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The case summaries below are not official or authoritative. Unless otherwise noted, cases were heard by a panel of 5 judges. Cases involving Scots law are highlighted in orange. Cases involving Northern Irish law are highlighted in green. List of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom delivered in 2009
The court ruled that section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013 imposed a new threshold over the common law interpretation of defamation, being that the harm caused had to be serious. It was found that the damage to reputation of the individual in this case did not cause serious harm. [27] Samuels v Birmingham City Council [2019] UKSC 28: 12 June
Landmark court decisions, in present-day common law legal systems, establish precedents that determine a significant new legal principle or concept, or otherwise substantially affect the interpretation of existing law. "Leading case" is commonly used in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth jurisdictions instead of "landmark case", as used ...
Precedent is a judicial decision that serves as an authority for courts when deciding subsequent identical or similar cases. [1] [2] [3] Fundamental to common law legal systems, precedent operates under the principle of stare decisis ("to stand by things decided"), where past judicial decisions serve as case law to guide future rulings, thus promoting consistency and predictability.
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists (Southern) Ltd [1953] EWCA Civ 6 is a famous English contract law decision on the nature of an offer.The Court held that the display of a product in a store with a price attached is not sufficient to be considered an offer, and upheld the concept of an invitation to treat.
Contract law: R (Fitzroy George) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] UKSC 28 14 May 2014 Immigration law: Re K (A Child) [2014] UKSC 29 15 May 2014 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: Secretary of State for Home Department v MN and KY [2014] UKSC 30 21 May 2014 Immigration law
Case Date OSCOLA Citation Summary Pinchon's case: 1611 Early assumpsit and contract liability precedent Sprat v Agar: 1658 Early case on in third party contract law Duke of Norfolk's Case: 1682 3 Ch. Cas. 1, 22 E.R. 931 Rule against perpetuities Mason v Keeling: 1700 1 Ld Raym 606; 91 ER 1305 Donaldson v Beckett: 1774 1 E.R. 837
Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 was a landmark court decision in Scots delict law and English tort law by the House of Lords.It laid the foundation of the modern law of negligence in common law jurisdictions worldwide, as well as in Scotland, establishing general principles of the duty of care.