High Court (Administrative Court)
Slivka v District Court of Prague [2008] EWHC 595 (Admin) (12 March 2008)
Secretary of State for Justice, R (on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal & Anor [2008] EWHC 598 (Admin) (05 March 2008)
D, R (on the application of) v Sheffield Youth Court [2008] EWHC 601 (Admin) (06 March 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Rochester, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 678 (04 April 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Brooker & Anor v Fisher [2008] EWCA Civ 287 (04 April 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Pipe & Ors v Revenue & Customs [2008] EWHC 646 (Ch) (04 April 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
London Borough of Ealing v KS & Ors [2008] EWHC 636 (Fam) (03 April 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
In re S (Care Proceedings: Assessment of risk)
Court of Appeal
“Local authorities should not introduce in care proceedings, and send to experts, material which was unfair because it was purely prejudicial.”
The Times, 7th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“It was essential that trial judges should be aware at the stage of jury selection if any potential juror was, or had been a police officer or a member of the prosecuting authority or was a serving prison officer.”
The Times, 7th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Gemma Ltd (in liquidation) v Davies and Another
Chancery Division
“In order to establish that a person was a de facto director of a company when deciding whether she was guilty of any misfeasance in relation to the company, it was not enough that she held herself out as a director since what mattered was not what she called herself but what she did.”
The Times, 4th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Aribisala v St James’ Homes (Grosvenor Dock) Ltd
Chancery Division
“The only real scope for the exercise of the court’s discretion, under section 49(2) of the Law of Property Act 1925, to order the return of a deposit, was when the purchaser of a property was unable to perform the contract; whereas, a purchaser would have the right to the return of the deposit when a vendor was unable to perform the contract.”
The Times, 4th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Islamic Investment Company of the Gulf (Bahama) Ltd v Symphony Gems NV and Others
Court of Appeal
“Judges should be cautious before making a committal order against a judgment debtor who was prevented from attending an oral examination as to his means by the order of a court in a foreign jurisdiction.”
The Times, 4th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Lamaletie Anor v R. [2008] EWCA Crim 314 (28 February 2008)
Lawlor, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 474 (25 February 2008)
Southwell, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 490 (25 February 2008)
Taylor, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 465 (22 February 2008)
Jarvis, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 488 (22 February 2008)
SD, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 527 (18 February 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
T (Children: Placement Order), Re (Rev 1) [2008] EWCA Civ 248 (19 March 2008)
B v B [2008] EWCA Civ 284 (19 March 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
De Wind v Wedge [2008] EWHC 514 (Ch) (19 March 2008)
High Court (Admiralty Division)
Pratt v Aigaion Insurance Company SA [2008] EWHC 489 (Admlty) (14 March 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Claimants v Corby Borough Council [2008] EWHC 619 (TCC) (01 April 2008)
Galliford Try Construction Ltd v Mott MacDonald Ltd [2008] EWHC 603 (TCC) (14 March 2008)
Edenbooth Ltd v Cre8 Developments Ltd [2008] EWHC 570 (TCC) (13 March 2008)
Collins & Ors v Drumgold & Ors [2008] EWHC 584 (TCC) (12 March 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Westminster City Council v IC and Others
Court of Appeal
“A judge did not have jurisdiction to make a declaration that a marriage based on lack of consent was not valid under English law, since such a marriage was voidable and not void ab intitio; the judge should have declared that the marriage was not recognised as a valid marriage in this jurisdiction.”
The Times, 3rd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Wasa International Insurance Co Ltd v Lexington Insurance Co; AGF Insurance Ltd v Same
Court of Appeal
“The English court would construe contracts of insurance and reinsurance to give effect to the intention of the parties to cover environmental damage, unless there were clear indications to the contrary.”
The Times, 3rd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Shepherds Bush Housing Association v Porter
Court of Appeal
“A tolerated trespasser could not seek the discretion of the court to revise a possession order made under the Housing Act 1985 suspended on terms, or to vary the terms, or to extend time to comply with the terms.”
The Times, 2nd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Lambeth London Borough Council v TK and Another
Court of Appeal
“When, in family proceedings, a court had made a direction under section 37 of the Children Act 1989 that a local authority should investigate the circumstances of a person claiming to be a child and, in response, the local authority concluded that the person was not a child, the court had power to order a fact-finding hearing to determine the issue.”
The Times, 2nd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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M. and J. Polymers Ltd v Imerys Minerals Ltd
Queen’s Bench Division
“A take-or-pay clause in a supply contract could, as a matter of principle, amount to a penalty.”
The Times, 2nd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Regina (Griffin) v Richmond Magistrates Court
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“A defendant charged with failing to deliver up books and papers in the course of the winding-up of a company and who raised the statutory defence of no intent to defraud bore a legal burden rather than an evidential one; that burden was not incompatible with the right to a fair trial.”
The Times, 31st March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Ministry of Justice v Prison Officers’ Association
Queen’s Bench Division
“Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights guaranteeing freedom of assembly and association, conferred no express right to strike and it was not breached by a court order forbidding any form of industrial action.”
The Times, 31st March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
High Court (Administrative Court)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AE [2008] EWHC 585 (Admin) (20 March 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
S v S [2008] EWHC 519 (Fam) (19 March 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench division)
Oakes v Neininger & Ors [2008] EWHC 548 (QB) (19 March 2008)
High Court (Patents Court)
Symbian Ltd v Comptroller General Of Patents [2008] EWHC 518 (Pat) (18 March 2008)
Regina (Rayner) v Secretary of State for Justice
Court of Appeal
“The statutory scheme dealing with the referral of a recalled mental patient to a mental health review tribunal was not incompatible with the patient’s rights under article 5.4 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 26th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Casewell v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Court of Appeal
“The payment of an allowance to a disabled wife to pay for carer service was part of the husband’s income for assessing his income support if he was that carer.”
The Times, 26th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“A free law publication charity will publish the UK’s 3,000 most important legal decisions freely for the first time by June. The project will involve publishing vital rulings, dating back to the nineteenth century, on which UK common law is based.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th March 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
R v Ngyuen [2008] EWCA Crim 585; [2008] WLR (D) 94
“The mere fact that the Crown chose to rely on bad character evidence which it had decided not to make the subject of a criminal charge could not of itself have such an adverse effect on the fairness of the proceedings that the court ought not to admit that evidence.”
WLR Daily, 20th March 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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