Chancery Division
“The function of the adjudicator to the Land Registry in relation to the entry of a restriction was not limited to determining whether the applicant had demonstrated an arguable claim within the meaning of section 42(1)(c) of the Land Registration Act 2002.”
The Times, 9th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal
“Where a consent order provided for costs to be assessed on the standard basis, the costs judge was not entitled to vary that order or tie himself to assessing by reference to the small claims track.”
The Times, 9th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina v T (N) [2010] EWCA Crim 711; [2010] WLR (D) 93
“The prosecution were not entitled to apply for leave to appeal against a terminating ruling made by a judge in a Crown Court on a trial on indictment, unless it had complied with the mandatory requirements of s 58(4) and (8) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, following the making of the ruling, of informing the court that it intended to appeal or requesting an adjournment to consider such an appeal and, before or at that time, informing the court that it agreed that the defendant should be acquitted if leave to appeal was not obtained or the appeal was abandoned before being determined.”
WLR Daily, 7th April 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“There was a public interest in issues such as the status, relevance and application of policy documents of general application emerging from the Revenue and Customs Commissioners, or any government department, being resolved in the Administrative Court, since it was the court with expertise in that area.”
WLR Daily, 7th April 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Guidance for county courts hearing applications for possession orders by local authority landlords of non-secure tenancies where the occupier, being an introductory tenant or a homeless person housed by the local authority, sought to challenge the local authority’s decision to recover possession as an improper exercise of its powers at common law on the ground that it was a decision that no reasonable person would consider justifiable.”
WLR Daily, 7th April 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Hilmi and Associates Ltd v 20 Pembridge Villas Freehold Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 314; [2010] WLR (D) 90
“Where, before the coming into force of the Companies Act 2006, a corporate tenant served notice, pursuant to s 13 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, seeking to exercise a statutory right to acquire the applicable freehold, it was required, for the notice to be valid, to affix its corporate seal, or to supply the signature of two directors or a director and the company secretary.”
WLR Daily, 7th April 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Queen’s Bench Division
“The psychological effect of such works as gate piers set across a public footpath, so as to denote private property, was relevant when deciding whether those works amounted to a significant obstruction of the highway so that an order might be required for their removal by the local highway authority.”
The Times, 8th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Bilkus v Stockler Brunton (a Firm)
Court of Appeal
“A solicitor rendering his fee note had to consider carefully, if charging uplift, whether the relevant work was contentious or non-contentious.”
The Times, 8th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Attorney General Reference No. 116 of 2009 [2010] EWCA Crim 577 (11 March 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Raissi v Secretary of State for Justice [2010] EWCA Civ 337 (31 March 2010)
Clarke & Anor v Corless & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 338 (31 March 2010)
Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission v Mitchell [2010] EWCA Civ 333 (30 March 2010)
British Chiropractic Association v Singh [2010] EWCA Civ 350 (01 April 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Bailey, R (on the application of) v Central Criminal Court [2010] EWHC 667 (Admin) (19 March 2010)
High Court (Patents Court)
Schutz (UK) Ltd v Werit UK Ltd & Anor [2010] EWHC 660 (Pat) (31 March 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A controversial court which hears all of its cases in secret will open its doors to the media from today, following a successful legal challenge by The Independent which was immediately hailed as a ‘hugely important’ victory for transparency.”
The Independent, 1st April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Davis v R [2010] EWCA Crim 708 (31 March 2010)
Greaves & Ors v R [2010] EWCA Crim 709 (31 March 2010)
Delucca, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 710 (31 March 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Vaughan v Vaughan [2010] EWCA Civ 349 (31 March 2010)
A v Independent News & Media Ltd & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 343 (31 March 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
West Sussex County Council v Amberley (UK) Ltd & Anor [2010] EWHC 651 (QB) (31 March 2010)
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2010] EWHC 700 (QB) (31 March 2010)
Baturina v Times Newspapers Ltd [2010] EWHC 696 (QB) (31 March 2010)
MGB Printing and Design Ltd v Kall Kwik UK Ltd [2010] EWHC 624 (QB) (31 March 2010)
JO1 v Garret & Anor [2010] EWHC 657 (QB) (31 March 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Independent Trustee Services Ltd & Anor v Knell [2010] EWHC 650 (Ch) (31 March 2010)
Moore v Holdsworth & Ors [2010] EWHC 683 (Ch) (12 March 2010)
High Court (Family Division)
G v E & Ors [2010] EWHC 621 (Fam) (26 March 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Revenue & Customs Prosecution Office v Taylor [2010] EWHC 715 (Admin) (31 March 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Berezovsky v Abramovich [2010] EWHC 647 (Comm) (31 March 2010)
High Court (Technology and Contruction Court)
Brookfield Construction (UK) Ltd v Mott Macdonald Ltd [2010] EWHC 659 (TCC) (31 March 2010)
High Court (Patents Court)
Schutz (UK) Ltd v Werit UK Ltd & Anor [2010] EWHC 660 (Pat) (31 March 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Malik v Kalyan; Kalyan v Malik
Court of Appeal
“It was usually good practice for a judge to see where a line of questioning might be going before stopping it.”
The Times, 1st April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Shah and Another v HSBC Private Bank (UK) Ltd
Court of Appeal
“Where a bank entertained suspicion about money-laundering concerning a proposed transaction on a customer’s account, and had failed to carry out instructions promptly, the customer might be entitled to proceed with a claim in breach of contract or duty.”
The Times, 1st April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Smallman & Anor, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 548 (30 March 2010)
Anderson v R. [2010] EWCA Crim 615 (30 March 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Mezey v South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust [2010] EWCA Civ 293 (30 March 2010)
Holliday & Anor v Musa & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 335 (30 March 2010)
B (Children), Re [2010] EWCA Civ 324 (30 March 2010)
Launahurst Ltd v Larner [2010] EWCA Civ 334 (30 March 2010)
Salford City Council v Mullen [2010] EWCA Civ 336 (30 March 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Higgins v Ministry of Defence [2010] EWHC 654 (QB) (30 March 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Habibsons Bank Ltd v Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd [2010] EWHC 702 (Comm) (30 March 2010)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Banner Holdings Ltd v Colchester Borough Council (No 2) [2010] EWHC 655 (TCC) (19 March 2010)
D Morgan Plc v Mace & Jones (a firm) & Anor [2010] EWHC 697 (TCC) (23 March 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Attorney General Reference No 80 of 2009 [2010] EWCA Crim 470 (24 February 2010)
Chen, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 446 (02 March 2010)
Seton v R. [2010] EWCA Crim 450 (12 March 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Hilmi & Associates Ltd v 20 Pembridge Villas Freehold Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 314 (30 March 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Kaschke v Gray & Anor [2010] EWHC 690 (QB) (29 March 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Saunders v The Hearing Aid Council [2010] EWHC 629 (Admin) (29 March 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Court of Appeal
“A party was not precluded from raising a matter before the costs judge on an assessment of costs which it had not raised before the trial judge when he exercised his discretion as to costs.”
The Times, 30th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Shell UK Ltd v Total UK Ltd and Others; Total UK Ltd v Chevron Ltd
Court of Appeal
“A duty of care was owed to a beneficial owner of property by a defendant who could reasonably foresee that his negligent actions would damage that property.”
The Times, 30th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Lewis v Yeeles [2010] EWCA Civ 326 (29 March 2010)
Silvera v Bray Walker Solicitors (A Firm) & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 332 (29 March 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Seymour Pierce Ltd v Grandtop International Holdings Ltd [2010] EWHC 676 (QB) (29 March 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation & Anor v Newzbin Ltd [2010] EWHC 608 (Ch) (29 March 2010)
Jeffries v Archer [2010] EWHC 679 (Ch) (29 March 2010)
Sita UK Ltd v Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority [2010] EWHC 680 (Ch) (29 March 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Cecil & Ors v Bayat & Ors [2010] EWHC 641 (Comm) (29 March 2010)
High Court (Patents Court)
Red Spider Technology v Omega Completions Technology [2010] EWHC 59 (Pat) (21 January 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
In re G (a Child) (Special guardianship order: Application to discharge)
Court of Appeal
“Since a mother had demonstrated a change in circumstances, her application for the discharge of a special guardianship order would be granted.”
The Times, 29th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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