Category: law reports

Regina (Brown, formerly Bajinya, and Others) v. Belmarsh Prison Governor and Others – Times Law Reports

Posted May 15th, 2007 in extradition, law reports by sally

Power to extend extradition time

Regina (Brown, formerly Bajinya, and Others) v. Belmarsh Prison Governor and Others

Queen’s Bench Divisional Court

“Section 194(4)(b) of the Extradition Act 2003, which enabled the Secretary of State for the Home Department to modify the application of that Act where special extradition arrangements existed, permitted him to extend the 45 days specified in section 74(11) for the receipt by a judge of the request for extradition to 95 days.”

The Times, 15th May 2007

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R (Thames Water Utilities Ltd.) v. South East London Division, Bromley Magistrates’ Court (Environment Agency, interested party) – WLR Daily

Posted May 14th, 2007 in EC law, law reports, waste by sally

R (Thames Water Utilities Ltd.) v. South East London Division, Bromley Magistrates’ Court (Environment Agency, interested party) (Case C-252/05)

“The fact that the escape of waste water from a sewage system was accidental did not prevent the waste water from having been “discarded” and hence from being “waste” within Directive 75/442.”

WLR Daily, 10th May 2007

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Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v. Eastaway (No. 2) – WLR Daily

Posted May 14th, 2007 in company directors, disqualification, law reports by sally

Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v. Eastaway (No. 2)

“A company director against whom disqualification proceedings were pending was not entitled to have an undertaking made under the Carecraft procedure (see In re Carecraft Construction Co Ltd [1994] 1 WLR 172) set aside and the disqualification proceedings dismissed on the ground that the Strasbourg court had concluded that his civil rights and obligations had not been determined within a reasonable time pursuant to art 6 of the Convention.”

WLR Daily, 10th May 2007

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Hill and Another v. Haines – Times Law Reports

Posted May 14th, 2007 in bankruptcy, divorce, law reports, matrimonial home by sally

Family home is at risk from trustee after court transfer 

Hill and Another v. Haines

Chancery Division

“Where an interest in property was transferred under a property adjustment order in matrimonial proceedings by a spouse who was later made bankrupt, the transfer could constitute a transaction at an undervalue and be set aside on application by the trustees in bankruptcy.”

The Times, 14th May 2007

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Halpern and Another v Halpern and Others (No. 2) – Times Law Reports

Posted May 14th, 2007 in contracts, duress, law reports by sally

Counter-restitution not required

Halpern and Another v. Halpern and Others (No. 2) 

Court of Appeal

“It was not necessarily the case that a party wishing to obtain rescission of a contract on the ground of duress had to be able to provide counter-restitution. The Court of Appeal so stated, inter alia, when: (i) allowing an appeal by the defendants, Nochum Halpern, David Halpern, Bezalel Halpern, Akiva Halpern and Eshter Vaisfische, against a decision of Mr Justice Christopher Clarke in the commercial court ([2006] 2 All ER (Comm) 251) and (ii) allowing their appeal against a decision of Mr Nigel Teare, QC, sitting as a deputy Queen’s Bench Division judge ( The Times July 18, 2006; [2006] 3 WLR 946) on a preliminary issue whether rescission was available as a remedy for duress if substantial restitution could not be given.”

The Times, 14th May 2007

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O’Connor and others v. Wiltshire County Council – WLR Daily

Posted May 11th, 2007 in law reports, noise, roads by sally

O’Connor and others v. Wiltshire County Council [2007] EWCA Civ 426

“A public highway was not necessarily constructed “on behalf of” a person who made some contribution towards the cost of its construction and the fact that someone had contributed towards the costs of construction did not prevent the highway being maintainable “at the public expense” for the purposes of s 36(2) of the Highways Act 1980 and s 19(3) of the Land Compensation Act 1973.”

WLR Daily, 9th May 2007

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R (Johnson) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department and another – WLR Daily

Posted May 11th, 2007 in human rights, law reports, prisons by sally

R (Johnson) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department and another [2007] EWCA Civ 429

“After an unjustified and random period of delay in considering the entitlement of a long term prisoner to parole, if the prisoner could show that at an earlier consideration by the parole board he would have been released, his detention thereafter was arbitrary, unjustified and therefore unlawful. Under art 5(4) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms he was entitled to have his case considered by the parole board speedily so that his sentence did not become arbitrary.”

WLR Daily, 9th May 2007

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Lamont v. Burton – WLR Daily

Posted May 11th, 2007 in costs, law reports by sally

Lamont v. Burton [2007] EWCA Civ 429

“In a road traffic accident claim the claimant’s solicitors, operating under a conditional fee agreement providing for a success fee, were entitled to a 100 per cent success fee under CPR Pt 45 where the claimant had won at trial, even though he failed to exceed an earlier payment into court. There was no discretion to award a lesser increase.”

WLR Daily, 9th May 2007 

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Denfleet International Ltd. v TNT Global SPA – Times Law Reports

Posted May 11th, 2007 in law reports, negligence by sally

Negligence need not be wilful

Denfleet International Ltd. v. TNT Global SPA 

Court of Appeal 

“A finding of wilful misconduct was not supported when there was no evidence other than that a professional lorry driver had fallen asleep at the wheel.”

The Times, 11th May 2007

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Hurstanger Ltd v Wilson and Another – Times Law Reports

Posted May 11th, 2007 in agency, consumer credit, law reports by sally

Borrower’s informed consent necessary

Hurstanger Ltd. v. Wilson and Another 

Court of Appeal 

“Before Lord Justice Waller, Lord Justice Tuckey and Lord Justice Jacob Judgment April 4, 2007 Where a lender knew that a broker acted on behalf of a borrower and agreed to pay the broker commission, the borrower had to give informed consent.”

The Times, 11th May 2007

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Rockall v Department for Environment, Rood and Rural Affairs – Times Law Reports

Posted May 11th, 2007 in informations, law reports, time limits by sally

When proceedings are institutionalised

Rockall v. Department for Environment, Road and Rural Affairs 

Queen’s Bench Divisional Court 

“Proceedings were instituted against an individual for felling trees without a licence when an information was laid and that determined whether or not the time limit for the institution of proceedings had been met. An information was laid in time where it could be established by inference or otherwise that it had been transmitted to a magistrates court by fax within time.”

The Times, 11th May 2007

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Regina (AW, A and Y) v Croydon London Borough Council and Another – Times Law Reports

Posted May 11th, 2007 in asylum, human rights, law reports by sally

Support for asylum seekers

Regina (AW, A and Y) v. Croydon London Borough Council and Another

Court of Appeal 

“The duty to provide for an ablebodied destitute failed asylum-seeker, for whom the provision of support was necessary to avoid the breach of his or her rights under the European Convention on Human Rights, fell upon the Secretary of State for the Home Department whereas the duty to provide for an infirm destitute failed asylum-seeker in such circumstances rested upon the local authority.”

The Times, 11th May 2007

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Daily Telegraph Law Reports

Posted May 10th, 2007 in law reports by sally

Moore v. Moore

OBG Ltd. & Others v. Allan & Ors; Douglas & Others v. Hello! Ltd. & Others; Mainstream Properties Ltd. v. Young & Others

Wellington v. DPP

TNT Global Spa &Anr v. Denfleet International Ltd. & Anr

Curistan v. Times Newspapers Ltd.

Melville Dundas Ltd. (in receivership) & Others v. Wimpey UK Ltd. & Others

Daily Telegraph, 10th May 2007

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Adelson and Another v Associated Newspapers Ltd. – Times Law Reports

Posted May 10th, 2007 in defamation, law reports, limitations by sally

No power to add late libel claim

Adelson and Another v. Associated Newspapers Ltd. 

Queen’s Bench Division

“Where the libel limitation period had expired, there was no jurisdiction to grant an application to amend pleadings by the addition of new claimants.”

The Times, 10th May 2007

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Curistan v Times Newspapers Ltd. – Times Law Reports

Posted May 10th, 2007 in law reports, parliamentary privilege by sally

Privilege survives extra material

Curistan v. Times Newspapers Ltd. 

Queen’s Bench Division

“Where extraneous non-privileged material was contained in an article or report which also contained a report of parliamentary proceedings, that privilege which attached to fair and accurate reports of parliamentary proceedings was not necessarily lost.”

The Times, 10th May 2007

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Van Colle and Another v Chief Constable of Hertfordshire Constabulary – Times Law Reports

Posted May 10th, 2007 in law reports, police, witnesses by sally

Police failed to protect life of prosecution witness at risk

Van Colle and Another v. Chief Constable of Hertfordshire Constabulary 

Court of Appeal

“Police who failed to take appropriate action to protect a vulnerable prosecution witness, when they should have known there was a risk to his life, were in breach of their duty for which they were liable in damages.”

The Times, 10th May 2007

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Hill and another v. Haines – WLR Daily

Posted May 10th, 2007 in bankruptcy, divorce, law reports, matrimonial home by sally

Hill and another v. Haines [2007] EWHC 1012 (Ch)

“Since an applicant for ancillary relief under ss 23 to 25 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 did not give consideration in “money or money’s worth” within the meaning of s 339(3)(c) of the Insolvency Act 1986 for relief obtained, any transfer of property made by a bankrupt ex-spouse pursuant to either a court order made in the ancillary proceedings, or a settlement agreement, was a transaction at an undervalue and would be set aside on application by the trustees in bankruptcy.”

WLR Daily, 3rd May 2007

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Regina (Main) v Minister for Legal Aid

Posted May 9th, 2007 in law reports, legal aid by sally

Minister’s legal aid refusal wrong

Regina (Main) v. Minister for Legal Aid

Queen’s Bench Division

“The refusal by the Minister of Legal Aid to authorise exceptional funding for the family of two victims of the Ufton Nervet train crash to be represented at the coroner’s inquest was flawed by her failure to recognise that the issues were not only of wide public interest but also a potential benefit for members of the public.”

The Times, 9th May 2007

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Regina v C; Regina v Bartley; Regina v Baldrey; Regina v Price; Regina v Broad – Times Law Reports

Posted May 9th, 2007 in law reports, sentencing by sally

Reflecting overall criminality

Regina v. C; Regina v. Bartley; Regina v. Baldrey; Regina v. Price; Regina v. Broad

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

“Where it was appropriate to make an extended sentence consecutive, and one of the sentences was a determinate sentence, that sentence should be imposed first and the extended sentence expressed to be consecutive.”

The Times, 9th May 2007

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Regina (Dost Mohammed) v Secretary of State for Defence – Times Law Reports

Posted May 9th, 2007 in armed forces, law reports, prisoners of war, race discrimination by sally

Discrimination by nationality is not racial bias

Regina (Dost Mohammed) v. Secretary of State for Defence 

Court of Appeal

“The British Government’s scheme in 2000 for making ex gratia single payments of £10,000 to each surviving member of five specified categories of persons who had been imprisoned by the Japanese during the Second World War, or their surviving spouses, did not unlawfully discriminate against a Pakistani citizen, captured and imprisoned while serving in the Indian Army, who could not meet the criteria set out in the scheme.”

The Times, 9th May 2007

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