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This volume brings together expert commentators across different fields of Private Law to comment on a key decision by the UK Supreme Court (UKSC). As such, it will be an invaluable resource for academics, researchers, practitioners, judges and policymakers.
List of contents
Part I: Tort Law 1.
Sienkiewicz v Greif [2011] UKSC 10 Inexorability in Causation 2.
R(Lumba) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKSC 12 Clarifying the Approach to Torts that are Actionable Per Se 3.
Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11 and
McCulloch v Forth Valley Health Board [2023] UKSC 26 Constructing Medical Disclosure in the Supreme Court 4.
Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2018] UKSC 4 The Need for a New Landmark? 5.
Stocker v Stocker [2019] UKSC 17
Stocker v Stocker: Defamation by Social Media at the Supreme Court 6.
Poole Borough Council v GN [2019] UKSC 25 The Still Waters of
Poole 7.
WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12 Precarious Vicarious Liability 8.
Bloomberg LP v ZXC [2022] UKSC 5 The Public Interest in Non-Publicity 9.
Fearn v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2023] UKSC 4 What is a Private Nuisance? 10.
Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1 Searching for Principle in the Law of Negligently Inflicted Pure Psychiatric Harm
Part II: Contract Law and Law of Unjust Enrichment 11.
Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc [2009] UKSC 6 Reverse Robin Hood and Banking Charges 12.
Bank of Cyprus UK Ltd v Menelaou [2015] UKSC 66;
The Commissioners for HMRC v The Investment Trust Companies [2017] UKSC 29;
Lowick Rose LLP v Swynson Ltd [2017] UKSC 32
The Shortest-Lived Decision in Supreme Court History? 13.
Cavendish Square Holding BV v El Makdessi; ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis [2015] UKSC 67
Cavendish Square,
ParkingEye, and
Dunlop 14.
Marks and Spencer v BNP Paribas Securities Trust [2015] UKSC 72 Justifying Implied Terms: A Forgotten Dimension 15.
Patel v Mirza [2016] UKSC 42 The Illegality Defence: Evolution not Revolution 16.
Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24 Continuity in Contractual Interpretation? 17.
One Step (Support) Ltd v Morris-Garner [2018] UKSC 20 Loss's Edge 18.
Financial Conduct Authority v Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd [2021] UKSC 1 One-off or Blueprint? 19.
Pakistan International Airlines Corpn v Times Travel (UK) Ltd [2021] UKSC 40 Lawful Act Duress: Why is the UK Supreme Court So Reluctant to Support the Underdog?
Part III: Property Law and Equity 20.
Berrisford v Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd [2011] UKSC 52 Using
Berrisford as 'Intended'? 21.
Jones v Kernott [2011] UKSC 53
Jones v Kernott: Beneficial Co-Ownership Revisited 22.
Pitt v Holt [2013] UKSC 26
Pitt v Holt: The Ambiguity of 'Breach of Fiduciary Duty' 23.
Scott v Southern Pacific Mortgages Ltd [2014] UKSC 52 Priorities, Doctrinalism and Policy in Property Law 24.
AIB Group (UK) Plc v Mark Redler & Co Solicitors [2014] UKSC 58
AIB and Equitable Compensation 25.
McDonald v McDonald [2016] UKSC 28 (Dis)respecting the Home: The Legacy of
McDonald v McDonald in the Supreme Court 26.
Akers v Samba Financial Group [2017] UKSC 6 Samba-Dancing Around the Nature of a Beneficiary's Interest Under a Trust 27.
lott v The Blue Cross [2017] UKSC 17 Debating Disinheritance 28.
Regency Villas Ltd v Diamond Resorts (Europe) Ltd [2018] UKSC 57
Regency Villas: Radical Re-imagining or Reasoned Rehearsal of the Law of Easements? 29.
Guest v Guest [2022] UKSC 27 What's the Point of Proprietary Estoppel?
Part IV: Conclusion 30. Reflecting Upon Key UK Supreme Court Cases in Private Law
About the author
Jenny Russell is a Lecturer in Property Law at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London.
Lewis Graham is a Fellow in Christ's College, University of Cambridge.
