Cases that changed our lives

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Edition Details

Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Ian McDougall
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): England
Publication Information: London : LexisNexis, ©2010
Publication Type (Medium): Trials, litigation, etc, Cases
Material: Internet resource
Type: Book, Internet Resource
Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/cases-that-changed-our-lives/ (Stable identifier)

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XXXVIII, 254 pages ; 25 cm

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Cases that changed our lives is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

Publisher: LexisNexis
Responsable Person: Ian McDougall, general editor ; with a team of specialist contributors ; [foreword by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury].
Publication Date: 2010
Copyright Date: 2010
Location: London
Country/State: England
Number of Editions: 3 editions
First edition Date: 2010
Last edition Date: 2014
Languages: English
Library of Congress Code: KD658
Dewey Code: 348.04
ISBN: 9781405755887 1405755881
OCLC: 648098649

Main Contents

Foreword by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls; Preface by Ian McDougall, VP & Legal Director, LexisNexis International; List of Contributors; Table of Cases; I. Public Law; 1. Dr Bonham’s Case — Andrew Goddard QC and Marie-Therese Groarke; 2. What breathes life into the US Constitution? Marbury v Madison — Kenneth Thompson II; 3. Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corpn — Jennifer James; 4. The Factortame Litigation — Dr Jo Hunt; 5. An implied constitutional freedom of speech in Australia – The Hon Dr Kevin Lindgren QC; 6. A right to resist? The Trial of Dr Sacheverell — Dr Craig Rose; 7. “The evil that men do lives after them”: Plessy v Ferguson — Henry Horbaczewski; 8. Native title in Australia: Mabo and Another v The State of Queensland and Another — The Hon Dr Kevin Lindgren QC; II. Land Law; 9. Tulk v Moxhay — Richard de Lacy QC; 10. A promise is a promise: Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd — Robert Pearce QC; III. Criminal Law; 11. Legal insanity: the enduring legacy of Daniel M’Naghten’s Case — Jeremy Dein QC and Jo Sidhu; 12. R v Dudley and Stephens — David Perry QC; 13. Red light spells danger: R v Morgan — Gerard Forlin QC; IV. Civil Law; 14. The Snail in the bottle: Donoghue (or McAlister) v Stevenson — Paul Reed QC and Philippa Harris; 15. Legal celebrity or jurisprudential substance? Caparo Industries plc v Dickman and other — John Randall QC; 16. As if by a side-wind … The Mareva/Freezing Order Jurisdiction in England: Mareva Compania Naviera SA v International Bulkcarriers SA; The Mareva — Paul Lowenstein QC; 17. From catwalk to courtroom: public figure, private life: Naomi Campbell v MGN Limited — Heather Rogers QC; V. The Right to Life; 18. “How … the deceased came by his death …”: R (on the application of Middleton) v West Somerset Coroner – Dr Karen Widdicombe; 19. R (on the application of Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions How the Law Lords Made Way for a Compassionate Clarification of the Law on Assisting Suicide — Lynne Townley; VI. The State and Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century; 20. A and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department: The Courts and counter-terrorism – asserting the rule of law? — Alexander Horne; 21. The day we sold the rule of law: R (on the application of Corner House Research and another) v Director of Serious Fraud Office (BAE Systems plc, interested party) — John Cooper QC; VII. Family Law; 22. Is it that simple? Stack v Dowden and buying a house together. – His Honour Judge Stephen Wildblood QC; 23. An ordinary tale of farming folk? White v White and its legacy — Janet Bazley QC and Stephen Jarmain; 24. Gillick and the dwindling right of parental authority — Janet Bazley QC and Stephen Jarmain; Index

Summary Note

A collection of essays that examine key cases (both UK and international) that have changed or created the rules and procedures which govern our lives and which we abide by – cases which have changed our lives.

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England

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England

Cases that changed our lives

Cases that changed our lives