Category: law reports

Nichia Corpn v. Argos Ltd. – WLR Daily

Posted July 20th, 2007 in law reports by sally

Nichia Corpn v. Argos Ltd. [2007] EWCA Civ 741

“Where the validity of a patent was challenged on the ground of obviousness, and there was no issue of commercial success or long-felt want, disclosure of evidence from the patentee was of limited scope and usefulness. There was, however, no blanket rule that disclosure should not be ordered in such circumstances.”

WLR Daily, 19th July 2007

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White v. Greensand Homes Ltd. and Another – Times Law Reports

Posted July 19th, 2007 in civil procedure rules, law reports by sally

Withdrawing mistaken admission

White v. Greensand Homes Ltd. and Another

Court of Appeal 

“The court was able to apply the overriding objective of the Civil Procedure Rules to allow a defendant to amend his defence and withdraw his admission made by mistake.”

The Times, 19th July 2007

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Director of Public Prosecutions v. Lawrence – WLR Daily

Posted July 19th, 2007 in codes of practice, evidence, law reports, police by sally

Director of Public Prosecutions v. Lawrence

“The provisions of Code C of the Codes of Practice under s 66 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 were not directed to what a defendant was alleged to have said as part of the conduct constituting the alleged crime but to what a defendant was alleged to have said on or after arrest.”

WLR Daily, 16th July 2007

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JL (A Youth) v. Crown Prosecution Service – WLR Daily

Posted July 19th, 2007 in law reports, vagrancy by sally

JL (A Youth) v. Crown Prosecution Service

“An accused was ‘found’ in an inclosed yard for an ‘unlawful purpose’ within the meaning of s 4 of the Vagrancy Act 1824 when he had been seen or discovered in an inclosed yard with criminal conduct in mind.”

WLR Daily, 16th July 2007

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Daily Telegraph Law Reports, 19th July 2007

Posted July 19th, 2007 in law reports by sally

Aziz v. Aziz & others

R (Metropolitan Police Commissioner) v. Croydon Crown Court

R (A) v. Liverpool CC

T v. DPP

Phelps v. Stewarts (a firm) & anr

R (Singh) v. Stratford Magistrates’ Court & others

Daily Telegraph, 19th July 2007

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Adelson and Another v. Associated Newspapers Ltd. – Times Law Reports

Posted July 18th, 2007 in law reports, limitations, substitution by sally

Addition of parties is not same as substitution

Adelson and Another v. Associated Newspapers Ltd.

Court of Appeal

“An order would be made substituting a party to an action after the expiry of the limitation period on the ground that there had been a mistake in relation to the name of a party only if the person who had made the mistake was the person responsible for the issue of the claim form and, had the mistake not been made, the new party would have been named in the pleading.”

The Times, 18th July 2007

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R v. Wallace – WLR Daily

Posted July 18th, 2007 in bad character, law reports by sally

R v. Wallace 

“Where the case against a defendant on one count relied on circumstantial evidence relating to other counts charged in the same proceedings, that evidence fell within the definition of bad character in s 98 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and was therefore only admissible pursuant to the bad character provisions under that Act.”

WLR Daily, 16th July 2007

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House of Lords Judgments: What’s new?

Posted July 18th, 2007 in law reports by sally

Sempra Metals Limited (formerly Metallgesellschaft Limited) (Respondents) v. Her Majesty’s Commissioners of Inland Revenue and another (Appellants) [2007] UKHL 34

Source: www.parliament.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted July 17th, 2007 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Samengo-Turner & Ors v J & H Marsh & McLennan (Services) Ltd & Ors [2007] EWCA Civ 723 (12 July 2007)

HIH Casualty & General Insurance Ltd v JLT Risk Solutions Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 710 (12 July 2007)

Roberts & Anor v Gable & Ors [2007] EWCA Civ 721 (12 July 2007)

Veitch & Anor v Avery [2007] EWCA Civ 711 (12 July 2007)

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Kulah, R. v [2007] EWCA Crim 1701 (13 July 2007)

Pintori, R. v [2007] EWCA Crim 1700 (13 July 2007)

High Court (Administrative Court)

SH, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Camden & Ors [2007] EWHC 1697 (Admin) (13 July 2007)

High Court (Chancery Division)

RHJ Ltd. v FT Patten (Holdings) Ltd & Anor [2007] EWHC 1655 (Ch) (13 July 2007)

Revenue and Customs v Household Estate Agents Ltd [2007] EWHC 1684 (Ch) (12 July 2007)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Huntington v Imagine Group Holdings Ltd & Anor [2007] EWHC 1603 (Comm) (13 July 2007)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

A & Ors v Essex County Council & Ors [2007] EWHC 1652 (QB) (13 July 2007)

Awoyomi v Radford & Anor [2007] EWHC 1671 (QB) (12 July 2007)

Caldarelli v The Court of Naples [2007] EWHC 1624 (QB) (12 July 2007)

Source: www.bailii.org

Regina (Tree and Wildlife Action Committee Ltd.) v. Forestry Commissioners and Another – Times Law Reports

Posted July 17th, 2007 in environmental protection, forestry, law reports by sally

Impact of development

Regina (Tree and Wildlife Action Committee Ltd.) v. Forestry Commissioners and Another

Queen’s Bench Division

“When deciding whether an environmental impact assessment was required in relation to a proposed development involving deforestation, the Forestry Commissioners should have considered the effect of the development as well as the effect of the deforestation.”

The Times, 17th July 2007

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Aziz v. Aziz and Others, Sultan of Brunei intervening – Times Law Reports

Posted July 17th, 2007 in anonymity, law reports by sally

Sultan has no special claim to anonymity

Aziz v. Aziz and Others, Sultan of Brunei intervening

Court of Appeal 

“The head of a foreign state had no right to anonymity in judgments in court proceedings brought by his former wife against certain defendants.”

The Times, 17th July 2007

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Caldarelli v. Judge for Preliminary Investigations of the Court of Naples, Italy – WLR Daily

Posted July 17th, 2007 in extradition, law reports by sally

Caldarelli v. Judge for Preliminary Investigations of the Court of Naples, Italy [2007] EWHC 1624 

“The amendments to s 2(5)(a) of the Extradition Act 2003 inserted by s 42 and para 1(1), Pt 1 of Sch 13 of the Police and Justice Act 2006 substituting the words “has been convicted” for ‘is alleged to be unlawfully at large’ went only to the content of the European arrest warrant: whereas for the exercise of the power to extradite it remained necessary to show either an ‘accusation’ case or an ‘unlawfully at large’ case.”

WLR Daily, 16th July 2007

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Luxim Corpn. v. Ceravision Ltd. – WLR Daily

Posted July 16th, 2007 in law reports by sally

Luxim Corpn. v. Ceravision Ltd. [2007] EWHC 1624 (Ch.) 

“The discretion given to the Comptroller General under s 12(2) of the Patents Act 1977 to decline to deal with entitlement proceedings because the question referred to him involved matters which would more properly be determined by the court was not restricted to highly complex cases.”

WLR Daily, 9th July 2007

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Awoyomi v. Radford and another – WLR Daily

Posted July 16th, 2007 in barristers, law reports, negligence by sally

Awoyomi v. Radford and another [2007] EWHC 1671 

“The effect of the decision of the House of Lords in Arthur JS Hall & Co v Simons [2002] 1 AC 615 was that advocates had ceased to enjoy immunity from suit by 1991. The cause of action in respect of alleged negligence in 1995 had therefore accrued at that time and not at the date of the decision.”

WLR Daily, 12th July 2007

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Samengo-Turner and others v. J & H Marsh & McLennan (Services) Ltd. and others – WLR Daily

Posted July 16th, 2007 in injunctions, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

Samengo-Turner and others v. J & H March & McLennan (Services) Ltd. and others [2007] EWCA Civ 723 

“Where parallel employment-related proceedings were taking place in New York and London it was open to the court, in an appropriate case and where the terms of s 5 of Council Regulation 44/2001 were satisfied, to grant an anti-suit injunction restraining the New York proceedings.”

WLR Daily, 12th July 2007

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R v. P Ltd. and another – WLR Daily

Posted July 16th, 2007 in health & safety, law reports by sally

R v. P Ltd. and another 

“An offence committed by a body corporate under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 was attributable to neglect by an officer of that body (or person acting in such a capacity), thereby amounting to an offence by that officer under s 37(1) of the 1974 Act, if the officer either knew of the relevant facts giving rise to the health and safety offence or, if he did not know, should by reason of the circumstances have been put on inquiry as to whether the relevant safety procedures were in place.”

WLR Daily, 11th July 2007

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House of Lords Judgments: What’s new?

Posted July 16th, 2007 in law reports by sally

Hamilton and others (Appellants) v. Allied Domecq Plc (Respondents) (Scotland) [2007] UKHL 33

Source: www.parliament.uk

In re Eurocruit Europe Ltd. (in liquidation) – Times Law Reports

Posted July 16th, 2007 in insolvency, law reports, limitations by sally

Times ran out for liquidator 

In re Eurocruit Europe Ltd. (in liquidation) 

Chancery Division

“The limitation period of a claim brought by a liquidator under section 212 of the Insolvency Act 1986 was the same as that applicable to the underlying claim.”

The Times, 16th July 2007

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Regina (Crown Prosecution Service) v. Guildford Crown Court – Times Law Reports

Posted July 16th, 2007 in jurisdiction, law reports, sentencing by sally

Divisional Court cannot correct crown court judge

Regina (Crown Prosecution Service) v. Guildford Crown Court

Queen’s Bench Divisional Court

“The High Court did not have power to quash an unlawful sentence imposed by a crown court judge.”

The Times, 16th July 2007

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Contour Homes Ltd v Rowen – Times Law Reports

Posted July 13th, 2007 in landlord & tenant, law reports, rent by sally

Agreement contained a rent review clause

Contour Homes Ltd v.  Rowen

Court of Appeal

“Where an assured tenancy agreement contained a clause providing the machinery for the increase of the rent, the landlord was not required to comply with the rent review procedure set out by section 13 of the Housing Act 1988.”

The Times, 13th July 2007

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