Weber v Weber – WLR Daily

Posted April 15th, 2014 in conflict of laws, EC law, jurisdiction, law reports, stay of proceedings by sally

Weber v Weber: (Case C-438/12);   [2014] WLR (D)  165

‘There fell within the category of proceedings which had as their object “rights in rem in immovable property”, within the meaning of article 22(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001, an action brought before the courts of another member state, seeking a declaration of invalidity of the exercise of a right of pre-emption attaching to that property and which produced effects with respect to all the parties. Before staying its proceedings in accordance with article 27(1) of Regulation No 44/2001, the court second seised was required to examine whether, by reason of a failure to take into consideration the exclusive jurisdiction laid down in article 22(1) thereof, the decision of the court first seised would be recognised in the other member states in accordance with article 35(1) of that Regulation.’

WLR Daily, 3rd April 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Director of Public Prosecutions v Issler and others – WLR Daily

Posted April 15th, 2014 in emergency services, law reports, road traffic by sally

Director of Public Prosecutions v Issler and others: [2014] EWHC 669 (Admin);   [2014] WLR (D)  164

‘For the purposes of the Road Vehicle (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 and the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 a vehicle used for “ambulance purposes” had to be capable of conveying sick, injured or disabled persons and do so with such frequency that that core activity might fairly and properly be designated as its primary use.’

WLR Daily, 12th March 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Kershaw v Roberts and another – WLR Daily

Posted April 15th, 2014 in budgets, case management, civil procedure rules, costs, law reports by sally

Kershaw v Roberts and another: [2014] EWHC 1037 (Ch);   [2014] WLR (D)  168

‘Claims issued under CPR Pt 8 were not automatically allocated to the multi-track with the result that the provisions of CPR Pt 29 and the costs management provisions in section II of CPR Pt 3 were of no application unless and until the claim had been allocated to the multi-track by the procedural judge considering the claim.’

WLR Daily, 10th April 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted April 15th, 2014 in law reports by sally

Supreme Court

Deutsche Bahn AG & Ors v Morgan Advanced Materials Plc [2014] UKSC 24 (9 April 2014)

O’’Brien, R v [2014] UKSC 23 (2 April 2014)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Akzo Nobel N.V. v Competition Commission & Ors [2014] EWCA Civ 482 (14 April 2014)

Beauty Star Ltd v Janmohamed [2014] EWCA Civ 451 (14 April 2014)

Honda Motor Europe Ltd & Anor v Powell & Anor [2014] EWCA Civ 437 (11 April 2014)

The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue And Customs v British Telecommunications Plc [2014] EWCA Civ 433 (11 April 2014)

Yeung v Potel & Anor [2014] EWCA Civ 481 (11 April 2014)

Lloyds TSB Insurance Services Ltd & Anor v Shanley [2014] EWCA Civ 407 (10 April 2014)

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Singh-Mann & Ors v R [2014] EWCA Crim 717 (15 April 2014)

R v Bowman & Anor [2014] EWCA Crim 716 (15 April 2014)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Odoi-Asare v Nursing & Midwifery Council [2014] EWHC 1151 (Admin) (14 April 2014)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Greenclose Ltd v National Westminster Bank Plc [2014] EWHC 1156 (Ch) (14 April 2014)

Nordic Insulated Doors Ltd v Land Resources Ltd [2014] EWHC 1093 (Ch) (11 April 2014)

Primary Group (UK) Ltd & Ors v The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc & Anor [2014] EWHC 1082 (Ch) (11 April 2014)

High Court (Family Division)

Luckwell v Limata [2014] EWHC 1035 (Fam) (09 April 2014)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Uppal v Endemol UK Ltd & Ors [2014] EWHC 1063 (QB) (09 April 2014)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Greenwich Millennium Village Ltd & Ors v Essex Services Group Plc & Ors [2014] EWHC 1099 (TCC) (11 April 2014)

Source: www.bailii.org

Digital Rights Ireland Ltd v Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and others (Irish Human Rights Commission intervening); In re Kärntner Landesregierung and others – WLR Daily

Posted April 14th, 2014 in data protection, EC law, electronic mail, law reports by sally

Digital Rights Ireland Ltd v Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and others (Irish Human Rights Commission intervening); In re Kärntner Landesregierung and others (Joined Cases C-293/12 and C-594/12); [2014] WLR (D) 164

‘Parliament and Council Directive 2006/24/EC of 15 March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks and amending Directive 2002/58/EC was invalid.’

WLR Daily, 8th April 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

JA (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted April 14th, 2014 in appeals, asylum, evidence, immigration, law reports, tribunals by sally

JA (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 450; [2014] WLR (D) 163

‘Although a tribunal adjudicating on an asylum appeal did not have power, in the absence of express statutory provision, to exclude relevant evidence in the form of records of the asylum applicant’s interviews, it was required by the common law principle of fairness to consider with care how much weight should be attached to such evidence, having regard to the circumstances in which it came into existence, and the extent to which reliance could properly be placed on the applicant’s answers.’

WLR Daily, 9th April 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted April 11th, 2014 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Pershad, R. v [2014] EWCA Crim 692 (10 April 2014)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Valilas v Januzaj [2014] EWCA Civ 436 (08 April 2014)

Lewis v Lewis [2014] EWCA Civ 412 (08 April 2014)

G (A Child) [2014] EWCA Civ 432 (08 April 2014)

NYK Bulkship (Atlantic) N.V. v Cargill International S.A. [2014] EWCA Civ 403 (08 April 2014)

Magmatic Ltd v PMS International Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 408 (10 April 2014)

Asset Land Investment Plc & Anor v The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) [2014] EWCA Civ 435 (10 April 2014)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

JC & Anor v The Central Criminal Court [2014] EWHC 1041 (QB) (08 April 2014)

Farrugia v Burtenshaw & Ors [2014] EWHC 1036 (QB) (08 April 2014)

Love v Halfords Ltd [2014] EWHC 1057 (08 April 2014)

Medical Supplies And Services International Ltd vAcies Engineering Ltd & Anor [2014] EWHC 1032 (QB) (07 April 2014)

High Court (Chancery Division)

McTear & Anor v Engelhard & Ors [2014] EWHC 1056 (Ch) (10 April 2014)

E.Surv Ltd v Goldsmith Williams Solicitors [2014] EWHC 1104 (Ch) (10 April 2014)

Kershaw v Roberts (Representative of the Estate of Jones) & Anor [2014] EWHC 1037 (Ch) (10 April 2014)

Stemcor (SEA) Pte Ltd & Anor, Re [2014] EWHC 1096 (Ch) (10 April 2014)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Ashton, R. v [2014] EWHC 974 (Admin) (08 April 2014)

Tummond, R (on the application of) v Reading County Court & Anor [2014] EWHC 1039 (Admin) (10 April 2014)

Manzarpour, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 1086 (Admin) (10 April 2014)

AB & Anor, R (On the Application Of) v Huddersfield Magistrates’ Court & Anor [2014] EWHC 1089 (Admin) (10 April 2014)

High Court (Family Division)

An NHS Foundation Trust v Ab [2014] EWHC 1031 (Fam) (04 April 2014)

A & B v P Council [2014] EWHC 1128 (Fam) (21 March 2014)

Surrey County Council v AB & Ors [2014] EWHC 1115 (Fam) (21 March 2014)

MB v GK [2014] EWHC 1122 (Fam) (03 April 2014)

Y (A Child: Private Law: Interim Change of Residence) [2014] EWHC 1068 (Fam) (02 April 2014)

JP v NP [2014] EWHC 1101 (Fam) (09 April 2014)

High Court (Commercial Court)

United States of America (USA) v Abacha & Ors [2014] EWHC 993 (Comm) (08 April 2014)

Barclays Bank Plc v Svizera Holdings BV & Anor [2014] EWHC 1020 (Comm) (08 April 2014)

Tchenguiz & Ors v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2014] EWHC 1102 (Comm) (11 April 2014)

Moran Yacht & Ship Inc v Pisarev & Anor Re 4YOU [2014] EWHC 1098 (Comm) (10 April 2014)

T&L Sugars Ltd v Tate & Lyle Industries Led [2014] EWHC 1066 (Comm) (10 April 2014)

High Court (Patents Court)

Hospira UK Ltd v Genentech Inc [2014] EWHC 1094 (Pat) (10 April 2014)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Laker Vent Engineering Ltd (“Laker”) v Jacobs E&C Ltd (“Jacobs”) [2014] EWHC 1058 (TCC) (08 April 2014)

Source: www.bailii.org

Brazuks v Prosecutor General’s Office, Republic of Latvia; Zibala v Prosecutor General’s Office, Republic of Latvia; Sinicins v Prosecutor General’s Office, Republic of Latvia – WLR Daily

Posted April 10th, 2014 in appeals, extradition, human rights, law reports, prisons by sally

Brazuks v Prosecutor General’s Office, Republic of Latvia; Zibala v Prosecutor General’s Office, Republic of Latvia; Sinicins v Prosecutor General’s Office, Republic of Latvia [2014] EWHC 1021 (Admin); [2014] WLR (D) 160

‘The state of the Latvian prison estate was not such as to produce a real risk that there would be a breach of article 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms if extradition were directed.’

WLR Daily, 9th April 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

4finance UAB v Valstybinė vartotojų teisių apsaugos tarnyba and another – WLR Daily

4finance UAB v Valstybinė vartotojų teisių apsaugos tarnyba and another (Case C-515/12); [2014] WLR (D) 156

‘Annex I, point 14, of Parliament and Council Directive 2005/29/EC meant that a pyramid promotional scheme constituted an unfair commercial practice only where such a scheme required the consumer to give financial consideration, regardless of its amount, for the opportunity to receive compensation that was derived primarily from the introduction of other consumers into the scheme rather than from the sale or consumption of products.’

WLR Daily, 3rd April 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

In re G (A Child) (Non-relative Carer: application for leave for residence order; application for joinder to proceedings) – WLR Daily

Posted April 10th, 2014 in adoption, appeals, carers, children, law reports, residence orders by sally

In re G (A Child) (Non-relative Carer: application for leave for residence order; application for joinder to proceedings) [2014] EWCA 432; [2014] WLR (D) 159

‘Where, in adoption proceedings, an unrelated carer sought leave to be joined and to apply for a residence order, care was required in looking to the questions of: locus under the various potentially applicable statutory provisions; whether, and if so how, to have regard to a “change in circumstances”; and whether the child’s welfare was to be regarded as paramount.’

WLR Daily, 8th April 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Deutsche Bahn AG and others (Respondents) v Morgan Advanced Materials Plc (Appellant) – Supreme Court

Deutsche Bahn AG and others (Respondents) v Morgan Advanced Materials Plc (Appellant) [2014] UKSC 24 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 9th April 2014

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted April 10th, 2014 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Benguit, R v [2014] EWCA Crim 690 (09 April 2014)

Gjoni v R [2014] EWCA Crim 691 (09 April 2014)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

W (Children) (Contact Dispute) (No. 2) [2014] EWCA Civ 401 (09 April 2014)

J-M (Child) [2014] EWCA Civ 434 (08 April 2014)

JA (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 450 (09 April 2014)

Singh v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 438 (09 April 2014)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Uppal v Endemol UK Ltd & Ors [2014] EWHC 1063 (QB) (09 April 2014)

Whetstone (Trading As Whelby House Dental Practice) v Medical Protection Society Limited (Sued As Dental Protection Limited) [2014] EWHC 1024 (QB) (08 April 2014)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Napier Park European Credit Opportunities Fund Lt v Harbourmaster Pro-Rata Clo 2 B.V. & Ors [2014] EWHC 1083 (Ch) (09 April 2014)

Singh v Singh & Anor [2014] EWHC 1060 (Ch) (08 April 2014)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Brazuks & Ors v Prosecutor General’s Office, Republic of Latvia [2014] EWHC 1021 (Admin) (09 April 2014)

Refugee Action, R (On the Application Of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 1033 (Admin) (09 April 2014)

Grenville College London Ltd & Anor, R (On the Application Of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 1065 (Admin) (09 April 2014)

Stanley College London UK Ltd, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 1038 (Admin) (09 April 2014)

High Court (Family Division)

London Borough of Ealing v JM & Ors [2014] EWHC 1084 (Fam) (03 April 2014)

Luckwell v Limata [2014] EWHC 1035 (Fam) (09 April 2014)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Med Marine v Castillo Schiffahrts-Gmbh & Co. KG MS & Anor [2014] EWHC 1064 (Comm) (28 March 2014)

Source: www.bailii.org

Nursing and Midwifery Council v Kidd and another – WLR Daily

Posted April 9th, 2014 in disciplinary procedures, law reports, midwives, nurses, service, time limits by sally

Nursing and Midwifery Council v Kidd and another [2014] EWHC 847 (Admin); [2014] WLR (D) 155

‘Where the Nursing and Midwifery Council applied to the High Court under article 31(8) and (9) of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 for the extension of an interim suspension order, the respondent affected by the order should ordinarily receive a minimum of seven calendar days notice of the application.’

WLR Daily, 26th March 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted April 8th, 2014 in law reports by sally

Supreme Court

Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG [2014] UKSC 22 (2 April 2014)

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

King, R. v [2014] EWCA Crim 621 (03 April 2014)

Halliday v R [2014] EWCA Crim 620 (04 April 2014)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

The National Crime Agency (NCA) v Namli & Anor [2014] EWCA Civ 411 (04 April 2014)

Ryanair Ltd v HM Revenue and Customs [2014] EWCA Civ 410 (04 April 2014)

LH, R (on the application of) v Shropshire Council [2014] EWCA Civ 404 (04 April 2014)

The Office of Fair Trading v Somerfield Stores Ltd & Anor [2014] EWCA Civ 400 (07 April 2014)

Friends Life Ltd v Siemens Hearing Instruments Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 382 (03 April 2014)

Bucci v Carman (Liquidator of Casa Estates (UK) Limited) [2014] EWCA Civ 383 (03 April 2014)

MW v Hertfordshire County Council [2014] EWCA Civ 405 (04 April 2014)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Macleod (By His Deputy And Litigation Friend, Macleod) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2014] EWHC 977 (QB) (03 April 2014)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Blake & Ors v London Borough of Waltham Forest [2014] EWHC 1027 (Admin) (07 April 2014)

Levett v The Health And Care Professions Council (“The HCPC”) [2014] EWHC 994 (Admin) (04 April 2014)

High Court (Chancery Division)

IBM UK Holdings Ltd & Anor v Dalgleish & Ors [2014] EWHC 980 (Ch) (04 April 2014)


Josife v Summertrot Holdings Ltd [2014] EWHC 996 (Ch) (04 April 2014)

High Court (Family Division)

Bristol City Council v AA & Anor [2014] EWHC 1022 (Fam) (28 March 2014)


Re L And M (Children: Private Law) V [2014] EWHC 939 (Fam) (28 March 2014)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Vitol Bahrain EC v Nasdec General Trading Llc & Ors [2014] EWHC 984 (Comm) (04 April 2014)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

University of Brighton v Dovehouse Interiors Ltd [2014] EWHC 940 (TCC) (04 April 2014)

Source: www.bailii.org

Director of the Serious Fraud Office v B – WLR Daily

Director of the Serious Fraud Office v B [2014] UKSC 23; [2014] WLR (D) 151

‘A person who had been extradited to the United Kingdom for trial on a criminal charge, and who prior to his extradition had been guilty of contempt of court by disobeying a court order, could be punished for the contempt notwithstanding that it was not the basis of his extradition.’

WLR Daily, 2nd April 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Haining v Warrington Borough Council – WLR Daily

Haining v Warrington Borough Council [2014] EWCA Civ 398; [2014] WLR (D) 152

‘When assessing whether the school the parents preferred to be named in their child’s statement of special educational needs would incur “unreasonable public expenditure” within section 9 of the Education Act 1996, a local authority was to have regard to all public expenditure by a public body, not only the expenditure incurred by that authority in discharging its education functions.’

WLR Daily, 2nd April 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Littlewoods Retail Ltd and others v Revenue and Customs Commissioners (No 2) – WLR Daily

Posted April 8th, 2014 in EC law, HM Revenue & Customs, interest, law reports, repayment, VAT by sally

Littlewoods Retail Ltd and others v Revenue and Customs Commissioners (No 2) [2014] EWHC 868 (Ch); [2014] WLR (D) 154

‘Sections 78 and 80 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 could not be construed in such a way as to conform with European Union law and therefore had to be disapplied so as to allow the claimant companies to pursue their claims to recover the full value of overpaid value added tax.’

WLR Daily, 28th March 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Cox (Appellant) v Ergo Versicherung AG (formerly known as Victoria) (Respondent) – Supreme Court

Cox (Appellant) v Ergo Versicherung AG (formerly known as Victoria) (Respondent) [2014] UKSC 22 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 2nd April 2014

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

R v O’Brien (Appellant) – Supreme Court

R v O’Brien (Appellant) [2014] UKSC 23 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 2nd April 2014

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted April 3rd, 2014 in law reports by sally

High Court (Chancery Division)

Littlewoods Retail Ltd & Ors v HM Revenue & Customs [2014] EWHC 868 (Ch) (28 March 2014)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Yemgas Fzco & Ors v Superior Pescadores S.A. Panama [2014] EWHC 971 (Comm) (02 April 2014)

Sonatrach v Statoil [2014] EWHC 875 (Comm) (02 April 2014)

Geden Operations Ltd v Dry Bulk Handy Holdings Inc M/V “Bulk Uruguay” [2014] EWHC 885 (Comm) (28 March 2014)

Leni Gas & Oil Investments Ltd & Anor v Malta Oil Pty Ltd & Anor [2014] EWHC 893 (Comm) (27 March 2014)

High Court (Family Division)

Cambra v Jones & Anor [2014] EWHC 913 (Fam) (31 March 2014)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Fern Advisers Ltd v Burford & Ors [2014] EWHC 762 (QB) (01 April 2014)

Milton Furniture Ltd v Brit Insurance Ltd [2014] EWHC 965 (QB) (01 April 2014)

Coghlan v Bailey & Anor [2014] EWHC 924 (QB) (01 April 2014)

Tippett v Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2014] EWHC 917 (QB) (01 April 2014)

Mitchell v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2014] EWHC 879 (QB) (27 March 2014)

Mole v Hunter [2014] EWHC 658 (QB) (27 March 2014)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

The Bodo Community & Ors v The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd [2014] EWHC 958 (TCC) (28 March 2014)

Co -Operative Group Ltd v Carillion JM Ltd & Anor [2014] EWHC 837 (TCC) (27 March 2014)

Source: www.bailii.org