Results: 112

• Johnston v Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary

  15 May 1986 (Case C-222/84); (Case C-222/84); EU:C:1986:206; [1987] QB 129; [1986] 3 WLR 1038; [1987] ICR 83; [1986] 3 All ER 135; [1986] ECR I-01651, ECJ

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 4 neutral. Subsequent citations: 163.
  DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Employment — Dismissal

  EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY — Council Directive — Implementation
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  DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Employment — Dismissal — Male police officers armed as protection against terrorists — Policy for women officers to be unarmed — Women officers' duties restricted — Requirement for women police officers diminished — Dismissal — Whether policy for protection of women — Whether policy contrary to public policy — Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976, art 53(1)(2) — Council Directive (76/207/EEC), arts 2(2), 6

  EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY — Council Directive — Implementation — United Kingdom legislation to implement principle of equal treatment for men and women employees — Derogation from principle — Public policy — Council Directive (76/207/EEC), arts 2(2)(3), 6 — Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976, art 53(1)(2)

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 EU Enactment considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Conegate Ltd v HM Customs and Excise

  11 Mar 1986 (Case C-121/85); (Case C-121/85); EU:C:1986:114; [1987] QB 254; [1987] 2 WLR 39; [1986] 2 All ER 688, ECJ

  25 Apr 1986 [1987] QB 254; [1987] 2 WLR 39; [1986] 2 All ER 688, QBD (Kennedy J)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative.
  REVENUE — Customs and Excise — Prohibition on import and export of goods
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  REVENUE — Customs and Excise — Prohibition on import and export of goods — Import of indecent and obscene articles from member state of EEC — No restriction on manufacture and limited restriction on marketing of such articles in United Kingdom — Whether prohibition justified on ground of public morality — Exception relating to preexisting treaty obligations — Customs Consolidation Act 1876, s 42 — EEC Treaty, arts 30, 36, 234

  1 Statute considered
• Drake v Chief Adjudication Officer

  24 Jun 1986 (Case C-150/85); (Case C-150/85); [1987] QB 166; [1986] 3 WLR 1005; [1986] 3 All ER 65; EU:C:1986:257, ECJ

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive. Subsequent citations: 20.
  SOCIAL SECURITY — Invalid care allowance — Disqualification from benefit
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  SOCIAL SECURITY — Invalid care allowance — Disqualification from benefit — Married woman giving up work to look after invalid — Married woman living with husband not entitled to benefit — Whether refusal of benefit contrary to principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security — Council Directive (79/7/EEC), arts 3(1), 4(1) — Social Security Act 1975, s 37(3)(a)

  1 EU Enactment considered
• R v Panel on Take-overs and Mergers, Ex parte Datafin Plc (Datafin Plc, Ex parte)

  05 Dec 1986 [1987] QB 815; [1987] 2 WLR 699; [1987] 1 All ER 564, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 5 positive; 5 neutral; 1 negative; most recently considered: 2025. Subsequent citations: 97.
  COMPANY — Take-overs and mergers — Reference to City Panel on Take-overs and Mergers

  JUDICIAL REVIEW — Panel on Take-overs and Mergers — Complaint
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  COMPANY — Take-overs and mergers — Reference to City Panel on Take-overs and Mergers — Take-over bid — Alleged breach of panel's code on take-overs and mergers — Panel dismissing complaint — Whether decision of panel erroneous — Whether panel's decision subject to judicial review

  JUDICIAL REVIEW — Panel on Take-overs and Mergers — Complaint — Panel dismissing complaint of alleged breach of panel's code on take-overs and mergers — Whether decision subject to judicial review

  1 Case considered

• R v Horseferry Road Justices, Ex parte Independent Broadcasting Authority (Independent Broadcasting Authority, Ex parte)

  30 Jan 1986 [1987] QB 54; [1986] 3 WLR 132; [1986] 2 All ER 666, DC

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  STATUTE — Construction — Offence, whether created
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  STATUTE — Construction — Offence, whether created — Breach of statutory duty — No provision for penalty — Doctrine of contempt of statute — Whether applicable to modern statute — Broadcasting Act 1981, s 4(3)
• Attorney-General v News Group Newspapers Ltd

  30 Apr 1986 [1987] QB 1; [1986] 3 WLR 365; [1986] 2 All ER 833, CA

  19 Feb 1988 [1989] QB 110; [1988] 3 WLR 163; [1988] 2 All ER 906; 87 Cr App R 323, DC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 21.
  CONTEMPT OF COURT — Pending proceedings — Prejudicing fair trial

  CONTEMPT OF COURT — Pending proceedings — “Strict liability rule”
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  CONTEMPT OF COURT — Pending proceedings — Prejudicing fair trial — Newspaper articles alleging rape of child by doctor — Newspaper encouraging private prosecution — Private prosecution subsequently undertaken with newspaper's financial help — Whether proceedings pending or imminent at time of publication of articles — Whether contempt of court

  CONTEMPT OF COURT — Pending proceedings — “Strict liability rule” — Newspaper intending to publish article covering same ground as earlier articles in different newspaper — Earlier articles subject of libel actions — Trial not due to take place for 10 months — Whether “substantial risk” of serious prejudice to course of justice — Contempt of Court Act 1981, s 2(2)(3)

  3 Case(s) considered

  2 Words & Phrases considered
• R v Court

  03 Jun 1986 (pet all) [1987] 1 WLR 1136, HL(E)

  31 Jul 1986 [1987] QB 156; [1986] 3 WLR 1029; [1987] 1 All ER 120; 84 Cr App R 210, CA

  21 Apr 1988 [1989] AC 28; [1988] 2 WLR 1071; [1988] 2 All ER 221; 87 Cr App R 144, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 3 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 37.
  CRIME — Sexual offences — Indecent assault
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  CRIME — Sexual offences — Indecent assault — Mental element in offence — Whether proof of indecent intention or motive required — Whether evidence of secret motive admissible — Sexual Offences Act 1956, s 14(1)

  5 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• SCF Finance Co Ltd v Masri (No 2)

  [1986] 1 All ER 40; [1986] 1 Lloyd's Rep 293

  16 Jul 1986 [1987] QB 1002; [1987] 2 WLR 58; [1987] 1 All ER 175; [1986] 2 Lloyd's Rep 366, CA

  Subsequent citations: 9.
  BANKING — Deposits — Deposit taking business
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  BANKING — Deposits — Deposit taking business — Commodity broking — Client paying deposits for commodity trading — Brokers buying and selling for commission — Extending credit and receiving interest — Accepting risk of loss against indemnity — Whether sums received from clients “deposit” — Whether brokers' business “deposit taking business” — Banking Act 1979, s 1

  3 Case(s) considered

  2 Words & Phrases considered
• Day v Grant

  25 Jan 1985 (Note) [1987] QB 972; [1987] 3 WLR 537; [1987] 3 All ER 678; [1985] RTR 299, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 11.
  COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) — Jurisdiction — Criminal cause or matter
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  COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) — Jurisdiction — Criminal cause or matter — Witness summonses issued in Crown Court — Orders made in connection with summonses in High Court and Divisional Court — Whether orders of High Court and Divisional Court made in “criminal cause or matter” — Whether appeal to Court of Appeal (Civil Division) — Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965, s 2 (as amended by Courts Act 1971, s 56(1), Sch 8) — Supreme Court Act 1981, s 18(1)(a)

  1 Case considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• Aden Refinery Co Ltd v Ugland Management Co Ltd

  31 Jul 1986 [1987] QB 650; [1986] 3 WLR 949; [1986] 3 All ER 737; [1986] 2 Lloyd's Rep 336, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 23.
  ARBITRATION — Award — Refusal of leave

  LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — Arbitration rules
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  ARBITRATION — Award — Refusal of leave — High Court refusing application for leave to appeal to High Court — Refusal of leave to appeal to Court of Appeal — Whether Court of Appeal having jurisdiction to hear appeal — Arbitration Act 1979, s 1(3)(b) (6A) (as amended by Supreme Court Act 1981, s 148(2))

  LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — Arbitration rules — Establishment of body able to amend Arbitration Acts

  5 Case(s) considered