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UK Law Reference

Case-law digests

Contract Law

45 cases in this digest, newest first. Curated cases link to our own case page; other rows link to the official judgment on Find Case Law or the relevant court source.

CaseCourtDate
ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis

[2015] UKSC 67

Supreme Court
2015
Attorney General v Blake

[2001] 1 AC 268

House of Lords
2001
Ruxley Electronics and Construction Ltd v Forsyth

[1996] AC 344

House of Lords
1996
Re Selectmove Ltd

[1995] 1 WLR 474

Court of Appeal
1995
Williams v Roffey Bros & Nicholls (Contractors) Ltd

[1991] 1 QB 1

Court of Appeal
1991
Interfoto Picture Library Ltd v Stiletto Visual Programmes Ltd

[1989] QB 433

Court of Appeal
1989
Photo Production Ltd v Securicor Transport Ltd

[1980] AC 827

House of Lords
1980
Barton v Armstrong

[1976] AC 104

Privy Council
1976
Beswick v Beswick

[1968] AC 58

House of Lords
1968
Partridge v Crittenden

[1968] 1 WLR 1204

Queen's Bench Division
1968
Hong Kong Fir Shipping Co Ltd v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd

[1962] 2 QB 26

Court of Appeal
1962
Fisher v Bell

[1961] 1 QB 394

Queen's Bench Division
1961
Chappell & Co Ltd v Nestlé Co Ltd

[1960] AC 87

House of Lords
1960
J Spurling Ltd v Bradshaw

[1956] 1 WLR 461

Court of Appeal
1956
Entores Ltd v Miles Far East Corporation

[1955] 2 QB 327

Court of Appeal
1955
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists

[1953] 1 QB 401

Court of Appeal
1953
Combe v Combe

[1951] 2 KB 215

Court of Appeal
1951
Olley v Marlborough Court Hotel Ltd

[1949] 1 KB 532

Court of Appeal
1949
Victoria Laundry (Windsor) Ltd v Newman Industries Ltd

[1949] 2 KB 528

Court of Appeal
1949
Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd

[1947] KB 130

King's Bench Division
1947
Scammell v Ouston

[1941] AC 251

House of Lords
1941
Chapelton v Barry Urban District Council

[1940] 1 KB 532

Court of Appeal
1940
Balfour v Balfour

[1919] 2 KB 571

Court of Appeal
1919
Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v New Garage & Motor Co Ltd

[1915] AC 79

House of Lords
1915
Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v Selfridge & Co Ltd

[1915] AC 847

House of Lords
1915
British Westinghouse Electric v Underground Electric Railways

[1912] AC 673

House of Lords
1912
Herne Bay Steam Boat Co v Hutton

[1903] 2 KB 683

Court of Appeal
1903
Krell v Henry

[1903] 2 KB 740

Court of Appeal
1903
Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co

[1893] 1 QB 256

Court of Appeal
1893
Harvey v Facey

[1893] AC 552

Privy Council
1893
Foakes v Beer

[1884] UKHL 1, (1884) 9 App Cas 605

House of Lords
1884
Poussard v Spiers and Pond

(1876) 1 QBD 410

Queen's Bench Division
1876
Bettini v Gye

(1876) 1 QBD 183

Queen's Bench Division
1876
Currie v Misa

(1875) LR 10 Ex 153

Court of Exchequer
1875
Smith v Hughes

(1871) LR 6 QB 597

Queen's Bench
1871
Ramsgate Victoria Hotel Co v Montefiore

(1866) LR 1 Ex 109

Court of Exchequer
1866
Taylor v Caldwell

(1863) 3 B & S 826

Queen's Bench
1863
Felthouse v Bindley

(1862) 11 CB (NS) 869

Court of Common Pleas
1862
Tweddle v Atkinson

(1861) 1 B&S 393; 121 ER 762

Queen's Bench
1861
Hadley v Baxendale

(1854) 9 Ex 341; 156 ER 145

Court of Exchequer
1854
Hochster v De La Tour

(1853) 2 E&B 678; 118 ER 922

Queen's Bench
1853
Hyde v Wrench

(1840) 3 Beav 334

Court of Chancery
1840
Adams v Lindsell

(1818) 1 B & Ald 681

King's Bench
1818
Stilk v Myrick

(1809) 2 Camp 317

King's Bench
1809
Pinnel's Case

(1602) 5 Co Rep 117a; 77 ER 237

Court of Common Pleas
1602