Results: 378

• Macarthys Ltd v Smith

  14 Dec 1977 [1978] 1 WLR 849; [1978] ICR 500; [1978] 2 All ER 746, EAT

  25 Jul 1979 (Ref to ECJ) [1979] 1 WLR 1189; [1979] ICR 785; [1979] 3 All ER 325, CA

  27 Mar 1980 (Case C-129/79); EU:C:1980:103; [1981] QB 180; [1980] 3 WLR 929; [1980] ICR 672; [1981] 1 All ER 111, ECJ

  17 Apr 1980 (Costs) [1981] QB 180; [1980] 3 WLR 929; [1980] ICR 672, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 3 neutral. Subsequent citations: 20.
  DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Equal pay — “Like work”

  DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Equal pay — Variation due to material difference
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  DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Equal pay — “Like work” — Comparison of work with predecessor's — Whether comparisons required to be contemporaneous — Reference to European Court of Justice — Equal Pay Act 1970, s 1 (2) (as amended by Sex Discrimination Act 1975, s 8) — EEC Treaty (Cmnd 5179—II), art 119 — Council Directive (75/117/EEC), art 1

  DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Equal pay — Variation due to material difference — Comparison of work with predecessor's — Whether “like work” — Whether comparisons required to be contemporaneous — Reference to European Court of Justice — Equal Pay Act 1970, s 1(2) (as amended by Sex Discrimination Act 1975, s 8) — EEC Treaty (Cmnd 5179–II), art 119 — Council Directive (75/117/EEC), art 1

  2 Case(s) considered

  2 Words & Phrases considered
• R v Henn (Director of Public Prosecutions v Darby, Director of Public Prosecutions v Henn, Henn and Darby v Director of Public Prosecutions, R v Darby)

  13 Jul 1978 [1978] 1 WLR 1031; [1978] 3 All ER 1190; 69 Cr App R 137, CA

  14 Dec 1979 (Case C-34/79); EU:C:1979:295; [1981] AC 850; [1980] 2 WLR 597; [1980] 2 All ER 166; 71 Cr App R 44, ECJ

  27 Mar 1980 [1981] AC 850; [1980] 2 WLR 597; [1980] 2 All ER 166, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive. Subsequent citations: 40.
  CRIME — Obscene libel — Obscene article

  EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE — Reference to — Whether necessary
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  CRIME — Obscene libel — Obscene article — Prohibition on import — Importation from member state of European Economic Community — Whether prohibition total — Whether excluded by EEC Treaty — Whether question referable to European Court of Justice — Whether prohibition “justified” — Public morality or public policy — Customs Consolidation Act 1876, s 42 — Customs and Excise Act 1952, s 304 — EEC Treaty (Cmnd 5179—II), arts 30, 36

  CRIME — Obscene libel — Obscene article — Prohibition on import — Importation from member state of European Economic Community — Whether total prohibition equivalent to quantitative restriction on import — Exception for prohibition based on public morality — Criteria of public morality — Exception relating to pre-existing treaty obligations — Customs Consolidation Act 1876, s 42 — Customs and Excise Act 1952, s 304 — EEC Treaty (Cmnd 5179—II), arts 30, 36, 234

  EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE — Reference to — Whether necessary — Import prohibition on indecent or obscene articles — Whether justified on grounds of public morality or public policy — Whether referable — Customs Consolidation Act 1876, s 42 — EEC Treaty (Cmnd 5179-II) arts 30, 36, 177

  CRIME — Obscene libel — Obscene article — Prohibition on import — Importation from member state of European Economic Community — Whether total prohibition equivalent to quantitative restriction on import — Exception for prohibition based on public morality — Criteria of public morality — Exception relating to pre-existing treaty obligations — Customs Consolidation Act 1876, s 42 — Customs and Excise Act 1952, s 304 — EEC Treaty (Cmnd 5179-II), arts 30, 36, 234

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 EU Enactment considered

  2 Statutes considered
• Farrell (formerly McLaughlin) v Secretary of State for Defence

  19 Dec 1979 [1980] 1 WLR 172; [1980] 1 All ER 166; 70 Cr App R 224, HL(NI)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 7.
  CRIME — Northern ireland — Crime
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  CRIME — Northern ireland — Crime — Prevention of — Suspected bomb attack on bank — Soldiers shooting and killing man acting suspiciously — Action by widow alleging negligence and assault and battery by soldiers — Whether force used by soldiers “reasonable in the circumstances” — Whether negligence by others in planning of operation, if proved, depriving soldiers of defence — Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967, s 3 (1)

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Overseas Enactment considered
• R v Nottingham Justices, Ex parte Davies (Davies, Ex parte, Nottingham Justices v Davies)

  28 Mar 1980 (appn dis) [1980] 1 WLR 898, HL(E)

  02 May 1980 [1981] QB 38; [1980] 3 WLR 15; [1980] 2 All ER 775, DC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 4.
  JUSTICES — Bail — Application for bail
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  JUSTICES — Bail — Application for bail — Previous applications for bail refused — No change in circumstances since previous applications — Whether justices to consider all matters before court on previous occasion — Bail Act 1976, s 4, Sch 1, Pt I, para 2

  1 Statute considered
• R v Governor of Pentonville Prison, Ex parte Budlong (Budlong, Ex parte, Kember, Ex parte, R v Governor of Holloway Prison, Ex parte Kember)

  (pet dis) [1980] 1 WLR 1128, HL(E)

  30 Nov 1979 [1980] 1 WLR 1110; [1980] 1 All ER 701, DC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 9.
  EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE — Reference to — Whether necessary

  EXTRADITION — Treaty — Construction
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  EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE — Reference to — Whether necessary — Extradition from United Kingdom of own national — Whether requiring justification on public policy grounds — Whether question requiring ruling by European Court — EEC Treaty (Cmnd 5179-II), art 48 (3)

  EXTRADITION — Treaty — Construction — Burglary of confidential documents from United States government department — No formal document with particulars constituting offence according to English law — Whether substantial similarity of offences sufficient to constitute double criminality — Whether offence of political character — Whether attempted enforcement of public law — Extradition Act 1870, ss 3 (1), 26 — United States of America (Extradition) Order 1976, Sch 1, art III

  6 Case(s) considered

  1 EU Enactment considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Rothmans of Pall Mall (Overseas) Ltd v Saudi Arabian Airlines Corpn

  14 Mar 1980 [1981] QB 368; [1980] 3 WLR 642; [1980] 3 All ER 359, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive. Subsequent citations: 6.
  AIRCRAFT — Carriage by air — Jurisdiction
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  AIRCRAFT — Carriage by air — Jurisdiction — Foreign carrier with branch offices in England — Whether to be sued as “ordinarily resident” in England for purposes of Convention — Whether English court having jurisdiction — Carriage by Air Act 1961, Sch 1, art 28(1)

  2 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered

• R v Secretary of State for Trade, Ex parte Perestrello (Perestrello, Ex parte)

  30 Nov 1979 [1981] QB 19; [1980] 3 WLR 1; [1980] 3 All ER 28, QBD

  Subsequent citations: 4.
  COMPANY — Investigation of affairs — Department of Trade inspectors
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  COMPANY — Investigation of affairs — Department of Trade inspectors — Inspectors' duty to act fairly in carrying out investigation — Notice to produce documents in wide terms — Whether evidence of abuse of powers — Companies Act 1967, s 109

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• R v Inland Revenue Comrs, Ex p Rossminster Ltd (Inland Revenue Comrs v Kossminster Ltd)

  13 Dec 1979 [1980] AC 952; [1980] 2 WLR 1; [1979] 3 All ER 385; 52 TC 160, DC

  13 Dec 1979 [1980] AC 952; [1980] 2 WLR 1; [1979] 3 All ER 385; 52 TC 160, CA

  13 Dec 1979 [1980] AC 952; [1980] 2 WLR 1; [1980] 1 All ER 80; 52 TC 160; 70 Cr App R 157, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 6 positive; 2 neutral; 4 negative. Subsequent citations: 83.
  REVENUE — Search, right of — Search warrant
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  REVENUE — Search, right of — Search warrant — Revenue's suspicion of tax fraud — Warrants not particularising offence — Whether valid — Seizure of documents — Whether revenue to disclose facts on which reasonable cause for seizure based — Whether seizure lawful — Taxes Management Act 1970, s 20 C (1) (3) (as substituted by Finance Act 1976, Sch 6)

  1 Statute considered
• Ong Ah Chuan v Public Prosecutor (Koh Chai Cheng v Public Prosecutor)

  15 Oct 1980 [1981] AC 648; [1980] 3 WLR 855, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral; 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 44.
  CONSTITUTION — Singapore — Constitution

  CRIME — Singapore — Crime
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  CONSTITUTION — Singapore — Constitution — Statutory rebuttable presumption — Possession of more than two grammes of heroin presumed trafficking — Whether unconstitutional — Whether death sentence for trafficking in more than 15 grammes of heroin unconstitutional — Constitution of Republic of Singapore (reprint March 31, 1980), arts 9 (1), 12 (1) — Misuse of Drugs Act 1973, ss 15, 29 (as amended by Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Act 1975, ss 5, 9, 13)

  CRIME — Singapore — Crime — Drugs — Trafficking — More than two grammes of heroin conveyed by car — Whether “transport” — Statutory presumption of “trafficking” when in possession of more than two grammes of heroin — Whether rebutted — Misuse of Drugs Act 1973, ss 2 (a), 3, 10, 15 (as amended by Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Act 1975, ss 3, 5)

  CONSTITUTION — Singapore — Constitution — Statutory rebuttable presumption — Possession of more than two grammes of heroin presumed trafficking — Whether unconstitutional — Whether death sentence for trafficking in more than 15 grammes of heroin unconstitutional — Constitution of Republic of Singapore (reprint 31 March 1980), arts 9(1), 12(1) — Misuse of Drugs Act 1973, ss 15, 29 (as amended by Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Act 1975, ss 5, 9, 13)

  CRIME — Singapore — Crime — Drugs — Trafficking — More than two grammes of heroin conveyed by car — Whether “transport” — Statutory presumption of “trafficking” when in possession of more than two grammes of heroin — Whether rebutted — Misuse of Drugs Act 1973, ss 2(a), 3, 10, 15 (as amended by Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Act 1975, ss 3, 5)

  4 Words & Phrases considered

  4 Overseas Enactments considered
• O’Brien v Sim-Chem Ltd

  28 Jul 1978 [1979] ICR 13, EAT

  21 Dec 1979 [1980] 1 WLR 734; [1980] ICR 429; [1980] 2 All ER 307, CA

  30 Jul 1980 (pet all) [1980] 1 WLR 1011; [1980] 1 WLR 750H; [1980] ICR 573; [1980] 3 All ER 132, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 17.
  DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Equal pay — European Economic Community

  DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Equal pay — Evaluation study
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  DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Equal pay — European Economic Community — Effect of Community law on municipal law — Directive on equal pay for equivalent work — EEC 1972 (Cmnd 5179—II), art 119 — EEC Council Directive 75/117/EEC, art 1

  DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Equal pay — Evaluation study — Scheme to remunerate employees in accordance with evaluation study and merit assessment schemes — Evaluation study completed but not implemented — Merit assessment scheme incomplete — Whether women's remuneration determined by “rating of the work” — Whether women entitled to equal pay as men in same grade — Equal Pay Act 1970, s 1 (2) (b) (as amended by Sex Discrimination Act 1975, s 8)

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  2 EU Enactments considered

  3 Statutes considered