Category: law reports

Wasa International Insurance Co Ltd v Lexington Insurance Co – Times Law Reports

Posted April 3rd, 2008 in contracts, environmental protection, insurance, law reports by sally

Wasa International Insurance Co Ltd v Lexington Insurance Co; AGF Insurance Ltd v Same

Court of Appeal

“The English court would construe contracts of insurance and reinsurance to give effect to the intention of the parties to cover environmental damage, unless there were clear indications to the contrary.”

The Times, 3rd April 2008

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Shepherds Bush Housing Association v Porter – Times Law Reports

Posted April 2nd, 2008 in housing, law reports, trespass by sally

Shepherds Bush Housing Association v Porter

Court of Appeal

“A tolerated trespasser could not seek the discretion of the court to revise a possession order made under the Housing Act 1985 suspended on terms, or to vary the terms, or to extend time to comply with the terms.”

The Times, 2nd April 2008

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Lambeth London Borough Council v TK and Another – Times Law Reports

Posted April 2nd, 2008 in children, law reports by sally

Lambeth London Borough Council v TK and Another

Court of Appeal

“When, in family proceedings, a court had made a direction under section 37 of the Children Act 1989 that a local authority should investigate the circumstances of a person claiming to be a child and, in response, the local authority concluded that the person was not a child, the court had power to order a fact-finding hearing to determine the issue.”

The Times, 2nd April 2008

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M. and J. Polymers Ltd v Imerys Minerals Ltd – Times Law Reports

Posted April 2nd, 2008 in contracts, law reports, penalties, sale of goods by sally

M. and J. Polymers Ltd v Imerys Minerals Ltd

Queen’s Bench Division

“A take-or-pay clause in a supply contract could, as a matter of principle, amount to a penalty.”

The Times, 2nd April 2008

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Regina (Griffin) v Richmond Magistrates Court – Times Law Reports

Posted March 31st, 2008 in fraud, human rights, insolvency, law reports by sally

Regina (Griffin) v Richmond Magistrates Court

Queen’s Bench Divisional Court

“A defendant charged with failing to deliver up books and papers in the course of the winding-up of a company and who raised the statutory defence of no intent to defraud bore a legal burden rather than an evidential one; that burden was not incompatible with the right to a fair trial.”

The Times, 31st March 2008

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Ministry of Justice v Prison Officers’ Association – Times Law Reports

Posted March 31st, 2008 in human rights, industrial action, law reports, prison officers by sally

Ministry of Justice v Prison Officers’ Association

Queen’s Bench Division

“Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights guaranteeing freedom of assembly and association, conferred no express right to strike and it was not breached by a court order forbidding any form of industrial action.”

The Times, 31st March 2008

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted March 26th, 2008 in law reports by sally

High Court (Administrative Court)

Secretary of State for the Home Department v AE [2008] EWHC 585 (Admin) (20 March 2008)

High Court (Family Division)

S v S [2008] EWHC 519 (Fam) (19 March 2008)

High Court (Queen’s Bench division)

Oakes v Neininger & Ors [2008] EWHC 548 (QB) (19 March 2008)

High Court (Patents Court)

Symbian Ltd v Comptroller General Of Patents [2008] EWHC 518 (Pat) (18 March 2008)

Regina (Rayner) v Secretary of State for Justice – Times Law Reports

Posted March 26th, 2008 in human rights, law reports, mental health, tribunals by sally

Regina (Rayner) v Secretary of State for Justice

Court of Appeal

“The statutory scheme dealing with the referral of a recalled mental patient to a mental health review tribunal was not incompatible with the patient’s rights under article 5.4 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”

The Times, 26th March 2008

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Casewell v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Times Law Reports

Posted March 26th, 2008 in benefits, disabled persons, law reports, social security by sally

Casewell v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Court of Appeal

“The payment of an allowance to a disabled wife to pay for carer service was part of the husband’s income for assessing his income support if he was that carer.”

The Times, 26th March 2008

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Free law pioneer will publish vital precedents free for the first time – OUT-LAW.com

Posted March 25th, 2008 in internet, law reports, news, publishing by sally

“A free law publication charity will publish the UK’s 3,000 most important legal decisions freely for the first time by June. The project will involve publishing vital rulings, dating back to the nineteenth century, on which UK common law is based.”

Full story

OUT-LAW.com, 20th March 2008

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R v Ngyuen – WLR Daily

Posted March 25th, 2008 in bad character, evidence, law reports by sally

R v Ngyuen [2008] EWCA Crim 585; [2008] WLR (D) 94

“The mere fact that the Crown chose to rely on bad character evidence which it had decided not to make the subject of a criminal charge could not of itself have such an adverse effect on the fairness of the proceedings that the court ought not to admit that evidence.”

WLR Daily, 20th March 2008

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Lichter & Schwarz (a partnership) v Rubin – WLR Daily

Posted March 25th, 2008 in disclosure, freezing injunctions, law reports by sally

Lichter & Schwarz (a partnership) v Rubin [2008] EWHC 450 (Ch D); [2008] WLR (D) 93

“On an interim application for the disclosure of ‘information about relevant property or assets which are or may be the subject of an application for a freezing injunction’ pursuant to CPR r 25.1(1)(g), it was only necessary to show that a freezing order could be applied for and whether or not that application would be successful was not a matter on which the court could form a view at that stage; it need only be satisfied that there were credible grounds for making an application if so advised.”

WLR Daily, 20th March 2008

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Westminster City Council v IC (a protected party by his litigation friend) and others – WLR Daily

Posted March 25th, 2008 in conflict of laws, disabled persons, jurisdiction, law reports, marriage by sally

Westminster City Council v IC (a protected party by his litigation friend) and others [2008] EWCA Civ 198; [2008] WLR (D) 92

“A judge did not have jurisdiction to make a declaration that a marriage based on lack of consent was not valid under English law, since such a marriage was voidable and not void ab intitio. The judge should have declared that the marriage was not recognised as a valid marriage in this jurisdiction.”

WLR Daily, 20th March 2008

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Wakefield Metropolitan District Council v T – WLR Daily

Posted March 25th, 2008 in children, law reports, supervision orders by sally

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council v T [2008] EWCA Civ 199; [2008] WLR (D) 91

“A supervision order made pursuant to s 31 of and para 6 of Sch 3 to the Children Act 1989 had an initial life of 12 months and could be extended for a further two years maximum.”

WLR Daily, 20th March 2008

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B v B – WLR Daily

Posted March 25th, 2008 in divorce, law reports by sally

B v B [2008] EWCA Civ 543; [2008] WLR (D) 90

“In ancillary relief cases the source and origin of assets was one of the factors that had to be taken into account in determining distribution since the primary objectives of the exercise were fairness and an absence of discrimination between the parties.”

WLR Daily, 20th March 2008

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Halabi (a Bankrupt) v Camden London Borough Council and Another – Times Law Reports

Posted March 25th, 2008 in bankruptcy, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

Halabi (a Bankrupt) v Camden London Borough Council and Another

Chancery Division

“The current practice in some county courts of annulling a bankruptcy order, on the basis of an undertaking from the bankrupt’s solicitor to pay the debts, costs and expenses of the bankruptcy, was not within the jurisdiction of the court.”

The Times, 25th March 2008

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Omar v Westminster City Council – Times Law Reports

Posted March 25th, 2008 in homelessness, housing, law reports, local government by sally

Omar v Westminster City Council

Court of Appeal

“An officer reviewing a local authority decision that it had discharged its housing duty by offering suitable acccommodation had to examine the facts as they appeared at the date of that decision.”

The Times, 25th March 2008

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Giles v Rhind and Another (No 2) – Times Law Reports

Posted March 25th, 2008 in jurisdiction, law reports, limitations by sally

Giles v Rhind and Another (No 2)

Court of Appeal

“The court had power to extend the limitation period where a party, allegedly in breach of duty, had entered into a transaction defrauding creditors.”

The Times, 25th March 2008

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Drake v Harbour – Times Law Reports

Posted March 25th, 2008 in causation, law reports, negligence by sally

Drake v Harbour

Court of Appeal

“Where a claimant proved both that a defendant was negligent and that loss ensued which was of a kind likely to have resulted from such negligence, that would ordinarily be enough to enable a court to infer that it was probably so caused, even if the claimant was unable to prove positively the precise mechanism.”

The Times, 24th March 2008

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EB (Togo) and Another v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports

Posted March 25th, 2008 in delay, deportation, immigration, law reports by sally

EB (Togo) and Another v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Court of Appeal

“Very lengthy delay in processing an application for indefinite leave to remain by a National Health Service employee who had returned to the UK despite a deportation order did not invalidate the order.”

The Times, 24th March 2008

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