Earlier reported cases judgments, 1966

8 judgments, newest first. Open any case for its summary, the legal points it decides and how later courts have treated it.

Date Case Cited by
28 Nov 1966
E R Ives Investment Ltd v High
[1967] 2 QB 379
A successor in title cannot retain a continuing benefit over neighbouring land while rejecting the corresponding burden on which that benefit was granted.…
 10
24 Nov 1966
Vandervell v Inland Revenue Comrs
[1967] 2 AC 291
An employer remains vicariously liable where a servant performs authorised work by an unauthorised route or method. Liability ceases only where the deviation…
 19
3 Nov 1966
Phipps v Boardman (Boardman v Phipps)
[1967] 2 AC 46
A person acting in a fiduciary capacity must account for a profit obtained by reason of that position, or through an opportunity or knowledge arising from it…
 80
19 Jul 1966
Lavarack v Woods of Colchester Ltd
[1967] 1 QB 278
Damages for wrongful dismissal compensate the employee for the money and money’s-worth benefits that would have been obtained by performance of the employer’s…
 32
1 Jul 1966
Gough v Thorne
[1966] 1 WLR 1387
A child is contributorily negligent only where, having regard to the child’s age and ordinary capacities, the child could reasonably be expected to take…
 6
15 Feb 1966
Wheat v E Lacon & Co Ltd
[1966] AC 552
An occupier for the purposes of the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 is a person with a sufficient degree of control over premises to owe a duty of care.…
 10
26 Jan 1966
In re Satterthwaite’s Will Trusts
[1966] 1 WLR 277
A testamentary gift described by a name or style suggesting an animal hospital or similar charitable undertaking is ordinarily construed as a gift for a…
 1
15 Jan 1966
Sidnell v Wilson
[1966] 2 QB 67
On an application for leave to pursue forfeiture proceedings for disrepair under Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938, the lessor need not prove the alleged…
 2