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We hope that you are enjoying your quarantine, this thread will expand your knowledge with the most fundamental and essential (Three) cases that the English legal system has adopt which created most of their principles and made a huge impact in courts.
Many jurisdictions rely on the doctrine of precedent as a source of law. This means that judges look to previous cases for guidance on their decisions. In this thread, we summarized most interesting ones.
1-(Donoghue v Stevenson)
The case involving the ginger beer and the decomposed snail from 1932. This was a landmark case (determining a pivotal point of law) and was heard at the House of Lords, which at the time was the final appeal court.
The case involving the ginger beer and the decomposed snail from 1932. This was a landmark case (determining a pivotal point of law) and was heard at the House of Lords, which at the time was the final appeal court.
Donoghue drank from a bottle of ginger beer bought by a friend of hers. As she drank from the bottle,part of a snail fell out and Donoghue fell ill.The question was whether Mr.Stevenson owed a duty of care to the eventual consumer of the beer.The House of Lords ruled that he did.
2-(Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company)
In 1892, the House of Lords held that an advertisement with clear and specific terms could be deemed an offer. If somebody performed the terms then a contract had been created.
In 1892, the House of Lords held that an advertisement with clear and specific terms could be deemed an offer. If somebody performed the terms then a contract had been created.
Mrs Carlill bought the "smoke ball", which was a device that one inserted into one's nose and then the user would blow vapours up their nose. Mrs Carlill did this over several months but then caught the flu. She sued the Carbolic Smoke Ball Company and won her claim.
3-(Salomon v Salomon)
This case from 1897 is a landmark case in company law and affirmed the idea that a limited company has a separate legal persona distinct from its shareholders.
This case from 1897 is a landmark case in company law and affirmed the idea that a limited company has a separate legal persona distinct from its shareholders.
Therefore, shareholders have limited liability and, in most circumstances, cannot be held liable for the debts of the company beyond the money that they had invested. This case established essential principles in company law and many countries took this approach.
