High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Jones & Ors v Firkin-Flood [2008] EWHC 2417 (Ch) (17 October 2008)
DCC Holdings (UK) Ltd v HM Revenue & Customs [2008] EWHC 2429 (Ch) (17 October 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Kuwait Oil Tanker Company SAK & Anor v Al Bader & Ors [2008] EWHC 2432 (Comm) (17 October 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AF & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 1148 (17 October 2008)
Reinwood Ltd v L Brown & Sons Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1090 (17 October 2008)
Environment Agency v Ellis [2008] EWCA Civ 1117 (17 October 2008)
Noone, R (on the application of) v HMP Drake Hall & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 1097 (17 October 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org.uk
Commissioners of Revenue and Customs v Khawaja
Chancery Division
“There was no reason in principle why the civil standard of proof should not apply on a challenge to an assessment of penalty for the negligent submission of income tax returns.”
The Times, 20th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Krysia Maritime Inc v Intership Ltd
Queen’s Bench Division
“There was no rule in the Admiralty Court that, where there was no counterclaim, a claimant found partially at fault should recover only a proportion of its costs according to the percentage of liability of the defendant.”
The Times, 20th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Court of Appeal
“There was no reason in principle why an offence taken into consideration, which was more serious than the offence charged, should not result in a higher sentence than would otherwise have been the case.”
The Times, 20th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Dickins v O2 Plc [2008] EWCA Civ 1144 (16 October 2008)
Simms v London Borough of Islington [2008] EWCA Civ 1083 (16 October 2008)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
S & Anor, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 2177 (09 October 2008)
High Court (Chancery Divison)
Winters v Mishcon De Reya [2008] EWHC 2419 (Ch) (15 October 2008)
Magical Marking Ltd & Anor v Holly & Ors [2008] EWHC (Ch) 2428 (16 October 2008)
Couwenbergh v Valkova [2008] EWHC 2451 (Ch) (16 October 2008)
High Court (Patents Court)
Generics (UK) Ltd v Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co Ltd & Anor [2008] EWHC 2413 (Pat) (15 October 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
“An account of profits could not be awarded on a claim for a non-proprietary tort. Community law neither prevented nor required the recognition in domestic law of a restitutionary award as a remedy for breach of statutory duty.”
WLR Daily, 16th October 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
AS (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 1118 (15 October 2008)
High Court (Administrative Division)
Source: www.bailii.org.uk
R (Haase) v District Judge Nuttall and another [2008] EWCA Civ 1089; [2008] WLR (D) 316
“There was no general requirement that a prosecutor be independent and impartial to comply with the right to a fair trial in art 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 15th October 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Queen’s Bench Division
“The control of dangerous contagious poultry disease by mass slaughter using ventilation shutdown was compatible and proportionate with European Union law.”
The Times, 16th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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High Court (Commercial Court)
Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National Plc & Ors [2008] EWHC 2325 (Comm) (08 October 2008)
High Court (Patents Court)
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (UK) Ltd v Eli Lilly & Company Ltd [2008] EWHC 2345 (Pat) (13 October 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Court of Appeal
“The key or password which provided access to an encrypted computer file was a fact. It did not constitute an admission of guilt. But knowledge of the key might be incriminating if the data contained incriminating material.”
The Times, 15th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Regina (Davies) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Queen’s Bench Division
“There was a need to introduce a requirement that claimants who wished to make a challenge under section 288 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 should have to obtain the court’s permission to do so.”
The Times, 15th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“The Independent Police Complaints Commission did not act incompatibly with Convention rights in not giving a direction to chief officers to prohibit conferring between officers following a fatal shooting by police officers.”
WLR Daily, 13th October 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council v Food City Express Ltd; [2008] WLR (D) 314
“On an appeal against a decision of a licensing authority on a point of procedure a magistrates’ court may not displace a lawful decision and remit the case on the basis that the authority’s discretion should have been exercised differently.”
WLR Daily, 13th October 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Regina (C) v Secretary of State for Justice
Court of Appeal
“Secondary legislation laid before Parliament three weeks after a report sent by the Youth Justice Board to the directors of privatised secure training centres holding children, following two deaths in custody, was quashed as procedurally flawed and in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 14th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Velev, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2162 (12 September 2008)
Thomas, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2151 (18 September 2008)
Saldana, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2154 (23 September 2008)
Belaid, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2153 (23 September 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
KS (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 1080 (24 September 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Tower MCashback LLP 1 & Anor v HM Revenue & Customs [2008] EWHC 2387 (Ch) (13 October 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Mahdi & Ors v Al-Habi & Ors [2008] EWHC 2374 (QB) (09 September 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Equitas Ltd & Anor v Horace Holman & Company Ltd & Anor [2008] EWHC 2287 (Comm) (3 October 2008)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
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