There is a Twitter account which is telling the story of English cases through the medium of emoticons. Here are 12 classics…
R v Brown (legendary sadomasochistic sex case)
Donoghue v Stevenson (something about snails and ginger beer)
United Brands Co v Commission of European Union (the ‘banana case’)
Partridge v Crittenden (adverts are invitations to treat)
R v Velumyl (the intention to permanently deprive)
R v Lipman (voluntary intoxication not being a defence to manslaughter)
Revill v Newbery (the old man in the shed and the defence of ex turpi causa)
Hollywood Silver Fox Farm v Emmett (fragile foxes protected by law of nuisance from neighbour’s malice)
McFarlane v Tayside Health Board (the vasectomy that never was)
Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking (Lord Denning Court of Appeal exclusion clause classic)
R v Secretary of State for Transport, Ex parte Factortame Ltd (No.1) (constitutionally momentous Spanish fisherman case)
Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co (unforgettable contract dispute generated by flu prevention gadget)
