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)
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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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Ashley and Another v Chief Constable of Sussex Police
House of Lords
“A civil claim against the police for assault and battery by the family of an unarmed man shot dead during a police raid was not to be struck out despite the responsible officer’s acquittal of murder because, in civil law, a plea of mistaken self-defence required not only that the assailant’s mistaken belief that he had been under threat had been honestly held, as required by the criminal law, but also that it had been reasonably held.”
The Times, 24th April 2008
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Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Ibrahim & Ors, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 880 (23 April 2008)
Clarke v R [2008] EWCA Crim 651 (23 April 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Green Lane Products Ltd v PMS International Group Plc & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 358 (23 April 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
First Independent Factors & Finance Ltd v Mountford [2008] EWHC 835 (Ch) (23 April 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
Leeds City Council v Mrs YX [2008] EWHC 802 (Fam) (14 March 2008)
High Court (Administrative Division)
Ellis v The Law Society [2008] EWHC 561 (Admin) (23 April 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Laroche v Spirit of Adventure (UK) Ltd (in Liquidation)
Queen’s Bench Division
“A hot-air balloon could be categorised as an aircraft within the meaning of the Non International Rules contained in Schedule 1 to the Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) Order (SI 1967 No 480). The rules provided the sole cause of action and remedy against a carrier available to a claimant in respect of injuries caused by it to him.”
The Times, 23rd April 2008
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Nnyanzi v United Kingdom (Application No 21878/06)
European Court of Human Rights
“There was no reason to belive that an applicant who unsuccessfully sought asylum, on the basis of her father’s political activities in Uganda, would be ill treated on her expulsion to that state.”
The Times, 23rd April 2008
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Birkdale School v Revenue and Customs Commissioners
Chancery Division
“Value-added tax was not payable by independent schools on charges made to parents for optional participation in fee refund arrangements; there was a single supply of educational services to parents when they participated in such schemes.”
The Times, 23rd April 2008
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Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Shabir, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 854 (07 March 2008)
Zotiades, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 753 (14 March 2008)
Fisher, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 714 (14 March 2008)
Giga, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 703 (18 March 2008)
Ikram & Anor, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 586 (19 March 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Honeygan-Green v London Borough of Islington [2008] EWCA Civ 363 (22 April 2008)
Looe Fuels Ltd v Looe Harbour Commissioners [2008] EWCA Civ 414 (22 April 2008)
Carver v BAA Plc [2008] EWCA Civ 412 (22 April 2008)
Arbery & Anor, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 702 (19 March 2008)
High Court (Administrative Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
London Borough of Harrow v Ibrahim & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 386 (21 April 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Buhler AG v FP Spomax SA [2008] EWHC 823 (Ch) (21 April 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Cotton (t/a Allmat Enterprises) v Rickard Metals Inc [2008] EWHC 824 (QB) (21 April 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Farah, R (on the application of) v General Medical Council [2008] EWHC 731 (Admin) (02 April 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Gallaher International Ltd v TLAIS Enterprises Ltd [2008] EWHC 804 (Comm) (18 April 2008)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Taylor Woodrow Construction v RMD Kwikform Ltd [2008] EWHC 825 (TCC) (17 April 2008)
High Court (Patents Court)
Research In Motion UK Ltd v Visto Corporation [2008] EWHC 819 (Pat) (17 April 2008)
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