Results: 68

• Bank Mellat v HM Treasury (No 2)

  11 Jun 2010 [2010] EWHC 1332 (QB); [2010] Lloyd's Rep FC 504; [2010] WLR (D) 148, QBD (Mitting J)

  13 Jan 2011 [2011] EWCA Civ 1; [2012] QB 101; [2011] 3 WLR 714; [2011] 2 All ER 802, CA

  19 Jun 2013 [2013] UKSC 38; [2013] UKSC 39; [2014] AC 700; [2013] 3 WLR 179; [2013] 4 All ER 495; [2013] 4 All ER 533; [2013] Lloyd's Rep FC 580; [2013] HRLR 30; [2013] WLR (D) 244, SC(E) (Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury PSC, Lord Dyson MR, Lord Hope of Craighead DPSC, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Lord Sumption, Lord Reed, Lord Carnwath JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 44 positive; 10 neutral; 4 negative; most recently considered: 2923. Subsequent citations: 580.
  STATUTORY INSTRUMENT — Validity — -

  CROWN — Order in Council — Validity

  SUPREME COURT — Jurisdiction — Evidence
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  STATUTORY INSTRUMENT — Validity — - — Order directing persons operating in UK financial sector not to do business with claimant with aim of inhibiting development of nuclear weapons by Iran— Whether claimant should have been given opportunity to make representations before order made— Whether order “proportionate” having regard to risk to national interests of United Kingdom posed by Iranian development of nuclear weapons— Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 6(1), Pt II, art 1— Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, Sch 7, paras 1(4), 9(6)— Financial Restrictions (Iran) Order 2009 (SI 2009/2725)

  CROWN — Order in Council — Validity — Treasury making Order in Council containing direction prohibiting transactions or business relationships with Iranian bank in order to prevent facilitation of production of nuclear weapons in Iran— Bank not given opportunity to make representations before making of Order— Bank applying to set aside direction— Whether requirement that least measure be used— Whether existence of less intrusive measure use of which would not significantly compromise legitimate aim of restriction relevant to its proportionality— Whether Order proportionate— Whether procedurally flawed— Whether Parliament excluding common law right to make representations before direction made— Whether Convention right to fair hearing engaged when direction made and laid before Parliament— Whether statutory procedure breaching Convention rights— Whether Order lawful— Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 6, Pt II, art 1 — Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c 28), ss 62, 63, Sch 7

  CROWN — Order in Council — Validity — Treasury making Order in Council containing direction prohibiting transactions or business relationships with Iranian bank in order to prevent facilitation of production of nuclear weapons in Iran— Bank not given opportunity to make representations before making of Order— Bank applying to set aside direction— Whether requirement that least measure be used— Whether Order proportionate— Whether procedurally flawed— Whether Parliament excluding common law right to make representations before direction made— Whether statutory procedure breaching Convention rights— Whether Order lawful— Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 6, Pt II, art 1 — Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c 28), ss 62, 63, Sch 7

  SUPREME COURT — Jurisdiction — Evidence — Closed material procedure— Order in Council containing direction prohibiting transactions or business relationships with Iranian bank in order to prevent facilitation of production of nuclear weapons in Iran— Bank’s appeal from court’s refusal to set aside Order— Treasury proposing to rely on closed material in resisting appeal— Whether jurisdiction for Supreme Court to entertain closed material— Whether appropriate to entertain material— Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c 4), s 40

  8 Case(s) considered

  3 Statutes considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• R (Sinclair Collis Ltd) v Secretary of State for Health

  17 Jun 2011 [2011] EWCA Civ 437; [2012] QB 394; [2012] 2 WLR 304; [2011] WLR (D) 200, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 25.
  EUROPEAN UNION — Public health — Anti-smoking measures
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  EUROPEAN UNION — Public health — Anti-smoking measures — Secretary of State making regulations prohibiting sale of tobacco from automatic vending machines — Serious adverse effect on owners of vending machines and on suppliers in other EU member states — Prohibition imposing quantitative restriction on imports and concerning right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions — Proper margin of appreciation to be accorded to decision-maker — Whether protection of public health justifying restrictions — Whether prohibition violating principle of proportionality — Children and Young Persons (Protection from Tobacco) Act 1991 s 3A (as inserted by Health Act 2009, s 22) — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt II, art 1 — Protection from Tobacco (Sales from Vending Machines) (England) Regulations 2010, reg 2(1) — FEU Treaty, arts 34FEU, 36FEU

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 EU Enactment considered

  2 Statutes considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Pritchard v Co-operative Group Ltd

  25 Mar 2011 [2011] EWCA Civ 329; [2012] QB 320; [2011] 3 WLR 1272; [2012] 1 All ER 205; [2011] WLR (D) 110, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral; most recently considered: 2023. Subsequent citations: 8.
  TORT — Cause of action — Battery
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  TORT — Cause of action — Battery — Contributory negligence — Claimant’s claim for damages for torts of assault and battery — Whether defence of contributory negligence available — Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945, ss 1(1), 4

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• I v Oberbürgermeisterin der Stadt Remscheid

  22 May 2012 (Case C-348/09); EU:C:2012:300; [2012] QB 799; [2012] 3 WLR 662; [2013] All ER (EC) 218; [2012] WLR (D) 157, ECJ

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 17.
  EUROPEAN UNION — Freedom of movement — Persons

  EUROPEAN UNION — Freedom of movement for persons — Directive 2004/38/EC
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  EUROPEAN UNION — Freedom of movement — Persons — European Union citizen convicted in host member state of sexual exploitation of child — Host member state ordering expulsion upon conclusion of sentence on basis of "imperative grounds of public security" — Whether open to member state to regard sexual exploitation of children as covered by "imperative grounds of public security" — Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC, art 28(3)

  EUROPEAN UNION — Freedom of movement for persons — Directive 2004/38/EC — Article 28(3)(a) — Expulsion decision — Criminal conviction — Imperative grounds of public security

  1 Case considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 EU Enactment considered

• R (Woolas) v Parliamentary Election Court

  03 Dec 2010 [2010] EWHC 3169 (Admin); [2012] QB 1; [2011] 2 WLR 1362; [2010] WLR (D) 317, DC

  Subsequent citations: 13.
  PARLIAMENT — Election — Illegal practice
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  PARLIAMENT — Election — Illegal practice — Successful parliamentary candidate making false statements of fact relating to rival candidate in election leaflets — Parliamentary election court finding candidate guilty of illegal practice and declaring election void — Whether determination of election court on issue of law amenable to judicial review — Whether statements “in relation to personal character or conduct” of rival candidate — Relevance of Convention rights — Representation of the People Act 1983, s 106(1) — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 10, Pt II, art 3

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered
• R (ToTel Ltd) v First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber)

  24 Mar 2011 [2011] EWHC 652 (Admin); [2012] QB 358; [2012] 2 WLR 435; [2011] STC 1485, QBD (Simon J)

  31 Oct 2012 [2012] EWCA Civ 1401; [2013] QB 860; [2013] 2 WLR 1136; [2013] STC 1557; [2012] WLR (D) 303, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; most recently considered: 2024. Subsequent citations: 14.
  REVENUE — Value added tax — Appeal
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  REVENUE — Value added tax — Appeal — Taxpayer appealing commissioners’ assessment for recovery of previously credited input VAT — Taxpayer applying on hardship grounds not to pay disputed tax before appeal entertained — Commissioners and tribunal refusing hardship application — Whether abolition of right of appeal against tribunal’s hardship decision unlawful — Whether requirement to pay disputed input tax prior to appeal incompatible with European Union law — Whether taxpayer’s Convention rights infringed — Value Added Tax Act 1994, s 84(3)(3B)(3C) (as amended by Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009, art 3, Sch 1, paras 216, 221(1)(3)(5)) — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 6, Pt II, art 1 — Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, s 11 — Finance Act 2008, s 124

  7 Case(s) considered

  4 Statutes considered

• Simpson v Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust

  12 Oct 2011 [2011] EWCA Civ 1149; [2012] QB 640; [2012] 2 WLR 873; [2012] 1 All ER 1423; [2011] WLR (D) 294, CA

  Subsequent citations: 12.
  MAINTENANCE OF SUIT — Champerty — Assignment of cause of action
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  MAINTENANCE OF SUIT — Champerty — Assignment of cause of action — Assignor bringing claim for damages for personal injury against hospital in respect of hospital-acquired infection — Assignor purporting to assign claim to claimant for £1 — Whether claim capable of assignment — Claimant seeking to pursue campaign against hospital regarding hospital-acquired infections — Whether claimant having sufficient interest in claim for assignment to be valid — Whether assignment champertous — Whether void — Whether unlawful interference with Convention right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions — Law of Property Act 1925, s 136 — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt II, art 1

  6 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• Lesoochranárske zoskupenie VLK v Ministerstvo životného prostredia Slovenskej republiky (Lesoochranárske zoskupenie VLK v Ministerstvo životného prostredia Slovenskej republiky.)

  08 Mar 2011 (Case C-240/09); EU:C:2011:125; [2012] QB 606; [2012] 3 WLR 278; [2012] PTSR 822; [2011] WLR (D) 82; [2012] All ER (EC) 1, ECJ

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 34.
  EUROPEAN UNION — International treaties — Access to justice in environmental matters

  EUROPEAN UNION — Environment — Aarhus Convention
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  EUROPEAN UNION — International treaties — Access to justice in environmental matters — European Community and member states concluding international treaty on access to justice in environmental matters on basis of joint competence — European Union subsequently adopting legislation concerning access to administrative and judicial procedures involving challenges to decisions of European Union institutions in environmental matters — Member states retaining responsibility for implementing treaty obligations in respect of national administrative or judicial proceedings — Whether Court of Justice having jurisdiction to rule on whether international treaty provision having direct effect — Whether international treaty provision on public access to administrative or judicial procedures in environmental matters having direct effect — Council Decision 2005/370/EC — Council Directive 92/43/EEC, arts 12(1), 16(1) — Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters (1998), art 9(3)

  EUROPEAN UNION — Environment — Aarhus Convention — Public participation in the decision-making process and access to justice in environmental matters — Direct effect

  2 EU Enactments considered

  1 International Agreement considered
• R (British Sky Broadcasting Ltd) v Central Criminal Court

  20 Dec 2011 [2011] EWHC 3451 (Admin); [2012] QB 785; [2012] 3 WLR 78, DC

  05 Jul 2012 (appn all) [2012] 1 WLR 3288, SC(E)

  12 Mar 2014 (B intervening) [2014] UKSC 17; [2014] AC 885; [2014] 2 WLR 558; [2014] 2 All ER 705; [2014] WLR (D) 123; Case details, SC(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 19.
  CRIME — Evidence — Production order
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  CRIME — Evidence — Production order — Judge on application for production order against broadcaster hearing evidence not made available to broadcaster — Production order made — Common law principle of fairness requiring party to have access to evidence on which case against him based — Whether principle applicable on application for production order — Whether procedure adopted unfair — Whether order to be quashed — Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, Sch 1, paras 4, 7

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• Lovat v Hertsmere Borough Council

  27 Oct 2011 [2011] EWCA Civ 1185; [2012] QB 533; [2012] 2 WLR 420; [2011] WLR (D) 306, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; most recently considered: 2023. Subsequent citations: 1.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Leasehold enfranchisement — Tenant's right to acquire reversion
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Leasehold enfranchisement — Tenant's right to acquire reversion — Additional right to enfranchisement in cases where tenancy not at low rent — Tenant holding underlease of property comprising house and grounds situated in park belonging to freeholder in designated rural area — Tenant serving notice of desire to acquire freehold of house and grounds — Freeholder disputing entitlement to enfranchise — Whether “house which the tenant occupies under the tenancy” including house and grounds — Whether park “adjoining land … not occupied for residential purposes” — Whether underlease “excluded tenancy” — Whether tenant entitled to acquire freehold — Leasehold Reform Act 1967, s 1AA(1)(3) (as inserted by Housing Act 1996, s 106, Sch 9, para 1 and amended by Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, s 141)

  2 Case(s) considered

  3 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered