Teal Assurance Co Ltd v WR Berkley Insurance (Europe) Ltd and another – WLR Daily

Posted August 6th, 2013 in appeals, insurance, law reports, Supreme Court by sally

Teal Assurance Co Ltd v WR Berkley Insurance (Europe) Ltd and another [2013] UKSC 57; [2013] WLR (D) 332

“An insurer could not choose the order in which claims made by an insured exhausted layers of insurance cover under a programme of professional liability insurance.”

WLR Daily, 31st July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Regina (Lewisham London Borough Council) v Secretary of State for Health and another; Regina (Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign Ltd) v Same – WLR Daily

Regina (Lewisham London Borough Council) v Secretary of State for Health and another; Regina (Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign Ltd) v Same [2013] EWHC 2329 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 331

“The words ‘the trust’ in sections 65F(1), 65I(1) and 65K(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006, as inserted, meant the particular failing trust to which a Trust Special Administrator had been appointed and not any other NHS trust.”

WLR Daily, 31st July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Fox v British Airways plc – WLR Daily

Fox v British Airways plc [2013] EWCA Civ 972; [2013] WLR (D) 330

“Where a claimant could establish liability for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination in respect of his son who had been a member of a company pension scheme and who died shortly after dismissal by the company for medical incapacity, the son’s estate would be entitled to compensation in a sum equivalent to the full amount of the death in service benefit that would have been payable under the scheme if the son had remained in employment at the date of his death.”

WLR Daily, 31st July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted August 5th, 2013 in law reports by sally

High Court (Administrative Court)

Lawson, R (on the application of) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court [2013] EWHC 2434 (Admin) (02 August 2013)

London Capital Group, R (On the Application Of) v The Financial Ombudsman Service Ltd [2013] EWHC 2425 (Admin) (02 August 2013)

Source: www.bailii.org

Torfaen County Borough Council (Appellant) v Douglas Willis Limited (Respondent) – Supreme Court

Torfaen County Borough Council (Appellant) v Douglas Willis Limited (Respondent) [2013] UKSC 59 | UKSC 2012/0087 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 31st July 2013

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

McGraddie (Appellant) v McGraddie (AP) and another (AP) (Respondents) (Scotland) – Supreme Court

Posted August 2nd, 2013 in appeals, evidence, judges, law reports, Scotland, Supreme Court by sally

McGraddie (Appellant) v McGraddie (AP) and another (AP) (Respondents) (Scotland) 2013] UKSC 58 | UKSC 2012/0112 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 31st July 2013

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

Teal Assurance Company Limited (Appellant) v W R Berkley Insurance (Europe) Limited and another (Respondents) – Supreme Court

Posted August 2nd, 2013 in appeals, insurance, law reports, Supreme Court by sally

Teal Assurance Company Limited (Appellant) v W R Berkley Insurance (Europe) Limited and another (Respondents) [2013] UKSC 57 | UKSC 2012/0014 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 31st July 2013

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

R v Hughes (Appellant) – Supreme Court

R v Hughes (Appellant) [2013] UKSC 56 UKSC 2011/0240 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 31st July 2013

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

Vernon Knight Associates v Cornwall County Council – WLR Daily

Posted August 2nd, 2013 in appeals, law reports, local government, negligence, nuisance, repairs, roads by sally

Vernon Knight Associates v Cornwall County Council [2013] EWCA Civ 950; [2013] WLR (D) 329

“A landowner owed a measured duty in both negligence and nuisance to take reasonable steps to prevent natural occurrences on his land from causing damage to neighbouring properties. In determining the content of that duty, the court had to consider what was fair, just and reasonable as between the neighbouring parties, having regard to all the circumstances including the extent of the foreseeable risk, the available preventive measures, the costs of such measures and the parties’ resources.”

WLR Daily, 30th July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Hobbs v Financial Conduct Authority (formerly Financial Services Authority) – WLR Daily

Posted August 2nd, 2013 in appeals, financial regulation, law reports, notification, trials, tribunals by sally

Hobbs v Financial Conduct Authority (formerly Financial Services Authority) [2013] EWCA Civ 918; [2013] WLR (D) 328

“A decision by the Financial Services Authority to take no further action against the addressee of a warning notice or decision notice did not become irrevocable or take effect as a discontinuance of proceedings unless it had been communicated to that individual by a notice in accordance with section 389 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.”

WLR Daily, 29th July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Serious Organised Crime Agency v Azam – WLR Daily

Serious Organised Crime Agency v Azam [2013] EWCA Civ 970; [2013] WLR (D) 327

“Where a person who was the subject of a property freezing order made under Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 applied for the order to be varied so as to permit him to apply some of his assets which were the subject of the order in paying for his legal expenses, he was under no specific burden of proof requiring him to prove that there were no other available assets which could be used for the relevant purpose, such that if he did not discharge the burden his application must fail.”

WLR Daily, 31st July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Regina (MA and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Equality and Human Rights Commission and another intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted August 2nd, 2013 in benefits, disabled persons, housing, law reports, social security by sally

Regina (MA and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Equality and Human Rights Commission and another intervening) [2013] EWHC 2213 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 325

“The refusal of the Secretary of State to exclude some disabled persons from the changes introduced into the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 by the Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2012, and the provision made by way of access to discretionary housing payments, constituted a proportionate approach to difficulties which those persons faced.”

WLR Daily, 30th July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted August 1st, 2013 in law reports by sally

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Bennett v Southwell [2013] EWHC 2382 (QB) (01 August 2013)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Jones & Anor v First Greater Western Ltd [2013] EWHC 1485 (Ch) (25 April 2013)

Fenty & Ors v Arcadia Group Brands Ltd (t/a Topshop) & Anor [2013] EWHC 2310 (Ch) (31 July 2013)

Hemsley & Anor v Graham & Ors [2013] EWHC 2232 (Ch) (31 July 2013)

Sharab v HRH Al-Saud [2013] EWHC 2324 (Ch) (31 July 2013)

Bestrustees Plc v Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Ltd [2013] EWHC 2407 (Ch) (31 July 2013)

Pickenham Romford Ltd v Deville [2013] EWHC 2330 (Ch) (31 July 2013)

Carman v Bucci [2013] EWHC 2371 (Ch) (31 July 2013)

High Court (Family Division)

DN (A Child), Re [2013] EWHC 2401 (Fam) (12 July 2013)

C (A Child), Re [2013] EWHC 2408 (Fam) (19 July 2013)

E (A Child), Re [2013] EWHC 2400 (Fam) (30 July 2013)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Kebede & Anor v Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills [2013] EWHC 2396 (Admin) (31 July 2013)

Hashemi, R (on the application of) v The Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) & Anort [2013] EWHC 2316 (Admin) (31 July 2013)

Nikolics v The City Court of Szekszard (A Judicial Authority In Hungary) [2013] EWHC 2377 (Admin) (31 July 2013)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Amlin Corporate Member Ltd & Ors v Oriental Assurance Corp [2013] EWHC 2380 (Comm) (31 July 2013)

Alpstream AG & Ors v PK Airfinance Sarl & Anor [2013] EWHC 2370 (Comm) (31 July 2013)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (Trustees of) v AEW Architects and Designers Ltd [2013] EWHC 2403 (TCC) (01 July 2013)

Source: www.bailii.org

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted August 1st, 2013 in law reports by sally

Supreme Court

Hughes, R. v [2013] UKSC 56 (31 July 2013)

Torfaen County Borough Council v Douglas Willis Ltd [2013] UKSC 59 (31 July 2013)

McGraddie v McGraddie & Anor (Scotland) [2013] UKSC 58 (31 July 2013)

Teal Assurance Company Ltd v WR Berkley Insurance (Europe) Ltd [2013] UKSC 57 (31 July 2013)

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

O’Leary v R [2013] EWCA Crim 1371 (31 July 2013)

Ahmed v R [2013] EWCA Crim 1393 (31 July 2013)

Banfield & Anor, R v [2013] EWCA Crim 1394 (31 July 2013)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Park Cakes Ltd v Shumba & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 974 (31 July 2013)

MacKay & Anor v Ashwood Enterprises Ltd & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 959 (31 July 2013)

Kebede & Anor, R (on the application of) v Newcastle City Council [2013] EWCA Civ 960 (31 July 2013)

Nicklinson & Anor, R (on the application of) v A Primary Care Trust [2013] EWCA Civ 961 (31 July 2013)

PM v MB & Anor [2013] EWCA Civ 969 (31 July 2013)

Price & Anor v Nunn [2013] EWCA Civ 1002 (31 July 2013)

Jetivia SA & Anor v Bilta (UK) Ltd & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 968 (31 July 2013)

The Serious Organised Crime Agency v Azam [2013] EWCA Civ 970 (31 July 2013)

Fox v British Airways Plc [2013] EWCA Civ 972 (31 July 2013)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Tamiz v Guardian News & Media Ltd [2013] EWHC 2339 (QB) (31 July 2013)

Parkin & Ors v Alba Proteins Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 2036 (QB) (31 July 2013)

Navaratnam v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 2383 (QB) (31 July 2013)

Cruddas v Calvert & Ors [2013] EWHC 2298 (QB) (31 July 2013)

Mama Group Ltd & Anor v Sinclair & Anor [2013] EWHC 2374 (QB) (30 July 2013)

Nicholas v Ministry of Defence [2013] EWHC 2351 (QB) (31 July 2013)

Bennett v Southwell [2013] EWHC 2382 (QB) (01 August 2013)

Richards, R (on the application of) v Teesside Magistrates Court & Anor [2013] EWHC 2208 (QB) (30 July 2013)

Cooper v Bright Horizons Family Solutions Ltd [2013] EWHC 2349 (QB) (31 July 2013)

Source: www.bailii.org

Regina v Hughes – WLR Daily

Regina v Hughes [2013] UKSC 56; [2013] WLR (D) 324

“When a defendant who was uninsured, unlicensed or disqualified was driving his vehicle on a road and it was involved in a collision which resulted in the death of another person, the defendant could not be found guilty of the offence under section 3ZB of the Road Traffic Act 1988, as inserted, of causing the death by driving while committing such offences unless the prosecution proved that there had been some act or omission in the defendant’s driving which amounted to fault his part and which had contributed to the death. If the defendant’s driving had been faultless he could not be found guilty of the offence merely because his vehicle was on the road and was involved in a fatal accident when he was driving without insurance or a driving licence.”

WLR Daily, 31st July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

McGraddie v McGraddie and another – WLR Daily

Posted August 1st, 2013 in appeals, evidence, judges, law reports, Scotland, Supreme Court by sally

McGraddie v McGraddie and another [2013] UKSC 58; [2013] WLR (D) 323

“An appellate court should not interfere with the trial judge’s conclusions on primary facts unless it was satisfied that he was plainly wrong.”

WLR Daily, 31st July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Regina (Kebede and another) v Newcastle City Council – WLR Daily

Posted August 1st, 2013 in appeals, children, education, law reports, local government, universities by sally

Regina (Kebede and another) v Newcastle City Council [2013] EWCA Civ 960; [2013] WLR (D) 322

“A local authority had a duty to a former relevant child going on to higher education to make a grant to meet expenses connected with his education, including the major expense of tuition fees.”

WLR Daily, 31st July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Torfaen County Borough Council v Douglas Willis Ltd – WLR Daily

Torfaen County Borough Council v Douglas Willis Ltd [2013] UKSC 59; [2013] WLR (D) 321

“For the purposes of a prosecution under regulation 44(1)(d) of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 (SI 1996/1499) it was sufficient for the prosecutor to prove that a defendant had food in its possession for the purposes of sale which was the subject of a label showing a “use by” date which had passed.”

WLR Daily, 31st July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Sud v Ealing London Borough Council – WLR Daily

Sud v Ealing London Borough Council [2013] EWCA Civ 949; [2013] WLR (D) 320

“Although an award of costs against a paying party in the employment tribunal was an exceptional event, the tribunal should focus principally on the criteria established in rule 40 of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2004. Where the tribunal concluded that the party’s conduct of the proceedings had been unreasonable it was necessary for the court to identify the particular unreasonable conduct, along with its effect. That was not a process that entailed a detailed or minute assessment, but instead the court should adopt a broad brush approach, against the background of the totality of the relevant circumstances.”

WLR Daily, 30th July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Bedfordshire Police Constabulary v RU and another – WLR Daily

Bedfordshire Police Constabulary v RU and another [2013] EWHC 2350 (Fam); [2013] WLR (D) 319

“There was no power whereby a police force could apply for a person to be committed to prison for contempt of court for breach of a forced marriage protection order where the police themselves were not the applicants who had obtained the order. The relevant departments of state should give urgent consideration to improving the effectiveness of forced marriage protection orders and the means of enforcement.”

WLR Daily, 26th July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk