Essential Cases: Contract Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. Essential Cases provides you with succinct summaries of some of the landmark and most influential cases in contract law. Each summary begins with a review of the main case facts and decision. The summary is then concluded with expert commentary on the case from the author, Nicola Jackson, including an assessment of the wider questions raised by the decision.
It can act as a succinct reference source alongside your core textbooks as you proceed through your course. It can also be used as a stand-alone revision aid as you approach examinations. But central to the Essential Cases series is the aim to encourage your own critical exploration of the legal matters under discussion.
Where possible, a link to a free-to-access full version of the judgment is included in each summary, providing you with an opportunity to deepen your understanding by reading the judgment of the court for yourself.
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Adams v Lindsell [1818] EWHC KB J59; (1818) 1 B & Ald 681; (1818) 106 ER 250
Essential Cases: Contract Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Adams v Lindsell (1818) 106 ER 250. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Nicola Jackson.
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Partridge v Crittenden [1968] 1 WLR 1204
Essential Cases: Contract Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Partridge v Crittenden [1968] 1 WLR 1204. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Nicola Jackson.
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Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists (Southern) Ltd [1953] 1 QB 401
Essential Cases: Contract Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists (Southern) Ltd [1953] 1 QB 401. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Nicola Jackson.
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Balfour v Balfour [1919] 2 KB 571 including commentary on Merritt v Merritt [1970] EWCA Civ 6; [1970] 1 WLR 1211.
Essential Cases: Contract Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Balfour v Balfour [1919] 2 KB 571. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Nicola Jackson.
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Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd [1947] KB 130
Essential Cases: Contract Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd [1947] KB 130. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Nicola Jackson.
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Chappell & Co. Ltd v Nestlé Co. Ltd [1960] AC 87
Essential Cases: Contract Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Chappell & Co. Ltd v Nestlé Co. Ltd [1960] AC 87. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Nicola Jackson.
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Pao On & others v Lau Yiu Long and another [1980] AC 614
Essential Cases: Contract Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Pao On & others v Lau Yiu Long & another [1980] AC 614. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Nicola Jackson.
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Rock Advertising Ltd v MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd [2018] UKSC 24
Essential Cases: Contract Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Rock Advertising Ltd v MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd [2018] UKSC 24. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Nicola Jackson.
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Stilk v Myrick [1809] EWHC KB J58; (1809) 2 Camp 317
Essential Cases: Contract Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Stilk v Myrick [1809] EWHC KB J58; (1809) 2 Camp 317. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Nicola Jackson.
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Williams v Roffey Bros & Nicholls (Contractors) Ltd [1991] 1 QB 1
Essential Cases: Contract Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Williams v Roffey Bros & Nicholls (Contractors) Ltd [1991] 1 QB 1. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Nicola Jackson.
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Great Peace Shipping Ltd v Tsavliris Salvage (International) Ltd [2002] EWCA Civ 1407
Essential Cases: Contract Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Great Peace Shipping Ltd v Tsavliris Salvage (International) Ltd [2002] EWCA Civ 1407. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Nicola Jackson.
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Butler Machine Tool Co. Ltd v Ex-Cell-O Corporation (England) Ltd [1979] 1 WLR 401, Court of Appeal
Essential Cases: Contract Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Butler Machine Tool Co. Ltd v Ex-Cell-O Corporation (England) Ltd [1979] 1 WLR 401. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Nicola Jackson.
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Shogun Finance Ltd v Hudson [2003] UKHL 62
Essential Cases: Contract Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Shogun Finance Ltd v Hudson [2003] UKHL 62. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Nicola Jackson.
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Smith v Hughes (1871) LR 6 QB 597 includes commentary on Centrovincial Estates plc v Merchant Investors Assurance Company Ltd [1983] Com LR 158
Essential Cases: Contract Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Smith v Hughes (1871) LR 6 QB 597 including commentary on Centrovincial Estates plc v Merchant Investors Assurance Company Ltd [1983] Com LR 158. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Nicola Jackson.
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Bisset v Wilkinson [1927] AC 177
Essential Cases: Contract Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Bisset v Wilkinson [1927] AC 177, Privy Council. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Nicola Jackson.
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Edgington v Fitzmaurice (1885) 29 Ch D 459
Essential Cases: Contract Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Edgington v Fitzmaurice (1885) 29 Ch D 459. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Nicola Jackson.
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Spice Girls Ltd v Aprilia World Service [2002] EWCA Civ 15
Essential Cases: Contract Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Spice Girls Ltd v Aprilia World Service [2002] EWCA Civ 15. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Nicola Jackson.
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With v O’Flanagan [1936] Ch 575
Essential Cases: Contract Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in With v O’Flanagan [1936] Ch 575. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Nicola Jackson.
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Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd plc v Hayward [2017] AC 142; [2016] UKSC 48
Essential Cases: Contract Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd plc v Hayward [2016] UKSC 48. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Nicola Jackson.
