High Trees case
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The High Trees case is a landmark 1947 English contract law decision by Lord Denning that established the modern doctrine of promissory estoppel.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23300788 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: High Trees case Context triple: [Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd, alsoKnownAs, High Trees case]
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Mar Peerage Case
The Mar Peerage Case was a landmark 19th-century legal dispute in the House of Lords over the rightful succession to the ancient Scottish earldom of Mar, with significant implications for peerage law and Scottish titles.
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Auchterarder case
The Auchterarder case was a pivotal 19th-century Scottish church legal dispute over congregational rights in ministerial appointments that helped trigger the Disruption of 1843 and the formation of the Free Church of Scotland.
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Ashby v White
Ashby v White is a landmark 1703 English tort law case establishing that the wrongful denial of a legal right, such as the right to vote, is actionable even without proof of specific damage.
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Archer-Shee case
The Archer-Shee case was a famous early 20th-century British legal scandal involving the wrongful accusation of a naval cadet, which became a landmark example of the fight for individual justice against institutional authority.
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Keeble v Hickeringill
Keeble v Hickeringill is an early 18th-century English common law case famous for establishing that malicious interference with another’s lawful use of their land, such as scaring away ducks from a decoy pond, can give rise to an action for damages.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: High Trees case Target entity description: The High Trees case is a landmark 1947 English contract law decision by Lord Denning that established the modern doctrine of promissory estoppel.
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A.
Mar Peerage Case
The Mar Peerage Case was a landmark 19th-century legal dispute in the House of Lords over the rightful succession to the ancient Scottish earldom of Mar, with significant implications for peerage law and Scottish titles.
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B.
Auchterarder case
The Auchterarder case was a pivotal 19th-century Scottish church legal dispute over congregational rights in ministerial appointments that helped trigger the Disruption of 1843 and the formation of the Free Church of Scotland.
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C.
Ashby v White
Ashby v White is a landmark 1703 English tort law case establishing that the wrongful denial of a legal right, such as the right to vote, is actionable even without proof of specific damage.
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D.
Archer-Shee case
The Archer-Shee case was a famous early 20th-century British legal scandal involving the wrongful accusation of a naval cadet, which became a landmark example of the fight for individual justice against institutional authority.
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E.
Keeble v Hickeringill
Keeble v Hickeringill is an early 18th-century English common law case famous for establishing that malicious interference with another’s lawful use of their land, such as scaring away ducks from a decoy pond, can give rise to an action for damages.
- F. None of above. chosen
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