012] UKSC 9; [2013] 1 AC 78; [2012] 2 WLR 643 |
Supreme Court |
The accrual of a cause of action in Tort |
6 |
AB v South West Water Services Ltd |
[1993] QB 507 (ICLR) |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
The availability of exemplary damages |
7 |
ABC v St George's Healthcare NHS Trust |
[2017] EWCA Civ 336; [2020] EWHC 455 (QB) |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Duty of care in negligence, and the genetic transmission of disease |
8 |
Adams v Rhymney Valley DC |
[2000] EWCA Civ 3035 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
The application of the Bolam test to 'non-professionals' |
9 |
Airedale NHS Trust v Bland |
[1993] UKHL 17 |
House of Lords |
Battery, and withholding life-saving treatment |
10 |
Alcock v CC of South Yorkshire Police |
[1991] UKHL 5; [1991] 4 All ER 907; [1992] 1 AC 310 |
House of Lords |
Secondary victims in negligently-inflicted psychiatric injury |
11 |
Allied Maples Group Ltd v Simmons and Simmons |
[1995] EWCA Civ 17 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Loss of economic opportunities in negligence |
12 |
Armes v Nottinghamshire CC |
[2017] UKSC 60; [2018] AC 355; [2017] 3 WLR 1000 |
Supreme Court |
Non-delegable duties of care |
13 |
Arthur JS Hall & Co v Simons |
[2000] UKHL 38;
[2002] 1 AC 615;
[2000] 3 WLR 543 |
House of Lords |
Duties of care owed by barristers |
14 |
Ashley v CC of Sussex Police |
[2008] EWHC 3151 (QB); [2009] Po LR 12 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Assault and battery |
15 |
Attia v British Gas plc |
[1987] EWCA Civ 8; [1987] 3 All ER 455; [1988] QB 304 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligently-inflicted psychiatric injury, and property damage |
16 |
Austin v Commr of Police |
[2009] UKHL 5; [2009] 1 AC 564; [2009] 2 WLR 372; [2009] 3 All ER 455 |
House of Lords |
False imprisonment |
17 |
Badger v Ministry of Defence |
[2005] EWHC 2941 (QB); [2006] 3 All ER 173; (2006) 91 BMLR 1 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Contributory negligence |
18 |
Bailey v Ministry of Defence |
[2008] EWCA Civ 883; [2009] 1 WLR 1052; [2008] LS Law Medical 481; (2008) 103 BMLR 134 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligence, causation, and material contribution to damage |
19 |
Baker v Quantum Clothing Group Ltd |
[2011] UKSC 17; [2011] 1 WLR 1003; [2011] 4 All ER 223; [2011] ICR 523 |
Supreme Court |
Breach of statutory duty |
20 |
Baker v TE Hopkins & Son Ltd |
[1959] EWCA Civ 4; [1959] 1 WLR 966; [1959] 3 All ER 225 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Good Samaritans', and duty of care to rescuers |
21 |
Baker v Willoughby |
[1969] UKHL 8; [1970] AC 467 |
House of Lords |
Causation, and successive tortfeasor |
22 |
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SPA (BNL) v Playboy Club London Ltd |
[2018] EWCA Civ 2025; [2019] LLR 90 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligent misstatement, and negligent provision of services causing economic loss |
23 |
Barber v Somerset |
[2004] UKHL 13 |
House of Lords |
Stress-at-work claimants |
24 |
Barclays Bank plc v Various Claimants |
[2020] UKSC 13; [2020] AC 973; [2020] 2 WLR 960; [2020] 4 All ER 19 |
Supreme Court |
Vicarious liability |
25 |
Barker v Corus (UK) Ltd |
[2006] UKHL 20; [2006] 2 AC 572; [2006] 2 WLR 1027; [2006] 3 All ER 785 |
House of Lords |
Causation, and a material contribution to risk |
26 |
Barnett v Chelsea and Kensington HMC |
[1969] 1 QB 428 (ICLR); [1968] 1 All ER 1068 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Proof of a causal link in negligence |
27 |
Barr v Biffa Waste Services Ltd |
[2012] EWCA Civ 312 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Private nuisance |
28 |
Barrett v Enfield BC |
[1999] UKHL 25 |
House of Lords |
Public authority duty of care towards children (social welfare services) |
29 |
Beesley v New Century Group Ltd |
[2008] EWHC 3033 (QB) |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Assessments under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 |
30 |
Berezovsky v Abramovich |
[2011] EWCA Civ 153 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Intimidation |
31 |
Berkoff v Burchill |
[1996] EWCA Civ 564 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Identifying defamatory imputations |
32 |
Bici v Ministry of Defence |
[2004] EWHC 786 (QB) |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Interplay between battery and negligence |
33 |
Bishara v Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Trust |
[2007] EWCA Civ 353 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Liability of alleged 'bad Samaritans' in negligence |
34 |
Blyth v Birmingham Waterworks Co |
[1856] EWHC Exch J65; 156 ER 1047 |
High Court (EWHC Exch) |
Defining breach in negligence |
35 |
Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee |
[1957] 1 WLR 582 (ICLR) |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Proving breach in professional negligence |
36 |
Bolitho v City and Hackney HA |
[1997] UKHL 46 |
House of Lords |
Testing the rationality and logic of Bolam evidence |
37 |
Bolton v Stone |
[1951] UKHL 2; [1951] AC 850 |
House of Lords |
Assessing reasonable precautionary steps in negligence |
38 |
Bonnington Castings Ltd v Wardlaw |
[1956] UKHL 1; [1956] AC 613 |
House of Lords |
Causation, and material contribution to damage |
39 |
Bourhill (or Hay) v Young |
[1942] UKHL 5; [1943] AC 92 |
House of Lords |
Negligent infliction of psychiatric injury (secondary victims) |
40 |
Bournewood Mental Health NHS Trust, ex parte L |
[1998] UKHL 24; [1999] 1 AC 458; [1998] 3 WLR 107; [1998] 3 All ER 289 |
House of Lords |
False imprisonment and medical treatment |
41 |
Breslin v McKenna |
[2011] NICA 33 |
Court of Appeal (NICA) |
Battery |
42 |
British Chiropractic Association v Singh |
[2010] EWCA Civ 350; [2011] 1 WLR 133 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Defamation, and the (previous) defence of fair comment |
43 |
Brooks v Metropolitan Police Commr |
[2005] UKHL 24 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, and duty of care (police) |
44 |
Cambridge Water Co v Eastern Counties Leather plc |
[1993] UKHL 12; [1994] 2 AC 264 |
House of Lords |
Private nuisance; and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher |
45 |
Campbell v MGN Ltd |
[2004] UKHL 22; [2004] 2 AC 457; [2004] 2 WLR 1232; [2004] 2 All ER 995 |
House of Lords |
Privacy; and the misuse of private information |
46 |
Caparo Industries plc v Dickman |
[1990] UKHL 2; [1990] 2 AC 605; [1990] 1 All ER 568 |
House of Lords |
Negligent misstatement, and duty of care |
47 |
Capital and Counties plc v Hampshire CC |
[1997] EWCA Civ 3091 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Public authority liability (the fire brigade) |
48 |
Carmarthenshire CC v Lewis |
[1955] UKHL 2; [1955] 1 All ER 565; [1955] AC 549 |
House of Lords |
Duty of care in negligence (injuries caused by third parties) |
49 |
Cartledge v E Jopling & Sons Ltd |
[1963] AC 758; [1963] 2 WLR 210; [1963] 1 All ER 341 |
House of Lords |
De minimis damage in negligence |
50 |
Cassidy v Daily Mirror Newspapers |
[1929] 2 KB 331 (ICLR) |
High Court (EWHC KB) |
Defamation, and a true (legal) innuendo |
51 |
Cassidy v Ministry of Health |
[1951] 2 KB 343 (ICLR) |
High Court (EWHC KB) |
The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur in medical negligence |
52 |
Catholic Child Welfare Society v Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (Child Welfare Society) |
[2012] UKSC 56; [2013] 2 AC 1; [2012] 3 WLR 1319; [2013] 1 All ER 670 |
Supreme Court |
Vicarious liability |
53 |
Cattle v Stockton Waterworks Co |
[1875] LR 10 QB 453 (ICLR) |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
The exclusionary rule and pure economic loss |
54 |
Cattley v St John Ambulance Brigade |
Unreported (7 NJ 1140/1986 C 133, QBD JUDGE PROSSER QC, 25 November 1988) |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Liability of 'good Samaritans' in negligence |
55 |
Charleston v News Group Newspapers Ltd |
[1995] UKHL 6 |
House of Lords |
Defamation, and defamatory imputations |
56 |
Chaudhry v Prabhakar |
[1989] 1 WLR 29; [1988] 3 All ER 718 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligent misstatements in a social setting |
57 |
Chester v Afshar |
[2004] UKHL 41 |
House of Lords |
Causation in negligence |
58 |
Chubb Fire Ltd v Vicar of Spalding |
[2010] EWCA Civ 981 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Intervening acts re causation in negligence |
59 |
Clunis v Camden and Islington HA |
[1997] EWCA Civ 2918 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
The illegality defence in illegality |
60 |
Collins v Wilcock |
[1984] 1 WLR 1172; [1984] 3 All ER 374 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Assault and battery |
61 |
Corby Group Litigation v Corby DC |
[2008] EWCA Civ 463; [2009] EWHC 1944 (TCC) |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Public nuisance 2008 and 2009 2 cases |
62 |
Cornwall Gardens Ltd v RO Garrard & Co Ltd |
[2001] EWCA Civ 699 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Malicious (injurious) falsehood |
63 |
Corr v IBC Vehicles Ltd |
[2008] UKHL 13; [2008] 1 AC 884; [2008] 2 WLR 499; [2008] 2 All ER 943 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, intervening acts, and suicide |
64 |
Coventry v Lawrence |
[2014] UKSC 46 |
Supreme Court |
Private nuisance |
65 |
Cox v Ministry of Justice |
[2016] UKSC 10 |
Supreme Court |
Vicarious liability |
66 |
Cranford Community College v Cranford College Ltd |
[2014] EWHC 2999 (IPEC) |
High Court (IPEC) |
Passing-off |
67 |
Crawford v Jenkins |
[2014] EWCA Civ 1035; [2016] QB 231; [2015] 3 WLR 843; [2015] 1 All ER 476 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Malicious procurement of a search warrant |
68 |
Crawford Adjusters v Sagicor General Insurance (Cayman) Ltd |
[2013] UKPC 17; [2014] AC 366; [2013] 3 WLR 927; [2013] 4 All ER 8 |
Privy Council |
Abuse of judicial process |
69 |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Litig, Group B Plaintiffs v UK Medical Research Council |
[2000] Lloyd's Rep Med 161; (2000) 54 BMLR 92; (1998) 41 BMLR 157 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Fear-of-the-future claimants in negligence |
70 |
Cross v Kirkby |
[2000] EWCA Civ 426 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Battery, and self-defence |
71 |
Cummings v Granger |
[1977] QB 397; [1976] 3 WLR 842; [1977] 1 All ER 104 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Liability for injuries caused by animals |
72 |
Customs and Excise Commrs v Barclays Bank plc |
[2004] EWHC 122 (Comm) |
High Court (EWHC Comm) |
Negligent provision of services, and pure economic los |
73 |
D & F Estates v Church Commissioners for England |
[1988] UKHL 4; [1989] AC 177 |
House of Lords |
Negligence and defective structures |
74 |
Darby v National Trust |
[2001] EWCA Civ 189 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Occupiers' liability |
75 |
Darnley v Corydon Health Services NHS Trust |
[2015] EWHC 2301 (QB) |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Negligent misstatement, and reasonable foreseeability |
76 |
De Freitas v O'Brien |
[1995] EWCA Civ 28 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Application of the Bolam test of breach |
77 |
Dennis v Ministry of Defence |
[2003] EWHC 793 (QB) |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Private nuisance, and remedies |
78 |
Derbyshire CC v Times Newspapers Ltd |
[1993] AC 534; [1993] 2 WLR 449; [1993] 1 All ER 1011 |
House of Lords |
Capacity to sue for defamation |
79 |
Derry v Peek |
[1889] UKHL 1 |
House of Lords |
Deceit (fraudulent misrepresentation) |
80 |
Donoghue v Folkestone Properties Ltd |
[2003] EWCA Civ 231 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Occupiers' liability (trespassers) |
81 |
Donoghue v Stevenson |
[1932] UKHL 100 |
House of Lords |
Product liability in negligence; and duty of care |
82 |
Dorset Yacht Co v Home Office |
[1970] AC 1004; [1970] 2 WLR 1140; [1970] 2 All ER 294 |
House of Lords |
Duty of care in negligence (injuries caused by third parties) |
83 |
Douglas v Hello! Ltd |
[2005] EWCA Civ 595 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Privacy; and misuse of private information |
84 |
Dubai Aluminium Co Ltd v Salaam |
[2002] UKHL 48 |
House of Lords |
Vicarious liability |
85 |
Duke of Brunswick v Harmer |
117 ER 75; (1849) 14 QB 185 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
The multiple publication rule in defamation |
86 |
East Suffolk Rivers Catchment Board v Kent |
[1940] UKHL 3 |
House of Lords |
Liability of public authorities in negligence |
87 |
Ellison v MOD |
(1997) 81 BLR 101; [1996] WLUK 254 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Private nuisance, and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher |
88 |
F v West Berkshire HA |
[1991] UKHL 1; [1990] 2 AC 1 |
House of Lords |
Trespass to the person, and the defence of necessity |
89 |
Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd |
[2002] UKHL 22 |
House of Lords |
Causation, and material contribution to risk |
90 |
Ferguson v Welsh |
[1987] UKHL 14 |
House of Lords |
Occupiers' liability and employers' liability |
91 |
Flack v Hudson |
[2001] QB 698; [2001] 2 WLR 982 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Liability for animals |
92 |
Fowler v Lanning |
[1959] 1 QB 246 (ICLR) |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
The interplay between battery (trespass) and negligence (action on the case) |
93 |
Frost (White) v CC of South Yorkshire Police |
[1999] 2 AC 455; [1998] 3 WLR 1509; [1999] 1 All ER 1 |
House of Lords |
Negligently-inflicted psychiatric injury (rescuers) |
94 |
Fytche v Wincanton Logistics plc |
[2004] UKHL 31 |
House of Lords |
Breach of statutory duty |
95 |
Geary v JD Wetherspoon plc |
[2011] EWHC 1506 (QB) |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Duty of care, contributory negligence |
96 |
Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech AHA |
[1986] AC 112; [1985] 3 WLR 830; [1985] 3 All ER 402 |
House of Lords |
Battery, and capacity of a minor to give consent |
97 |
Gillingham BC v Medway (Chatham Docks) Co Ltd |
[1993] QB 343 (ICLR) |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Private nuisance, and change of planning permission |
98 |
Glasgow Corp v Muir |
[1943] AC 448; [1943] 2 All ER 44; 1943 SC (HL) 3; 1944 SLT 60 |
House of Lords |
Standard of care in negligence |
99 |
Goldman v Hargrave |
[1966] UKPC 12 |
Privy Council |
Private nuisance, and negligence (spread of fire) |
100 |
Goodwill v British Pregnancy Advisory Service |
[1996] 1 WLR 1397 (ICLR); [1996] 2 All ER 161; [1996] 2 FLR 55 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Duty of care in negligence (future sexual partners) |
101 |
Gorringe v Calderdale MBC |
[2004] UKHL 15 |
House of Lords |
Public authority liability in negligence |
102 |
Grant v Australian Knitting Mills Ltd |
[1935] UKPC 2; [1935] UKPC 62 |
House of Lords |
Product liability in negligence |
103 |
Gray v Thames Trains Ltd |
[2009] UKHL 33 |
House of Lords |
The defence of illegality |
104 |
Greatorex v Greatorex |
[2000] EWHC 223 (QB) |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Negligently-inflicted psychiatric injury (duty of care to rescuers) |
105 |
Gregory v Portsmouth CC |
[2000] UKHL 3 |
House of Lords |
Malicious prosecution of criminal proceedings |
106 |
Gregg v Scott |
[2005] UKHL 2 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, causation, and loss of a chance |
107 |
Gwilliam v West Hertfordshire Hospital NHS Trust |
[2002] EWCA Civ 1041 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Occupiers' liability and independent contractors |
108 |
Harris v Evans |
[1998] EWCA Civ 709; [1998] 1 WLR 1285; [1998] 3 All ER 522 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligent misstatement, and duty of care |
109 |
Hatton v Sutherland |
[2002] EWCA Civ 76 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligence and stressed-at-work employees |
110 |
Hayes v Willoughby |
[2013] UKSC 17 |
Supreme Court |
The statutory tort under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 |
111 |
Haynes v Harwood |
[1935] 1 KB 146 (ICLR) |
High Court (EWHC KB) |
Exceptions to pure omissions liability |
112 |
Hedley Byrne and Co Ltd v Heller and Partners Ltd |
[1963] UKHL 4 |
House of Lords |
Negligent misstatement |
113 |
Henderson v Merrett Syndicates Ltd |
[1994] UKHL 5 |
House of Lords |
Negligent misstatement |
114 |
Hicks v CC of South Yorkshire Police |
[1991] UKHL 9 |
House of Lords |
Negligently-inflicted psychiatric injury (de minimis damage) |
115 |
Hill v CC of West Yorkshire Police |
[1987] UKHL 12; [1989] AC 53; [1988] 2 All ER 238; [1988] 2 WLR 1049 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, and duty of care (police) |
116 |
Holbeck Hall Hotel Ltd v Scarborough BC |
[2000] EWCA Civ 51 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Private nuisance, and failure-to-abate |
117 |
Hollywood Silver Fox Farms Ltd v Emmett |
[1936] 2 KB 468 (ICLR); [1936] 1 All ER 825 (KB) |
High Court (EWHC KB) |
Private nuisance and malice |
118 |
Hotson v East Berkshire AHA |
[1988] UKHL 1 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, and causation |
119 |
Hunt v Severs |
[1994] UKHL 4 |
House of Lords |
Damages for gratuitous services |
120 |
Hunter v Canary Wharf Ltd |
[1997] UKHL 14; [1997] AC 655; [1997] 2 All ER 426; [1997] 2 WLR 684 |
House of Lords |
Private nuisance |
121 |
Hutcheson v NGN Ltd |
[2011] EWCA Civ 808; [2012] EMLR 2; [2011] UKHRR 1329 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Privacy |
122 |
Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) Ltd v Shatwell |
[1964] UKHL 2 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, and volenti |
123 |
Iqbal v Dean Manson Solicitors |
[2011] EWCA Civ 123 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
The statutory tort under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 |
124 |
Islington LBC v University College London Hospital NHS Trust |
[2005] EWCA Civ 596 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Medical negligence, and duty of care |
125 |
Jackson v Murray |
[2015] UKSC 5 |
Supreme Court |
Contributory negligence |
126 |
Jameel v Wall Street Journal |
[2006] UKHL 44 |
House of Lords |
Defamation, and public interest privilege |
127 |
James-Bowen v Commr of Police |
[2018] UKSC 40 |
Supreme Court |
Negligence, and duty of care (police) |
128 |
Janvier v Sweeney |
[1919] 2 KB 316 (ICLR) |
High Court (EWHC KB) |
The tort in Wilkinson v Downton |
129 |
JD v East Berkshire Community Health NHS Trust |
[2005] UKHL 23 |
House of Lords |
Duty of care, and public authority liability |
130 |
Jobling v Associated Dairies Ltd |
[1981] UKHL 3 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, and supervening events |
131 |
Johnston v NEI International Combustion Ltd |
[2007] UKHL 39 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, and compensable injury |
132 |
Jolley v Sutton LBC |
[2000] UKHL 31 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, and remoteness of damage |
133 |
Jones v Kaney |
[2011] UKSC 13 |
Supreme Court |
Defamation, and absolute privilege |
134 |
Joseph v Spiller |
[2010] UKSC 53 |
Supreme Court |
Defamation, and the defence of honest opinion (fair comment) |
135 |
Kent v Griffiths |
[2000] EWCA Civ 3017 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Public authority liability (ambulance services) |
136 |
Keown v Coventry Healthcare NHS Trust |
[2006] EWCA Civ 39 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Occupiers' liability |
137 |
Khan v Meadows |
[2019] EWCA Civ 152 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligence, and remoteness of damage |
138 |
Khoransandjian v Bush |
[1993] EWCA Civ 18; [1993] 3 WLR 476; [1993] 3 All ER 669; [1993] QB 727 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Private nuisance |
139 |
Knightley v Johns |
[1981] EWCA Civ 6 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Proof of breach and causation in negligence |
140 |
Kuddus v CC of Leicestershire |
[2001] UKHL 29 |
House of Lords |
Misfeasance in public office, conversion, and exemplary damages |
141 |
Kuwait Airways Corp v Iraqi Airways Co (Nos 4 and 5) |
[2002] UKHL 19 |
House of Lords |
Intervening acts in negligence |
142 |
Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd |
[2019] UKSC 27 |
Supreme Court |
Defamation |
143 |
Lagden v O'Connor |
[2003] UKHL 64 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, and 'egg-shell' claimants |
144 |
Lane v Holloway |
[1967] EWCA Civ 1 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Battery, and self-defence |
145 |
Lawrence v Pembrokeshire CC |
[2006] EWHC 1029 (QB) |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Liability of public authorities in negligence |
146 |
Leakey v National Trust |
[1979] EWCA Civ 5 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Private nuisance, negligence, and abatement |
147 |
Letang v Cooper |
[1964] EWCA Civ 5 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
The interplay between battery (trespass) and negligence (action on the case) |
148 |
Levi v Bates |
[2015] EWCA Civ 206 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Defamation, and the statutory tort under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 |
149 |
Lewis v Daily Telegraph |
[1964] 2 QB 601; [1964] 2 WLR 736; [1964] 1 All ER 705 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Defamation |
150 |
Lister v Hesley Hall Ltd |
[2001] UKHL 22 |
House of Lords |
Vicarious liability |
151 |
Lister v Romford Ice and Cold Storage Co Ltd |
[1956] UKHL 6 |
House of Lords |
Vicarious liability and employee's own liability |
152 |
LMS International Ltd v Styrene Packaging and Insulation Ltd |
[2005] EWHC 2065 (TCC) |
High Court (EWHC TCC) |
The rule in Rylands v Fletcher, and spread of fire |
153 |
Lonrho Ltd v Shell Petroleum Co Ltd |
[1982] AC 173; [1981] 3 WLR 33; [1981] 2 All ER 456 |
House of Lords |
Breach of statutory duty |
154 |
Lumba v Secretary of State for the Home Department |
[2011] UKSC 12 |
Supreme Court |
Assault, battery and false imprisonment |
155 |
Lumley v Gye |
118 ER 749; (1853) 2 El & Bl 216 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Inducing breach of contract |
156 |
Majrowski v Guy's and T Thomas's NHS Trust |
[2006] UKHL 34 |
House of Lords |
The statutory tort under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 |
157 |
Malone v Laskey |
[1907] 2 KB 141 (ICLR) |
High Court (EWHC KB) |
Private nuisance |
158 |
Marc Rich & Co v Bishop Rock Marine Co |
[1995] UKHL 4 |
House of Lords |
Economic loss consequential upon physical loss of property |
159 |
Marcic v Thames Water Utilities Ltd |
[2003] UKHL 66 |
House of Lords |
Private nuisance and statutory authorisation |
160 |
McKay v Essex AHA |
[1982] QB 1166; [1982] 2 WLR 890; [1982] 2 All ER 771 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Negligence, and 'wrongful life' |
161 |
McFarlane v Tayside Health Board |
[1999] UKHL 50 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, and 'wrongful conception' |
162 |
McGhee v National Coal Board |
[1972] UKHL 11 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, causation, and material contribution to risk |
163 |
McKew v Holland & Hannen & Cubitts (Scotland) Ltd |
[1969] UKHL 12 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, and intervening acts |
164 |
McLoughlin v O'Brian |
[1982] UKHL 3 |
House of Lords |
Negligently-inflicted psychiatric injury |
165 |
McTear v Imperial Tobacco Ltd |
2005 2 SC 1 |
Court of Session (ScotCS) |
Product liability in negligence (tobacco) |
166 |
McWilliams v Sir William Arrol & Co Ltd |
[1961] UKHL 8 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, and causation |
167 |
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board v Coggins & Griffith (Liverpool) Ltd |
[1946] UKHL 1; [1947] AC 1 |
House of Lords |
Vicarious liability and loaned employees |
168 |
Michael v Chief Constable of South Wales Police |
[2015] UKSC 2 |
Supreme Court |
Negligence, and duty of care (police) |
169 |
Mirvahedy v Henley |
[2003] UKHL 16 |
House of Lords |
Liability for animals |
170 |
Mitchell v Glasgow CC |
[2008] CSIH 19; [2008] ScotCS CSIH_19 |
Court of Session (ScotCS CSIH) |
Public authority liability in negligence |
171 |
Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets plc |
[2016] UKSC 11 |
Supreme Court |
Vicarious liability |
172 |
Monsato plc v Tilly |
[1999] EWCA Civ 3044 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Trespass to land |
173 |
Monson v Tausauds |
[1894] 1 QB 671 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Defamation |
174 |
Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board |
[2015] UKSC 11 |
Supreme Court |
Negligence, and a duty to warn |
175 |
Morris v Murray |
[1990] EWCA Civ 10 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligence, and volenti |
176 |
Murphy v Brentwood DC |
[1991] UKHL 2 |
House of Lords |
Negligence and defective structures |
177 |
Nettleship v Weston |
[1971] EWCA Civ 6 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligence, and standard of care |
178 |
Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd v Morris (t/a Soundstar Studio) |
[2004] EWCA Civ 172 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Private nuisance |
179 |
North Glamorgan NHS Trust v Walters |
[2002] EWCA Civ 1792 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligently-inflicted psychiatric injury (secondary victims) |
180 |
OBG Ltd v Allan; Douglas v Hello! Ltd |
[2007] UKHL 21 |
House of Lords |
Causing loss by unlawful means; and interference with another's contractual relations |
181 |
OLL Ltd v Secretary of State for Transport |
[1997] 3 All ER 897 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Public authority liability in negligence (coastguard) |
182 |
Olotu v Home Office |
[1996] EWCA Civ 1070 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Breach of statutory duty |
183 |
Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v Morts Dock and Engineering Co Ltd (Wagon Mound No 2) |
[1961] UKPC 2 |
Privy Council |
Negligence, and remoteness of damage |
184 |
Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v Miller Steamship Co Ltd (Wagon Mound No 1) |
[1966] UKPC 1; [1967] 1 AC 617; [1966] 2 All ER 709 |
Privy Council |
Proving breach in negligence |
185 |
Page v Smith |
[1995] UKHL 7 |
House of Lords |
Negligently-inflicted psychiatric injury |
186 |
Palmer v Tees HA |
[1999] EWCA Civ 1533 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Duty of care in negligence (third parties who cause injury), and negligently-inflicted psychiatric injury |
187 |
Paris v Stepney BC |
[1950] UKHL 3 |
House of Lords |
Proving breach in negligence |
188 |
Parkinson v St James and Seacroft University Hospital NHS Trust |
[2001] EWCA Civ 530 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligence, and 'wrongful conception' |
189 |
Patchett v Swimming Pool and Allied Trades Assn Ltd |
[2009] EWCA Civ 717 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligent misstatement and duty of care |
190 |
Performance Cars Ltd v Abraham |
[1961] EWCA Civ 3 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligence, and successive tortfeasors |
191 |
Phelps v Hillingdon LBC |
[2000] UKHL 47 |
House of Lords |
Public authority liability in negligence |
192 |
Phillips v Britannia Hygienic Laundry Co Ltd |
[1923] 2 KB 832; [1923] 1 KB 539 |
High Court (EWHC KB) |
Breach of statutory duty |
193 |
Pirelli General Cable Works v Faber |
[1983] 2 AC 1; [1983] 2 WLR 6; [1983] 1 All ER 65 |
House of Lords |
Accrual of the cause of action in tort |
194 |
Pitts v Hunt |
[1990] EWCA Civ 17 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligence, and the defences of volenti; and illegality |
195 |
Poole BC v GN |
[2019] UKSC 25 |
Supreme Court |
Public authority liability in negligence |
196 |
Prison Officers Association v Iqbal (Rev 1) |
[2009] EWCA Civ 1312 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
False imprisonment |
197 |
QBE Management Services (UK) Ltd v Dymoke |
[2012] EWHC 80 (QB) |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Conspiracy to injure |
198 |
R v Bournewood Community and Mental Health NHS Trust, ex parte L |
[1999] 1 AC 458; [1998] 3 WLR 107; [1998] 3 All ER 289 |
House of Lords |
False imprisonment, and the defence of necessity |
199 |
R v Deputy Governor of Parkhurst Prison, ex parte Hague |
[1991] UKHL 13 |
House of Lords |
Breach of statutory duty |
200 |
R v Governor of Brockhill Prison, ex parte Evans |
[2000] UKHL 48 |
House of Lords |
False imprisonment |
201 |
R v Rimmington; R v Goldstein |
[2005] UKHL 63 |
House of Lords |
Public nuisance |
202 |
Rance v Mid-Downs HA |
[1991] 1 QB 587; [1991] 2 WLR 159; [1991] 1 All ER 801 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Negligence, and 'wrongful birth' |
203 |
Ratcliffe v Plymouth and Torbay HA |
[1998] EWCA Civ 206 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur |
204 |
Read v J Lyons & Co Ltd |
[1946] UKHL 2 |
House of Lords |
The rule in Rylands v Fletcher |
205 |
Rees v Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust |
[2003] UKHL 52 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, and 'wrongful conception' |
206 |
Reeves v Commr of Police |
[1999] UKHL 35 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, contributory negligence, and volenti |
207 |
Reilly v Merseyside HA |
[1994] EWCA Civ 30; (1995) 6 Med LR 246 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligence, and de minimis level of damage |
208 |
Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd |
[1999] UKHL 45 |
House of Lords |
Defamation, and public interest privilege |
209 |
Rhind v Astbury Water Park Ltd |
[2004] EWCA Civ 756 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Occupiers' liability (visitors) |
210 |
Rhodes v OPO |
[2015] UKSC 32 |
Supreme Court |
The tort of Wilkinson v Downton |
211 |
Richardson v LRC Products Ltd |
[2000] PIQR P164; [2000] Lloyd's Rep Med 280; (2001) 59 BMLR 185; [2000] CLY 851 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Product liability under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 |
212 |
Robinson v West Yorkshire Police |
[2018] UKSC 4 |
Supreme Court |
Negligence, and duty of care (police) |
213 |
Roe v Ministry of Health |
[1954] EWCA Civ 7; [1954] 2 QB 66; [1954] 2 WLR 915; [1954] 2 All ER 131 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Non-delegable duties of care |
214 |
Rookes v Barnard |
[1964] UKHL 1 |
House of Lords |
The availability of exemplary damages |
215 |
Rose v Plenty |
[1975] EWCA Civ 5 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Vicarious liability |
216 |
Rowlands v CC of Merseyside Police |
[2006] EWCA Civ 1773 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
The availability of aggravated damages |
217 |
Rylands v Fletcher |
[1865] EngR 436;
159 ER 737 |
High Court (EWHC Exch) |
The rule in Rylands v Fletcher (the escape of dangerous things) |
218 |
Scott v London and St Katherine's Docks |
[1865] EngR 200;
159 ER 665; [1861-73] All ER Rep 248 |
High Court (EWHC Exch) |
The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur |
219 |
Searle v Wallbank |
[1947] AC 341; [1947] 1 All ER 12 |
House of Lords |
Liability for animals |
220 |
Sedleigh-Denfield v O'Callagan |
[1940] AC 880; [1940] 3 All ER 349 |
House of Lords |
Private nuisance |
221 |
Selwood v Durham CC |
[2012] EWCA Civ 979 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligence, and duty of care (third parties who cause injury) |
222 |
Shakoor v Situ |
[2001] 1 WLR 410; [2000] 4 All ER 181 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Negligence, and standard of care |
223 |
Shaw v Kovac |
[2017] EWCA Civ 1028 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Meaning of compensatory damages |
224 |
Sidaway v Board of Governors of the Bethlem Royal Hospital |
[1985] UKHL 1 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, and the duty to warn |
225 |
Sienkiewicz v Greif (UK) Ltd |
[2011] UKSC 10 |
Supreme Court |
Negligence, causation, and material contribution to risk |
226 |
Smith v Eric S Bush |
[1990] UKHL 1 |
House of Lords |
Negligent misstatement, and duty of care |
227 |
Smith v Leech Brain & Co Ltd |
[1962] 2 QB 405 (ICLR); [1961] 3 All ER 1159 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Negligence, remoteness, and the 'egg-shell' claimant |
228 |
Smith v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd |
[1987] AC 241; [1987] 2 WLR 480; [1987] 1 All ER 710 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, duty of care, and omissions |
229 |
South Australian Asset Management Corp v York Montagu Ltd |
[1996] UKHL 10; [1997] AC 191; [1996] 3 All ER 365; [1996] 3 WLR 87 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, and remoteness of damage |
230 |
Southport Corp v Esso Petroleum Co Ltd |
[1954] EWCA Civ 5 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Private nuisance, trespass to land, and the defence of necessity |
231 |
Spartan Steel and Alloys Ltd v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd |
[1972] EWCA Civ 3 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Pure economic loss, and the exclusionary rule |
232 |
Spring v Guardian Assurance plc |
[1995] 2 AC 296; [1994] 3 WLR 354; [1994] 3 All ER 129 |
House of Lords |
Negligent misstatement, and duty of care |
233 |
St Helen's Smelting Co v Tipping |
[1865] UKHL J81 |
House of Lords |
Private nuisance |
234 |
Stannard (t/a Wyvern Tyres) v Gore |
[2012] EWCA Civ 1248 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
The rule in Rylands v Fletcher (fire) |
235 |
Stark v Post Office |
[2000] EWCA Civ 64 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Breach of statutory duty |
236 |
Stocker v Stocker |
[2019] UKSC 17 |
Supreme Court |
Defamation |
237 |
Stoke-on-Trent CC v W&J Wass Ltd |
[1988] 1 WLR 1406; [1988] 3 All ER 394 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Proprietary torts, and 'user' damages |
238 |
Stone & Rolls Ltd (in liq) v Moore Stephens (a firm) |
[2007] EWHC 1826 (Comm) |
High Court (EWHC Comm) |
Negligence, and the defence of illegality |
239 |
Stovin v Wise |
[1996] UKHL 15 |
House of Lords |
Public authority liability in negligence |
240 |
Sturges v Bridgman |
(1879) 11 Ch D 852 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Private nuisance (and 'coming to the nuisance') |
241 |
Sutradhar v Natural Environment Research Council |
[2006] UKHL 33 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, and duty of care |
242 |
Tamiz v Google Inc |
[2012] EWHC 449 (QB) |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Defamation |
243 |
Taylor v A Novo (UK) |
[2013] EWCA Civ 194 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligently-inflicted psychiatric injury |
244 |
Terry v Persons Unknown |
[2010] EWHC 119 (QB) |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Privacy; misuse of private information |
245 |
Tesco Stores Ltd v Pollard |
[2006] EWCA Civ 393 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Product liability in negligence and under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 |
246 |
Tomlinson v Congleton BC |
[2003] UKHL 47 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, and proving breach |
247 |
Transco plc v Stockport MBC |
[2003] UKHL 61 |
House of Lords |
The rule in Rylands v Fletcher |
248 |
Turnbull v Warrener |
[2012] EWCA Civ 412 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Liability for animals |
249 |
Van Colle v CC of Hertfordshire Police |
[2008] UKHL 50 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, and duty of care (police) |
250 |
Viasystems (Tyneside) Ltd v Thermal Transfer (Northern) Ltd |
[2005] EWCA Civ 1151 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Vicarious liability |
251 |
Vowles v Evans |
[2003] EWCA Civ 318 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligence, and proving breach |
252 |
W v Essex CC |
[2000] UKHL 17 |
House of Lords |
Negligently-inflicted psychiatric injury |
253 |
Wainwright v Home Office |
[2003] UKHL 53 |
House of Lords |
Privacy; the tort in Wilkinson v Downton; and defences |
254 |
Watt v Hertfordshire CC |
[1954] EWCA Civ 6 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligence, and proving breach |
255 |
Welsh Water v Barratt Homes Ltd |
[2013] EWCA Civ 233 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Private nuisance; and breach of statutory duty |
256 |
Wheat v E Lacon & Co Ltd |
[1966] UKHL 1 |
House of Lords |
Occupiers' liability |
257 |
White (Frost) v CC of South Yorkshire Police |
[1998] UKHL 45 |
House of Lords |
Negligently-inflicted psychiatric injury |
258 |
White v Jones |
[1995] UKHL 5 |
House of Lords |
Negligent provision of services causing pure economic loss |
259 |
White v Withers LLP |
[2009] EWCA Civ 1122 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Trespass to chattels |
260 |
Whitehead v Searle |
[2008] EWCA Civ 1093 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligence, and 'wrongful birth' |
261 |
Wildtree Hotels Ltd v Harrow LBC |
[2001] 2 AC 1 |
House of Lords |
Public nuisance, and statutory compensation |
262 |
Wilkinson v Downton |
[1897] EWHC 1 |
High Court (EWHC QB) |
Intentional infliction of mental distress |
263 |
Willers v Joyce (Re: Gubay deceased) |
[2016] UKSC 43; [2016] UKSC 44 |
Supreme Court |
Malicious prosecution of civil proceedings [2 cases from the same year] |
264 |
Wilsons & Clyde Co Ltd v English |
[1937] UKHL 2 |
House of Lords |
Employers' liability, and sub-duties of care |
265 |
Wilsher v Essex AHA |
[1987] UKHL 11; [1987] QB 730; [1987] 2 WLR 425; [1986] 3 All ER 801 |
House of Lords |
Negligence, standard of care, and causation |
266 |
WM Morrisons v Various Claimants |
[2020] UKSC 12 |
Supreme Court |
Vicarious liability |
267 |
Woodland v Essex CC |
[2013] UKSC 66 |
Supreme Court |
Non-delegable duties of care |
268 |
Wooldridge v Sumner |
[1962] EWCA Civ 3 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Negligence, standard of care, and proving breach |
269 |
X (minors) v Bedfordshire CC |
[1995] UKHL 9; [1995] 2 AC 633; [1995] 3 WLR 152; [1995] 3 All ER 353 |
House of Lords |
Public authority liability in negligence; breach of statutory duty |
270 |
Youssoupoff v Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Ltd |
(1934) 50 TLR 581 |
Court of Appeal (EWCA Civ) |
Defamation |
271 |
Zurich Insurance plc v International Energy Group Ltd |
[2015] UKSC 33 |
Supreme Court |
Negligence, causation, and material contribution to risk |