List of House of Lords cases
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This page is for notable House of Lords legal cases.
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pre-1850
- Donaldson v. Beckett, 2 Brown's Parl. Cases 129, 1 Eng. Rep. 837; 4 Burr. 2408, 98 Eng. Rep. 257 (1774)
- Wright v. Tatham (1838) 4 Bing. NC 489 : hearsay
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1850 - 1899
- Dimes v Grand Junction Canal, [1852] 3 HLC 759
- Rylands v. Fletcher [1868]
- Hughes v Metropolitan Railway Co. (1877) 2 AC 439
- Foakes v. Beer [1884], L.R. 9 App Cas. 605
- Wakelin v. London & South Western Railway Co. (1886), 12 App. Cas. 41, 56 L.J.Q.B. 229 (H.L.)
- Derry v. Peek (1889) 14 A.C. 337, 58 L.J. Ch. 864, 61 L.T. 265 (H.L.)
- Browne v Dunn (1893), 6 R. 67 (HL): cross examination
- Reddaway v. Banham, [1896] A.C. 199: passing off
- Salomon v. Salomon & Co. (1896), [1897] AC 22: recognized a corporation as a separate entity.
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1900 – 1949
- Walter v. Lane [1900] AC 539 (House of Lords) Fixation by journalist creates copyright by publisher.
- Heilbut, Symons & Co. v. Buckleton [1913] AC 30
- Adam v. Ward, [1917] All E.R. 151
- Lennard's Carrying Co Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd 1915 AC 705 : Alter-ego theory of corporate liability
- Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre v. Selfridge and Co. Ltd. [1915] A.C. 847
- Herd v. Weardale Steel Coal & Coke Ltd. [1915] A.C. 67, 84 L.J.K.B. 121 (H.L.)
- Donoghue v. Stevenson [1932] A.C. 532 Lord Atkin's famous statement about duty of care in the tort of negligence.
- Bell v. Lever Brothers [1932] A.C. 161
- Hillas v. Arcos [1932] All E.R. 494
- Woolmington v. DPP [1935] AC 462 HL(E)
- Fibrosa Spolka Akcyjna v. Fairbairn Lawson Combe Barbour [1942] 2 All E.R. 122, [1943] A.C. 32 - aka Fibrosa case
- Hay v. Young [1943] A.C. 92
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1950 – 1999
- Bolton v. Stone [1951] A.C. 850, [1951] 1 All E.R. 1078 (H.L.)
- Silkin v. Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd., [1958] 1 W.L.R. 743 : Freedom of speech
- Cavanagh v. Ulster Weaving Co. Ltd. [1960] A.C. 1959 2 All E.R. (H.L.)
- Midland Silicones v. Scruttons [1961] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 365 (H.L.)
- White & Carter (Councils) Ltd. v. McGregor [1961] All E.R. 1178
- Hughes v. Lord Advocate [1963] All E.R. 705 (H.L.)
- Hedley Byrne v. Heller [1963] 2 All E.R. 575
- Ridge v Baldwin [1964] A.C. 40: Judicial Review, natural justice and fair hearing
- Practice Statement (July 26, 1966)
- Suisse Atlantique case [1966] 2 All E.R. 61
- Anisminic v Foreign Compensation Commission [1969] 2 AC 147: Judicial Review, Error of Law
- Home Office v. Dorset Yacht Co. [1970] 2 All ER 294
- Saunders v. Anglia Building Society [1971] A.C. 1004
- Tesco Supermarkets v Nattrass [1972] AC 153 :directing mind of corp
- McGhee v. National Coal Board [1972] 3 All E.R. 1008 (H.L.)
- Haughton v. Smith, [1975] AC 476, [1973] 3 All ER 1109, [1974] 3 W.L.R. Attempted crimes, subsequently overturned by statute.
- American Cyanamid Co. v. Ethicon Ltd. [1975] AC 396 HL(E)
- Anns v. Merton London Borough Council [1978] A.C. 728, [1977] 2 All E.R. (H.L.)
- Securicor Transport Ltd. v. Photo Production Ltd. [1980] 2 W.L.R. 283
- Ramsay v. IRC [1982] A. C. 300
- Catnic Components Ltd. v. Hill & Smith Ltd. (1982) R.P.C. 183
- Furniss v. Dawson [1984] A.C. 474
- Caparo Industries Plc. v Dickman 1990: Pure Economic loss in Tort
- Copac v. Wright [1991]
- Regina v. Brown [1993] 2 W.L.R. 556
- Reynolds v. Times Newspapers Ltd. (1999): freedom of expression and defamation
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2000 - present
- White v. White (2000)
- Campbell v. MGN Ltd. (2004)
- Regina v. Special Adjudicator, [2004] UKHL 26
- A and Others v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (2005) : evidence from torture
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See also
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