Mason v Satelcom Ltd and Another
Court of Appeal
“The owner of a room in which a workman fell from a ladder which he happened to find there was not liable to contribute to his damages even though the ladder was under the owner’s control.”
The Times, 4th June 2008
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Court of Appeal
“Where a claimant had obtained judgment as to liability and had been awarded damages exceeding an earlier payment-in, the judge was none the less empowered to award costs in favour of the losing party or to make no order for costs.”
The Times, 4th June 2008
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Gichura v Home Office and Another
Court of Appeal
“Fulfilling a public duty and providing services could occur at the same time.”
The Times, 4th June 2008
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High Court (Chancery Division)
Transview Properties Ltd v City Site Properties Ltd [2008] EWHC 1221 (Ch) (03 June 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Nicholson v Knox Ukiwa & Co (a firm) & Anor [2008] EWHC 1222 (QB) (02 June 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Owners were in breach of time charters because the vessels chartered did not comply with the amended Marine Pollution Convention as warranted with the result that the vessels could not carry to all specified ports the full range of petroleum products set out in the charterparty.”
WLR Daily, 2nd June 2008
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.
Kapur v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks
Chancery Division
“The exclusion within section 1(2)(c) of the Patents Act 1977 stating that schemes rules and methods for performing mental acts were not to be regarded as inventions should be construed narrowly. What should be considered was whether a claim actually covered a purely mental implementation of a claimed invention.”
The Times, 3rd June 2008
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Romantiek Transport BVBA and Others v Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
Court of Appeal
“A Belgian road haulier’s licence empowered a licensed haulier to engage in temporary road haulage in the United Kingdom but any full-time operation in the UK was illegal without a current licence granted by the UK licensing authority.”
The Times, 3rd June 2008
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Moulai v Deputy Public Prosecutor, Creteil
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“Late service of a copy of a duly filed appeal notice was not a fatal bar to an appeal against an extradition order.”
The Times, 2nd June 2008
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Enfield Technical Services Ltd v Payne Grace v B. F. Components Ltd
Court of Appeal
“Where an employee had been treated as self-employed but was later found to have been employed, he was not necessarily precluded from claiming unfair dismissal on the ground of illegality, since in order for a contract of employment to be unlawfully performed there had to be some form of misrepresentation as to the facts.”
The Times, 2nd June 2008
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MO (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for Home Department
Court of Appeal
“Where no transitional provisions existed, applications made under a previous regime of rules would be adjudged under the current replacement rules.”
The Times, 2nd June 2008
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Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Mankowski, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1109 (01 May 2008)
Lockwood, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1099 (01 May 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Scammell & Anor v Farmer [2008] EWHC 1100 (Ch) (22 May 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
BT v JRT [2008] EWHC 1169 (Fam) (22 May 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina (Smith) v Assistant Deputy Coroner for Oxfordshire; Secretary of State for Defence v Same
Queen’s Bench Division
“The right to life, protected by article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, could extend to members of the Armed Forces, wherever they might be; whether it did so would depend on the circumstances of the particular case.”
The Times, 30th May 2008
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High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Adorian v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2008] EWHC 1081 (QB) (19 May 2008)
P & Ors v Quigley [2008] EWHC 1051 (QB) (16 May 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Focus (DIY) Ltd v London Borough of Hillingdon [2008] EWHC 1152 (Admin) (09 May 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Court of Appeal
“In contentious adoption cases, where the court was dispensing with parental consent, the question of any contact between the children and their family members was for the court and not the local authority to resolve.”
The Times, 29th May 2008
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Regina (HSMP Forum Ltd) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Queen’s Bench Division
“The introduction of a new and more restrictive regime for highly skilled immigrants was unlawful because it prejudiced people already admitted to the UK under an earlier regime by reducing their opportunity to gain permanent rights of residency.”
The Times, 29th May 2008
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High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Norbrook Laboratories (Gb) Ltd v Adair & Anor [2008] EWHC 978 (QB) (06 May 2008)
Crowley v Surrey County Council & Ors [2008] EWHC 1102 (QB) (20 May 2008)
WRN Ltd. v Ayris [2008] EWHC 1080 (QB) (21 May 2008)
Sandford & Anor v London Borough of Waltham Forest [2008] EWHC 1106 (QB) (21 May 2008)
BRB (Residuary) Ltd. v Connex South Eastern Ltd [2008] EWHC 1172 (QB) (23 May 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Bristol Magistrates Court [2008] EWHC 1153 (Admin) (07 May 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“Preventing detained mental patients from smoking was not a breach of article 8, right to respect for private and family life, or article 14, prohibiting discrimination, of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 28th May 2008
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S-H v Kingston upon Hull City Council and Another
Court of Appeal
“In order to decide whether to grant leave to a parent to apply for revocation of an order placing a child for adoption, the correct test to be applied by the court was whether, in all the circumstances, including the parents’ prospects of securing revocation and the child’s interests, leave should be given.”
The Times, 28th May 2008
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