Category: law reports

Smith and others v Ministry of Defence (JUSTICE and another intervening); Ellis and another v Same; Allbutt and others v Same – WLR Daily

Posted June 20th, 2013 in armed forces, government departments, human rights, law reports, negligence, Supreme Court by sally

Smith and others v Ministry of Defence (JUSTICE and another intervening); Ellis and another v Same; Allbutt and others v Same [2013] UKSC 41; [2013] WLR (D) 239

“Members of the United Kingdom’s armed forces serving in Iraq were within the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom for the purposes of article 1 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Whether claims alleging breaches of the right to life protected by article 2 could be sustained would depend on the particular circumstances.”

WLR Daily, 19th June 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Derek Hodd Ltd v Climate Change Capital Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted June 20th, 2013 in contracts, interpretation, law reports by sally

Derek Hodd Ltd v Climate Change Capital Ltd [2013] EWHC 1665 (Ch); [2013] WLR (D) 238

“Where there had been a misnomer of a party to an agreement the court was able to take into account the same evidence of the background as would be admissible for the purpose of interpreting the contract, including any relevant course of dealing between the parties.”

WLR Daily, 14th June 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisons

Posted June 19th, 2013 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Lodge, R v [2013] EWCA Crim 987 (18 June 2013)

ZN, R v [2013] EWCA Crim 989 (18 June 2013)

Hussain, R. v (unauthorised disclosure of a draft judgment) (Rev 1) [2013] EWCA Crim 990 (10 May 2013)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Cronin v The Greyhound Board of Great Britain Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 668 (18 June 2013)

Emptage v Financial Services Compensation Scheme Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 729 (18 June 2013)

High Court (Family Division)

B v B [2013] EWHC 1232 (Fam) (21 May 2013)

A (A Child) (Vulnerable Witness), Re [2013] EWHC 1694 (Fam) (17 June 2013)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

White Digital Media Ltd v Weaver & Anor [2013] EWHC 1681 (QB) (18 June 2013)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Barden v Commodities Research Unit & Ors [2013] EWHC 1633 (Ch) (18 June 2013)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Mengesha v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2013] EWHC 1695 (Admin) (18 June 2013)

Source: www.bailii.org

Prest v Prest and others – WLR Daily

Posted June 19th, 2013 in assets recovery, company law, corporate veil, divorce, family courts, financial provision, law reports, legal personality, matrimonial home by sally

Prest v Prest and others [2013] UKSC 34; [2013] WLR (D) 237

“If a person was under an existing legal obligation or liability, or subject to an existing legal restriction, which he deliberately evaded or the enforcement he deliberately frustrated by interposing a company under his control, the court could ‘pierce the corporate veil’ but only for the purpose of depriving the company or its controller of the advantage which they would otherwise have obtained by the company’s separate legal personality.”

WLR Daily, 12th June 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted June 18th, 2013 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Kohli v Lit & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 667 (17 June 2013)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Avon Estates Ltd v Evans & Anor [2013] EWHC 1635 (Ch) (13 June 2013)

Derek Hodd Ltd v Climate Change Capital Ltd [2013] EWHC 1665 (Ch) (14 June 2013)

High Court (Family Division)

L and M (Children), Re [2013] EWHC 1569 (Fam) (04 June 2013)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Hartleyburn Parish Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Ors [2013] EWHC 1650 (Admin) (14 June 2013)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Bate v Aviva Insurance UK Ltd [2013] EWHC 1687 (Comm) (17 June 2013)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Hills Contractors & Construction Ltd v Struth & Anor [2013] EWHC 1693 (TCC) (17 June 2013)

Source: www.bailii.org

In re MF Global UK Ltd (in special administration) (No 3); MF Global UK Ltd (in special administration) v Heis and others – WLR Daily

Posted June 18th, 2013 in administration orders, administrators, insolvency, law reports, trusts by sally

In re MF Global UK Ltd (in special administration) (No 3); MF Global UK Ltd (in special administration) v Heis and others [2013] EWHC 1655 (Ch); [2013] WLR (D) 236

“The court had an inherent jurisdiction to give such directions as would enable the administrators of a regulated investment firm, holding client money under rules imposing a statutory trust, to put in place a client money distribution procedure for dealing with rejected claims and unknown claims which could provide a degree of certainty and protection and ensure a timely return of client money.”

WLR Daily, 14th June 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Superstrike Ltd v Rodrigues – WLR Daily

Posted June 18th, 2013 in appeals, deposits, landlord & tenant, law reports by sally

Superstrike Ltd v Rodrigues [2013] EWCA Civ 669; [2013] WLR (D) 235

“Where a tenant had paid a deposit under an assured shorthold tenancy for a fixed term which began before, but ended after, the commencement of section 213 of the Housing Act 2004, the landlord was obliged to deal with the deposit in accordance with an authorised scheme within 14 days of the coming into being of a new statutory periodic tenancy upon expiry of the fixed term; and by virtue of section 215(1) of the 2004 Act, non-compliance with that obligation precluded service by the landlord of a valid notice under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988.”

WLR Daily, 14th June 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Regina (Newhaven Port & Properties Ltd) v East Sussex County Council – WLR Daily

Posted June 18th, 2013 in appeals, commons, human rights, law reports, local government by sally

Regina (Newhaven Port & Properties Ltd) v East Sussex County Council [2013] EWCA Civ 673 ; [2013] WLR (D) 234

“The provision in section 15(4) of the Commons Act 2006, allowing an application for registration of land as a town or village green to be made up to five years after a cessation of qualifying user predating the commencement of section 15, was not incompatible with the landowner’s right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions under article 1 of the First Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”

WLR Daily, 14th June 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Piepenbrock Dienstleistungen GmbH & Co KG v Kreis Düren (Stadt Düren intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted June 18th, 2013 in contracts, EC law, law reports, local government, public procurement by sally

Piepenbrock Dienstleistungen GmbH & Co KG v Kreis Düren (Stadt Düren intervening) (Case C-386/11); [2013] WLR (D) 233

“A contract whereby (without establishing co-operation between the contracting public entities with a view to carrying out a public service task that both of them had to perform)—one public entity had assigned to another the task of cleaning certain public buildings, while reserving a supervisory power, in return for payment for the costs incurred, the second entity being authorised to use the services of third parties which might be capable of competing on the market for the accomplishment of that task—constituted a public service contract within the meaning of article 1(2)(d) of Parliament and Council Directive 2004/18/EC.”

WLR Daily, 13th June 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

AES Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant LLP v Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC – WLR Daily

Posted June 18th, 2013 in appeals, arbitration, foreign jurisdictions, injunctions, law reports, Supreme Court by sally

AES Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant LLP v Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC [2013] UKSC 35; [2013] WLR (D) 232

“The English court had a long-standing and well-established jurisdiction to grant an injunction restraining the commencement or continuation of foreign proceedings brought in breach of an arbitration clause, even when neither party had commenced, nor intended to commence, arbitration proceedings in the agreed forum. The Arbitration Act 1996 did not affect the court’s power under that jurisdiction or under s 37 of the Senior Courts Act 1981.”

WLR Daily, 12th June 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

O’Neill v HM Advocate (No 2); Lauchlanv Same – WLR Daily

Posted June 18th, 2013 in cautions, human rights, judges, law reports, Scotland, Supreme Court, time limits, trials by sally

O’Neill v HM Advocate (No 2); Lauchlanv Same [2013] UKSC 36; [2013] WLR (D) 231

“The right to a trial within a reasonable time under article 6.1 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms was a separate right from the right to a fair trial under that article. Consequently the time when a person was ‘charged’ with an offence for the purposes of time starting to run under the reasonable time guarantee might be different from the time when he should have had access to a lawyer for the purposes of ensuring a fair trial under article 6.1 read with article 6.3(c).”

WLR Daily, 13th June 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Goldbet Sportwetten GmbH v Sperindeo – WLR Daily

Posted June 18th, 2013 in EC law, enforcement, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

Goldbet Sportwetten GmbH v Sperindeo (Case C-144/12); [2013] WLR (D) 230

“Pursuant to article 6 of Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 creating a European order for payment procedure, read in conjunction with article 17, a statement of opposition to a European order for payment that did not contain any challenge to the jurisdiction of the court of the member state of origin did not constitute ‘the entering of an appearance’ within the meaning of article 24 of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, and the fact that the defendant had, in the statement of opposition lodged, put forward arguments relating to the substance of the case was irrelevant.”

WLR Daily, 13th June 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted June 17th, 2013 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Newhaven Port & Properties Ltd, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs [2013] EWCA Civ 673 (14 June 2013)

Okotoks Ld & Anor v Fine & Country Ltd & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 672 (14 June 2013)

Lumos Skincare Ltd v Sweet Squared Ltd. & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 671 (14 June 2013)

Superstrike Ltd v Rodrigues [2013] EWCA Civ 669 (14 June 2013)

Birch v Ministry of Defence [2013] EWCA Civ 676 (14 June 2013)

Ireland v David Lloyd Leisure Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 665 (14 June 2013)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Tchenguiz & Ors v The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) [2013] EWHC 1578 (QB) (14 June 2013)

Roger Ward Associates Ltd & Ors v Britannia Assets (UK) Ltd [2013] EWHC 1653 (QB) (14 June 2013)

Mehjoo v Harben Barker (a firm) & Anor [2013] EWHC 1669 (QB) (14 June 2013)

Lombard North Central Plc v Nugent & Ors [2013] EWHC 1588 (QB) (06 June 2013)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Peel Land and Property (Ports No.3) Ltd v TS Sheerness Steel Ltd [2013] EWHC 1658 (Ch) (14 June 2013)

MF Global UK Ltd (in special administration), Re [2013] EWHC 1655 (Ch) (14 June 2013)

Revenue & Customs v SED Essex Ltd [2013] EWHC 1583 (Ch) (14 June 2013)

High Court (Family Division)

CM v The Executor of the Estate of EJ & Ors [2013] EWHC 1680 (Fam) (14 June 2013)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Borough of Telford and Wrekin & Anor v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2013] EWHC 1638 (Admin) (14 June 2013)

Arranz v Spanish Judicial Authority [2013] EWHC 1662 (Admin) (14 June 2013)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Tullow Uganda Ltd v Heritage Oil and Gas Ltd & Anor [2013] EWHC 1656 (Comm) (14 June 2013)

Versloot Dredging BV & Anor v HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG & Ors (Rev 1) [2013] EWHC 1666 (Comm) (14 June 2013)

Versloot Dredging BV & Anor v HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG & Ors (Rev 1) [2013] EWHC 1667 (Comm) (14 June 2013)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Elvanite Full Circle Ltd. v Amec Earth & Environmental (UK) Ltd. [2013] EWHC 1643 (TCC) (14 June 2013)

Source: www.bailii.org

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted June 14th, 2013 in law reports by sally

Supreme Court

Apollo Engineering Ltd v James Scott Ltd (Scotland) [2013] UKSC 37 (13 June 2013)

O’Neill v Her Majesty’s Advocate No 2 (Scotland) [2013] UKSC 36 (13 June 2013)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

H-L (A Child), Re [2013] EWCA Civ 655 (13 June 2013)

Virk & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 652 (12 June 2013)

NN (South Africa) & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 653 (12 June 2013)

Howard v Howard -Lawson [2013] EWCA Civ 654 (12 June 2013)

Willford, R (on the application of) v Financial Services Authority (FSA) [2013] EWCA Civ 677 (13 June 2013)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Garner v Salford City Council & Anor [2013] EWHC 1573 (QB) (13 June 2013)

High Court (Chancery Division)

JW Spear & Sons Ltd & Ors v Zynga Inc [2013] EWHC 1640 (Ch) (13 June 2013)

High Court (Family Division)

LCG v RL [2013] EWHC 1383 (Fam) (23 May 2013)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Afework, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Camden [2013] EWHC 1637 (Admin) (13 June 2013)

Bayliss v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Ors [2013] EWHC 1612 (Admin) (13 June 2013)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Com. v Al Refai & Ors [2013] EWHC 1630 (Comm) (12 June 2013)

High Court (Patents Court)

Destra Software Ltd v Comada (UK) LLP & Ors [2013] EWHC 1575 (Pat) (11 June 2013)

Source: www.bailii.org

Crawford Adjusters (Cayman) Ltd and others v Sagicor General Insurance (Cayman) Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted June 14th, 2013 in abuse of process, insurance, law reports, malicious prosecution, Privy Council, surveyors by sally

Crawford Adjusters (Cayman) Ltd and others v Sagicor General Insurance (Cayman) Ltd [2013] UKPC 17; [2013] WLR (D) 229

“The tort of malicious prosecution extended to civil as well as criminal proceedings.”

WLR Daily, 13th June 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

O’Neill No 2 (Appellant) v Her Majesty’s Advocate (Respondent) (Scotland); Lauchlan (AP) (Appellant) v. Her Majesty’s Advocate (Respondent) (Scotland) – Supreme Court

Posted June 14th, 2013 in human rights, judges, law reports, Scotland, Supreme Court, time limits, trials by sally

O’Neill No 2 (Appellant) v Her Majesty’s Advocate (Respondent) (Scotland); Lauchlan (AP) (Appellant) v. Her Majesty’s Advocate (Respondent) (Scotland) [2013] UKSC 36 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 13th June 2013

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

Apex Global Management Ltd v Fi Call Ltd and others – WLR Daily

Posted June 13th, 2013 in appeals, conflict of laws, immunity, law reports, royal family by sally

Apex Global Management Ltd v Fi Call Ltd and others [2013] EWCA Civ 642; [2013] WLR (D) 228

“The phrase ‘members of his family forming part of his household’ in section 20(1)(b) of the State Immunity Act 1978 should not be given a wider meaning in relation to heads of state than it had in relation to diplomats. Thus a head of state’s ‘household’ was restricted to spouses, civil partners, dependent children and relatives.”

WLR Daily, 11th June 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Trustees of the Olympic Airlines SA Pension & Life Insurance Scheme v Olympic Airlines SA – WLR Daily

Posted June 13th, 2013 in appeals, company law, EC law, insolvency, jurisdiction, law reports, news, winding up by sally

Trustees of the Olympic Airlines SA Pension & Life Insurance Scheme v Olympic Airlines SA [2013] EWCA Civ 643; [2013] WLR (D) 227

“The definition of ‘establishment’ in article 2(h) of Council Regulation (EC) 1346/2000 was to be applied with care where one was seeking to determine whether jurisdiction lay for a secondary winding up of a primarily foreign-based company.”

WLR Daily, 6th June 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

In re B (A Child)(Care Proceedings: Threshold Criteria) – WLR Daily

Posted June 13th, 2013 in appeals, care orders, children, law reports, Supreme Court by sally

In re B (A Child)(Care Proceedings: Threshold Criteria) [2013] UKSC 33; [2013] WLR (D) 226

“Determinations by the judge that the statutory threshold criteria were crossed for the making of a care order under section 31(2) of the Children Act 1989 and that such an order should be made were evaluative judgments with which the appellate court, exercising a review jurisdiction, should only interfere if it were satisfied that the judgments were wrong.”

WLR Daily, 12th June 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

In re Atrium Training Services Ltd; Smailes and another v McNally and others; In re Connor Williams Ltd; Smailes and another v McNally and others – WLR Daily

Posted June 13th, 2013 in civil procedure rules, disclosure, law reports, liquidators, time limits by sally

In re Atrium Training Services Ltd; Smailes and another v McNally and others; In re Connor Williams Ltd; Smailes and another v McNally and others [2013] EWHC 1562 (Ch); [2013] WLR (D) 225

“The court must exercise its discretion when considering an application for an extension of time for compliance with a deadline stipulated in a court order by simply having regard to the overriding objective of the court to deal with cases justly pursuant to CPR r 1.1(1), notwithstanding that CPR r 1.1(2) had been amended to include the enforcement of compliance with court orders.”

WLR Daily, 7th June 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk