This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the

Senior Courts of England and Wales The courts of England and Wales, supported administratively by His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service, are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in England and Wales. The United Kingdom does not have a ...

– that is, cases from the

High Court of Justice of England and Wales The High Court of Justice in London, known properly as His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, are the Senior Courts of England and Wales. Its name is abbreviated as EWHC (Englan ...

Court of Appeal of England and Wales The Court of Appeal (formally "His Majesty's Court of Appeal in England", commonly cited as "CA", "EWCA" or "CoA") is the highest court within the Courts of England and Wales#Senior Courts of England and Wales, Senior Courts of England and Wal ...

, and

Crown Court The Crown Court is the court of first instance of England and Wales responsible for hearing all Indictable offence, indictable offences, some Hybrid offence, either way offences and appeals lied to it by the Magistrates' court, magistrates' court ...

pre-1800

* '' Haxey's case'' (1397) Rot. Parl. (iii) 434 * Case of the Thorns (1466) YB 6 Ed 4, 7a pl 18. Early precedent for negligence and trespass to land. * R v Earl of Northumberland (1568) Crown right to minerals precedent. *

Case of the Swans The Case of Swans (1592) Trinity Term, 34 Elizabeth I, is a landmark decision in English property law. Facts Dame Joan Young (née Joan Wadham, sister and a co-heiress of her brother Nicholas Wadham) and Thomas Saunger received a writ from the ...

(1592) Crown right to wildlife precedent * Mouse's case(1602) precedent establishing the defense of Necessity on Tort * ''

Booty v Barnaby ''Booty v. Barnaby'' is the name of an English court case in 1687, in which a Mrs Booty brought a suit for slander against her neighbour, Captain Barnaby, who claimed that he had seen her deceased husband being driven into Hell. Events On May 12 ...

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1800 – 1899

* * '' Vaughn v. Menlove'' (1837). 132 E.R. 490 (C.P.) * ''

Foss v Harbottle ''Foss v Harbottle'' (1843) 2 Hare 46167 ER 189is a leading English precedent in corporate law. In any action in which a wrong is alleged to have been done to a company, the proper claimant is the company itself. This is known as "the proper pl ...

'' (1843) 2 Hare 461, 67 ER 189 * * * * ''

Parker v. South Eastern Railway Company ''Parker v South Eastern Railway'' 8772 CPD 416 is a famous English contract law case on exclusion clauses where the court held that an individual cannot escape a contractual term by failing to read the contract but that a party wanting to rely ...

'' (1877), L.R. 2 C.P.D. 416 * ''

Cundy v Lindsay ''Cundy v Lindsay'' (1877–78) LR 3 App Cas 459 is an English contract law case on the subject of mistake, introducing the concept that contracts could be automatically void for mistake as to identity, where it is of crucial importance.(1877- ...

'' (1878) 3 App Cas 459 * '' Household Fire & Carriage Account Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Grant'' (1879), 4 Exch. Div. 216 * ''

R v. Dudley and Stephens ''R v Dudley and Stephens'' (188414 QBD 273, DCis a leading English criminal case which established a precedent throughout the common law world that necessity is not a defence to a charge of murder. The case concerned survival cannibalism fo ...

'' (1884) 14 King's Bench Division 273 * ''

The Moorcock ''The Moorcock'' (1889) 14 PD 64 is a leading English contract law case which created an important test for identifying the main terms that the law will imply in commercial, or non-consumer, agreements, especially terms that are "necessary and o ...

'' (1889), 14 Probate Division 64 * '' Kenrick v. Lawrence''

890 __NOTOC__ Year 890 ( DCCCXC) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * The Frankish nobles, who have ruled Provence in anarchy (since 887), declare L ...

QBD * '' Henthorn v. Fraser'' 8922 Ch. 27 * * '' Hollingrake v. Truswell''

894 __NOTOC__ Year 894 ( DCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Byzantine–Bulgarian War: Stylianos Zaoutzes, leading minister and ...

3 Ch. 420 * ''

Wilkinson v Downton is an English tort law decision in which the Common Law first recognised the tort of intentional infliction of mental shock. At the time, this was not covered under the law of negligence. Background Thomas Wilkinson was the landlord of the Albi ...

897 __NOTOC__ Year 897 ( DCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Spring – King Lambert II travels to Rome with his mother, Queen Agelt ...

2 Q.B. 57: Intentional infliction of nervous shock * Simcoe v. Pethick, 2 Q.B. 55(1898). widely cited as an important precedent for public land rights in England.

1900 – 1999

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Automatic Self-Cleansing Filter Syndicate Co Ltd v Cuninghame ''Automatic Self-Cleansing Filter Syndicate Co Ltd v Cuninghame'' 9062 Ch 34 is a UK company law case, which concerns the enforceability of provisions in a company's constitution. The Court of Appeal affirmed that directors were not agents of ...

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906 __NOTOC__ Year 906 ( CMVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * February 27 – Battle of Fritzlar: The Conradines defeat the Babenberg co ...

2 Ch. 34 (C.A.): duty of corporate directors * '' University of London Press, Ltd. v. University Tutorial Press, Ltd.''

916 __NOTOC__ Year 916 ( CMXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Sicilian Berbers in Agrigento revolt and depose the independent Emir Ahmed ibn Kh ...

2 Ch. 601 * ''

Balfour v. Balfour ''Balfour v Balfour'' 9192 KB 571 is a leading English contract law case. It held that there is a rebuttable presumption against an intention to create a legally enforceable agreement when the agreement is domestic in nature. Facts Mr. Balfour ...

919 __NOTOC__ Year 919 ( CMXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By Place Byzantine Empire * March 25 – Romanos Lekapenos, admiral (''droungarios'') of the ...

2 K.B. 571 * * '' Foley v. Classique Coaches Ltd.''

934 Year 934 ( CMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Spring and Summer – The Hungarians make an alliance with the Pecheneg ...

2 K.B. 1 * ''

Young v Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd ''Young v. Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd'' (944KB 718 CA) was an English court case that established that the Court of Appeal is bound to follow its own decisions and those of courts of co-ordinate jurisdiction, except in the following cases: #the co ...

944 Year 944 (Roman numerals, CMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Arab–Byzantine wars, Arab–Byzantine War: Byzantine forces are de ...

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Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd ''Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd'' 947KB 130 is a famous English contract law decision in the High Court. It reaffirmed and extended the doctrine of promissory estoppel in contract law in England and Wales. Howeve ...

947 Year 947 ( CMXLVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – A Hungarian army led by Grand Prince Taksony campaigns in Italy, heading ...

K.B. 130. * ''

Olley v Marlborough Court Hotel ''Olley v Marlborough Court Hotel'[1949] 1 KB 532is an English contract law case on exclusion clauses in contract law. The case stood for the proposition that a representation made by one party cannot become a term of a contract if made ...

949 Year 949 ( CMXLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Arab-Byzantine War: Hamdanid forces under Sayf al-Dawla raid into the theme of Ly ...

1 K.B. 532. * ''

Shanklin Pier Ltd v Detel Products Ltd ''Shanklin Pier Ltd v Detel Products Ltd'' 9512 KB 854 is a leading judgment on the subject of collateral contracts in English contract law. In it the High Court of Justice King's Bench Division used the principle of collateral contracts, to cr ...

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951 Year 951 ( CMLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * King Berengar II of Italy seizes Liguria, with help from the feudal lord Oberto I. He re ...

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Fisher v Bell ''Fisher v Bell'' 9611 QB 394 is an English contract law case concerning the requirements of offer and acceptance in the formation of a contract. The case established that, where goods are displayed in a shop, such display is treated as an invit ...

960 Year 960 ( CMLX) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Summer – Siege of Chandax: A Byzantine fleet with an expeditionary force (co ...

3 W.L.R. 919 * * ''

R v Waterfield ''R v Waterfield'' 9633 All E.R. 659 is an English Court of Appeal decision, a court of binding precedent, outlining the modern limits of the law that authorises a police officer to stop (and then conceivably detain) a person. This case prod ...

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963 Year 963 (Roman numerals, CMLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * March 15 – Emperor Romanos II dies at age 25, probably o ...

3 All E.R. 659 * '' Edwards v. Skyways Ltd.'' 9641 All E.R. 494 * * '' Gould v. Gould''

969 Year 969 ( CMLXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 1st millennium, the 69th ...

3 All E.R. 728 * *

2000 – present

* '' R v Grillo and Grillo''

pre-1800

1800 – 1899

1900 – 1999

2000 – present

See also