Results: 540

• R v AUH (R v BIY)

  16 Jan 2023 [2023] EWCA Crim 6; [2023] 1 WLR 1399; [2023] 1 Cr App R 17; [2023] WLR(D) 28, CA (Lord Burnett of Maldon CJ, Jay, Cutts JJ)

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Powers — Prosecution
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  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Powers — Prosecution — Local authority’s power to bring prosecution for consumer offences — Whether offences charged “consumer offences” — Whether consent of Director of Public Prosecutions required before bringing prosecution for unauthorised moneylending — Whether judge’s indication that prosecution should elect between offences “ruling” against which appeal lying — Whether local authority conducting litigation through person neither authorised nor exempt — Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c 25), s 35(1) — Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c 8), s 401(2) — Legal Services Act 2007 (c 29), s 12, Sch 2, para 4(1)(b), Sch 3, para 2(4)(a) — Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c 15), Sch 5, para 46(1)

  1 Case considered

  2 Words & Phrases considered

  4 Statutes considered

• R v Cook (Alfie)

  04 Apr 2023 [2023] EWCA Crim 452; [2023] 4 WLR 71; [2023] WLR(D) 376, CA (William Davis LJ, Cockerill, Johnson JJ)

  Subsequent citations: 16.
  CRIME — Sentence — Non-fatal strangulation
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  CRIME — Sentence — Non-fatal strangulation — Proper approach to sentencing in absence of Sentencing Council guideline — Serious Crime Act 2015 (c 9), s 75A

  1 Statute considered

• Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse International

  30 Nov 2022 [2022] EWHC 3054 (Comm); [2023] 1 WLR 2428; [2023] 3 All ER 1029; [2023] 2 All ER (Comm) 722; [2022] WLR(D) 480, KBD (Robin Knowles J)

  Subsequent citations: 5.
  PRACTICE — Disclosure — Third party
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  PRACTICE — Disclosure — Third party — Defendant applying for orders with view to obtaining disclosure of documents on personal e-mail accounts or devices of claimant foreign state’s employees or officeholders — Whether relevant data and documents within claimant’s “control” — Whether court having jurisdiction to make orders sought — Whether orders furthering overriding objective — CPR r 3.1(2)(m), PD 51U, Appendix 1, para 1.1

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• 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

• Shah v Power

  11 Feb 2022 [2022] EWHC 209 (QB); [2022] 1 WLR 3015; [2022] WLR(D) 81, QBD (Eyre J)

  07 Mar 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 239; [2023] 1 WLR 2830; [2024] 1 All ER 1066; [2023] WLR(D) 194, CA (Lewison, Coulson, Elisabeth Laing LJJ)

  24 Jul 2023 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court refused

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  BUILDING — Party wall — Dispute resolution procedure
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  BUILDING — Party wall — Dispute resolution procedure — Property owner carrying out works without serving statutory party wall notice — Whether neighbouring owners entitled to invoke statutory dispute resolution procedure in absence of notice — Party Wall etc Act 1996 (c 40), ss 10, 20

  BUILDING — Party wall — Dispute resolution procedure — Building owner carrying out works without serving party structure notice — Whether adjoining owners able to invoke statutory dispute resolution procedure in absence of notice — Party Wall etc Act 1996 (c 40), ss 2, 3, 10

  8 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• R (MG) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

  20 Jul 2022 [2022] EWHC 1847 (Admin); [2023] 1 WLR 284; [2022] WLR(D) 322, QBD (Johnson J)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; most recently considered: 2025. Subsequent citations: 5.
  HUMAN RIGHTS — Inhuman or degrading treatment — Duty to investigate
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  HUMAN RIGHTS — Inhuman or degrading treatment — Duty to investigate — Knife attack by asylum seeker staying in hotel accommodation provided by Secretary of State — Whether Secretary of State under duty to initiate independent investigation into attack — Whether Secretary of State breaching lower level systems duty or operational duty so as to give rise to investigative duty — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 3 — Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c 33), s 95(1)(a) — Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/7), reg 4(3)

  2 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• James v Seymour

  19 Apr 2023 [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam); [2023] 4 WLR 53; [2024] 1 FLR 614; [2023] WLR(D) 222, Fam D (Mostyn J)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; most recently considered: 2023. Subsequent citations: 9.
  MARRIAGE — Divorce — Financial provision
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  MARRIAGE — Divorce — Financial provision — Child maintenance — Wife appealing against refusal of judge to dramatically increase child maintenance in application to vary consent order covering spousal and child maintenance — Correct approach to formulaic determination of child support starting points — Identification of correct formula to be used to determine starting point in appropriate cases — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c 18), ss 25(3), 31(7) — Children Act 1989 (c 41), Schedule 1, paras 4(1), 6(1)

  2 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• Walton v Pickerings Solicitors

  02 Aug 2022 [2022] EWHC 2073 (Ch); [2022] 1 WLR 4964; [2022] WLR(D) 365, Ch D (Robin Vos sitting as a deputy High Court judge)

  06 Jun 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 602; [2023] 1 WLR 3545; [2024] 2 All ER 978; [2023] WLR(D) 243, CA (Asplin, Nugee, Falk LJJ)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; most recently considered: 2025. Subsequent citations: 9.
  PRACTICE — Claim form — Extension of time

  PRACTICE — Claim form — Service
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  PRACTICE — Claim form — Extension of time — Court issuing claim form but not providing claimant with sealed claim form until more than four months later — Claimant consequently failing to serve sealed claim form within four-month time limit — Claimant serving sealed claim form on receipt and applying for extension of time ten days later — Whether claimant having “taken all reasonable steps to comply” with time limit — Whether claimant “acted promptly” in applying for extension — Whether court having discretion to refuse to grant extension of time even if threshold conditions satisfied — CPR rr 7.5, 7.6(3)

  PRACTICE — Claim form — Service — Court issuing and sealing claim form but backdating it by more than four months — Claimant immediately serving claim form on defendants — Whether court having power to seal claim form with date other than that on which it was issued and sealed — Whether claim form served within four months of issue — CPR rr 2.6, 7.2, 7.5

  2 Case(s) considered

  2 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• R (Friends of the Earth Ltd) v Secretary of State for International Trade

  15 Mar 2022 [2022] EWHC 568 (Admin), DC (Stuart-Smith LJ, Thorton J)

  13 Jan 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 14; [2023] 1 WLR 2011; [2023] 4 All ER 882; [2023] Env LR 26; [2023] WLR(D) 22, CA (Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, Bean LJ, Sir Keith Lindblom SPT)

  09 Jun 2023 (appn dis) [2023] 1 WLR 2293, SC(E) ( Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Kitchin, Lord Sales JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; most recently considered: 2024. Subsequent citations: 14.
  ENVIRONMENT — Protection — Climate change
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  ENVIRONMENT — Protection — Climate change

  ENVIRONMENT — Protection — Climate change — Government funding liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique — Whether decision to fund project contravening government’s obligations under Paris Agreement on Climate Change — Correct approach to United Kingdom’s obligations under unincorporated treaty — Paris Agreement on Climate Change (2016), art 2(1)(c)

  7 Case(s) considered

  1 International Agreement considered

• DS v AC

  29 Mar 2023 [2023] EWFC 46; [2023] 4 WLR 42; [2024] 1 FLR 606; [2023] WLR(D) 182, Fam Ct (Lieven J)

  Subsequent citations: 4.
  INJUNCTION — Domestic abuse — Non-molestation order
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  INJUNCTION — Domestic abuse — Non-molestation order — Application for without notice non-molestation order listed for on notice hearing — Applicant not attending hearing and application refused — Applicant subsequently asking for application to be reinstated — Summary of principles applicable to making of non-molestation orders particularly without notice — Whether application to be reinstated — Family Law Act 1996 (c 27), ss 42, 45

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered