Cases
Donoghue v Stevenson [1932]: The Neighbour Principle
Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 is the most famous case in English tort law. It established the modern law of negligence and introduced the neighbour principle as the foundation of a general duty …
Entick v Carrington [1765]: Landmark on Government Power
Entick v Carrington (1765) 19 St Tr 1029 is a foundational case on the limits of executive power. It established the principle that state officials must point to positive legal authority for their …
Factortame (No 2): EU Law Supremacy and Parliamentary Sovereignty
Factortame Ltd v Secretary of State for Transport (No 2) [1991] 1 AC 603 is a landmark constitutional case in which the House of Lords held that UK courts had the power to disapply an Act of …
Pepper v Hart [1993]: Parliamentary Materials in Statutory Interpretation
Pepper v Hart [1993] AC 593 is a landmark case on statutory interpretation in which the House of Lords relaxed the prohibition on referring to parliamentary materials as an aid to construction. The …
Salomon v Salomon [1897]: Separate Legal Personality
Salomon v A Salomon & Co Ltd [1897] AC 22 is the foundational case of English company law. It established the principle of separate legal personality: a company is a legal entity distinct from its …