Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“A person who solicited another to commit murder as a secondary, as opposed to principal party was none the less guilty of the offence of soliciting another to murder.”
The Times, 20th December 2007
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Law Society of England and Wales and Others v Shah and Others
Chancery Division
“Where a third party was not able to pursue a debt claim directly against a bankrupt due to the fact that the bankruptcy had been discharged, thereby extinguishing the claim, the third party could none the less pursue the claim against the bankrupt’s insurers once the third party had obtained a decision admitting the claim in bankruptcy.”
The Times, 20th December 2007
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High Court (Administrative Court)
Jaso & Ors v Central Criminal Court No.2 Madrid [2007] EWHC 2983 (Admin) (14 December 2007)
Haw & Anor v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court [2007] EWHC 2960 (Admin) (12 December 2007)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Musawi v RE International (UK) Ltd & Ors [2007] EWHC 2981 (Ch) (14 December 2007)
Stockler Charity (a firm) v Revenue and Customs [2007] EWHC 2967 (Ch) (13 December 2007)
Hawkes v Cuddy & Ors [2007] EWHC 2999 (Ch) (13 December 2007)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Pierce v Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council [2007] EWHC 2968 (QB) (13 December 2007)
Source: www.bailii.org
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council v Ware [2007] EWCA Civ 1359 (18 December 2007)
Nelson v Greening & Sykes (Builders) Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 1358 (18 December 2007)
Hall & Ors v Stone [2007] EWCA Civ 1354 (18 December 2007)
Von Essen Hotels 5 Ltd v Vaughan & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 1349 (17 December 2007)
Collier v P & M J Wright (Holdings) Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 1329 (14 December 2007)
Mote v (Secretary of State for Work and Pensions & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 1324 (14 December 2007)
Entry Clearance Officer, Mumbai v NH (India) [2007] EWCA Civ 1330 (13 December 2007)
Northgate HR Ltd v Mercy [2007] EWCA Civ 1304 (13 December 2007)
Dorning v Personal Representative of Paul Rigby (Deceased) [2007] EWCA Civ 1315 (13 December 2007)
Secretary of State for Work & Pensions v Balding [2007] EWCA Civ 1327 (13 December 2007)
Khudados v Hayden & Ors [2007] EWCA Civ 1316 (13 December 2007)
D v D & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 1277 (12 December 2007)
Dostenko v City of Westminster [2007] EWCA Civ 1325 (12 December 2007)
Smith (On Behalf of the Gypsy Council) v Buckland [2007] EWCA Civ 1318 (12 December 2007)
Accent Peerless Ltd v Kingsdon & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 1314 (12 December 2007)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Hamadi, R. v [2007] EWCA Crim 3048 (18 December 2007)
Lowe v R [2007] EWCA Crim 3047 (14 December 2007)
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“In distinguishing oral promises as either guarantees or indemnities under the Statute of Frauds 1677, the classic criterion relying on interest in the transaction was not to be taken literally; not every interest in the transaction took the promise out of the statute.”
The Times, 19th December 2007
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Kitfix Swallow Group Ltd v Great Gizmos Ltd
“Where English trademark proceedings, in which there was a counterclaim for revocation, were running concurrently with validity proceedings in the Office for the Harmonisation in the Internal Market, there was no presumption that the English proceedings would be stayed.”
The Times, 19th December 2007
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Sumukan Ltd v Commonwealth Secretariat (No 2)
Court of Appeal
“Failure to comply with proper procedure in appointing an arbitrator rendered the appointment invalid and the award a nullity.”
The Times, 18th December 2007
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Regina (Main) v Minister for Legal Aid
Court of Appeal
“An inquest held in public was an inquisitorial, not an adversarial process and the coroner could reasonably be expected to carry out a proper investigation without the assistance of counsel for any victims’ families.”
The Times, 18th December 2007
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Collier v P & M J Wright (Holdings) Ltd
“Where a debtor offered to pay part only of the amount he owed and the evidence showed the creditor voluntarily accepted that offer, and relying on that acceptance the debtor paid that part of the amount he owed in full, the creditor would be bound to accept that sum in full and final satisfaction of the whole debt by virtue of the doctrine of promissory estoppel.”
WLR Daily, 17th December 2007
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Secretary of State for the Home Department v AF (No 2)
Queen’s Bench Division
“A judge who had decided that the making of a nonderogating control order was flawed was not for that reason disqualified from reconsidering the case when it was remitted after a successful appeal.”
The Times, 17th December 2007
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Queen’s Bench Division
“At a review of the decision of a disciplinary hearing into the conduct of a police officer, the chief constable had a discretion whether to allow the attendance of parties other than the officer concerned.”
The Times, 17th December 2007
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Regina v Mohammed; Regina v Osman
Court of Appeal Criminal Division
“When refugees arrived in the United Kingdom without documents or using false ones, a compromise had to be maintained between legislative control over entry, with arrangements reflecting the stark realities faced by refugees with genuine claims, taking account of refugees with bogus claims. “
The Times, 17th December 2007
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“A breach of the requirement, under art 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, that criminal charges against an accused should be determined within a reasonable time did not give rise to a continuing breach which could not be cured save by a discontinuation of proceedings and, consequently, the Lord Advocate did not act incompatibly with a person’s Convention right by continuing to prosecute him after such a breach had occurred.”
Spiers (Procurator Fiscal) v Ruddy [2007] UKPC D2
WLR Daily, 13th December 2007
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“The detention without trial by British forces of persons in Iraq pursuant to the legal regime established by UN Security Council Resolution 1546 as being necessary for imperative reasons of security was attributable to the United Kingdom rather than the United Nations but was not contrary to the detainee’s right to liberty under art 5(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights because the obligation to carry out Security Council resolutions prevailed over all other international agreements including the Convention.”
R (Al-Jedda) v Secretary of State for Defence (JUSTICE and another intervening) [2007] UKHL 58
WLR Daily, 13th December 2007
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Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
“It was not good enough to ensure the attendance of a witness to leave making contact until the last working day before the trial.”
The Times, 14th December 2007
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International Transport Workers’ Federation and Another v Viking Line ABP and Another
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“The protection of workers could justify industrial action causing a restriction on freedom of establishment of a shipowner proposing to reflag the vessel for economic reasons.”
The Times, 14th December 2007
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Regina (Al-Jedda) v Secretary of State for Defence
“The detention without trial of persons in Iraq by British Armed Forces under the legal regime established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1546 was attributable to the United Kingdom rather than the UN.”
The Times, 13th December 2007
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Meretz Investments NV and another v ACP Ltd and others [2007] EWCA Civ 1303
“Where a party did something which he was entitled to do because of his contractual right conferred by A, the fact that it resulted in a breach of B’s contract with A could not constitute unlawful means of which A could complain in an action for damages for unlawful means conspiracy.”
WLR Daily, 12th December 2007
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New ISG Ltd v Vernon and Others
“A purposive construction should be given to regulation 4(7) of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (SI 2006 No 346) so as to accord with the fundamental freedom of the employee to choose his employer.”
The Times, 12th December 2007
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