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
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
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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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
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
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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“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.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th March 2008
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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 [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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“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 [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 [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
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
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)
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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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
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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Smith (Jean) v Northamptonshire County Council
Court of Appeal
“A council which had no control over a ramp not on its property was not strictly liable to an employee who was injured on it.”
The Times, 24th March 2008
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Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Jurkowska v Hlmad Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 231 (19 March 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Langston Group Corp v Cardiff City Football Club Ltd [2008] EWHC 535 (Ch) (19 March 2008)
IGT / Acres Gaming Inc, Re [2008] EWHC 568 (Ch) (19 March 2008)
Wilson v Yahoo! UK Ltd & Anor [2008] EWHC 361 (Ch) (20 February 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Tamarevichute v Russian Federation [2008] EWHC 534 (Admin) (19 March 2008)
McLean v The High Court of Dublin, Ireland [2008] EWHC 547 (Admin) (19 March 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Olumba, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 408 (20 February 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
European Central Bank v Document Security Systems Incorporated [2008] EWCA Civ 192 (19 March 2008)
Jurkowska v Hlmad Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 231 (19 March 2008)
T (a child) v Wakefield Metropolitan District Council [2008] EWCA Civ 199 (19 March 2008)
G (a child) No. 2, Re [2008] EWCA Civ 105_2 (19 March 2008)
VN (Uganda) v Entry Clearance Officer [2008] EWCA Civ 232 (19 March 2008)
T (Children: Placement Order), Re [2008] EWCA Civ 542 (19 March 2008)
Porter v Shepherds Bush Housing Association [2008] EWCA Civ 196 (19 March 2008)
G (a child) No. 2, Re [2008] EWCA Civ 105_2 (19 March 2008)
High court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Harrison v Harrison [2008] EWHC 362 (QB) (31 January 2008)
Schwarzschild v Harrods Ltd [2008] EWHC 521 (QB) (19 March 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Walker v Kenley & Anor [2008] EWHC 370 (Ch) (29 February 2008)
Oun v Ahmad [2008] EWHC 545 (Ch) (19 March 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Doughty v Ely Magistrates’ Court & Anor [2008] EWHC 522 (Admin) (07 March 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Verizon UK Ltd v Swiftnet Ltd [2008] EWHC 551 (Comm) (19 March 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
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