Table of 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-Thérèse 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;

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