Category: law reports

Beckett Investment Management Group Ltd v Hall – Times Law Reports

Posted July 11th, 2007 in law reports, restraint of trade by sally

Court takes realist view of corporate personality

Beckett Investment Management Group Ltd v Hall

Court of Appeal

“In construing a covenant in restraint of trade between a holding company and its employees, who provided services through subsidiary companies within a corporate group, the Court of Appeal rejected a purist approach to corporate personality in favour of one which had regard to the realities of big business, taking the group as being one concern under one supreme control.”

The Times, 11th July 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Leeds City Council v RG – WLR Daily

Posted July 10th, 2007 in ASBOs, law reports by michael

Leeds City Council v RG

“An anti-social behaviour order made under s. 1(1) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 could be extended on an application to vary its terms”

WLR Daily, 10th July 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Lonsdale (t/a Londsdale Agencies) v Howard and Hallam Ltd – Times Law Reports

Posted July 10th, 2007 in agency, law reports by sally

Decline in shoe business justifies agent’s award

Lonsdale (t/a Lonsdale Agencies) v. Howard and Hallam Ltd

House of Lords

“Where a principal’s business had been in decline, the judge’s statutory award of £5,000 rather than commission for two years sought by the agent had been adequate.”

The Times, 10th July 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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R v Harries – Times Law Reports

Posted July 9th, 2007 in law reports by sally

Care needed in drafting

R v. Harries

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

“Where an offence was committed over two or more days which straddled the coming into force of the dangerous offender provisions, a term of imprisonment for public protection should not be imposed where it was not clear when the offence was actually committed.”

The Times, 9th July 2007

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R (Niazi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports

Posted July 9th, 2007 in compensation, law reports, miscarriage of justice by sally

Compensation scheme withdrawal is lawful

R (Niazi) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Queen’s Bench Division

“The withdrawal, without notice or consultation, of the ex gratia scheme for compensation for miscarriages of justice was not unlawful.”

 The Times, 9th July 2007

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House of Lords Judgments: What’s new?

Posted July 6th, 2007 in law reports by michael

Lonsdale (t/a Lonsdale Agencies) (Appellant) v. Howard & Hallam Limited (Respondents)

Seal (FC) (Appellant) v. Chief Constable of South Wales Police (Respondent)

Source: www.parliament.uk

Ellis v Bristol City Council – WLR Daily

Posted July 6th, 2007 in codes of practice, health & safety, law reports by michael

Ellis v Bristol City Council [2007] EWCA Civ 685

“The Code of Practice issued by the Health and Safety Commission was aimed to give guidance to the construction of health and safety regulations; a judge in construing the meaning of a regulation, should have regard to its meaning and purpose, any relevant judicial authority and also the Code of Practice when considering whether a place of work was unsafe for the employees working there.”

 WLR Daily, 6th July 2007

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Abdirahman v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – WLR Daily

Posted July 6th, 2007 in law reports, social security by michael

Abdirahman v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Abdirahman v Leicester City Council and another: Ullusow v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

“When considering applications made by EU and EEA nationals living in the United Kingdom for social security benefits who were neither economically active nor self-sufficient, lawful presence in the United Kingdom was not to be equated with a right to reside within the meaning of reg 21(3G) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 for the purposes of entitlement to social security benefits.”

WLR Daily, 6th July 2007

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R (OSS Group Ltd) v Environment Agency – Times Law Reports

Posted July 6th, 2007 in environmental protection, law reports, waste by sally

Waste Directive does not cover old lubricating oil used as fuel

R (OSS Group Ltd) v. Environment Agency

Court of Appeal

“Lubricating oil collected after use and processed into fuel oil for burning could cease to be waste before it was burnt.”

The Times, 6th July 2007

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R (Rowley and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Times Law Reports

Posted July 6th, 2007 in child support, duty of care, law reports by sally

No duty of care owed over child support

R (Rowley and others) v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Court of Appeal

“The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions did not owe a common law duty of care in discharging his functions under the Child Support Act 1991”

The Times, 6th July 2007 

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Shala v Birmingham City Council – Times Law Reports

Posted July 6th, 2007 in housing, law reports by sally

Councils must not shelter behind doctors

Shala v. Birmingham City Council

Court of Appeal

“Local authorities had to take care not to appear to be using professional medical advisers simply to provide or shore up their reasons to refuse applicants’ applications for housing as persons in priority need.”

The Times, 6th July 2007

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Daily Telegraph Law Reports, 5th July 2007

Posted July 5th, 2007 in law reports by michael

R (National Grid Gas plc) v. Environment Agency

Dara v. Germany

Shala & Another v. Birmingham City Council

Re P (A Child)

Pennwell Publishing (UK) Ltd v. Ornstien & Others

Daily Telegraph, 5th July 2007

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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R (Singh) v Stratford Magistrates’ Court – WLR Daily

Posted July 5th, 2007 in law reports, mental health by sally

R (Singh) v. Stratford Magistrates’ Court

“Where a hospital or guardianship order was made under s 37(1) of the Mental Health Act 1983, there was no entitlement to a trial under s 37(3).”

WLR Daily, 4th July 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Seal v Chief Constable of South Wales Police – WLR Daily

Posted July 5th, 2007 in law reports, mental health by sally

Seal v. Chief Constable of South Wales Police

“It was a mandatory requirement to obtain the leave of the High Court, pursuant to s 139(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983, before bringing civil proceedings in respect of any act purporting to be done in pursuance of that Act, and proceedings issued without obtaining such leave first were rendered a nullity.”

WLR Daily, 4th July 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Lonsdale (trading as Lonsdale Agencies) v Howard & Hallam Ltd (Winemakers’ Federation of Australia Inc intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted July 5th, 2007 in agency, compensation, law reports by sally

Lonsdale (trading as Lonsdale Agencies) v Howard & Hallam Ltd (Winemakers’ Federation of Australia Inc intervening)

“An award of £5,000 compensation rather than the two years’ commission sought by the agent pursuant to reg 17(6) of the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 had been adequate where the principal’s business had been in decline.”

WLR Daily, 4th July 2007 

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Commissioners for Revenue and Customs v BUPA Purchasing Ltd and Others – Times Law Reports

Posted July 5th, 2007 in law reports, VAT by sally

Taxpayer not entitled to reduce VAT

Commissioners for Revenue and Customs v BUPA Purchasing Ltd and Others

Court of Appeal

“Where the Commissioners for Revenue and Custome had made a value-added tax assessment and the time limit for making any further assessment had passed before they became aware that further input tax was deductible, the taxpayer was not entitled to reduce the amount of VAT stated due in the assessment to take account of output tax which had not yet been taken into account and which arose from the same transaction.”

The Times, 5th July 2007

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Seal v. Chief Constable of South Wales Police – Times Law Reports

Posted July 5th, 2007 in law reports, mental health by sally

When permission is required before issuing legal proceedings

Seal v Chief Constable of South Wales Police

House of Lords

“A claim brought in respect of an act purporting to be done under the powers of the Mental Health Act 1983 was a complete nullity if the claimant had failed to obtain the leave of a High Court judge under section 139(2) of that Act before issuing proceedings.”

The Times, 5th July 2007

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Regina v Campbell (Kenneth) – Times Law Reports

Posted July 4th, 2007 in bad character, criminal records, law reports by sally

Propensity and credibility distinction unrealistic

Regina v. Campbell (Kenneth) 

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

“Once a defendant’s previous convictions had been admitted in evidence, the jury could attach significance to them in any respect in which they were relevant.”

The Times, 4th July 2007

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AF Noonan (Architectural Practice) Ltd. v. Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Community Football Club Ltd. and another – WLR Daily

Posted July 4th, 2007 in contempt of court, law reports by sally

AF Noonan (Architectural Practice) Ltd. v. Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Community Football Club Ltd. and another

“The publication of information concerning proceedings before a court sitting in private did not constitute contempt of court unless that information came within a category specified in s12(1) of the Administration of Justice Act 1960 as amended or the court expressly prohibited that publication.”

WLR Daily, 2nd July 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Ewing v. Davis – WLR Daily

Posted July 4th, 2007 in informations, law reports, private prosecutions by sally

Ewing v. Davis

“Public interest in a private prosecution was established by the nature of the alleged offence as defined in statute not by the circumstances leading up to its alleged commission.”

WLR Daily, 2nd July 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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