The Case Library

Key cases.

Our standing reference of the cases we keep returning to. Short notes on facts, issue, decision and significance, organised by area. 3 on file. The essays are where we argue. The case library is where we keep our citations close to hand.

Constitutional Law (1)Contract (1)Tort (1)

Constitutional Law

1 case

Entick v Carrington
1765 · Court of Common Pleas · (1765) 19 St Tr 1029; 95 ER 807
Executive officers have no power to enter private property or seize papers unless that power is conferred by a specific positive law. What is not authorised is forbidden.

Contract

1 case

Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co
1893 · Court of Appeal · [1893] 1 QB 256
An advertisement promising a reward to anyone who performs a specified act, supported by an objective demonstration of seriousness, is a binding unilateral offer capable of acceptance by performance.

Tort

1 case

Donoghue v Stevenson
1932 · House of Lords · [1932] AC 562
Manufacturers owe a duty of care to the ultimate consumer of their products, even in the absence of contract. The foundation of modern negligence.

Key cases.

Constitutional Law

Entick v Carrington

Contract

Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co

Tort

Donoghue v Stevenson