Contract Cases
This page provides a list of cases cited in our Contract Law Lecture Notes, as well as other cases you might find useful. It also provides links to case-notes and summaries.
(A)
- Abbey National Bank plc v Stringer
- Adams v Lindsell
- Addis v Gramophone
- AEG (UK) Ltd v Logic Resource Ltd
- Aerial Advertising Co v Batchelors Peas Ltd (Manchester)
- African Export-Import Bank v Shebah Exploration & Production Company Ltd
- Ailsa Craig Fishing Co Ltd v Malvern Fishing Co Ltd
- Ajayi v RT Briscoe (Nigeria) Ltd
- Alan Auld Associates v Rick Pollard Associates
- Albert v MIB
- Alder v Moore
- Alderslade v Hendon Laundry Ltd
- Alfred Dunhill v Sunoptic
- Alfred McAlpine Construction Ltd v Panatown Ltd
- Ali v Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago
- Allcard v Skinner
- American Cyanamid Co v Ethicon Ltd
- Anglia Television v Reed
- Antonio v Antonio
- Arbuthnott v Fagan
- Arcos Ltd v EA Ronaasen & Son
- Arnold v Britton
- Araci v Fallon
- Ashfaq v International Insurance Co of Hannover
- Atlantic Baron, The
- Attorney General of Belize v Belize Telecom Ltd
- Atlas Express Ltd v Kafko
- Attica Sea Carriers v Ferrostaal Poseidon Bulk Reederi GmbH (The Puerto Buitrago)
- Attorney General v Blake
- Attrill v Dresdner Kleinwort Ltd
- Attwood v Small
- Avery v Bowden
- AXA Sun Life Services Plc v Campbell Martin Ltd
- Azimut-Benetti SpA v Healey
- Aziz v Ciaxa d’Estalvis de Catalunya I Manresa (C-226/12)
(B)
- B & S Contracts & Design v Victor Green Publications
- Baird Textile Holdings v Marks & Spencer
- Baker v Black Sea & Baltic General Insurance Co Ltd
- Baker v Jones
- Balfour v Balfour
- Bank of Australasia v Palmer
- Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) SA v Aboody
- Bannerman v White
- Barbudev v Eurocom Cable Management
- Barclays Bank v Fairclough Building
- Barry v Davies
- Barton v Armstrong
- Bell v Lever bros
- Bentsen v Taylor Sons
- Berkeley Community Villages Ltd v Pullen
- Beswick v Beswick
- Bieber v Teathers Ltd (In Liquidation)
- Bisset v Wilkinson
- Blackpool and Fylde Aero Club v Blackpool BC
- Blue v Ashley
- Blue Manchester Ltd v North West Ground Rents Ltd
- BNY Mellon Corporate Trustee Services Ltd v LBG Capital No 1 Plc
- Bolton v Madden
- Bolton v Mahadeva
- Borrelli v Ting
- Boulton v Jones
- BP Exploration Co (Libya) Ltd v Hunt (No 2)
- BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings
- BP v Hunt (No 2)
- Bradbury v Morgan
- Brikom Investments Ltd v Carr
- Brinkibon Ltd v Stahag Stahl GmbH
- British Fermentation Products v Compair Reavell
- British Steel Corp v Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co Ltd
- British Westinghouse Electric Co Ltd v Underground Electric Railways Co of London Ltd
- Britoil plc v Hunt Overseas Oil Inc
- Brocklehurst’s Estate, Re
- Brogden v Metropolitan Co
- BS & N Ltd v Micado Shipping (The Seaflower)
- Bunge Corporation v Tradax SA
- Bunge SA v Kyla Shipping Company Ltd
- Bunge SA v Nidera BV
- Butler Machine Tool v Ex-Cell-O Corporation
- BV Nederlandse Industrie Van Eiprodukten v Rembrandt Enterprises
- Byrne & Co v Leon Van Tien Hoven & Co
(C)
- C&P Haulage v Middleton
- Cable & Wireless plc v IBM UK
- Canada Steamship Lines Ltd v R
- Canary Wharf (BP4) T1 Ltd v European Medicines Agency
- Car and Universal Finance Co Ltd v Caldwell
- Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball
- Casehub Ltd v Wolf Cola Ltd
- Cavendish Square Holding BV v Makdessi
- CCC Films v Impact Quadrant Ltd
- Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd
- Centrovincial Estates plc v Merchant Investors Assurance Company Ltd
- Chandler v Webster
- Chapelton v Barry UDC
- Chappell v Times Newspapers
- Chappell v Nestle
- Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd
- Chudley v Clydesdale Bank Plc
- CIBC Mortgages plc v Pitt
- Circle Freight International Ltd v Medeast Gulf Exports Ltd
- Clarke v Dickson
- Clea Shipping v Bulk Oil (The Alaskan Trader)
- Clef Aquitaine SARL v Laporte Materials (Barrow) Ltd
- Clough v London and North Western Railway
- Cohen v Roche
- Collier v P & MJ Wright (Holdings) Ltd
- Collins v Godefroy
- Combe v Combe
- Commission for New Towns v Cooper (GB) Limited
- Conlon v Simms
- Co-op insurance v Argyll Stores
- Cooper v Phibbs
- Couchman v Hill
- Couturier v Hastie
- Craig, Re
- Cramaso LLP v Ogilvie-Grant
- Credit Lyonnais Bank Nederland NV v Burch
- Cremdean Properties Ltd v Nash
- Crossley v Faithful & Gould Holdings Ltd
- CTI Group Inc v Transclear SA (The Mary Nour)
- CTN Cash & Carry Ltd v Gallaher
- Cundy v Lindsay
- Cunliffe-Owen v Teather & Greenwood
- Currie v Misa
- Cutter v Powell
(D)
- D & C Builders v Rees
- Dakin & Co Ltd v Lee
- Darlington BC v Wiltshier Northern Ltd
- Daulia Ltd v Four Millbank Nominees Ltd
- Daventry DC v Daventry and District Housing Ltd
- Davis Contractors v Fareham UDC
- Dawson v Bell
- De Wutz v Hendricks
- Decro Wall v Practitioners in Marketing
- Denne v Light
- Derry v Peek
- Devenish Nutrition Ltd v Sanofi-Anetis SA
- Dick Bentley Productions Ltd v Harold Smith (Motors) Ltd
- Dickinson v Dodds
- Diestal v Stevenson
- Dimmock v Hallett
- Dimskal Shipping Co SA v International Transport Workers Federation
- Director General of Fair Trading v First National Bank
- Dolphin Maritime & Aviation Services Ltd v Sveriges Angfartygs Assurans Forening
- Doyle v Olby
- Drew v Daniel
- DSND Subsea Ltd v Petroleum Geo Services ASA
- Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v Selfridge Ltd
- Dunlop v New Garage
- Dunnachie v Kingston-upon-Hull City Council
- Durham Tees Valley Airport Ltd v Bmibaby Ltd
(E)
- East v Maurer
- Eastwood v Kenyon
- Ecay v Godfrey
- Edgington v Fitzmaurice
- Edwards v Skyways Ltd
- Edwinton Commercial Corporation v Tsavliris Russ Ltd (The Sea Angel)
- El Awadi v Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA
- Emery v UCB Corporate Services
- Entores Ltd v Miles Far East Corporation
- Equitable Life v Hyman
- Errington v Errington Woods
- Ertel Bieber v Rio Tinto
- Esso Petroleum v Commissioners of Customs & Excise
- Esso Petroleum v Mardon
- Esso Petroleum Ltd v Niad Ltd
- Evia Luck, The
- Experience Hendrix LLC v PPX Enterprises Inc
(F)
- Falcke v Gray
- Farley v Skinner
- FC Shepherd v Jerrom
- Felthouse v Bindley
- Fercometal SARL v Mediterranean Shipping Co SA, The Simona
- Fibrosa Spolka Akcyjna v Fairbairn Lawson Combe Barbour
- Financings Ltd v Stimson
- First Plus Financial Group v Hewett
- First Tower Trustees Ltd v CDS (Superstores International) Ltd
- Foakes v Beer
- Foley v Classique Coaches
- Force India Formula One Team Ltd v Etihad Airways PJSC
- Forsikringsaktieselskapet Vesta v Butcher
- Foseco International v Fordath
- Foster v Mackinnon
- Frederick Rose Ltd v William Pim Jnr & Co Ltd
- Freeth v Burr
- Frost v Knight
- FSHC Group Holdings Ltd v GLAS Trust Corp
(G)
- Gallie v Lee (sub nom. Saunders v Anglia Building Society)
- Galoo v Bright Grahame Murray
- Gamerco SA v ICM/Fair Warning Agency Ltd
- Gebruder Metelmann GmbH & Co v NBR (London) Ltd
- Geier v Kujawa, Weston & Warne Bros (Transport) Ltd
- General Billposting Co v Atkinson
- George Mitchell v Finney Lock Seeds
- George Wimpey UK Ltd v VI Components Ltd
- Gibbons v Proctor
- Gibson v Manchester City Council
- Gillespie Bros & Co Ltd v Roy Bowles Transport Ltd
- Gillespie Bros & Co v Cheney, Eggar & Co
- Glasbrook Bros Ltd v Glamorgan CC
- Globalia Business Travel SAU v Fulton Shipping Inc
- Golden Strait Corporation v Nippon Yusen Kubishika Kaisha (The Golden Victory)
- Goldsworthy v Brickell
- Goodchild v Bradbury
- Goodlife Foods Ltd v Hall Fire Protection Ltd
- Gould v Gould
- Government of Zanzibar v British Aerospace Ltd
- Grainger & Son v Gough
- Gran Gelato Ltd v Richliff (Group) Ltd
- Granatino v Radmacher
- Grant v Bragg
- Great Peace Shipping v Tsavliris International
- Greenhouse v Paysafe Financial Services Ltd
- Grogan v Robin Meredith Plant Hire
(H)
- Hackett v Crown Prosecution Service
- Hadley v Baxendale
- Hall v Wright
- Hammond v Osborn
- Hannah Blumenthal, The
- Hansa Nord, The
- Hare v Murphy Bros
- Hare v Nicholl
- Hardman v Booth
- Hartley v Ponsonby
- Hartog v Colin & Shields
- Harvela v Royal Trust Co of Canada
- Harvey v Facey
- Hasham v Zenab
- Hayward v Zurich Insurance Co Plc
- Henry Kendall & Sons v William Lillico & Sons Ltd
- Henthorn v Fraser
- Heilbut, Symons and Co v Buckleton
- Heisler v Anglo-Dal Ltd
- Herne Bay Steamboat v Hutton
- Heron II, The
- Heyman v Darwins
- HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd v Chase Manhattan Bank
- Hill v CA Parsons Ltd
- Hirachand Punamchand v Temple
- Hirji Mulji v Cheong Yue Steamship Co Ltd
- Hochster v De la Tour
- Hoenig v Isaacs
- Hollier v Rambler Motors (AMC) Ltd
- Holwell Securities v Hughes
- Hong Kong Fir Shipping v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha
- Horsfall v Thomas
- Horton v Horton (No 2)
- Hounslow LBC v Twickenham Gardens
- Household Fire & Carriage Accident Insurance Co Ltd v Grant
- Howard v Pickford Tool Co Ltd
- Howard E Perry & Co v British Railways Board
- Howard Marine v Ogden
- Hughes v Metropolitan Railway Co
- Hussey v Eels
- Hutton v Warren
- Huyton v Peter Cremer
- Hyde v Wrench
(I)
- IFR Ltd v Federal Trade Spa
- Iggleden v Fairview Homes
- Impact Funding Solutions Ltd v AIG Europe Insurance Ltd
- Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, ex parte Harris, Re
- Inche Noriah v Shaik Allie Bin Amar
- Ingram v Little
- Interfoto Picture Library v Stiletto Visual Programmes
- Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society
- Isabella Shipowner SA v Shagang Shipping Co Ltd (The Aquafaith)
- Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines v. Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association (Bermuda)
(J)
- J Spurling Ltd v Bradshaw
- Jacobs v Batavia and General Plantations Trust
- Jackson v Horizon Holidays
- Jackson v Royal Bank of Scotland
- Jarvis v Swan Tours
- John Grimes Partnership Ltd v Gubbins
- Johnson v Agnew
- Jones v Daniel
- Jones v Padavatton
- Jorden v Money
- Joscelyne v Nissen
- Joseph Constantine SS Co v Imperial Smelting Corporation Ltd
- Joseph Travers & Sons Ltd v Cooper
(K)
- Kings Norton Metal v Edridge, Merrett
- Kirin-Amgen v Hoechst Marion Roussel Ltd
- Kolmar v Traxpo Enterprises
- Koufos v Czarnikow Ltd (The Heron 2)
- Krell v Henry
(L)
- L’Estrange v F Graucob Ltd
- Laemthong International Lines Co Ltd v Abdullah Mohammed Fahem & Co
- Lampleigh v Braithwaite
- Larrinaga & Co Ltd v Societé Franco-Américaine des Phosphates de Medulla, Paris
- LauritzenCool AB v Lady Navigation Inc
- Law Debenture Trust Corp plc v Elektrim SA
- Leaf v International Galleries
- Leeder v Stevens
- Les Affréteurs Réunis Société Anonyme v Leopold Walford (London)
- Lewis v Avery
- Linden Gardens Trust Ltd v Lenesta Sludge Disposals Ltd
- Little v Courage Ltd
- Liverpool City Council v Irwin
- LJ Korbetis v Transgrain Shipping BV
- Lloyds Bank v Bundy
- London Export Corporation v Jubilee Coffee Roasting Co Ltd
- London Joint Stock Bank Ltd v Macmillan
- Lovelock v Franklyn
- Lowe v Peers
- Luxor (Eastbourne) v Cooper
(M)
- MacInnes v Gross
- Mahkutai, The
- Malik (Deceased) v Shiekh
- Manchester Diocesan Council for Education v Commercial and General Investments Ltd
- Maple Flock v Universal Products
- Maritime National Fish v Ocean Trawlers
- Markham v Karsten
- Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd
- Maskell v Horner
- May & Butcher Ltd v The King
- McArdle, Re
- McCrone v Boots Farm Sales Limited
- McCutheon v David MacBrayne Ltd
- McMullon v Secure the Bridge
- Merritt v Merritt
- Mersey Steel and Iron Co v Naylor Benzon & Co
- Mihalis Angelos, The
- Milward v Earl Thanet
- Mitchell v Homfray
- Modahl v British Athletic Federation
- Monarch Airlines Ltd v London Luton Airport Ltd
- Monarch Steamship, The
- Mondial Shipping and Chartering BV v Astarte Shipping Ltd (The Pamela)
- Moorcock, The
- Morris-Garner v One Step (Support) Ltd
- Moschi v Lep Air Services
- Motor Oil Hellas (Corinth) Refineries SA v Shipping Corporation of India (The Kanchenjunga)
- Mountford v Scott
- Moursi v Doherty
- MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co v Cottonex Anstalt
- Multiplex Constructions (UK) Ltd v Cleveland Bridge UK Ltd
- Murray v Leisureplay
- Museprime Properties Ltd v Adhill Properties Ltd
- MWB Business Exchange Ltd v Rock Advertising Ltd (Court of Appeal)
- MWB Business Exchange Ltd v Rock Advertising Ltd (Supreme Court)
(N)
- Nanfri, The
- National Bank of Greece SA v Pinios Shipping Co
- National Carriers Ltd v Panalpina (Northern) Ltd
- National Westminster Bank Plc v Amin
- National Westminster Bank Plc v Breeds
- National Westminster Bank v Morgan
- Notcutt v Universal Equipment Co (London) Ltd
- Nottingham Building Society v Eurodynamics Systems
(O)
- O’Sullivan v Management Agency & Music
- Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National
- Olley v Marlborough Court
- Oscar Chess v Williams
- Ocean Tramp Tankers Corporation v V/O Sovfracht (The Eugenia)
(P)
- Page One Records v Britton
- Pagnan Spa v Feed Products Ltd
- Pao On v Lau Yiu Long
- Paradine v Jane
- Parfitt v Lawless
- Parker v South Eastern Rly Co
- ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis
- Parkinson v College of Ambulance
- Parsons (Livestock) Ltd v Uttley Ingham & Co Ltd
- Partridge v Crittenden
- Patel v Ali
- Payne v Cave
- Payzu Ltd v Saunders
- Peekay Intermark v Australia & New Zealand Banking Group
- Pell Frischmann Engineering Ltd v Bow Valley Iran Ltd
- Perry v Sidney Phillips
- Persimmon Homes Ltd v Ove Arup and Partners Ltd
- Pesticcio v Niersmans
(Q)
- Queensland Electricity Generating Board v New Hope Collieries
- Quinn v Burch Bros (Builders) Ltd
(R)
- R&S Pilling (t/a Phoenix Engineering) v UK Insurance Ltd
- R v HM Attorney-General for England and Wales
- Radford v De Froberville
- Raffles v Wichelhaus
- Raiffeisen Zentralbank Osterreich AG v Royal Bank of Scotland
- Rainy Sky SA v Kookmin Bank
- Ramsgate Victoria Hotel v Montefoire
- Raphael, The
- Raymond Burke Motors Ltd v Mersey Docks & Harbour Co
- Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Hansen-Tangen
- Redgrave v Hurd
- Redland Bricks v Morris
- Regalian Properties v London Dockyard
- Regus (UK) Ltd v Epcot Solutions Ltd
- Reichman v Beveridge
- Reid v Rush Tompkins Group plc
- Reveille Independent LLC v Anotech International (UK) Ltd
- Reynolds v Atherton
- Rice v Great Yarmouth BC
- Riverlate Properties v Paul
- Roberts and Co Ltd v Leicestershire
- Robinson v Harman
- Robophone Facilities Ltd v Blank
- Roche v Sherrington
- Rock Advertising v MWB Business Exchange Centres
- Rolls Royce Power Engineering plc v Ricardo Consulting Engineers Ltd
- Roscorla v Thomas
- Rose & Frank v Crompton Bros
- Routledge v Grant
- Royal Bank of Scotland plc v Etridge (No 2)
- Royscott Trust v Rogerson
- RTS Flexible Systems Ltd v Molkerei Alois Müller
- Ruxley Electronics and Construction Ltd v Forsyth
(S)
- Salt v Stratstone Specialist Ltd
- Samarenko v Dawn Hill House Ltd
- Scally v Southern Health and Social Services Board
- Scammell and Nephew Ltd v Ouston
- Scammell v Dicker
- Schebsman, Re
- Schuler AG v Wickman Machine Tools Sales Ltd
- Scotson v Pegg
- Scott v Avery
- Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assurance Society v BGC International
- Scriven Bros and Co v Hindley and Co
- Scruttons Ltd v Midland Silicones Ltd
- Selectmove, Re
- Sembcorp Marine Ltd v PPL Holdings Ltd
- Shadwell v Shadwell
- Shanklin Pier Ltd v Detel Products Ltd
- Sharpley v Louth
- Shaw v Applegate
- Shell UK Ltd v Lostock Garages Ltd
- Shirlaw v Southern Foundries (1926) Ltd
- Shogun Finance v Hudson
- Siboen & the Sibotre, the
- Siemens Building Technologies v Supershield
- Simantob v Shavleyan
- Simoco Digital UK Ltd
- Simpkins v Pays
- Skeate v Beale
- Smith New Court Securities Ltd v Scrimgeour Vickers etc Ltd
- Smith v Cooper
- Smith v Hughes
- Smith v Land & House Property Corp
- Smith v South Wales Switchgear
- Smith v UMB Chrysler (Scotland) Ltd
- Societe des Industries Mtallurgiques SA v The Bronx Engineering Co Ltd
- Societe Generale, London Branch v Geys
- Sookraj v Samaroo
- Soulsbury v Soulsbury
- Spar Shipping A/S v Grand China Logistics Holding (Group) Co Ltd
- Spencer v Harding
- Spice Girls v Aprilia
- Spring v National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers Society (no 2)
- St Albans City and DC v International Computers
- Starsin, The
- Statoil ASA v Louis Dreyfus Energy Services (The Harriette N)
- Stena Line Ltd v Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund Trustees Ltd
- Stevenson, Jacques v McLean
- Stewart Gill Ltd v Horatio Myer & Co Ltd
- Stilk v Myrrick
- Stocznia Gdynia SA v Gearbulk Holdings Ltd
- Stocznia Gdanska SA v Latvian Shipping Co
- Storer v Manchester City Council
- Street v Coombes
- Sudbrook Trading Estate v Eggleton
- Suisse Atlantique Societe d’Armement SA v NV Rotterdamsche Kolen Centrale
- Suleman v Shahsavari
- Sumpter v Hedges
- Super Servant Two, The
- Swynson Ltd v Lowick Rose LLP
(T)
- Tamplin v James
- Tartsinis v Navona Management Co
- Taylor v Caldwell
- Teacher v Calder
- Tekdata Interconnections Ltd v Amphenol Ltd
- Telegraph Despatch and Intelligence v McLean
- Telford Homes Ltd v Ampurius Nu Homes Holdings Ltd
- Tenax Steamship Co Ltd v The Brimnes
- Thames Valley Power Ltd v Total Gas and Power Ltd
- Thomas v BPE Solicitors
- Thomas v Thomas
- Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking
- Thomas Witter Ltd v TBP Industries Ltd
- Times Travel (UK) Limited v Pakistan International Airlines Corporation
- Tinn v Hoffman
- Tito v Waddell (No 2)
- Tool Metal Manufacturing v Tungsten
- Transfield Shipping Inc v Mercator, The Achilleas
- Transocean Drilling UK Ltd v Providence Resources Plc
- Trollope & Colls Ltd v North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital
- Trump International Golf Club Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers
- Trustees of Beardsley Theobalds Retirement Benefit Scheme v Yardley
- Tsakiroglou & Co Ltd v Noblee Thorl GmbH
- Turkey v Awadh
- Turner v Green
- Tweddle v Atkinson
(U)
- UCB Corporate Services Ltd v Williams
- Union Eagle Ltd v Golden Achievement Ltd
- United Scientific Holdings Ltd v Burnley Borough Council
- Universal Cargo Carriers Corp v Citati
- Universe Sentinel, The
- Universe Tankships v ITWF
(V)
- Valilas v Januzaj
- Vaswani v Italian Motors (Sales & Services)
- Vercoe v Rutland Fund Management Ltd
- Victoria Laundry (Windsor) Ltd v Newman Industries Ltd
- Vitol SA v Norelf Ltd (The Santa Clara)
(W)
- Walford v Miles
- Walters v Morgan
- Ward v Byham
- Warner Bros Pictures Inc v Nelson
- Warren v Mendy
- Wates Ltd v GLC
- Watford Electronics Ltd v Sanderson CFL Ltd
- Watts v Morrow
- Wellesley Partners LLP v Withers LLP
- Wells v Devani
- Wenjiang (no 1), The
- Whincup v Hughes
- White & Carter v McGregor
- Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd
- Woodar Investment Development Ltd v Wimpey Construction UK Ltd
- WN Hillas v Arcos
- Workers Trust v Dojap
- World Wide Fund for Nature v World Wrestling Federation Entertainment
- Wright v Carter
- Wrotham Park Estate Co v Parkside Homes
(Y)
- Yukong Line Ltd of Korea v Rendsburg Investments Corporation of Liberia
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- 118 Data Resource Ltd v IDS Data Services Ltd