Results: 38

• Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza

  05 Nov 2002 [2002] EWCA Civ 1533; [2003] Ch 380; [2003] 2 WLR 478; [2002] 4 All ER 1162; [2003] 1 FLR 468, CA

  21 Jun 2004 [2004] UKHL 30; [2004] 2 AC 557; [2004] 3 WLR 113; [2004] 3 All ER 411; [2004] 2 FLR 600, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 29 positive; 9 neutral; 2 negative; most recently considered: 2025. Subsequent citations: 593.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Rent restriction — Death of tenant
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Rent restriction — Death of tenant — Man living with tenant in homosexual relationship — Whether living with tenant as “his … wife or husband” — Whether becoming statutory tenant or only entitled to assured tenancy by succession — No reasonable justification for discrimination against same-sex relationships — Whether legislation to be read and given effect in way compatible with Convention rights — Rent Act 1977 (as amended by Housing Act 1980, s 76(1) and Housing Act 1988, s 39(2), Sch 4, paras 2, 3), Sch 1, paras 2(2), 3(1) — Human Rights Act 1998, s 3, Sch 1, Pt I, art 14

  6 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered
• Giles v Rhind

  17 Oct 2002 [2002] EWCA Civ 1428; [2003] Ch 618; [2003] 2 WLR 237; [2002] 4 All ER 977; [2003] 1 BCLC 1, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral; 1 negative; most recently considered: 2020. Subsequent citations: 47.
  COMPANY — Shareholder — Rights
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  COMPANY — Shareholder — Rights — Action by company for damages for breach of covenant — Breach of covenant resulting in failure of company's business — Action discontinued by reason of company's impecuniosity — Subsequent action by director shareholder in respect of loss of future remuneration and value of shareholding — Whether losses merely reflective of company's losses — Whether director shareholder's losses recoverable

  2 Case(s) considered
• Antonio Muñoz y Cia SA v Frumar Ltd

  17 Sep 2002 (Case C-253/00); EU:C:2002:497; [2003] Ch 328; [2003] 3 WLR 58; [2003] All ER (EC) 56; [2002] 3 CMLR 26; [2002] ECR I-7289; The Times, 20 November 2002, ECJ

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 20.
  EUROPEAN COMMUNITY — Breach of Community law — Enforcement of law

  EUROPEAN UNION — Agriculture — Regulation EC No 2200/96
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  EUROPEAN COMMUNITY — Breach of Community law — Enforcement of law — Community regulations requiring compliance with quality standards for agricultural produce — Trader's allegation of breach by competitor of quality standards — Whether compliance with standards enforceable in civil proceedings at suit of trader — Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, art 3(1)

  EUROPEAN UNION — Agriculture — Regulation EC No 2200/96 — Quality standards for varieties of table grapes — Legal obligations of operators marketing table grapes within the Community — Right of an operator to seek enforcement of those obligations in civil proceedings

  1 EU Enactment considered
• Cream Holdings Ltd v Banerjee

  13 Feb 2003 [2003] EWCA Civ 103; [2003] Ch 650; [2003] 3 WLR 999; [2003] 2 All ER 318, CA

  14 Oct 2004 [2004] UKHL 44; [2005] 1 AC 253; [2004] 3 WLR 918; [2004] 4 All ER 617, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 6 positive; 2 negative; most recently considered: 2023. Subsequent citations: 231.
  CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION — Breach of confidence — Injunction
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  CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION — Breach of confidence — Injunction — Claimants seeking interim injunction to restrain publication of confidential information supplied by former employee — Whether claimants “likely” to establish that publication should not be allowed — Whether interim injunction to be granted — Human Rights Act 1998, s 12(3)

  7 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• Abacus Trust (Isle of Man) v Barr

  06 Feb 2003 [2003] EWHC 114 (Ch); [2003] Ch 409; [2003] 2 WLR 1362; [2003] 1 All ER 763, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 35.
  TRUSTS — Trustee — Duty of trustee
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  TRUSTS — Trustee — Duty of trustee — Settlor wishing trustee to exercise power of appointment to create discretionary trusts — Trustee's representative misinterpreting trustee as to detail of settlor's intentions — Trustee executing deed of appointment not according with settlor's wishes — Whether appointment open to challenge — Whether trustee in breach of fiduciary duty — Whether appointment void or voidable

  3 Case(s) considered
• Sieckmann v Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (Ralf Sieckmann v Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt.)

  12 Dec 2002 (Case C-273/00); EU:C:2002:748; [2003] Ch 487; [2003] 3 WLR 424; [2004] All ER (EC) 253, ECJ

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 39.
  TRADE MARK — Registration — Odour

  EUROPEAN UNION — Trade marks — Approximation of laws
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  TRADE MARK — Registration — Odour — Graphic representability — Whether odour registrable as trade mark — Whether representable by chemical formula, description or deposit of sample — Council Directive 89/104/EEC, art 2

  EUROPEAN UNION — Trade marks — Approximation of laws — Directive 89/104/EEC — Article 2 — Signs of which a trade mark may consist — Signs capable of being represented graphically — Olfactory signs

  1 EU Enactment considered
• Arsenal Football Club plc v Reed

  12 Nov 2002 (Case C-206/01); EU:C:2002:651; [2003] Ch 454; [2003] 3 WLR 450; [2003] All ER (EC) 1, ECJ (GC)

  12 Dec 2002 [2002] EWHC 2695 (Ch); [2003] 1 All ER 137, Ch D

  21 May 2003 [2003] EWCA Civ 696; [2003] 3 All ER 865, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 4 positive; 7 neutral; most recently considered: 2025. Subsequent citations: 93.
  TRADE MARK — Proprietor’s rights — Limitations

  EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE — Reference to — Jurisdiction

  TRADE MARK — Infringement — Non-trade mark use
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  TRADE MARK — Proprietor’s rights — Limitations — Proprietor's right to prevent use of sign identical to his mark — Whether right to prevent non-trade mark use — Council Directive 89/104/EEC, art 5(1)(a)

  EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE — Reference to — Jurisdiction — Application of guidance given by European Court of Justice on law to findings of fact made by national court

  TRADE MARK — Infringement — Non-trade mark use — Use of identical trade mark — Whether use affecting function of trademark — Trade Marks Act 1994, s 10 — Council Directive 89/104/EEC, art 5(1)

  1 Case considered

  1 EU Enactment considered

  1 Statute considered
• In re Bowles, decd (Hayward v Jackson)

  18 Feb 2003 [2003] EWHC 253 (Ch); [2003] Ch 422; [2003] 2 WLR 1274; [2003] 2 All ER 387, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 1.
  WILL — Construction — Option to purchase
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  WILL — Construction — Option to purchase — Testator granting claimant option to buy land — Option subject to time limit — Will not specifying consequences of non-compliance or providing for gift over — Claimant requiring valuation before deciding whether to exercise option — Executors failing to ascertain value within time limit — Whether time of the essence — Whether option lapsing on expiry of time limit

  7 Case(s) considered
• Inland Revenue Comrs v John Lewis Properties plc

  13 Jun 2001 [2002] 1 WLR 35; [2001] STC 1118, Ch D

  20 Dec 2002 [2002] EWCA Civ 1869; [2003] Ch 513; [2003] 2 WLR 1196; [2003] STC 117, CA

  07 Jul 2003 (pet dis) [2003] 1 WLR 1812, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 15.
  REVENUE — Corporation tax — Profits, computation of
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  REVENUE — Corporation tax — Profits, computation of — Rent factoring agreement — Properties owned by holding company let to trading company — Holding company assigning rental rights to bank for lump sum payment — Whether income or capital receipt — Whether assignment of right to receive rent transfer of interest in land — Whether entitlement to roll-over relief on part disposal of asset — Law of Property Act 1925, s 141 — Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, s 21(2)

  7 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered

• Bayoumi v Women’s Total Abstinence Union Ltd

  21 Jan 2003 [2003] EWHC 212 (Ch); [2003] Ch 283; [2003] 2 WLR 1287; [2003] 1 All ER 864, Ch D

  05 Nov 2003 [2003] EWCA Civ 1548; [2004] Ch 46; [2004] 2 WLR 181; [2004] 3 All ER 110, CA

  10 May 2004 (pet dis) [2004] 1 WLR 1394, HL(E)

  Subsequent citations: 3.
  CHARITY — Sale of trust property — Statutory requirements
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  CHARITY — Sale of trust property — Statutory requirements — Charity contracting to sell property — Non-compliance with statutory requirement to obtain survey before contract — Purchaser seeking specific performance of contract of sale — Statute validating “disposition” of land to purchaser in good faith — Whether uneffected contract “disposition” of land — Whether contract void — Charities Act 1993, s 37(4)

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered