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BELMARSH CASE
General principle: The courts can quash delegated legislation and make declarations of incompatibility as regards to provisions of Acts...
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SAUNDERS v VAUTIER
General Principle: Beneficiaries are entitled to terminate the trust if they have attained the age of majority (over 18), if they have...
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SOERING v UK
General Principle: The ECtHR has drawn a distinction between situations in which other Convention rights may be infringed upon expulsion...
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VON HANNOVER v GERMANY
General Principle: One may argue that the safeguards provided by Article 8 HRA can only be maintained when the state interferes with them...
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GOODWIN v THE UNITED KINGDOM
General principle: The principle of proportionality imposes on contracting States, when pursuing a legitimate aim, to consider using the...
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VAN GEND EN LOOS
General principle: The EU must be regarded as a unique legal order distinct from either national or international Law. Name: Van Gend en...
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DAULIA v FOUR MILLBANK NOMINEES
General Principle: An offer for a unilateral contract cannot be withdrawn if performance has been started or completed by the offeree....
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THE BRIMNES
General Principle: If it can be demonstrated that revocation was sent and could have been reasonably read, then that revocation is valid....
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HOLWELL SECURITIES v HUGHES
General Rule: The postal rule cannot be relied on in cases where acceptance mandates actual notification or communication. Name: Holwell...
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HOUSEHOLD FIRE INSURANCE v GRANT
General Principle: If acceptance is communicated through a letter that then becomes lost in the post, a contract will still be seen to...
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TINN v HOFFMAN
General Principle: If the offerer requests acceptance through a specific mode, then acceptance can only take place through this mode of...
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STEVENSON v MCLEAN
General Principle: A request for information is not a counter-offer. Name: Stevenson v McLean (1879 – 80) LR 5 QBD 346 Facts: The...
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BLACKPOOL AND FLYDE AEROCLUB LTD v BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL
General Principle: A collateral warranty arises if a bid is properly submitted within time and not considered. Name: Blackpool and Flyde...
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HARVELA INVESTMENTS v ROYAL TRUST
General principle: Referential bidding by tender should be discouraged by the courts. Name: Harvela Investments Ltd v Royal Trust Co of...
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SPENCER v HARDING
General Principle: An invitation to tender is usually classed as an invitation to treat. Name: Spencer v Harding (1870) LR 5 CP 561...
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HARRIS v NICKERSON
General Principle: Items can be withdrawn before the auction takes place. Name: Harris v Nickerson (1873) LR 8 QB 286 Facts: Nickerson...
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CARLILL v CARBOLIC SMOKE BALL
General Principle: In unilateral contracts, the performance of a requested action amounts acceptance and binds the offeror to give a...
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COSTA v ENEL
General principle: National law cannot override EU law. Name: Flaminio Costa v ENEL (Case 6/64) [1964] ECR 585 Facts: ENEL was an...
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ERRINGTON v ERRINGTON AND WOODS
General Principle: When someone has begun to carry out the terms of a unilateral offer and keeps on doing so, the unilateral offer cannot...
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