Tort Law Cases
This page provides a list of cases cited in our Tort Law Lecture Notes, as well as other cases you might find useful. It also provides links to case-notes and summaries.
(A)
- A v National Blood Authority
- Abouzaid v Mothercare (UK) Ltd
- Adams v Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Co
- Adams v Ursell
- Ailsa Craig Fishing Co Ltd v Malvern Fishing Co Ltd
- Airedale NHS Trust v Bland
- Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police
- Alfred Dunhill v Sunoptic
- Allen v Flood
- Allen v Gulf Oil Refining Ltd
- Alexander v Freshwater Properties Limited
- Allied Maples v Simmons & Simmons
- American Cyanamid Co v Ethicon Ltd
- Anchor Brewhouse Developments v Berkley House Ltd
- Anns v Merton LBC
- Appleton v Garrett
- Armes v Nottinghamshire County Council
- Arneil v Paterson
- Ashdown v Samuel Williams and Son Ltd
- Ashley v Chief Constable of Sussex Police
- Atkinson v Newcastle Waterworks
- Attia v British Gas
- Attorney-General v PYA Quarries Ltd
- Ayres v Odedra
(B)
- B, Re
- Bailey v Ministry of Defence
- Baker v Quantum Clothing Group Ltd
- Baker v TE Hopkins
- Baker v Willoughby
- Balfour v Barty King
- Bamford v Turnley
- Barber v Somerset County Council
- Barker v Corus plc
- Barclays Bank Plc v Various Claimants
- Barnes v Hampshire County Council
- Barnes v Scout Association
- Barnett v Chelsea & Kensington Hospital
- Barr v Biffa Waste Services
- Barrett v Enfield LBC
- Barrett v Ministry of Defence
- Bellman v Northampton Recruitment
- Berisha v Stone Superstore
- Bernstein v Skyviews and General Ltd
- Biffa Waste Services Ltd v Maschinenfabrik Ernst Hese GmbH
- Bird v Jones
- Bishop of Rochester v Bridges
- Blackmore v Department for Communities and Local Government
- Blake v Galloway
- Blyth v Birmingham Waterworks Company
- Bocardo SA v Star Energy UK Onshore
- Bogle v McDonalds Restaurants
- Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee
- Bolitho v City & Hackney Health Authority
- Bolton v Stone
- Bonnington Castings Ltd v Wardlaw
- Bottomley v Todmorden Cricket Club
- Bourhill v Young
- Bourne Leisure Ltd v Marsden
- Bowater v Rowley Regis BC
- BPE Solicitors v Hughes-Holland
- Bradford v Robinson Rentals
- Bradford Corporation v Pickles
- Brooks v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
- Brown v Cotterill
- Bridlington Relay Ltd v Yorkshire Electricity Board
- British Celanese v Hunt
- British Transport Commission v Gourley
- Brumder v Motornet Service and Repairs Ltd
- Busby v Berkshire Bed Co Ltd
- Butchart v Home Office
- BXB v Watch Tower and Bible Tract Society of Pennsylvania, Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses
(C)
- Calveley v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police
- Cambridge Water v Eastern Counties Leather
- Campbell v Peter Gordon Joiners
- Caparo Industries Plc v Dickman
- Capital & Counties v Hampshire County Council
- Capps v Miller
- Carmarthenshire County Council v Lewis
- Cartledge v Jopling
- Catholic Child Welfare Society v Various Claimants
- Chadwick v British Transport Commission
- Chadwick v Continental Tyres
- Chatterton v Gerson
- Christie v Davey
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v Price
- Clark v Farley
- Cocking v Eacott
- Cole v Turner
- Collins v Wilcock
- Color Quest v Total Downstream
- Commission v UK (C-300/95)
- Conarken Group Ltd v Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
- Cook v Swansea City Council
- Corby Group Litigation v Corby Borough Council
- Corr v IBC Vehicles Pty Ltd
- Coventry v Lawrence
- Coventry v Lawrence (No 2)
- Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG (formerly known as Victoria)
- Cox v Ministry of Justice
- Crown River Cruises Ltd v Kimbolton Fireworks Ltd
- Cunningham v Reading Football Club
- Cutler v Wandsworth Stadium Ltd
- Customs and Excise Commissioners v Barclays Bank plc
(D)
- D Pride & Partners v Institute for Animal Health
- Daly v Liverpool Corporation
- Dalton v Angus
- Dann v Hamilton
- Darby v National Trust
- Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
- Davidson v Chief Constable of North Wales
- Davies v Swan Motor Co
- Davies v Taylor
- Dawson v Bingley Urban District Council
- Delaney v Pickett
- Dennis v Ministry of Defence
- Dews v National Coal Board
- Dobson v Thames Water Utilities Ltd
- Dodds v Dodds
- Dodwell v Burford
- Donoghue v Folkestone Properties
- Donoghue v Stevenson
- Dooley v Cammell Laird
- Doughty v Turner Manufacturing Co
- Doyle v Olby
- Drake v Foster Wheeler Ltd
- Dryden v Johnson Matthey PLC
- Dubai Aluminium v Salaam
- Dufosse v Melbry Events Ltd
- Dulieu v White
- Dunnage v Randall
- Durham v BAI (Run Off) Ltd; Employers’ Liability Insurance “Trigger” Litigation
(E)
- East Dorset District Council v Eaglebeam
- Edward Wong Finance v Johnson Stokes & Master
- Eeles v Cobham Hire Services Ltd
- Edwards v Sutton LBC
- English Heritage v Taylor
- EXE v Governors of Royal Naval School
(F)
- F v West Berkshire Health Authority
- Fagan v Metropolitan Police Commissioner
- Fairchild v Glenhaven
- FB (by her mother and litigation friend) v Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
- Fearn v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery
- Ferguson v John Dawson & Partners
- Ferguson v Welsh
- Fetter v Beale
- Fitzgerald v Lane
- Fowler v Lanning
- Franklin v South Eastern Railway
(G)
- Galli-Atkinson v Seghal
- GB v Home Office
- Geary v JD Wetherspoon plc
- Gee v DePuy International Ltd
- General Cleaning Contractors v Christmas
- Gilbert v Stone
- Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Health Authority
- Gillingham Borough Council v Medway (Chatham Docks)
- Glaister v Appleby-in-Westmoreland Town Council
- Glasgow Corporation v Muir
- Goldman v Hargrave
- Goodwill v British Pregnancy Advisory Service
- Gore v Stannard
- Gorringe v Calderdale MBC
- Gorris v Scott
- Gough (an infant) v Thorns
- Grant v Secretary of State for Transport
- Gravil v Carroll
- Gray v Barr
- Gray v Thames Trains Ltd
- Greatorex v Greatorex
- Green v Fibreglass
- Green v Goddard
- Greenock Corporation v Caledonian Railway Co
- Gregg v Scott
- Groves v Lord Wimborne
- Gwilliam v West Hertfordshire Hospital NHS Trust
(H)
- H v S
- Hague v Deputy Governor of Parkhurst Prison
- Haley v London Electricity Board
- Hall & Co v Simons
- Halsall v Champion Consulting Ltd
- Harland & Wolff plc v McIntyre
- Harris v Birkenhead Corporation
- Harrison v British Railways Board
- Hartley v Mayoh
- Harvey v Plymouth County Council
- Hatton v Sutherland
- Hayden v Hayden
- Haynes v Harwood
- Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd
- Hegarty v Shine
- Henderson v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust
- Henderson v Merrett Syndicates (No 1)
- Heneghan v Manchester Dry Docks
- Herd v Weardale Steel Coke and Coal
- Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire
- Holbeck Hall Hotel v Scarborough BC
- Hollywood Silver Fox Farm v Emmet
- Holtby v Brigham & Cowan (Hull) Ltd
- Home Office v Dorset Yacht
- Honeywill & Stein v Larkin Bros
- Hopper v Reeve
- Hotson v East Berks AHA
- Howard Marine v Ogden
- Howmet Ltd v Economy Devices Ltd
- Hughes v Lord Advocate
- Humphrey v Aegis Defence Services
- Hunt v Severs
- Hunter v Butler
- Hunter v Canary Wharf
- Hussain v Lancaster County Council
- Hussain v New Taplow Paper Mills
(I)
- Ide v ATB Sales
- Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd v Shatwell
- Innes v Wylie
- Interlink Express Parcels v Night Trunkers
- Iqbal v Prison Officers Association
- Island Records Ltd, Ex Parte
- Islington BC v University College London Hospitals NHS Trust
(J)
- JA Pye (Oxford) Ltd v Graham
- Jackson v Murray
- Jaggard v Sawyer
- James-Bowen v Metropolitan Police Commissioner
- Janvier v Sweeney
- JD v East Berkshire Community NHS Trust
- Jebson v Ministry of Defence
- JGE v Portsmouth Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust
- Jobling v Associated Dairies
- Joyce v O’Brien
- Jolley v Sutton
- Jones v Deptartment of Employment
- Jones v Livox Quarries
(K)
- Kafagi v JBW Group Ltd
- Kennaway v Thompson
- Kent v Griffiths
- Keown v Coventry Healthcare NHS Trust
- Khan v Meadows
- Kirkham v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester
- Kitchen v Royal Airforce Association
- Knightley v Johns
- Kuddus v Chief Constable of Leicestershire
- Kuwait Airways v Iraqi Airways (Nos 4 and 5)
(L)
- Lagden v O’Connor
- Lamb v Camden London Borough Council
- Lambert v Barratt Homes Ltd
- Lane v Holloway
- Latimer v AEC
- Lawrence v Fen Tigers Ltd
- Laws v Florinplace Ltd
- LE Jones Ltd v Portsmouth City Council
- League Against Cruel Sports v Scott
- Leakey v National Trust
- Leigh and Sillavan Ltd v Aliakmon Shipping Co Ltd, The Aliakmon
- Lemmon v Webb
- Letang v Cooper
- Letang v Ottawa Electric Railway Co
- Lim Poh Choo v Camden & Islington Area Health Authority
- Lippiatt v South Gloucestershire County Council
- Lister v Romford Ice and Cold Storage
- Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v Ronayne
- Livingstone v Raywards Coal Co
- Logdon v DPP
- London Passenger Transport Board v Upson
- Lonhro v Shell Petroleum
(M)
- M Maguire v Harland & Wolff plc
- Maga v Birmingham Roman Catholic Archdiocese Trustees
- Maguire v Harland & Wolff plc
- Majrowski v Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Trust
- Malcolm v Broadhurst
- Mansfield v Weetabix
- Marriott v West Midlands HA
- Mattis v Pollock
- Mbasogo v Logo Ltd
- McCarthy v Marks & Spencer plc
- McCracken v Smith
- McFarlane v EE Caledonia
- McGhee v National Coal Board
- McGlinchey v General Motors (UK) Ltd
- McHugh v Okai-Koi
- McKew v Holland Hannen & Cubitts
- McKinnon Industries v Walker
- McLoughlin v O’Brian
- McWilliams v Sir William Arrol & Co Ltd
- Meering v Grahame-White Aviation
- Mersey Docks and Harbour Board v Coggins and Griffith
- Michael v Chief Constable of South Wales
- Miller v Jackson
- Mitchell v Darley Main Colliery Co
- Mitchell v Glasgow City Council
- Mohamud v Morrisons
- Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board
- Moosun v HSBC
- Morris v Murray
- Morris-Garner v One Step (Support) Ltd
- Morrison Sports Ltd v Scottish Power Plc
- Mulcahy v Ministry of Defence
- Mullin v Richards
- Murphy v Brentwood District Council
- Murray v Ministry of Defence
(N)
- N v Poole Borough Council
- NA v Nottinghamshire County Council
- Nash v Sheen
- Naylor v Payling
- Nettleship v Weston
- Network Rail v Morris
- Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd v Williams
- Ng Chun Pui v Lee Chuen Tat
- Nicholas H, The
- Nichols v Marsland
- Northampton BC v Lovatt
- Nottingham Building Society v Eurodynamics Systems
(O)
- O’Rourke v Camden London Borough Council
- Ogwo v Taylor
- Owens v Brimmell
(P)
- Page v Smith
- Paris v Stepney
- Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- Performance Cars v Abraham
- Perry v Kendricks Transport
- Perry v Raleys Solicitors
- Phillips v Britannia Hygienic Laundry Co
- Philips v William Whiteley Ltd
- Phipps v Rochester Corporation
- Pickett v British Rail Engineering
- Piper v JRI (Manufacturing) Ltd
- Pitts v Hunt
- Playboy Club London v Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Spa
- Pollock v Cahill
- Pollard v Tesco Stores Ltd
- Polsue & Alfieri, Limited v Rushmer
- Prendergast v Sam and Dee Ltd
- Pritchard v Co-Operative Group Ltd
(Q)
- Quinland v Governor of Swaleside Prison
(R)
- R (Lumba) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
- R (Jalloh) v Home Secretary
- R v Bournewood Mental Health Trust (ex parte L)
- R v Goldstein
- R v Governor of Brockhill Prison ex parte Evans (No 2)
- R v Ireland
- R v Rimmington
- R v St George
- Rabone v Pennine Care NHS Trust
- Rae v Mars (UK) Ltd
- Rahman v Arearose Ltd
- Ratcliff v McConnell
- Razumas v Ministry of Justice
- Read v Coker
- Read v Lyons
- Rebecca Elaine, The
- Redland Bricks v Morris
- Reeves v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
- Renfrew Golf Club v Motocaddy Ltd
- Revill v Newbery
- Rhodes v OPO
- Richardson v London Rubber Co Ltd
- Richardson v LRC Products
- Rickards v Lothian
- Roberts v Ramsbottom
- Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police
- Robinson v Balmain New Ferry Co
- Robinson v Kilvert
- Robinson v P E Jones (Contractors) Ltd
- Robinson v Post Office
- Roe v Minister of Health
- Roles v Nathan
- Rookes v Barnard
- Rose v Plenty
- Rothwell v Chemical & Insulating Co (Re Pleural Plaques Litigation)
- Rowlands v Chief Constable of Merseryside Police
- Rylands v Fletcher
(S)
- Sayers v Harlow Urban District Council
- Scott v London and St Katharine Docks Co
- Scott v Shepherd
- Sedleigh-Denfield v O’ Callaghan
- Shelbourne v Cancer Research
- Shelfer v City of London Electric Lighting Company
- Shell UK Ltd v Total UK Ltd
- Sherratt v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police
- Shtern v Cummings
- Sienkiewicz v Greif (UK) Ltd
- Simaan General Contracting Co v Pilkington Glass Ltd (No 2)
- Simkiss v Rhondda Borough Council
- Slater v Clay Cross Co Ltd
- Smith v Baker
- Smith v Eric S Bush (a firm)
- Smith v Finch
- Smith v Giddy
- Smith v Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Smith v Leech Brain
- Smith v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd
- Smith v MOD
- Smith v Stages
- Smith v Stone
- Smoldon v Whitworthbla
- South Australia Asset Management Corp v York Montague Ltd (‘SAAMCO’)
- Spartan Steel & Alloys v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd
- Spearman v Royal United Bath Hospitals NHS Trust
- Spencer v Wincanton Holdings
- Spicer v Smee
- Spittle v Bunney
- Spring v Guardian Assurance
- St George v Home Office
- St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust v S
- St Helen’s Smelting v Tipping
- Stanley v Saddique
- Stansbie v Troman
- Stapley v Gypsum Mines
- Steel v NRAM Ltd
- Stephens v Myers
- Stone v Taffe
- Sturges v Bridgman
- Sunbolf v Alford
- Surtees v Kingston upon Thames Borough Council
- Sutradhar v National Environment Research Council
- Swain v Puri
- Swinney v Chief Constable of Northumbria Police Force
- SXH v Crown Prosecution Service
(T)
- T (Adult: refusal of medical treatment), Re
- Tacagni v Cornwall County Council
- Tanner v Sarkar
- Taylor v A Novo (UK) Ltd
- Taylor v Somerset
- Thompson-Schwab v Costaki
- Thompson v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis
- Thompson v Smiths Shiprepairers (North Shields) Ltd
- Tomlinson v Congleton Borough Council
- Transco v Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
- Tremain v Pike
- Tuberville v Savage
(V)
- Vacwell Engineering Co v BDH Chemicals Ltd
- Vaickuviene and others v J Sainsbury plc
- Van Colle v Chief Constable of Hertfordshire
- Viasystems v Thermal Transfer
- Vellino v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police
- Vernon Knight Associates v Cornwall Council
(W)
- W v Home Office
- Wagon Mound (no 1)
- Wagon Mound (No 2)
- Wainwright v Home Office
- Walker v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
- Walker v Northumberland County Council
- Ward v Hertfordshire County Council
- Wattleworth v Goodwood Road Racing Co
- Watt v Herts CC
- Werb v Solent NHS Trust
- West Bromwich Albion v El-Safty
- West Sussex County Council v Pierce
- Westwood v Post Office
- Wheat v E Lacon
- Wheeler v Copas
- Wheeler v JJ Saunders Ltd
- Whipps Cross University NHS Trust v Iqbal
- White v Blackmore
- White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire
- White v City of St Albans
- White v Jones
- White v Taylor
- Wieland v Cyril Lord Carpets
- Wiffin v Kincard
- Wilkes v DePuy International Ltd
- Wilkinson v Downton
- Williams v Bermuda Hospitals Board
- Williams v Natural Life Health Foods Ltd
- Williams v Network Rail
- Williams v Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- Wilsher v Essex AHA
- Willson v Ministry of Defence
- Wilson v Pringle
- Wm Morrison Supermarkets v Various Claimants
- Wong v Parkside Health NHS Trust
- Woodland v Essex County Council
- Woodward v Mayor of Hastings
- Wooldridge v Sumner
- Woollins v British Celanese
- Worsley v Tambrands Ltd
(X)
(Y)
- Yah v Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Yuen Kun Yeu v Attorney General for Hong Kong
