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Charles Mitchell is a Professor of Law at University College London. He is the author of Underhill and Hayton: Law Relating to Trusts and Trustees 18th edn (LexisNexis Butterworths, 2010) (with David Hayton and Paul Matthews) and Goff and Jones: The Law of Unjust Enrichment 8th edn (Sweet & Maxwell, 2011) (with Paul Mitchell and Stephen Watterson). He is also the editor of Constructive and Resulting Trusts (Hart, 2010).Paul Mitchell is a Professor of Laws at University College London. He is the author of The Making of the Modern Law of Defamation (Hart, 2005)and Goff and Jones: The Law of Unjust Enrichment 8th edn (Sweet & Maxwell, 2011) (with Charles Mitchell and Stephen Watterson). He is also a contributing editor of Chitty on Contracts 31st edn (Sweet & Maxwell, 2012). Together, Charles Mitchell and Paul Mitchell have also edited Landmark Cases in the Law of Restitution (Hart, 2006), Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract (Hart, 2008) and Landmark Cases in in the Law of Tort (Hart, 2010).1. The Earl of Oxford's Case (1615)
David Ibbetson
2. Coke v Fountaine (1676)
Mike Macnair
3. Grey v Grey (1677)
Jamie Glister
4. Penn v Lord Baltimore (1750)
Paul Mitchell
5. Burgess v Wheate (1759)
Paul Matthews
6. Morice v Bishop of Durham (1805)
Joshua Getzler
7. Tulk v Moxhay (1848)
Ben McFarlane
8. Prince Albert v Strange (1849)
Lionel Bently
9. Ramsden v Dyson (1866)
Nick Piška
10. Bishop of Natal v Gladstone (1866)
Charlotte Smith
11. Earl of Aylesford v Morris (1873)
Catharine MacMillan
12. Re Hallett's Estate (1879–80)
Graham Virgo
13. North-West Transportation Co Ltd v Beatty (1887)
Lionel Smith
14. Rochefoucauld v Boustead (1897)
Ying Khai Liew
15. Re Earl of Sefton (1898)
Chantal Stebbings
16. Nocton v Lord Ashburton (1914)
James Edelman
17. Regal (Hastings) Ltd v Gulliver (1942)
Richard Nolan
18. National Anti-Vivisection Society v Inland Revenue
Commissioners (1948)
Jonathan Garton
19. National Provincial Bank Ltd v Ainsworth (1965)
Alison Dunn
20. Boardman v Phipps (1967)
Michael Bryan
21. Pettitt v Pettitt (1970) and Gissing v Gissing (1971)
John Mee
22. Paragon Finance plc v DB Thakerar & Co (a firm) (1999)
Christian Daly and Charles Mitchell
Original analysis by eminent scholars that examine the most important legal cases to date.
The Landmark Cases series is an occasional series of volumes which seek to highlight the historical antecedents of what are widely considered to be the leading cases in the common law. These edited volumes feature original archival research by eminent scholars in the field, and are intended to provide a context, or contexts, in which to better understand how and why certain cases came to be regarded as the 'Landmark' cases in any given field.
Praise for the series
“An interesting read and a valuable addition to the reference literature for [those] who wish to view from a fresh angle the classic textbook cases that they thought they knew very well.”
Review of Landmark Cases in Criminal Law in New Journal of European Criminal Law
“Beautifully written, nicely produced and just full of intrinsically fascinating material.”
Review of Landmark Cases in Family Law in The Law and Politics Book Review
“An intriguing pleasure to read.”
Review of Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract in Journal of Legal History
“A fine example of the kind of historical investigation that should be the foundation of all common law scholarship.”
Review of Landmark Cases in the Law of Restitution in King's Law Journal