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The courts in those days only allowed the plaintiff to recover damages if he suffered physical inconvenience, such as having to walk five miles home, as in Hobbs' case; or to live in an over-crowded house, Bailey v. Bullock [1950] 2 All ER 1167. I think that those limitations are out of date.
Forum non conveniens (FNC; Latin for 'an inconvenient forum') [1] [2] [3] is a mostly common law legal doctrine through which a court acknowledges that another forum or court where the case might have been brought is a more appropriate venue for a legal case, and dismisses the case.
Holwell Securities Ltd v Hughes [1974] 1 WLR 155 is an English contract law case overriding the usual postal rule.. Ordinarily, a contractual offer can be deemed to be accepted when it leaves the offeree and enters the postal system but in this case, the original offer clearly stipulated the method by which acceptance was to take place, and this superseded the normal operation of postal rule.
Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175 (Aon v ANU) is a decision by the High Court of Australia (High Court). After a bushfire destroyed property and equipment at the Australian National University's (ANU) Mount Stromlo campus near Canberra, the university lodged an insurance claim.
Farley v Skinner [2001] UKHL 49 is an English contract law case, ... The Court of Appeal agreed with the ... if the cause of the inconvenience or discomfort is a ...
The cases are NLRB v Starbucks Corp, 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 23-1953; and Starbucks Corp v NLRB in the same court, No. 23-2241. (Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing ...
Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society v Norgan [1996] 1 WLR 343 is an English land law case, concerning mortgage arrears.. Under section 36 Administration of Justice Act 1970 (as amended), the lender should, for an owner-occupier mortgage borrower facing temporary income difficulties set a clearly sustainable payment plan based on good evidence assessed such as, if proportionate to its own ...
The railroad tried to get the case thrown out by having it moved from the state court where it was filed to federal district court, where the company felt it had better luck getting it dismissed.