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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
Haxey's case [15] is a leading case in English law that established the right to free speech within Parliament. [16] Beaulieu v Finglam (1401) early tort case. [17] establishing principle of liability. [18] [19] Case of the Thorns (1466) [20] established a tort of trespass to property. [21] Luckers Case' [22]
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 ...
This page lists legal decisions of the House of Lords. Until 30 September 2009, the House of Lords was the highest appellate court for the United Kingdom. Cases were determined not by the House of Lords itself, but by its Judicial Committee, consisting of up to nine legally qualified peers, generally referred to as "Law Lords".
Tort law: In determining the damages payable for pain, suffering and loss of amenity due the Civil Liability Act 2019 should be used in the case of whiplash injuries and common law awards should be applied in non-whiplash injuries. [10] Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Respondent) v Mercer [2024] UKSC 12: 17 April 2024 Labour law
(Even though Scotland became part of the UK over 300 years ago, Scots law has remained remarkably distinct from English law). The UK's highest civil appeal court is the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, whose decisions are binding on all three UK jurisdictions, as in Donoghue v Stevenson, a Scots case that forms the basis of the UK's law of ...
Before the outbreak of the war with Germany, De Keyser's had been operating as a first class hotel, mainly for a continental clientele. By the time the hotel was taken for the wartime use of the Crown in May 1916, the hotel premises were held on a set of leaseholds expiring in 1961, but due to the loss of clientele in wartime, the hotel had been running at a loss.
These are lists of cases heard before the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords until it was replaced by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in October 2009. List of judgements of the House of Lords delivered before 1996; List of judgements of the House of Lords delivered in 1996; List of judgements of the House of Lords delivered in 1997