Tort Law
44 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.
| Case | Court | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton UK LLP [2021] UKSC 20 | Supreme Court | 2021 |
| Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2018] UKSC 4 | Supreme Court | 2018 |
| Coventry v Lawrence [2014] UKSC 13 | Supreme Court | 2014 |
| Tomlinson v Congleton Borough Council [2003] UKHL 47 | House of Lords | 2003 |
| Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd [2002] UKHL 22 | House of Lords | 2002 |
| Lister v Hesley Hall Ltd [2001] UKHL 22 | House of Lords | 2001 |
| Jolley v Sutton London Borough Council [2000] 1 WLR 1082 | House of Lords | 2000 |
| White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1999] 2 AC 455 | House of Lords | 1999 |
| Mullin v Richards [1998] 1 WLR 1304 | Court of Appeal | 1998 |
| Hunter v Canary Wharf Ltd [1997] AC 655 | House of Lords | 1997 |
| Page v Smith [1996] AC 155 | House of Lords | 1996 |
| Henderson v Merrett Syndicates Ltd [1995] 2 AC 145 | House of Lords | 1995 |
| White v Jones [1995] 2 AC 207 | House of Lords | 1995 |
| Cambridge Water Co v Eastern Counties Leather plc [1994] 2 AC 264 | House of Lords | 1994 |
| Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1992] 1 AC 310 | House of Lords | 1992 |
| Murphy v Brentwood District Council [1991] 1 AC 398 | House of Lords | 1991 |
| Caparo Industries plc v Dickman [1990] UKHL 2; [1990] 2 AC 605 | House of Lords | 1990 |
| Smith v Eric S Bush [1990] 1 AC 831 | House of Lords | 1990 |
| Wilsher v Essex Area Health Authority [1988] AC 1074 | House of Lords | 1988 |
| Smith v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd [1987] AC 241 | House of Lords | 1987 |
| Jobling v Associated Dairies Ltd [1982] AC 794 | House of Lords | 1982 |
| Anns v Merton London Borough Council [1978] AC 728 | House of Lords | 1978 |
| Nettleship v Weston [1971] 2 QB 691 | Court of Appeal | 1971 |
| Baker v Willoughby [1970] AC 467 | House of Lords | 1970 |
| Barnett v Chelsea & Kensington Hospital Management Committee [1969] 1 QB 428 | Queen's Bench Division | 1969 |
| Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v The Miller Steamship Co (The Wagon Mound No 2) [1967] 1 AC 617 | Privy Council | 1967 |
| Chadwick v British Railways Board [1967] 1 WLR 912 | Queen's Bench Division | 1967 |
| Wheat v E Lacon & Co Ltd [1966] AC 552 | House of Lords | 1966 |
| Letang v Cooper [1965] 1 QB 232 | Court of Appeal | 1965 |
| Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd [1964] AC 465 | House of Lords | 1964 |
| Smith v Leech Brain & Co Ltd [1962] 2 QB 405 | Queen's Bench Division | 1962 |
| Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v Morts Dock & Engineering Co Ltd (The Wagon Mound No 1) [1961] AC 388 | Privy Council | 1961 |
| Fowler v Lanning [1959] 1 QB 426 | Queen's Bench Division | 1959 |
| Bonnington Castings Ltd v Wardlaw [1956] AC 613 | House of Lords | 1956 |
| Watt v Hertfordshire County Council [1954] 1 WLR 835 | Court of Appeal | 1954 |
| Latimer v AEC Ltd [1953] AC 643 | House of Lords | 1953 |
| Bolton v Stone [1951] AC 850 | House of Lords | 1951 |
| Paris v Stepney Borough Council [1951] AC 367 | House of Lords | 1951 |
| Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 | House of Lords | 1932 |
| Re Polemis & Furness, Withy & Co Ltd [1921] 3 KB 560 | Court of Appeal | 1921 |
| Derry v Peek (1889) 14 App Cas 337 | House of Lords | 1889 |
| Sturges v Bridgman (1879) 11 Ch D 852 | Court of Appeal | 1879 |
| Rylands v Fletcher (1868) LR 3 HL 330 | House of Lords | 1868 |
| Scott v London and St Katherine Docks Co (1865) 3 H & C 596 | Court of Exchequer | 1865 |