BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted December 21st, 2010 in law reports by sally

High Court (Administrative Court)

Hussain & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Health Department [2010] EWHC 3351 (Admin) (20 December 2010)

Infocus Public Networks Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Ors [2010] EWHC 3309 (Admin) (17 December 2010)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Ashdale Land and Property Company Ltd v Maioriello & Ors [2010] EWHC 3296 (Ch) (20 December 2010)

Macaria Investments Ltd v Sanders & Anor [2010] EWHC 3353 (Ch) (17 December 2010)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Hillside (New Media) Ltd v Baasland & Ors [2010] EWHC 3336 (Comm) (20 December 2010)

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R (Chester) v Secretary of State for Justice and another – WLR Daily

Posted December 21st, 2010 in elections, human rights, law reports, prisons by sally

“Removing the blanket ban on prisoners’ voting in elections, which was required by decisions of the European Court of Human Rights to comply with the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, involved a controversial area of social policy. It was for the Government to decide on the appropriate amending legislation to be enacted to comply with the law. The judiciary ought not to construe existing statutes so as to confer on the courts the function of deciding whether any given prisoner should lose his vote.”

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WLR Daily, 20th December 2010

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted December 20th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Vannes KFT v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 1466 (20 December 2010)

Chester v Secretary of State for Justice & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 1439 (17 December 2010)

Autoweld Systems Ltd v Kito Enterprises LLC [2010] EWCA Civ 1469 (17 December 2010)

High Court (Chancery Division)

K/S Victoria Street v House of Fraser (Stores Management) Ltd & Ors [2010] EWHC 3344 (Ch) (17 December 2010)

Hurndell v Hurndell & Ors [2010] EWHC 3340 (Ch) (17 December 2010)

Ferneley v Napier & Ors [2010] EWHC 3345 (Ch) (17 December 2010)

High Court Queen’s Bench Division)

Brandeaux Advisers (UK) Ltd & Ors v Chadwick [2010] EWHC 3241 (QB) (17 December 2010)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Schwebel v Wolf Schwebel [2010] EWHC 3280 (TCC) (16 December 2010)

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted December 17th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

RMM v HW & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 1467 (17 December 2010)

Quinn v CC Automotive Group Ltd (t/a Carcraft) [2010] EWCA Civ 1412 (16 December 2010)

Warren v Calzaghe [2010] EWCA Civ 1447 (16 December 2010)

Southern Cross Healthcare Co Ltd v Perkins & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 1442 (16 December 2010)

Benedetti v Sawiris & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 1427 (16 December 2010)

Revenue and Customs v Blue Sphere Global Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 1448 (16 December 2010)

Crema v Cenkos Securities Plc [2010] EWCA Civ 1444 (16 December 2010)

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service v Tilke [2010] EWCA Civ 1402 (16 December 2010)

Green v Sunset & Vine Productions Ltd & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 1441 (16 December 2010)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Commission for Equality & Human Rights v Griffin & Ors [2010] EWHC 3343 (Admin) (17 December 2010)

Cala Homes (South) Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government [2010] EWHC 3278 (Admin) (16 December 2010)

Wray, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWHC 3301 (Admin) (16 December 2010)

 High Court (Chancery Division)

Zurich Professional Ltd v Brown & Anor [2010] EWHC 3300 (Ch) (16 December 2010)

High Court (Commercial Court)

A v B [2010] EWHC 3302 (Comm) (16 December 2010)

High Court (Family Division)

A Chief Constable & Anor v YK & Ors [2010] EWHC 3282 (Fam) (14 December 2010)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

De Beers UK Ltd v Atos Origin It Services UK Ltd [2010] EWHC 3276 (TCC) (16 December 2010)

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Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts v Yemoh and others – WLR Daily

Posted December 17th, 2010 in Ghana, law reports, marriage, polygamy, succession by sally

Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts v Yemoh and others [2010] WLR (D) 334

“Polygamous marriages contracted in accordance with the customary law of Ghana were recognised for the purposes of succession to real estate in England and Wales.”

WLR Daily, 16th December 2010

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DCC Holdings (UK) Ltd v Revenue and Customs Comrs – WLR Daily

Posted December 17th, 2010 in corporation tax, law reports, loans, set-off, statutory interpretation by sally

DCC Holdings (UK) Ltd v Revenue and Customs Comrs [2010] UKSC 58; [2010] WLR (D) 333

“When interpreting a deeming provision in a taxing statute it was important not to take the hypothesis further than was warranted. It followed that the deeming provisions in corporation tax legislation on sale and resale ‘repo’ transactions — whereby the parties’ accounts were to be debited and credited on the basis that it was a deemed loan relationship between them — were to be construed so that they reflected the statutory purpose of taxing such transactions on a uniform basis and not so that one party could claim a debit which could be set off against other liabilities.”

WLR Daily, 16th December 2010

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Principal Reporter v K and others – WLR Daily

Posted December 17th, 2010 in children, contact orders, human rights, law reports, parental rights, Scotland by sally

Principal Reporter v K and others [2010] UKSC 56; [2010] WLR (D) 332

“Positive procedural obligations inherent in the right to respect for family life required sufficient safeguards to be put in place so that a parent or other person whose family life with the child was at risk in the proceedings was given a proper opportunity to participate in the decision-making process.”

WLR Daily, 16th December 2010

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Al Hassan-Daniel and another v Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs – WLR Daily

Posted December 17th, 2010 in death in custody, drug trafficking, ex turpi causa, human rights, law reports, news by sally

Al Hassan-Daniel and another v Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2010] EWCA Civ 1443; [2010] WLR (D) 331

“There were perceptible and sound policy reasons why the defence of ex turpi causa non oritur actio did not form part of the Strasbourg jurisprudence, save when the matter came to just satisfaction. To introduce it into a claim under the Human Rights Act 1998 would be to create a barrier which citizens of other member states did not face.”

WLR Daily, 16th December 2010

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

Posted December 17th, 2010 in asylum, law reports, news, proscribed organisations, refugees, terrorism by sally

DD (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 1407; [2010] WLR (D) 330

“Section 54 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, on the construction of art 1F(c) of the Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) (Cmd 9171), confirmed by statute that acts of individuals might be acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations, which ‘included’ acts instigating terrorism and could include acts directed against UN mandated forces.”

WLR Daily, 16th December 2010

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Pink Floyd Music Ltd and another v EMI Records Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted December 16th, 2010 in anonymity, appeals, law reports, private hearings by sally

Pink Floyd Music Ltd and another v EMI Records Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 1429; [2010] WLR (D) 329

“The Court of Appeal should not depart from the general rule that litigation was to be conducted in public unless a judge of that court was persuaded that there were cogent grounds for doing so.”

WLR Daily, 16th December 2010

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Gill v Woodall and others – WLR Daily

Posted December 16th, 2010 in law reports, married persons, mental health, undue influence, wills by sally

Gill v Woodall and others [2010] EWCA Civ 1430; [2011] WLR (D) 328

“To determine whether a testatrix knew and approved the contents of her will the proper approach was to consider the factual and expert evidence and to ask whether the testatrix appreciated what was in the will when she signed it. It was not necessary to break down the issue into two separate questions of whether a prima facie case had been made out that the testatrix had not known or approved of the contents of her will and then whether the beneficiary had rebutted that case.”

WLR Daily, 15th December 2010

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Regina (Edwards and another) v Environment Agency and others – WLR Daily

Posted December 16th, 2010 in costs, environmental protection, law reports, protective costs orders by sally

Regina (Edwards and another) v Environment Agency and others [2010] UKSC 57; [2011] WLR (D) 327

“The function of costs officers was to carry out detailed assessments of costs, subject to any directions that might be given to them by the court. Decisions as to whether the receiving party should receive less than 100% of the assessed costs were reserved to the court.”

WLR Daily, 15th December 2010

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JSC BTA Bank v Kythreotis and others – WLR Daily

Posted December 16th, 2010 in contempt of court, freezing injunctions, law reports, third parties by sally

JSC BTA Bank v Kythreotis and others [2010] EWCA Civ 1436; [2010] WLR (D) 326

“The words ‘his assets’ in the standard form of freezing order in the Commercial Court Guide included assets which the respondent to the order held as a trustee or nominee for a third party.”

WLR Daily, 14th December 2010

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted December 16th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Supreme Court

Principal Reporter v K & Ors (Scotland) [2010] UKSC 56 (15 December 2010)

Revenue and Customs v DCC Holdings (UK) Ltd [2010] UKSC 58 (15 December 2010)

Edwards & Anor, R (on the application of) v Environment Agency & Ors [2010] UKSC 57 (15 December 2010)

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Pluck v R [2010] EWCA Crim 2936 (15 December 2010)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Friends of Basildon Golf Course, R (on the application of) v Basildon District Council [2010] EWCA Civ 1432 (14 December 2010)

Faulkner, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Justice the Parole Board [2010] EWCA Civ 1434 (14 December 2010)

Betterment Properties (Weymouth) Ltd v James Carthy & Company Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 1401 (15 December 2010)

Al Hassan-Daniel & Anor v HM Revenue and Customs & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 1443 (15 December 2010)

Osborn & Anor v The Parole Board [2010] EWCA Civ 1409 (15 December 2010)

Pankhurst v Lee White Motor Insurers Bureau [2010] EWCA Civ 1445 (15 December 2010)

Dennard & Ors v Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP [2010] EWCA Civ 1437 (15 December 2010)

Baldwin & Anor v Berryland Books [2010] EWCA Civ 1440 (15 December 2010)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

France v Freemans Solicitors & Anor [2010] EWHC 3291 (QB) (15 December 2010)

High Court (Administrative Court)

ASDA Stores Ltd & Anor, R (on the application of) v Council of the Borough of South Tyneside & Ors [2010] EWHC 3285 (Admin) (14 December 2010)

High Court (Patents Court)

Numatic International Ltd v Qualtex (UK) Ltd [2010] EWHC 1797 (Pat) (12 July 2010)

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted December 15th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil division)

Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority v Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 1433 (14 December 2010)

JSC BTA Bank v Kythreotis & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 1436 (14 December 2010)

Court of Appeal (CriminalDivision)

Ahmed v R. [2010] EWCA Crim 2899 (14 December 2010)

High Court (Administrative Court)

London Borough of Croydon v Pinch A Pound (UK) Ltd [2010] EWHC 3283 (Admin) (14 December 2010)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Independent Trustee Services Ltd v GP Noble Trustees Ltd & Ors [2010] EWHC 3275 (Ch) (14 December 2010)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Servaas Incorporated v Rafidain Bank & Ors [2010] EWHC 3287 (Ch) (14 December 2010)

Fiona Trust & Holding Corporation Ors v Privalov Ors [2010] EWHC 3199 (Comm) (10 December 2010)

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Carroll v Kynaston – WLR Daily

Posted December 15th, 2010 in contracts, costs, damages, law reports by sally

Carroll v Kynaston [2010] EWCA Civ 1404; [2010] WLR (D) 325

“A party to a settlement agreement was not entitled to claim in a further action by way of damages the amount by which the costs awarded him fell short of the costs actually incurred by him.”

WLR Daily, 14th December 2010

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted December 14th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Pink Floyd Music Ltd & Anor v EMI Records Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 1429 (14 December 2010)

Gill v Woodall & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 1430 (14 December 2010)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Jessop v Nixon [2010] EWHC 3211 (QB) (14 December 2010)

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In re Nortel GmbH and related companies; In re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (in administration) and related companies – WLR Daily

Posted December 14th, 2010 in administrators, contribution, debts, insolvency, law reports by sally

In re Nortel GmbH and related companies; In re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (in administration) and related companies [2010] EWHC 3010 (Ch); [2010] WLR (D) 324

“Liabilities arising from the financial support direction (‘FSD’) regime created by the Pensions Act 2004 upon companies in administration or liquidation were payable as a liquidation or administration expense.”

WLR Daily, 13th December 2010

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Paponette and others v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago – WLR Daily

Posted December 14th, 2010 in burden of proof, law reports, public interest, Trinidad & Tobago by sally

Paponette and others v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago [2010] UKPC 32; [2010] WLR (D) 323

“A court could not infer from the bare fact that a public body had acted in breach of a legitimate expectation that it must have done so to further some overriding public interest.”

WLR Daily, 13th December 2010

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted December 13th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Carroll v Kynaston [2010] EWCA Civ 1404 (13 December 2010)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Smith v ADVFN Plc & Ors [2010] EWHC 3255 (QB) (13 December 2010)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Public Interest Lawyers v Legal Services Commission [2010] EWHC 3277 (Admin) (13 December 2010)

High Court (Patents Court)

Pfizer Health AB & Anor v Schwarz Pharma AG & Ors [2010] EWHC 3236 (Pat) (08 December 2010)

High Court (Commercial Court)

AAG Investments Ltd v BAA Airports Ltd [2010] EWHC 2844 (Comm) (09 November 2010)

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