Copyright
Moral Rights and the Director's Cut
Section 80 CDPA 1988 and the curious gap between the director's name on the credits and her name on the right.
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Vol. I · Issue 01By the Court
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Our standing reference of cases we keep returning to. Facts, issue, decision and significance, across tort, contract, criminal, constitutional and the rest of the common law.
Browse the library →Tort · 1932
Donoghue v Stevenson
Manufacturers owe a duty of care to the ultimate consumer of their products, even in the absence of contract. The foundation of modern negligence.
[1932] AC 562
Contract · 1893
Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co
An advertisement promising a reward to anyone who performs a specified act, supported by an objective demonstration of seriousness, is a binding unilateral offer capable of acceptance by performance.
[1893] 1 QB 256
Constitutional Law · 1765
Entick v Carrington
Executive officers have no power to enter private property or seize papers unless that power is conferred by a specific positive law. What is not authorised is forbidden.
(1765) 19 St Tr 1029; 95 ER 807
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