Category: law reports

Conn v Sunderland City Council – WLR Daily

Posted November 8th, 2007 in harassment, law reports by sally

Conn v Sunderland City Council

“In determining whether ‘harassment’ had occurred for the purposes of civil proceedings under s 3 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 the touchstone was to ask whether the gravity of the misconduct was of an order which would sustain criminal liability under s 2 of the Act.”

WLR Daily, 7th November 2007

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Seymour v The Queen – WLR Daily

Posted November 8th, 2007 in Bermuda, drug offences, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

Seymour v The Queen [2007] UKPC 59

“A person who had possession of controlled drugs in Bermuda with the intention of supplying them to another person outside the territory of Bermuda, and therefore outside the jurisdiction of Bermudan Courts, did not commit an offence under s 6(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 of Bermuda.”

WLR Daily, 5th November 2007

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Regina v Abdroikov; Regina v Green; Regina v Williamson

Posted November 8th, 2007 in juries, law reports, legal profession, police by sally

Appearance of bias with prosecutor on jury

Regina v Abdroikov; Regina v Green; Regina v Williamson

House of Lords

“In certain circumstances, the inclusion of serving police officers and prosecuting lawyers on a jury might give the appearance that the defendant was not tried by an impartial and independent tribunal and therefore convictions might have to be quashed.”

The Times, 8th November 2007

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Regina v Ulcay – Times Law Reports

Posted November 7th, 2007 in law reports, legal profession by sally

Counsel should soldier on as best they can

Regina v Ulcay

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

“If a defendant’s legal representatives considered that they were professionally embarrassed by continuing to conduct his case, the court could not oblige them to do so, but if the difficulty only amounted to insufficient time properly to prepare the case, owing to receiving late instructions, they should comply with their duty to the court by doing the best they could in the circumstances.”

The Times, 7th November 2007

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Secretary of State for the Home Department v MB; Same v AF

Posted November 6th, 2007 in control orders, law reports, terrorism by sally

Making control orders compatible

Secretary of State for the Home Department v MB; Same v AF

House of Lords

“Statutory provisions governing the court’s powers in reviewing nonderogating control orders made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 were to be read down in accordance with section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 where their effect would otherwise deny the controlled person a fair hearing compatible with article 6.1 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”

The Times, 6th November 2007

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Westminster City Council v Boraliu – WLR Daily

Posted November 5th, 2007 in housing, law reports by sally

Westminster City Council v Boraliu

“The tenancy of a dwelling house granted by the local authority to a homeless person in priority need did not confer a secure tenancy on the tenant even though the local authority had originally taken over a lease of the dwelling house from a private housing association for the purpose of letting it to persons in priority need of housing accommodation.”

WLR Daily, 5th November 2007

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Secretary of State for the Home Department v JJ and Others – Times Law Reports

Posted November 5th, 2007 in control orders, law reports, terrorism by sally

Home Secretary’s control orders made unlawfully

Secretary of State for the Home Department v JJ and Others

House of Lords

“Non-derogating control orders made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which imposed on the controlled persons an 18-hour curfew and closely restricted their social contacts, amounted to a deprivation of liberty, contrary to article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights, and were accordingly unlawful.”

The Times, 5th November 2007

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Raglan Housing Association Ltd v Alex Patrick Fairclough – WLR Daily

Posted November 2nd, 2007 in housing, law reports by sally

Raglan Housing Association Ltd v Alex Patrick Fairclough 

“Where a person was arrested for indictable offences occurring before taking up a tenancy and was convicted of them during the course of the tenancy, the landlord was entitled to a possession order under ground 14 of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988.” 

WLR Daily, 2nd November 2007

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Assistant Deputy Coroner for Inner West London v Channel 4 Television Corpn and another – WLR Daily

Posted November 2nd, 2007 in inquests, law reports, witnesses by sally

Assistant Deputy Coroner for Inner West London v Channel 4 Television Corpn and another[2007] EWHC 2513 (QB)

“When considering a coroner’s application for a witness summons under CPR r 34.4, courts should be wary of trying slavishly to fit that request into the template of civil litigation. A more flexible approach should be taken to such applications due to the inquisitorial nature of a coroner’s inquest and the objectives therein of allaying, or confirming, suspicions and/or making any recommendations for the future.”

WLR Daily, 1st November 2007

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Secretary of State for the Home Department v E and another – WLR Daily

Posted November 2nd, 2007 in control orders, law reports, terrorism by sally

Secretary of State for the Home Department v E and another [2007] UKHL 47

“It was not a condition precedent to the making or renewal of a non-derogating control order under s 2(1) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 that the Secretary of State should comply with his duty under s 8 of the Act to consult the relevant chief officer of police as to the realistic prospect of successfully prosecuting the person against whom the order was proposed and should thereafter keep that possibility under review.”

WLR Daily, 1st November 2007

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Secretary of State for the Home Department v MB; Secretary of State v AF – WLR Daily

Posted November 2nd, 2007 in control orders, law reports, terrorism by sally

Secretary of State for the Home Department v MB; Secretary of State v AF [2007] UKHL 46

“Statutory provisions governing the court’s powers in reviewing a non-derogating control order made by the Secretary of State under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 would be read down under s 3 of the Human Rights Act 2007 where their effect would be to deny the proposed subject of the order a fair hearing compatible with art 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”

WLR Daily, 1st November 2007

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Secretary of State for the Home Department v JJ and others – WLR Daily

Posted November 2nd, 2007 in control orders, law reports, terrorism by sally

Secretary of State for the Home Department v JJ and others [2007] UKHL 45

“A non-derogating control order, made by the Secretary of State under s 2 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, which imposed an 18 hour curfew of the controlled person and closely restricted his social contacts constituted a deprivation of liberty under art 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights; since the Secretary of State had no power under the 2005 Act to make such an order, the proper course was that it should be quashed.”

WLR Daily, 1st November 2007

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Office of Fair Trading v Lloyds TSB Bank plc and others – WLR Daily

Posted November 2nd, 2007 in consumer credit, consumer protection, law reports by sally

Office of Fair Trading v Lloyds TSB Bank plc and others [2007] UKHL 48

“The right of consumers under s 75(1) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 to hold United Kingdom credit card companies liable for misrepresentation or breach of contract by the retailer from whom they made a credit card purchase extended to transactions made overseas.”

WLR Daily, 1st November 2007

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Lambeth London Borough Council v Onayomake – Times Law Reports

Posted November 2nd, 2007 in civil procedure rules, landlord & tenant, law reports, negligence, solicitors by sally

Disproportionate exercise of judicial power

Lambeth London Borough Council v Onayomake

Court of Appeal

“Where a counterclaim had been made on substantial grounds in a possession action, it was a disproportionate exercise of judicial power to strike out a defence and counterclaim when the defendant’s legal representative had failed to file a check list on time.”

The Times, 2nd November 2007

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In re A; HA v MB (Brussels II revised: article 11(7) application) – Times Law Reports

Posted November 2nd, 2007 in contact orders, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

Seeking child’s return after foreign order

In re A; HA v. MB (Brussels II revised: article 11(7) application)

Family Division

“An order made on an application for contact in England under section 8 of the Children Act 1989 was not a judgment requiring the return of the child from outside the jurisdiction.”

The Times, 2nd November 2007

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Daily Telegraph Law Reports, 31st October 2007

Posted November 1st, 2007 in law reports by sally

Evans v Kosmar Villa Holidays Plc

Kostic v Chaplin & Others

Negus v Baghouse

Somerville v Scottish Ministers

Grundy v British Airways Plc

Poole & Others v HM Treasury

Daily Telegraph, 31st October 2007

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted October 31st, 2007 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division) 

MN (Rwanda) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2007] EWCA Civ 1064 (30 October 2007)

Jackson v Computershare Investor Services Plc [2007] EWCA Civ 1065 (30 October 2007)

Korea National Insurance Corporation v Allianz Global Corporate & Speciality AG [2007] EWCA Civ 1066 (30 October 2007)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Thorner v Curtis & Ors [2007] EWHC 2422 (Ch) (26 October 2007)

Hardy & Ors v Fowle & Anor [2007] EWHC 2423 (Ch) (26 October 2007)

Franses v Al Assad & Ors [2007] EWHC 2442 (Ch) (26 October 2007)

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Bandwidth Shipping Corporation v Intaari – Times Law Reports

Posted October 31st, 2007 in arbitration, law reports by sally

Whether arbitrator realised counsel had missed a point

Bandwidth Shipping Corporation v Intaari

Court of Appeal

“If an arbitrator appreciated that a party had missed a point then fairness required him to raise it so that the party could deal with it. But with no such appreciation, it was not unfair to leave it to counsel, particularly highly experienced counsel, to take such points as he wished.”

The Times, 31st October 2007

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Aspinall’s Club Ltd v Al-Zayat – Times Law Reports

Posted October 31st, 2007 in cheques, gambling, law reports by sally

Gambling cheque defence might be valid

Aspinall’s Club Ltd v Al-Zayat

Court of Appeal

“A gambling debt which was recoverable when it was incurred, could later become irrecoverable if the gaming club had extended credit to a member contrary to law; that unlawful provision of credit rendered the member’s liabilities on both a dishonoured cheque and the underlying loan illegal and unenforceable.”

The Times, 31st October 2007

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R (Faithfull) v Crown Court at Ipswich – WLR Daily

Posted October 31st, 2007 in compensation, confiscation, judicial review, law reports by sally

R (Faithfull) v Crown Court at Ipswich [2007] EWHC 2229 (Admin)

“Confiscation and compensation orders made in criminal proceedings in the Crown Court were not amenable to judicial review and nothing in the Human Rights Act 1998 required that they should be.”

WLR Daily, 26th October 2007

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