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,

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 Senior Courts of England and Wales, and second in the legal system of England and Wales only t ...

, and

Crown Court The Crown Court is the court of first instance of England and Wales responsible for hearing all indictable offences, some either way offences and appeals lied to it by the magistrates' courts. It is one of three Senior Courts of England and W ...

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 th ...

(1592) Crown right to wildlife precedent * Mouse's case(1602) precedent establishing the defense of Necessity on Tort * '' Booty v Barnaby'' (1687) *

1800 – 1899

* * '' Vaughn v. Menlove'' (1837). 132 E.R. 490 (C.P.) * '' Foss v Harbottle'' (1843) 2 Hare 461, 67 ER 189 * * * * '' Parker v. South Eastern Railway Company'' (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'' (1884) 14 King's Bench Division 273 * '' The Moorcock'' (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 Lo ...

QBD * '' Henthorn v. Fraser''

892 Year 892 ( DCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – Poppo II, duke of Thuringia (Central Germany), is deposed by King Arnu ...

2 Ch. 27 * * '' Hollingrake v. Truswell'' 8943 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 ...

'' 8972 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 ...

'', 9062 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''

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 Byz ...

2 K.B. 571 * * '' Foley v. Classique Coaches Ltd.'' 9342 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 cou ...

'' 944KB 718 * * ''

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. However, ...

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 ...

'' 9491 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 crea ...

'', 9512 KB 854 * * * '' Fisher v Bell'' 9603 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 produ ...

'', 9633 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

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R v Grillo and Grillo ''R v Grillo and Grillo'' was the trial of two sisters, at Isleworth Crown Court in London, England. The defendants, former personal assistants to Nigella Lawson and her ex-husband Charles Saatchi, were accused of using their credit cards, sp ...

pre-1800

1800 – 1899

1900 – 1999

2000 – present

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