(Name, Date, Facts, Ratio)

1: Sources of law I: International Sources of Law

Francovich v Italy [1992]

3 facts, 2 ratio points
Key words: arrears, EU Directive, compensation, directly
effective, litigant
Legal issue: Compensation
Leonesio v Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry [1973]
3 facts, 2 ratio points
Key words: cows, slaughtering, Italian Government, legislation,
stipulation
Legal issue: Fulfillment of Stipulations (Contract Law)
R v Secretary of State for Transport ex p Factorame [1991]
2 facts, 2 ratio points
Key words: Spanish, fishermen, Merchant Shipping Act 1988,
Article 52
Legal issue: Discrimination
Van Duyn v Home Office [1974]
4 facts, 2 ratio points
Key words: Scientologist, Treaty of Rome, public policy,
personal conduct, obligation
Legal issue: Freedom of movement

2: Sources of Law II: Legislation

Agricultural Training Board v Aylesbury Mushrooms [1972]

3 facts, 2 ratio points
Key words: Enabling Act, Labour Minister, consultation,
Mushroom Growers Association, National Farmers Union

Legal issue: Consultation

Anisminic v Foreign Compensation Commission [1969]
3 facts, 2 ratio points
Key words: Foreign Compensation Act 1950, Suez Canal
Nationalization 1956, Section 4(4), determination, Ultra Vires
Legal issue: Determination, Compensation

British Railways v Pickin [1974]

3 facts, 2 ratio points

Key words: Railway, land, British Railways Act 1968, House of

Lords, struck out, no cause of action
Legal issue: Cause of Action
Bromley London Borough Council v Greater London Borough Council [1982]
2 facts, 3 ratio points
Key words: cheap fare scheme, deficit, economy, Transport
(London) Act 1969, illegal
Legal issue:
Leach v R [1912]
2 facts, 2 ratio points
Key words: incest, wife, compelled, Criminal Evidence Act
1898, pre-existing
Legal issue: Common Law vs. Acts
London and North Eastern Railway v Berriman [1946]
3 facts, 3 ratio points
Key words: rail engineer, compensation, statutory duty, literal
meaning, section
Legal issue: Meaning of Words
Powell v Kempton Racecourse [1899]

2 facts, 2 ratio points

Key words: other place, betting, outdoor location, Tattersall's
Ring, House of Lords
Legal issue: Meaning of Words
R v Wheatley [1979]
3 facts, 3 ratio points
Key words: explosive, pyrotechnic, Explosive Substances Act
1883, Explosive Substances Act 1875
Legal issue: Meaning of Words
Re Sigworth [1935]
2 facts, 3 ratio points
Key words: mother, murder, son, estate, Administration of
Justice Act 1924, Golden Rule
Legal issue: Inheritance
Smith v Hughes [1960]
3 facts, 2 ratio points
Key words: prostitutes, soliciting, Street Offences Act 1969,
ordinary meaning, mischief
Legal issue: Meaning of Words
Strickland v Hayes Borough Council [1896]
2 facts, 3 ratio points
Key words: profane, obsene, public place, Local Government
Act 1888, quashed, Ultra Vires, Parent Act
Legal issue: Scope of Law (?)
Tempest v Kilner (1846)

2 facts, 2 ratio points

Key words: Statute of Frauds 1677, contract, stock and shares,

general words, not mentioned

Legal issue: Meaning of Words/Phrases

Whitely v Chapell (1868)

2 facts, 2 ratio points

Key words: electoral malpractice, impersonation, dead elector,
penal statutes, entitled to vote

Legal issue: Meaning of Words

3: Sources of law III: Traditional Sources of Law

Caparo v Dickman [1990]

o

3 facts, 3 ratio points

Key words: takeover, negligence, persuasive precedence

Legal issue: Persuasive precedence (?)

Central London Property v High Trees Ltd [1947]

o

3 facts, 1 ratio point

Key words: lease, rent, estopped

Legal issue: Claims

Chappell v Times Newspapers [1975]

o

2 facts, 2 ratio points

Key words: firing, injunction, equitable remedies

Legal issues: Equitable Remedies

D & C Builders v Rees [1966]

o

4 facts, 2 ratio points

Key words: equitable estoppel, financial difficulty, builders

Legal issues: Equitable Estoppel

Earl of Oxfords Case (1615):

3 facts, 1 ratio point

Key words: fraudulent, chancery, common law

Legal issues: Equity vs. Common Law

Leaf v International Galleries [1950]:

o

3 facts, 3 ratio points

Key words: Constable, painting, contract

Legal issues: Equity, Contract

Mercer v Deane [1905]:

o

4 facts, 3 ratio points

Key words: beach, fishermen, antiquity

Legal issues: Presumption of Antiquity, Customary Right

Mills v Colchester Corporation (1866-1867):

o

2 facts, 2 ratio points

Key words: oysters, fishermen, customary right

Legal issues: Customary Right

R v Home Secretary ex p Anderson and Taylor (2001):

o

4 facts, 3 ratio points

Key words: murderers, judicial review, dismissed

Legal issues: Tariff sentences, Precedent

R v R (Rape: Marital Exemption) [1991]:

o

4, 3

Key words: marital rape, Lord Hale, modern times

Legal issues: Evolution of the Common Law, Marital Rape

R v Secretary of State for Transport ex p Factortame [1990]:

o

3, 2

Key words: fisherman, Spanish, Merchant Shipping Act 1988

Legal issues: EU Law vs. Domestic Law

Re J [1992]:
o

3, 3

Key words: disabled, doctors, obiter dicta

Legal issues: Doctors Duty, Obiter vs. Ratio

Warner Bros v Nelson [1936]:

o

3, 2

Key words: actress, exclusive, injunction

Legal issues: Breach of contract

Wyld v Silver [1963]:

o

3,3

Key words: customary right, fair, land

Legal issues: Customary Right

4: Civil Justice Process

Hayter v L [1998]:
o

4,4

Key words: assault, injury, private prosecution

Legal issues: Private Prosecution

R v Gunning [1980]:
o

2,3

Key words: theft, questions, defence

Legal issues: Development of defence

R (Da Silva) v DPP [2006]:

o

3,5

Key words: shot, terrorist, judicial review

Legal issues: Judicial Review

R (Pretty) v DPP [2002]:

o

5,4

Key words: suicide, judicial review, DPP

Legal issues: Director of Public Prosections role, Judicial

Review

Ricketts v Cox (1982):

o

3,3

Key words: police, defendant, obstruction of duty

Legal issues: Obstruction of Duty

Woolmington v DPP [1935]:

o

2,2

Key words: murdering, wife, onus

Legal issues: Legal Burden of Proving Facts

5: Criminal Justice Process:

Burchell v Ballard [2005]:

o

3,3

Kw: building, dispute, ADR

Legal issues: Unreasonable failure, ADRs role

Cable & Wireless plc v IBM [2002]:

o

2,3

K: ADR, court, uncertain

Legal issues: ADRs role, Contract

Dunnett v Railtrack plc [2002]:

o

3,2

K: ADR, suggestion, rejection

Legal issues: Use of ADR

Halsey v Milton Keynes General NHS Trust [2004]:

o

2,3

K: ADR, hospital, claim

Legal issues: Reasonable/Unreasonable, ADR costs

Peach Grey & Co v Sommers [1995]:

o

1,2

Witness, interfering, tribunal

Legal issues: Jurisdiction, Witness interference

R (Cowl) v Plymouth City Council [2001]:

o

2,2

Close, residential home, judicial review

Legal issues: ADR, Judicial Review Amenability

Vinos v Marks & Spencer Plc [2001]:

o

3,2

Extension, claimants, claim

Legal issues: CPR, Extensions

6: Professional Personnel:

AG v Guardian Newspapers Ltd [1987]:

o

2,1

Security Services, secrecy, injunction

Legal issue: Public Interest

Bromley London Borough Council v Greater London Council [1983]:

o

2,2

Fares, ultra vires, transport

Legal issue: Ultra Vires, Legal Duty

DG of Fair Trading v Proprietary Association of Great Britain [2001]:

o

2,1

Bias, court, job

LI: Court Impartiality

Hall v Simons [2002]:

o

2,1

Negligence, solicitors, immunity

LI: Public Policy

Liversidge v Anderson [1942]:

o

2,1

Detained, wartime order, secy. of state

LI: Reasonableness of belief

R v SS Home Office ex parte Brind [1991]:

o

1,2

Terrorist, broadcast, ban

LI: Intra Vires, Powers of Secy. Of State (Discretion Given)

Rondel v Worsley [1969]:

o

2,2

Barrister, unsuccessful, negligence

LI: Negligence

Saif Ali v Sidney Mitchell [1980]:

o

2,1

Error, barrister, claim

LI: Barristers Immunity, Negligence

Sirros v Moore [1975]:

o

2,2

Deportation, error, liability

LI: Judge Liability, Negligence

White v Jones [1995]:

o

2,1

Will, solicitors, beneficiaries

LI: Solicitors Responsibilities, Negligence

7: Lay Participation

Attorney General v Scotcher [2005]:

o

3,3

Defendant, jury, mother

LI: Contempt of Court, Jury Members Powers

H v Ministry of Defence [1991]:

o

3,4

Soldier, maimed, negligence

LI: Personal Injuries, Judge vs. Jury Trial

John v Mirror Group of Newspapers [1996]:

o

1,4

Defamation, sue, damages

LI: Amount of Damages

Paul v DPP (1989):

o

3,3

Prostitute, kerb-crawling, magistrates

LI: Nuisance

R v Kronlid (1996):
o

4,2

Jet, Indonesia, damage

LI: Criminal Defence Act 1967

R v Quayle et al [2005]:
o

2,3

Medical cannabis, jury, judge

LI: Scope of judge and jurys roles

R v T and others (Twomey, Blake, Hibberd, Cameron) [2009]:

o

6,3

Robbery, costs, jury

LI: Trial by judge vs. Trial by jury

R v West [1996]:
o

2,3

Murder, press coverage, jury

LI: Fair trial

R v Worcestershire JJ ex p Daniels (1996):

o

2,2

Breath sample, magistrate, ignored

LI: Negligence, Fair Trial, Justices Role in Court

Sander v UK [2000]:
o

5,4

Asian, jury, racist

LI: Fair Trial

Vaise v Delaval (1785):

o

2,2

Jury, coin toss, external evidence

LI: Fair Trial

8: Legal Services:

Hall v Simons [2000]:

o

2,1

K: negligence, immunity, exemption

Legal issue: Negligence, Immunity, Public Policy justifications

Rondel v Worsley [1967]:

o

1,2

K: document, liable, unemployed

Legal issue: Negligence

Thai Trading Co v Taylor [1998]:

o

2,2

K: fees, unsuccessful, normal profits

Legal issue: Contingent and Conditional Fees difference, Public

Policy justifications