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The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting have very kindly allowed us to provide links to their case summaries. We would also like to thank the charity BAILII for providing everyone with free access to the full text of some of the judgments listed below.
8 May 2008
Arnup (as administratrix and on her own behalf) v MW White Ltd
CA: Ward, Dyson and Smith LJJ:
FATAL ACCIDENTS ACTS — Damages — Widow’s dependency — Husband killed in accident at work
Lord Alton of Liverpool and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department
CA: Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers CJ, Laws and Arden LJJ
TERRORISM — Proscribed organisation — “Otherwise concerned in terrorism” — Home Secretary refusing to de-proscribe organisation on ground “otherwise concerned in terrorism”
Murray v Express Newspapers plc and another
CA: Sir Anthony Clarke MR, Laws and Thomas LJJ
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION — Breach of confidence — Photographs — Reasonable expectation of privacy
R v L
CA: Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers CJ, Bean and Wilkie JJ:
CRIME — Evidence — Admissibility — Non-compellable wife refusing to give evidence at husband’s trial
1 May 2008
4 Eng Ltd v Harper and another
Ch D: David Richards J
DAMAGES — Deceit — Measure of damages — Loss of a chance — Whether damages recoverable
Curistan v Times Newspapers Ltd
CA: Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers CJ, Laws and Arden LJJ
DEFAMATION — Privilege — Qualified — Newspaper article containing report of parliamentary proceedings alongside other extraneous materia
R (BAPIO Action Ltd) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another
HL: Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Scott of Foscote, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Lord Carswell and Lord Mance
IMMIGRATION — Limited leave to enter — Trainee doctor — Departmental guidance preventing NHS hospitals from offering training contracts to overseas trainees — Existing trainees with limited leave to enter unable to renew training posts and losing entitlement to stay — Whether guidance lawful Wednesday 30th April
Enfield Technical Services Ltd v Payne; Grace v B F Components Ltd
CA: Pill, Maurice Kay and Lloyd LJJ:
EMPLOYMENT — Contract of employment — Illegality — Employee accepted as self-employed for revenue purposes
Monday 28th April
Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc and Others
QBD: Andrew Smith J
FAIR TRADING — Contract — Unfair terms — Banks charging customers with personal accounts when making payments without holding necessary funds in account — Whether exempt from assessment as to fairness — Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999
R v Ibrahim and others
CA: Sir Igor Judge P, Forbes and Mackay JJ
CRIME — Terrorism — “Safety” interviews
Thursday 24th April
Ashley v Chief Constable of Sussex Police
HL (Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Scott of Foscote, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Lord Carswell and Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury)
TORT — Battery — Self-defence — Whether belief in necessity to act to be both honestly held and reasonable — Whether battery claim permissible for vindicatory purposes only
Wednesday 23rd April
Carver v BAA plc
CA: Ward, Rix and Keene LJJ
COSTS — Discretion of court — Conduct of parties — Claimant awarded damages exceeding payment in — Whether result “more advantageous” than earlier payment in — CPR r 36.14
R (Compton) v Wiltshire Primary Care Trust
QBD: Holman J
COSTS — Order for costs — Protective costs order — Claim for judicial review Monday 21st April
R (Edwards) v Environment Agency
HL: Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood and Lord Mance:HOUSE OF LORDS — Practice — Disclosure of draft speeches — Practice of disclosing draft speeches to counsel prior to delivery of judgment —Purpose of disclosure to correct misprints, errors of fact of ambiguities — Attempt to reargue case abuse of procedure
The Oxford Legal Group Ltd v Sibbasbridge Services Plc and Another [2008] WLR (D) 121CA: Hughes and Toulson LJJ and Sir John Chadwick
COMPANY – Director – Application to inspect accounts – Purpose of application improper but not injurious
Tuesday 15th April
Regina (Smith) v Assistant Deputy Coroner for Oxfordshire
QBD: Collins J
HUMAN RIGHTS – Right to life – State’s duty to investigate death – Inquest – Death of soldier on active service
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Appointment of Guardians in accordance with Rule 9.5: President’s guidance dated 25th February 2005 – Revocation
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Speech of Sir Mark Potter President of the Family Division
Launch of the Public Law Outline
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