This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the Senior Courts of England and Wales – that is, cases from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Court of Appeal of England and Wales, and Crown Court. pre-1800 Haxey's case (1397) Rot. Parl. (iii) 434 Case of the Thorns (1466) YB 6 Ed 4, 7a pl 18. Early precedent for negligence and trespass to land. R v Earl of Northumberland (1568) Crown right to minerals precedent. Case of the Swans (1592) Crown right to wildlife precedent Mouse's case(1602) precedent establishing the defense of Necessity on Tort Booty v Barnaby (1687) 1800 – 1899 Vaughn v. Menlove (1837). 132 E.R. 490 (C.P.) Foss v Harbottle (1843) 2 Hare 461, 67 ER 189 Parker v. South Eastern Railway Company (1877), L.R. 2 C.P.D. 416 Cundy v Lindsay (1878) 3 App Cas 459 Household Fire & Carriage Account Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Grant (1879), 4 Exch. Div. 216 R v. Dudley and Stephens (1884) 14 King's Bench Division 273 The Moorcock (1889), 14 Probate Division 64 Kenrick v. Lawrence [1890] QBD Henthorn v. Fraser [1892] 2 Ch. 27 Hollingrake v. Truswell [1894] 3 Ch. 420 Wilkinson v Downton [1897] 2 Q.B. 57: Intentional infliction of nervous shock Simcoe v. Pethick, 2 Q.B. 55(1898). widely cited as an important precedent for public land rights in England. 1900 – 1999 Automatic Self-Cleansing Filter Syndicate Co Ltd v Cuninghame, [1906] 2 Ch. 34 (C.A.): duty of corporate directors University of London Press, Ltd. v. University Tutorial Press, Ltd. [1916] 2 Ch. 601 Balfour v. Balfour [1919] 2 K.B. 571 Foley v. Classique Coaches Ltd. [1934] 2 K.B. 1 Young v Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd [1944] KB 718 Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd [1947] K.B. 130. Olley v Marlborough Court Hotel [1949] 1 K.B. 532. Shanklin Pier Ltd v Detel Products Ltd, [1951] 2 KB 854 Fisher v Bell [1960] 3 W.L.R. 919 R v Waterfield, [1963] 3 All E.R. 659 Edwards v. Skyways Ltd. [1964] 1 All E.R. 494 Gould v. Gould [1969] 3 All E.R. 728 2000 – present R v Grillo and Grillo See also List of cases involving Lord Denning List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases List of House of Lords cases Case law lists by court United Kingdom law-related lists Senior Courts of England and Wales