Precedents established by court cases: Law Reports

Choose a few cases below (a minimum of four perhaps), or cases of your choice, attempt to identify and distinguish the key points and facts of law in these. You should try to draw the broader principles from the individual cases. This should not only build upon your knowledge, but also make you more familiar with the layout of the library and the legal literature. For help with this exercise it is suggested that you look at the following document: Tips on how to use the law library.

• Coventry City Council v Cartwright [1975] 2 All ER 99
• Stephens v Anglian Water Authority [1987] 3 All ER 379
• Halsey v Esso Petroleum [1961] 2 All ER 145
• R v SSFA Ex Parte World Development Movement [1995] 1 WLR 386
• St Helens Smelting v Tipping (1865) 11 ER 1483
• Budden v BP Oil Ltd (1980) 124 Sol Jo 376
• Northumberland CC v SSE [1989] JPL 700
• Jones v Llanrwst UDC [1911] 1 Ch 393
• Smeaton v Ilford Corporation [1954] Ch 450
• Pride of Derby Angling v British Celanese [1952] 1 All ER 1326
• AB v South West Water Services [1993] QB 507
• Merlin v British Nuclear Fuels [1990] 2 QB 557
• Hammersmith LBC v Magnum Automated Forecourts [1978] 1 WLR 50
• Rushmer v Polsue [1906] 1 Ch 234
• Vanderpant v Mayfair Hotel [1930] 1 Ch 138
• Allen v Gulf Oil Refining [1981] AC 1001
• Wivenhoe Port v Colchester BC [1985] JPL 175
• Tutton v AD Walter [1985] 3 WLR 797
• Gillingham BC v Medway (Chattam) Dock Co [1992]
• City of London v Bovis Construction (1988) 86 LGR 660
• Envirocor Waste Holdings v SSE [1996] JPL 489
• Cook v SW Water [1992]ENDS 207
• Leakey v national Trust [1980] QB 485
• Ynys Mon BC v SS for Wales [1993] JPL
• WT Lamb v SS for the Environment [1983] JPL 303
• R v Shorrock [1993] All ER 917
• NRA v Yorkshire Water [1995] 1 All ER 225
• Aschcroft v Canbro Waste Products [1981] 1 WLR 1349