4 Eng Ltd v Harper and another [2008] EWHC 915 (Ch); [2008] WLR (D) 131
“There was no objection in principle to recovery of damages for loss of a chance in an action for deceit.”
WLR Daily, 30th April 2008
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Regina (BAPIO Action Ltd and Another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Another
House of Lords
“Government guidance to National Health Service employers which had the effect of preventing overseas trainee doctors from being offered postgraduate training places in NHS hospitals was unlawful.”
The Times, 1st May 2008
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Court of Appeal
“An estate agent was entitled to a commission under a sole agency agreement only if he introduced to the client a person who was the eventual purchaser.”
The Times, 1st May 2008
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High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
L Brown & Sons Ltd v Crosby Homes (North West) Ltd [2008] EWHC 817 (TCC) (23 April 2008)
Avoncroft Construction Ltd v Sharba Homes (CN) Ltd [2008] EWHC 933 (TCC) (29 April 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Ide v ATB Sales Ltd & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 424 (28 April 2008)
Whitecap Leisure Ltd v John H. Rundle Ltd. [2008] EWCA Civ 429 (28 April 2008)
Consistent Group Ltd v Kalwak & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 430 (29 April 2008)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
G v R [2008] EWCA Crim 922 (29 April 2008)
Purcell v R [2008] EWCA Crim 894 (29 April 2008)
Diamond, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 923 (29 April 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National Plc & 7 Ors [2008] EWHC 875 (Comm) (24 April 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
McCartney v McCartney [2008] EWHC 401 (Fam) (17 March 2008)
Nottingham City Council v G & Ors [2008] EWHC 540 (Fam) (18 March 2008)
S v S [2008] EWHC 519 (Fam) (19 March 2008)
London Borough of Ealing v KS & Ors [2008] EWHC 636 (Fam) (03 April 2008)
Regina v Hodgson; Regina v Pollin
Court of Appeal
“Where appellants had originally been charged with attempted murder but after discussion agreed to admit a lesser charge, the fact that ‘intent’ was omitted from the indictment was not a fatal flaw.”
The Times, 30th April 2008
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Court of Appeal
“It was wholly inappropriate for a judge to make an order which he himself acknowledged was plainly wrong.”
The Times, 30th April 2008
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B v B (Ancillary relief: Distribution of assets)
Court of Appeal
“The source and origin of assets should be taken into account in considering ancillary relief since the primary objectives were fairness and an absence of discrimination between the parties.”
The Times, 30th April 2008
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Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc and Others
Queen’s Bench Division
“Terms in standard form contracts between bank and customer providing for relevant charges were not exempt from assessment as to fairness.”
The Times, 29th April 2008
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“Where a public official reasonably believed that information had been given under a statutory procedure in circumstances which gave rise at that time to a reasonable expectation of privacy, and the statute prohibited disclosure for purposes other than those to which the Act related, that information was exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.”
WLR Daily, 28th April 2008
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Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Accompanying papers of great bulk and some complexity did not turn an unarguable, unmeritorious, application for leave to appeal against conviction into one which was arguable; nor did bulk and complexity operate as some kind of unspoken barrier to making a loss-of-time order under section 29 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968.”
The Times, 28th April 2008
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Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Sentences of life imprisonment under section 225 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 should be reserved for cases where the culpability of the offender was particularly high or the offence particularly grave.”
The Times, 28th April 2008
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Islington London Borough Council v Honeygan-Green
Court of Appeal
“An order for possession made against a secure tenant did not defeat her right to acquire a long lease of a tenanted flat; if the possession order had been discharged the tenant’s right to acquire revived.”
The Times, 28th April 2008
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Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Roden & Anor, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 879 (23 April 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Perkin & Anor v Lupton Fawcett (a firm) [2008] EWCA Civ 418 (24 April 2008)
High Court (Chancery)
Hartshorne v Gardner [2008] EWHC B3 (Ch) (14 March 2008)
Rousselon Freres Et CIE v Horwood Homewares Ltd [2008] EWHC 881 (Ch) (24 April 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Chambers & Anor v Guildford Borough Council [2008] EWHC 826 (QB) (22 April 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
A, K, M, Q & G v HM Treasury [2008] EWHC 869 (Admin) (24 April 2008)
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Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc and Others [2008] EWHC 875 (Comm); [2008] WLR (D) 128
“Terms in standard form contracts between bank and customer providing for relevant charges were not exempt from assessment as to fairness under reg 6 of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999.”
WLR Daily, 25th April 2008
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R v Ibrahim and others [2008] EWCA Crim 880; [2008] WLR (D) 127
“Evidence obtained during ‘safety’ interviews conducted with a defendant under the provisions of the Terrorism Act 2000 was admissible at his subsequent trial subject to the ordinary principles governing a fair trial, and the over-arching provisions in s 78 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.”
WLR Daily, 25th April 2008
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Secretary of State for the Home Department v AF (No 3)
Queen’s Bench Division
“Fair trial provisions guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights could not be overcome by a claim that the offended party’s case had no possible chance of success.”
The Times, 25th April 2008
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Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Fowler v Barron [2008] EWCA Civ 377 (23 April 2008)
Enfield Technical Services Ltd. v Payne & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 393 (22 April 2008)
Foxtons Ltd. v Bicknell & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 419 (23 April 2008)
Green Lane Products Ltd v PMS International Group Plc & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 358 (23 April 2008)
Secretary of State for Work & Pensions v Burley & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 376 (23 April 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
Leeds City Council v Mrs YX [2008] EWHC 802 (Fam) (14 March 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Seray-Wurie v The Charity Commission of England & Wales [2008] EWHC 870 (QB) (23 April 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Temple Legal Protection Ltd v QBE Insurance (Europe) Ltd [2008] EWHC 843 (Comm) (23 April 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
R (Compton) v Wiltshire Primary Care Trust; [2008] WLR (D) 123
“There was no test of exceptionality to be applied before a protective costs order could be made.”
WLR Daily, 23rd April 2008
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Carver v BAA plc [2008] EWCA Civ 412; [2008] WLR (D) 122
“Where a claimant had obtained judgment as to liability, and an award in damages of a sum exceeding an earlier payment in, a judge was empowered by CPR r 36.14(1) to adopt a broad approach when considering costs and the question whether the result was ‘more advantageous’ vis à vis a refused payment in, and he was entitled if appropriate to award costs in favour of a losing party or to make no order for costs.”
WLR Daily, 23rd April 2008
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