Results: 65

• Greene v Associated Newspapers Ltd

  05 Nov 2004 [2004] EWCA Civ 1462; [2005] QB 972; [2005] 3 WLR 281; [2005] 1 All ER 30, CA

  Subsequent citations: 51.
  INJUNCTION — Interlocutory — Libel
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  INJUNCTION — Interlocutory — Libel — Claimant seeking injunction to restrain defendant from publication — Defence of justification — Whether injunction to be granted — Whether court required to ask whether plea of justification more likely than not to fail — Human Rights Act 1998, ss 6(1), 12(3), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 10

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• Law Society v Sephton & Co

  06 Feb 2004 [2004] EWHC 544 (Ch); [2004] PNLR 27, Ch D (Michael Briggs QC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court)

  13 Dec 2004 [2004] EWCA Civ 1627; [2005] QB 1013; [2005] 3 WLR 212, CA

  10 May 2006 [2006] UKHL 22; [2006] 2 AC 543; [2006] 2 WLR 1091; [2006] 3 All ER 401, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 neutral; 5 negative; most recently considered: 2023. Subsequent citations: 118.
  LIMITATION OF ACTION — Negligence — Accrual of cause of action
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  LIMITATION OF ACTION — Negligence — Accrual of cause of action — Accountants negligently preparing statutory annual reports on solicitor's practice for submission to Law Society — Solicitor subsequently misappropriating clients' moneys — Law Society failing to investigate or intervene in practice in reliance on reports — Law Society compensating clients from Solicitors Compensation Fund — Whether cause of action against accountants in negligence accruing at time of misappropriations or at time of resolution to compensate clients — Limitation Act 1980, s 2

  LIMITATION OF ACTION — Negligence — Accrual of cause of action — Accountants negligently preparing statutory annual reports on solicitor's practice for submission to Law Society — Solicitor subsequently misappropriating clients' moneys — Law Society failing to investigate or intervene in practice in reliance on reports — Law Society compensating clients from Solicitors Compensation Fund — Whether cause of action against accountants in negligence accruing at time of misappropriations or at time of claim being made against compensation fund — Limitation Act 1980, s 2

  8 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Brennan v Bolt Burdon

  30 Oct 2003 [2003] EWHC 2493 (QB); [2004] 1 WLR 1240, QBD

  29 Jul 2004 [2004] EWCA Civ 1017; [2005] QB 303; [2004] 3 WLR 1321, CA

  Subsequent citations: 31.
  CONTRACT — Mistake — Common mistake
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  CONTRACT — Mistake — Common mistake — Claimant compromising action relying on law as it was understood to be — Understanding of law changed by judicial decision — Claimant withdrawing offer to compromise — Whether compromise entered into under common mistake of law — Whether implied acceptance of risk of future judicial decision — Whether compromise to be reopened

  7 Case(s) considered
• R (Khatun) v Newham London Borough Council

  24 Feb 2004 [2004] EWCA Civ 55; [2005] QB 37; [2004] 3 WLR 417; [2004] LGR 696, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; most recently considered: 2023. Subsequent citations: 294.
  FAIR TRADING — Contract — Unfair terms

  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Homeless persons — Refusal of offer of accommodation
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  FAIR TRADING — Contract — Unfair terms — Grant or transfer of interest in land — Local authority letting property to homeless persons in fulfilment of statutory duty — Whether land transactions subject to fair trading regulations — Whether local authority acting as “seller or supplier” — Whether tenants “consumers” — Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999, regs 3(1), 4(1) — Council Directive 93/13/EEC, arts 2, 3

  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Homeless persons — Refusal of offer of accommodation — Local authority's policy of requiring applicant to accept offered accommodation without opportunity to view — Whether unlawful — Housing Act 1996, s 193(2)

  2 Case(s) considered

  2 Words & Phrases considered

  1 EU Enactment considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• R (Quark Fishing Ltd) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

  22 Jul 2003 [2003] EWHC 1743 (Admin), QBD

  29 Apr 2004 [2004] EWCA Civ 527; [2005] QB 93; [2004] 3 WLR 1, CA

  11 Oct 2004 (pet all) [2005] UKHL 57; [2004] 1 WLR 2774, HL(E)

  13 Oct 2005 [2006] 1 AC 529; [2005] 3 WLR 837; [2006] 3 All ER 111, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 4 positive; 3 neutral; 2 negative; most recently considered: 2015. Subsequent citations: 75.
  CROWN — Colony — Subordinate legislation
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  CROWN — Colony — Subordinate legislation — Direction under — Secretary of State's unlawful instruction to dependent territory official to refuse fishing licence in territory's waters to former licence-holder — Claim for damages for deprivation of possession — Whether instruction given on behalf of United Kingdom government or of territory's government — Whether right to damages — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt II, art 1 — South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Order 1985, s 5

  5 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Erich Gasser GmbH v MISAT Srl

  09 Dec 2003 (Case C-116/02); EU:C:2003:657; [2005] QB 1; [2004] 3 WLR 1070; [2005] 1 All ER (Comm) 538; [2005] All ER (EC) 51; [2004] 1 Lloyd's Rep 222, ECJ

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 5 neutral. Subsequent citations: 62.
  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Jurisdiction under European Convention — Exclusive jurisdiction

  EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE — Reference to — Request for preliminary ruling

  EUROPEAN UNION — Brussels Convention — Article 21
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  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Jurisdiction under European Convention — Exclusive jurisdiction — Court second seised to stay proceedings until jurisdiction of court first seised established — Agreement between parties conferring jurisdiction on court second seised — Which court having initial jurisdiction — Whether slowness of proceedings in state of court first seised relevant — Brussels Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters 1968 (as amended), arts 17, 21

  EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE — Reference to — Request for preliminary ruling — Whether permissible for reference to be based on unproved submissions — Conditions to be satisfied — Protocol of 3 June 1971 on interpretation by Court of Justice of Brussels Convention (as amended), art 3

  EUROPEAN UNION — Brussels Convention — Article 21 — Lis pendens — Article 17 — Agreement conferring jurisdiction — Obligation to stay proceedings of court second seised designated in an agreement conferring jurisdiction — Excessive duration of proceedings before courts in the Member State of the court first seised

  1 Case considered

  2 EU Enactments considered

• R (Whitmey) v Commons Comrs

  21 Jul 2004 [2004] EWCA Civ 951; [2005] QB 282; [2004] 3 WLR 1342, CA

  Subsequent citations: 15.
  COMMONS — Town or village green — Registration
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  COMMONS — Town or village green — Registration — Objection by landowner — Whether commons commissioners having jurisdiction to determine dispute — Whether to be determined by registration authority — Whether reference to non-statutory inquiry infringing landowner's right of access to independent court or tribunal — Whether infringing landowner's right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions — Commons Registration Act 1965 (as amended by Rights of Way Act 2000, s 98(1)), ss 5(6)(7), 13, 14(b), 22(1)(1A) — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 6, Pt II, art 1

  4 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• Jones v Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs intervening) (Mitchell v Al-Dali)

  28 Oct 2004 [2004] EWCA Civ 1394; [2005] QB 699; [2005] 2 WLR 808, CA

  14 Jun 2006 [2006] UKHL 26; [2007] 1 AC 270; [2006] 2 WLR 1424; [2007] 1 All ER 113, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 4 positive; 1 neutral; most recently considered: 2025. Subsequent citations: 99.
  INTERNATIONAL LAW — State immunity — Civil claims alleging torture
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  INTERNATIONAL LAW — State immunity — Civil claims alleging torture — Claims alleging systematic torture of claimants by state officials while in custody of foreign state — Whether state entitled to immunity in respect of torture claims — Whether state entitled to claim immunity in respect of claims against officials — State Immunity Act 1978, ss 1(1), 14(1) — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 6 — Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 1984 (1990), art 14(1)

  8 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered

  1 International Agreement considered
• Watkins v Secretary of State for the Home Department

  20 Jul 2004 [2004] EWCA Civ 966; [2005] QB 883; [2005] 2 WLR 1538; [2004] 4 All ER 1158, CA

  29 Mar 2006 [2006] UKHL 17; [2006] 2 AC 395; [2006] 2 WLR 807; [2006] 2 All ER 353, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 neutral; most recently considered: 2023. Subsequent citations: 48.
  TORT — Cause of action — Misfeasance in public office

  DAMAGES — Exemplary — Misfeasance in public office
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  TORT — Cause of action — Misfeasance in public office — Prison officers opening prisoner's correspondence with legal advisers in breach of Prison Rules — Whether proof of damage necessary ingredient

  DAMAGES — Exemplary — Misfeasance in public office — Prison officers acting in bad faith when opening prisoner's mail in breach of Prison Rules — No actual damage suffered — Whether exemplary damages recoverable

  4 Case(s) considered
• Attorney General’s Reference (No 3 of 2003)

  07 Apr 2004 [2004] EWCA Crim 868; [2005] QB 73; [2004] 3 WLR 451; [2005] 4 All ER 303; [2004] 2 Cr App R 366, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 4 neutral. Subsequent citations: 24.
  CRIME — Common law offence — Misconduct in public office
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  CRIME — Common law offence — Misconduct in public office — Arrested person dying while in police custody — Recklessness as to risk to deceased's welfare — Elements of offence — Whether recklessness as to existence of duty to act sufficient — Whether concept of “bad faith” relevant

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered