Results: 97

• Molefi v Principal Legal Adviser

  17 Jun 1970 [1971] AC 182; [1970] 3 WLR 338; [1970] 3 All ER 724, PC

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  STATUTE — Lesotho — Statute
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  STATUTE — Lesotho — Statute — Construction — International convention relating to refugees — Alien political fugitive residing in Lesotho — Whether Lesotho continuing adherence to convention — Whether alien “refugee” within meaning of convention — Whether outside country of his nationality as result of pre-1951 events — Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, art 1 — Aliens Control Act (Basutoland) (No 16 of 1966), s 38

  STATUTE — Lesotho — Statute — Construction — International convention relating to refugees — Alien political fugitive residing in Lesotho — Whether Lesotho continuing adherence to convention — Whether alien “refugee” within meaning of convention — Whether outside country of his nationality as result of pre-1951 events — Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, art 1 — Aliens Control Act (Basutoland), s 38

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Overseas Enactment considered
• Vandervell’s Trusts, In re

  Subsequent considerations : 3 neutral; 3 negative. Subsequent citations: 18.
• R v Governor of Brixton Prison, Ex parte Kotronis (Royal Government of Greece v Governor of Brixton Prison, Kotronis, Ex parte)

  30 Jul 1969 [1969] 3 WLR 528; [1969] 3 All ER 304, DC

  05 Nov 1969 [1969] 3 WLR 1107; [1969] 3 All ER 1337, HL(E)

  05 Nov 1969 [1971] AC 250, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 15.
  EXTRADITION — Foreign proceedings offending English justice — “Convicted” fugitive

  NATURAL JUSTICE — Opportunity to meet charge — Extraditable offence
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  EXTRADITION — Foreign proceedings offending English justice — “Convicted” fugitive — Certificate of conviction — Service of initiating process, trial and conviction in absence abroad of alleged fugitive — No knowledge for three years — Whether certificate of conviction conclusive — Whether foreign proceedings contrary to natural justice — Allegation of danger of political persecution — Extradition Act, 1870, ss 3 (2), 10, 14, 15 (3), 26 — Anglo-Greek Extradition Treaty, 1910, arts 7, 8, 11, 13

  NATURAL JUSTICE — Opportunity to meet charge — Extraditable offence — Conviction abroad in defendant's offence — No knowledge of initiating process, trial or conviction — Application for extradition — Whether certificate of conviction conclusive — Court's power to inquire whether contrary to natural justice

  EXTRADITION — Foreign proceedings offending English justice — “Convicted” fugitive — Certificate of conviction — Service of initiating process, trial and conviction in absence abroad of alleged fugitive — No knowledge for three years — Whether certificate of conviction conclusive — Whether foreign proceedings contrary to natural justice — Allegation of danger of political persecution — Extradition Act 1870, s 10 — Anglo-Greek Extradition Treaty 1910, art 7

  4 Case(s) considered

  2 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered

  2 Statutory Instruments considered
• Cie Tunisienne de Navigation SA v Cie d’Armement Maritime SA

  (Pet all) [1969] 1 WLR 1773, HL(E)

  19 Feb 1969 [1969] 1 WLR 449; [1969] 1 Lloyd's Rep 247, QBD

  11 Jun 1969 [1969] 1 WLR 1338; [1969] 3 All ER 589; [1969] 2 Lloyd's Rep 71, CA

  14 Jul 1970 [1971] AC 572; [1970] 3 WLR 389; [1970] 3 All ER 71; [1970] 2 Lloyd's Rep 99, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 3 neutral. Subsequent citations: 34.
  ARBITRATION — Arbitrator — Jurisdiction

  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Contract — Proper law
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  ARBITRATION — Arbitrator — Jurisdiction — Standard tanker voyage charterparty — Foreign parties — Clause providing contract to be governed by law of flag — Clause providing for arbitration in London — Proper law

  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Contract — Proper law — Curial law distinguished — Contract negotiated in Paris between French shipowners and Tunisian company for transport of oil between Tunisian ports — Printed form in standard English tanker voyage charter form with additional typed clauses executed — Printed clause providing “This contract shall be governed by the laws of the flag of the vessel carrying the goods” — No vessel named — No flag nominated — Printed clause providing for arbitration in London — Additional clause that “shipment to be effected in tonnage owned, controlled or chartered by” French shipowners — Whether clause purporting to specify proper law capable of application where no vessel and no flag specified — Whether clause providing for arbitration in London carrying inference that proper law English

  9 Case(s) considered
• Distillers Co (Biochemicals) Ltd v Thompson

  19 Jan 1971 [1971] AC 458; [1971] 2 WLR 441; [1971] 1 All ER 694, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 4 positive; 2 neutral; 1 negative; most recently considered: 2021. Subsequent citations: 29.
  JURISDICTION — Australia — New South Wales

  NEGLIGENCE — Duty of care to whom? — Child, unborn
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  JURISDICTION — Australia — New South Wales — Jurisdiction — Negligence — Drug manufactured and sold in England to Australian company — Sale of drug to plaintiff's mother — Injury to plaintiff due to mother taking drug when plaintiff en ventre sa mère — Failure to warn mother of drug's dangerous qualities — Whether plaintiff's cause of action against manufacturers arose within jurisdiction — Common Law Procedure Act 1899, s 18 (4) (a)

  NEGLIGENCE — Duty of care to whom? — Child, unborn — Drug manufactured and sold in England to Australian company — Sale of drug to plaintiff's mother — Injury to plaintiff due to mother taking drug when plaintiff en ventre sa mère — Failure to warn mother of drug's dangerous qualities — Whether plaintiff's cause of action against manufacturers arose within jurisdiction — Common Law Procedure Act, New South Wales (No 21 of 1899), s 18 (4) (a)

  1 Case considered

  1 Overseas Enactment considered
• Kammins Ballrooms Co Ltd v Zenith Investments (Torquay) Ltd

  30 Jul 1969 [1970] 1 QB 673; [1969] 3 WLR 799; [1969] 3 All ER 1268, CA

  14 Jul 1970 [1971] AC 850; [1970] 3 WLR 287; [1970] 2 All ER 871, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 3 neutral; 2 negative; most recently considered: 2020. Subsequent citations: 91.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Business premises (security of tenure) — Application for new tenancy
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Business premises (security of tenure) — Application for new tenancy — Application filed within two months of request — Whether application valid — Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, s 29 (3)

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• British Oxygen Co Ltd v Board of Trade (British Oxygen Co Ltd v Minister of Technology)

  10 Apr 1968 [1969] 1 Ch 57; [1968] 3 WLR 1; [1968] 2 All ER 177, Ch D

  14 Feb 1969 [1969] 2 Ch 174; [1969] 2 WLR 877; [1969] 2 All ER 18, CA

  15 Jul 1970 [1971] AC 610; [1970] 3 WLR 488; [1970] 3 All ER 165, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 5 positive; 3 neutral; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 125.
  INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT — Grant — “Vehicle”
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  INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT — Grant — “Vehicle” — Vacuum tank and pumping equipment — Permanently mounted on trailer — Hydrogen trailer — Parts of mobile transporters used for delivering gas to customers — Whether “machinery or plant” — Small gas cylinders — Whether used for process ancillary to making of gas — “Storage” — “Packing” — Whether eligible for grants — Discretion of the Board of Trade — Industrial Development Act, 1966, ss 1 (1) (2) (3), 13 (1)

  6 Case(s) considered

  4 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• Jaundoo v Attorney-General of Guyana

  04 May 1971 [1971] AC 972; [1971] 3 WLR 13, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 8.
  HUMAN RIGHTS — Constitution — Protection of fundamental rights
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  HUMAN RIGHTS — Constitution — Protection of fundamental rights — Proposed construction of new road by Government — Landowner's notice of motion claiming injunction restraining road building until adequate compensation paid — Whether originating motion proper procedure — Whether jurisdiction in High Court to grant redress — Guyana Independence Order 1966 (Constitution of Guyana), Sch 2, arts 8, 19

  1 Case considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Athanassiadis v Government of Greece (Note)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 17.
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  2 Statutes considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• R R Chelliah Bros v Employees Provident Fund Board

  08 Feb 1971 [1971] AC 566; [1971] 2 WLR 738, PC

  EMPLOYMENT — Malaysia — Employees Provident Fund
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  EMPLOYMENT — Malaysia — Employees Provident Fund — Membership — Break in employee's employment — New employment of wholly different character — Whether new employer liable to pay contributions — Employees Provident Fund Ordinance 1951, Sch 1 (2) (as amended)

  1 Overseas Enactment considered