List of notable United Kingdom House of Lords cases:
This page is for notable House of Lords legal cases.
[edit] pre-1850
[edit] 1850 - 1899
[edit] 1900 – 1949
[edit] 1950 – 1999
- Bolton v. Stone [1951] A.C. 850, [1951] 1 All E.R. 1078 (H.L.); Breach of Duty of care
- Silkin v. Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd., [1958] 1 W.L.R. 743 : Freedom of speech
- Cavanagh v. Ulster Weaving Co. Ltd. [1960] A.C. 1959 2 All E.R. (H.L.)
- Midland Silicones v. Scruttons [1961] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 365 (H.L.)
- White & Carter (Councils) Ltd. v. McGregor [1961] All E.R. 1178
- Hughes v. Lord Advocate [1963] All E.R. 705 (H.L.); manner of occurrence in tort of negligence (remoteness)
- Hedley Byrne v. Heller [1963] 2 All E.R. 575: Economic compensation in Tort
- Ridge v Baldwin [1964] A.C. 40: Judicial Review, natural justice and fair hearing
- Practice Statement (July 26, 1966): change of practice regarding precedent, allowing the House of Lords to overrule its own previous decisions in exceptional circumstances.
- Suisse Atlantique case [1966] 2 All E.R. 61
- Regal (Hastings) v Gulliver [1967] 2 A.C. 134
- Anisminic v Foreign Compensation Commission [1969] 2 AC 147: Judicial Review, Error of Law
- Home Office v. Dorset Yacht Co. [1970] 2 All ER 294: Tort, duty of care
- Saunders v. Anglia Building Society [1971] A.C. 1004; importance of signature
- Tesco Supermarkets v Nattrass [1972] AC 153 :directing mind of corp
- McGhee v. National Coal Board [1972] 3 All E.R. 1008 (H.L.): Causation in Tort
- Haughton v. Smith, [1975] AC 476, [1973] 3 All ER 1109, [1974] 3 W.L.R. Attempted crimes, subsequently overturned by statute.
- American Cyanamid Co. v. Ethicon Ltd. [1975] AC 396 HL(E)
- Miliangos v George Frank Ltd, [1976] AC 443
- Anns v. Merton London Borough Council [1978] A.C. 728, [1977] 2 All E.R. (H.L.): compensation of economic loss caused by negligence; overruled by Murphy v. Brentwood
- Securicor Transport Ltd. v. Photo Production Ltd. [1980] 2 W.L.R. 283
- Ramsay v. IRC [1982] A. C. 300
- Catnic Components Ltd. v. Hill & Smith Ltd. (1982) R.P.C. 183
- Brinkibon Ltd v Stahag Stahl und Stahlwarenhandelsgesellschaft mbH, [1983] 2 AC 34: contract law, instantaneous communication, approving Entores v Miles Far East (A Court of Appeal case)
- Amin Rasheed Shipping Corp. v Kuwait Insurance Co., [1984] 1 App Cas 50
- Furniss v. Dawson [1984] A.C. 474
- Spiliada Maritime Corp v Cansulex Ltd [1987] AC 460
- Caparo Industries Plc. v Dickman 1990: Pure Economic loss in Tort
- Attorney-General v. Guardian Newspapers Ltd. (No. 2) [1990] 1 AC 109: "everybody is free to do anything, subject only to the provisions of the law"
- Copac v. Wright [1991]
- Regina v. Brown [1993] 2 W.L.R. 556: sadomasochism and consent in criminal law
- Reynolds v. Times Newspapers Ltd. (1999): freedom of expression and defamation
[edit] Since 2000
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