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“Where an owner of property was unable to use part of his property due to its misappropriation by another, it was not appropriate to award in addition to damages for loss of profits arising from the inability to use the property, damages for breach of trust and mesne profits, since those heads of damages overlapped.”

WLR Daily, 19th August 2011

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted August 24th, 2011 in law reports by sally

High court (Queen’s Bench Division)

IG Index Plc v Leung -Cheun & Ors [2011] EWHC 2212 (QB) (17 August 2011)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Bielecki v The Director of Public Prosecutions [2011] EWHC 2245 (Admin) (23 August 2011)

Source: www.bailii.org

In re W (A Child) (Abduction: Contempt) – WLR Daily

Posted August 23rd, 2011 in appeals, child abduction, contempt of court, detention, law reports by sally

In re W (A Child) (Abduction: Contempt) [2011] WLR (D) 277

“Where a father repeatedly flouted court orders that he disclose the whereabouts of his child, who had been abducted and was believed to be abroad, it was open to the court to impose repeated terms of imprisonment for contempt the cumulative duration of which ostensibly exceeded the two-year term identified in section 14(1) of the Contempt of Court Act 1981.”

WLR Daily, 17th August 2011

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted August 22nd, 2011 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Ramzan v Brookwide Ltd (Ancillary Matters) [2011] EWCA Civ 1033 (19 August 2011)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Harborne Road Nominees Ltd v Karvaski & Anor [2011] EWHC 2214 (Ch) (19 August 2011)

Sarwar v The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (Rev 1) [2011] EWHC 2233 (Ch) (27 July 2011)

Mann Aviation Group (Engineering) Ltd v Longmint Aviation Ltd & Anor [2011] EWHC 2238 (Ch) (19 August 2011)

Source: www.bailii.org

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted August 18th, 2011 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Schütz (UK) Ltd v Werit UK Ltd & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 927 (29 July 2011)

Manchester City Council v G & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 939 (02 August 2011)

Cleaver & Ors v Schyde Investments Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 929 (29 July 2011)

Source: www.bailii.org

PR (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; SS (Bangladesh) v Same; TC (Zimbabwe) v Same – WLR Daily

Posted August 17th, 2011 in appeals, asylum, immigration, international law, law reports, tribunals by sally

PR (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; SS (Bangladesh) v Same; TC (Zimbabwe) v Same [2011] EWCA Civ 988; [2011] WLR (D) 276

“The two tiers of the tribunal system operating in respect of immigration and asylum cases were, and were plainly to be regarded as, competent to determine whether there was a compelling reason why the particular issue on which an applicant’s claim which had failed twice before that system should be subjected to a third judicial process.”

WLR Daily, 11th August 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted August 17th, 2011 in law reports by sally

High Court (Administrative Court)

BB, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 2129 (Admin) (02 August 2011)

S, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 2120 (Admin) (05 August 2011)

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council v Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government & Anor [2011] EWHC 2192 (Admin) (12 August 2011)

Source: www.bailii.org

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted August 15th, 2011 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Driver v Air India Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 986 (12 August 2011)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Ackerman v Ackerman & Ors [2011] EWHC 2183 (Ch) (12 August 2011)

High Court (Family Division)

R v M [2011] EWHC 2132 (Fam) (18 May 2011)

Source: www.bailii.org

Regina (SL) v Westminster City Council (The Medical Foundation and another intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted August 15th, 2011 in asylum, law reports, local government, mental health, residential care by sally

Regina (SL) v Westminster City Council (The Medical Foundation and another intervening) [2011] EWCA Civ 954; [2011] WLR (D) 275

“On the true meaning of section 21(1)(a) of the National Assistance Act 1948, as amended, an asylum seeker suffering from depression and mental health difficulties who had been granted indefinite leave to remain was entitled to residential accommodation if the local authority had provided a programme of assistance and support to him through a care co-ordinator, since such provision of assistance would be otiose without the additional provision of housing.”

WLR Daily, 10th August 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

New Cap Reinsurance Corpn Ltd (in liquidation) and another v Grant and others – WLR Daily

Posted August 15th, 2011 in enforcement, foreign jurisdictions, insolvency, law reports by sally

New Cap Reinsurance Corpn Ltd (in liquidation) and another v Grant and others [2011] EWCA Civ 971; [2011] WLR (D) 274

“Section 426 of the Insolvency Act 1986 could be used to seek assistance with a view to the enforcement of a money judgment issued in foreign insolvency proceedings, and was not excluded by section 6 of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933.”

WLR Daily, 9th August 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk