Results: 46

• Gorbachev v Guriev

  20 Jul 2022 [2022] EWHC 1907 (Comm); [2022] WLR(D) 352, QBD (Jacobs J)

  30 Sep 2022 [2022] EWCA Civ 1270; [2023] KB 1; [2023] 2 WLR 1; [2023] 2 All ER 809; [2022] WLR(D) 387, CA (Nicola Davies, Males, Lewis LJJ)

  04 Jan 2023 (appn dis) [2023] 1 WLR 948, SC(E) (Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Kitchin, Lord Sales JJSC)

  28 Mar 2023 (Costs) [2023] EWCA Civ 327; [2023] 1 WLR 2457; [2024] 1 All ER 885; [2023] WLR(D) 164, CA (Males, Popplewell, Dingemans LJJ)

  Subsequent citations: 16.
  PRACTICE — Service out of Jurisdiction — Third party disclosure

  COSTS — Order for costs — Application for third party disclosure
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  PRACTICE — Service out of Jurisdiction — Third party disclosure — Permission granted to serve application for third party disclosure out of jurisdiction under jurisdictional gateway relating to “claim” under “enactment” allowing “proceedings to be brought” — Third parties applying to set aside application — Whether application constituting “claim” — Whether enactment allowing “proceedings to be brought” — Whether application able to be brought against persons outside jurisdiction — Whether court having jurisdiction — Whether appropriate for court having jurisdiction to exercise discretion to serve out — Senior Courts Act 1981 (c 54), s 34 — CPR Pt 6, r 31.17, PD 6B, para 3.1(20)

  PRACTICE — Service out of Jurisdiction — Third party disclosure — Party applying for disclosure order against third parties located outside jurisdiction in respect of documents located within jurisdiction — Whether jurisdiction to grant permission to serve such application out of jurisdiction — Whether application constituting “claim” and “proceedings” for purposes of jurisdictional gateway — Whether enactment permitting application to be made against persons outside jurisdiction — Senior Courts Act 1981 (c 54), s 34 — CPR PD 6B, para 3.1(20), r 31.17

  COSTS — Order for costs — Application for third party disclosure — Claimant applying for third party disclosure — Third party unsuccessfully challenging application on jurisdiction grounds — Whether third party to pay claimant’s costs of jurisdiction challenge — Whether costs of jurisdiction challenge costs of disclosure application — CPR rr 31.17, 44.2(2)(a), 46.1

  13 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Attorney General’s Reference (No 1 of 2022)

  28 Sep 2022 [2022] EWCA Crim 1259; [2023] KB 37; [2023] 2 WLR 651; [2023] 1 All ER 549; [2023] 1 Cr App R 1; [2022] WLR(D) 383; The Times, 14 November 2022, CA (Lord Burnett of Maldon CJ, Holgate, Saini JJ)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral; most recently considered: 2024. Subsequent citations: 14.
  CRIME — Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) — Jurisdiction

  HUMAN RIGHTS — Freedom of thought, expression and assembly — Interference with
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  CRIME — Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) — Jurisdiction — Attorney General referring points of law to Court of Appeal for opinion following acquittal of defendants — Attorney General advancing different arguments from those advanced by Crown at trial — Whether court having jurisdiction to give opinion on points of law referred — Whether points of law referred ones which had arisen in the case — Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c 71), s 36(1)

  HUMAN RIGHTS — Freedom of thought, expression and assembly — Interference with — Defendants charged with causing criminal damage to statue during protest and committed to Crown Court for trial — Whether jury required to be sure that defendants’ convictions proportionate interference with their Convention rights — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 9, 10, 11

  7 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered

• R v Laskowski

  12 May 2023 [2023] EWCA Crim 494; [2023] KB 602; [2023] 3 WLR 495; [2024] 1 All ER 1103; [2023] 2 Cr App R 9; [2023] WLR(D) 227, CA (Holroyde LJ, Holgate, Foster JJ)

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  CRIME — Drugs — Offer to supply
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  CRIME — Drugs — Offer to supply — Defendant in Netherlands sending messages to man in England offering to supply cocaine — Defendant charged with offering to supply controlled drug to another — Whether offence complete when offer made in Netherlands — Whether English court having jurisdiction to try defendant — Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c 38), s 4

  5 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• R (Morahan) v West London Assistant Coroner

  11 Jun 2021 [2021] EWHC 1603 (Admin); [2021] QB 1205; [2021] 3 WLR 919; [2021] WLR(D) 333, DC (Popplewell LJ, Garnham J, Judge Teague QC, Chief Coroner of England and Wales)

  28 Oct 2022 [2022] EWCA Civ 1410; [2023] KB 81; [2023] 2 WLR 497; [2023] 3 All ER 813; [2022] WLR(D) 418; The Times, 29 December 2022, CA (Lord Burnett of Maldon CJ, Nicola Davies, Baker LJJ)

  13 Apr 2023 (appn dis) [2023] 1 WLR 1886, SC(E) (Lord Reed PSC, Lord Sales, Lord Leggatt JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; most recently considered: 2023. Subsequent citations: 18.
  CORONER — Inquest — Verdict
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  CORONER — Inquest — Verdict — Voluntary inpatient of psychiatric rehabilitation unit dying of drug overdose having left unit — Whether coroner under duty to conduct enhanced investigation into death — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 2

  15 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Dassault Aviation SA v Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co Ltd

  20 Dec 2022 [2022] EWHC 3287 (Comm); [2023] KB 269; [2023] 2 WLR 1061; [2023] 2 All ER (Comm) 500; [2023] WLR(D) 32, KBD (Cockerill J)

  12 Jan 2024 [2024] EWCA Civ 5; [2024] KB 421; [2024] 2 WLR 833; [2024] 2 All ER (Comm) 442; [2024] WLR(D) 24, CA (Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, Coulson, Phillips LJJ)

  02 May 2024 (appn dis) [2024] 1 WLR 2458, SC(E) ( Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Hamblen, Lady Simler JJSC)

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  CONTRACT — Construction — Non-assignment clause
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  CONTRACT — Construction — Non-assignment clause — Sale contract prohibiting assignment of any part of it “by any party” without other party’s consent — Buyer’s right of recovery under sale contract subsequently assigned to insurer by operation of Japanese law — Whether prohibition on assignment applying to assignment by operation of law

  8 Case(s) considered
• QX v Secretary of State for the Home Department

  21 Sep 2020 [2020] EWHC 2508 (Admin), QBD (Farbey J)

  07 Apr 2022 [2022] EWHC 836 (Admin), QBD (Farbey J)

  22 Nov 2022 [2022] EWCA Civ 1541; [2023] KB 472; [2023] 2 WLR 1103; [2022] WLR(D) 465, CA (Coulson, Nugee, Elisabeth Laing LJJ)

  13 Apr 2023 (appn all) [2023] 1 WLR 1812, SC(E) (Lord Reed PSC, Lord Sales, Lord Leggatt JJSC)

  05 Aug 2024 [2024] UKSC 26; [2025] AC 995; [2024] 3 WLR 547; [2025] 1 All ER 209; [2024] WLR(D) 376, SC(E) (Lord Reed PSC, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Hamblen, Lord Burrows, Lord Stephens, Lady Rose, Lady Simler JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral; most recently considered: 2023. Subsequent citations: 14.
  TERRORISM — Counter-terrorism — Temporary exclusion order
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  TERRORISM — Counter-terrorism — Temporary exclusion order

  TERRORISM — Counter-terrorism — Temporary exclusion order — Secretary of State making temporary exclusion order in respect of claimant and imposing obligations on claimant on return to United Kingdom — Claimant applying for statutory review of Secretary of State’s decision that conditions for making order met — Whether Convention right to fair trial applying on review so as to entitle claimant to certain level of disclosure — Whether claimant to be permitted to cross-examine Secretary of State’s national security witness — Whether Secretary of State to be ordered to tender witness for cross-examination on other aspects of challenge — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 3(1), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 6, 8 — Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (c 6), ss 2, 9, 11(2) — CPR rr 3.1(2)(m), 88.25(4)

  TERRORISM — Counter-terrorism — Temporary exclusion order — Secretary of State imposing temporary exclusion order in respect of claimant and imposing obligations on claimant on return to United Kingdom — Claimant applying for statutory review of Secretary of State’s decision to impose order — Whether Convention right to fair trial applying on review so as to entitle claimant to certain level of disclosure — Whether right of abode in United Kingdom constituting “civil right” within meaning of Convention — Whether outcome of review having substantial influence or effect on determination of civil rights involved in related review of obligations — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 3(1), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 6, 8 — Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (c 6), ss 2, 9, 11(2)

  14 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Birmingham City Council v Bravington

  22 Mar 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 308; [2023] KB 421; [2023] 3 WLR 267; [2023] 4 All ER 749; [2023] WLR(D) 148, CA (Moylan, Newey, Arnold LJJ)

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  HOUSING — Secure tenancy — Claim for possession
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  HOUSING — Secure tenancy — Claim for possession — Local authority landlord wishing to obtain possession of property on anti-social behaviour ground — Notice of intention to seek possession handed to tenant’s partner at property — Whether notice validly served — Whether provisions governing service by local authorities applying — Local Government Act 1972 (c 70), s 233 — Housing Act 1985 (c 68), ss 83ZA, 84A

  6 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• Argentum Exploration Ltd v The Silver (Argentum Exploration Ltd v Republic of South Africa)

  16 Dec 2020 [2020] EWHC 3434 (Admlty); [2021] QB 585; [2021] 2 WLR 613; [2021] 2 All ER (Comm) 1397; [2021] 2 Lloyd's Rep 1; [2021] WLR(D) 24, QBD (Sir Nigel Teare)

  11 Oct 2022 [2022] EWCA Civ 1318; [2023] KB 195; [2023] 2 WLR 209; [2023] 1 All ER (Comm) 879; [2023] 1 Lloyd's Rep 405; [2022] WLR(D) 395, CA (Popplewell, Andrews, Elisabeth Laing LJJ)

  01 Feb 2023 (appn all) [2023] 1 WLR 988, SC(E) (Lord Reed PSC, Lord Burrows, Lord Stephens JJSC)

  08 May 2024 [2024] UKSC 16; [2025] AC 555; [2024] 2 WLR 1259; [2024] 4 All ER 353; [2024] 2 All ER (Comm) 931, SC(E) (Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Briggs, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt, Lord Richards JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; most recently considered: 2025. Subsequent citations: 10.
  INTERNATIONAL LAW — State immunity — Statutory exception
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  INTERNATIONAL LAW — State immunity — Statutory exception — Ship sinking while carrying cargo belonging to foreign government — Claimant salvaging cargo and bringing action in rem against cargo seeking salvage reward — Whether government immune as respects such action — Whether statutory exception to immunity applying by reason of cargo and ship being “in use … for commercial purposes” when cause of action arising — State Immunity Act 1978 (c 33), s 10(4)(a)

  INTERNATIONAL LAW — State immunity — Statutory exception — Ship sinking while carrying cargo belonging to foreign government — Claimant salvaging cargo and bringing action in rem against cargo seeking salvage reward — Whether government immune as respects such action — Whether statutory exception to immunity applying by reason of cargo and ship being “in use … for commercial purposes” when cause of action arising — Whether Receiver of Wreck having power to determine salvage “due” — State Immunity Act 1978 (c 33), s 10(4)(a) — Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c 21), ss 226, 239

  INTERNATIONAL LAW — State immunity — Statutory exception — Ship sinking while carrying cargo belonging to foreign state — Claimant salvaging cargo and bringing action in rem against cargo seeking salvage reward — Whether foreign state immune as respects such action — Whether statutory exception to immunity applying by reason of cargo and ship being “in use or intended for use for commercial purposes” when cause of action arising — State Immunity Act 1978 (c 33), s 10(4)(a)

  11 Case(s) considered

  2 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered

• Shepherd & Co Solicitors v Brealey

  19 Dec 2022 [2022] EWHC 3229 (KB); [2023] KB 105; [2023] 2 WLR 979; [2023] WLR(D) 5, KBD (Cavanagh J)

  26 Mar 2024 [2024] EWCA Civ 303; [2024] KB 1117; [2024] 3 WLR 585; [2025] 1 All ER 987; [2024] WLR(D) 146, CA (Newey, Coulson LJJ, Sir Nicholas Patten)

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES — Personal representative — Fees
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  ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES — Personal representative — Fees — Will appointing partner in firm of solicitors as executor but making no provision for partner to be paid — Whether firm entitled to recover fees for work done by partner in capacity as executor — Whether question of such entitlement falling within scope of third party assessment proceedings — Whether firm having statutory entitlement to charge for work — Whether court to permit recovery of fees in exercise of inherent jurisdiction — Solicitors Act 1974 (c 47), s 71(3) — Trustee Act 2000 (c 29), s 29

  ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES — Personal representative — Fees — Will appointing partner in firm of solicitors as executor but making no provision for partner to be paid — Whether firm entitled to recover fees for work done by partner in capacity as executor — Whether firm having statutory entitlement to charge for work — Whether court to permit recovery of fees in exercise of inherent jurisdiction — Trustee Act 2000 (c 29), ss 28, 29

  14 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered

• R v Mohamed (Ashari) (R v Mohamed (Khdeir), R v Aldaw (Mustafa))

  02 Mar 2023 [2023] EWCA Crim 211; [2023] KB 293; [2023] 3 WLR 31; [2023] 2 Cr App R 2; [2023] WLR(D) 109, CA (Lord Burnett of Maldon CJ, Holgate, Bryan JJ)

  CRIME — Immigration — Attempting to arrive in United Kingdom without valid entry clearance

  CRIME — Immigration — Assisting unlawful immigration
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  CRIME — Immigration — Attempting to arrive in United Kingdom without valid entry clearance — Sudanese defendant intercepted whilst attempting to cross English Channel in small boat — Defendant not having entry clearance but applying for asylum on arrival — Whether asylum-seeker requiring entry clearance — Whether asylum-seeker having defence to charge of attempting to arrive without valid entry clearance — Immigration Act 1971 (c 77), ss 1(2), 3(1), 3A, 24(D1) — Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c 36), ss 30(3), 37

  CRIME — Immigration — Assisting unlawful immigration — Sudanese defendant intercepted whilst attempting to cross English Channel in small boat of migrants — Defendant piloting boat for all or part of journey — Whether defendant assisting breach of “immigration law” by migrants arriving in United Kingdom without entry clearance — Whether Crown required to prove defendant knew or should have known migrants committing offence of arriving in United Kingdom without entry clearance — Immigration Act 1971, ss 1, 3, 24(D1), 25(1)

  1 Case considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered