Case Conversations

Mike Lambarth and Andrew Callaghan from the University of Sheffield’s School of Law present a discussion on Donoghue v Stevenson - a legal case that created the modern concept of negligence, by setting out general principles whereby one person would owe another person a duty of care.

Mike Lambarth and Andrew Callaghan from the University of Sheffield’s School of Law present a discussion on Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company - an English contract law decision by the Court of Appeal, which held an advertisement containing certain terms to get a reward constituted a binding unilateral offer that could be accepted by anyone who performed its terms.

Mike Lambarth and Andrew Callaghan from the University of Sheffield’s School of Law present a discussion on the famous R v Dudley and Stephens case - a leading English criminal case which established a precedent, throughout the common law world, that necessity is not a defence to a charge of murder.