Results: 90

• Director of Public Prosecutions v Nock

  25 May 1978 [1978] AC 979; [1978] 3 WLR 57; [1978] 2 All ER 654; 67 Cr App R 116, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 12.
  CRIME — Conspiracy — Agreement to produce cocaine
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  CRIME — Conspiracy — Agreement to produce cocaine — Method agreed incapable of producing cocaine — Whether indictable conspiracy

  5 Case(s) considered
• Director of Public Prosecutions v Stonehouse

  30 Jun 1977 [1978] AC 55; [1977] 3 WLR 143; [1977] 2 All ER 909; 65 Cr App R 192, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 8 positive; 7 neutral; 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 36.
  CRIME — Attempt — Obtaining property by deception
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  CRIME — Attempt — Obtaining property by deception — Life insurance in England — Appearance of death fabricated abroad — Moneys payable to wife of accused — Whether crime justiciable in England — Proper direction to jury — Theft Act, 1968, s 15

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• Government of Malaysia v Selangor Pilot Association

  11 Jan 1977 [1978] AC 337; [1977] 2 WLR 901, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 2.
  MALAYSIA — Constitution — Property
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  MALAYSIA — Constitution — Property — Deprivation of property — Right to compensation on compulsory acquisition or use of property — Law providing for all licensed pilots to be employed by port authority — Whether firm providing pilotage and employing licensed pilots deprived of property — Constitution of Malaysia, art 13 (1) (2) — Port Authorities Act 1963 (as amended by Port Authorities (Amendment) Act 1972), s 35A (1) (2)

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

  1 Overseas Enactment considered

• R v Herrod, Ex parte Leeds City Council (Greenwich London Borough Council v Hunt, Leeds City Council, Ex parte, Lewisham London Borough Council v Hunt, R v Inner London Crown Court, Ex parte Lewisham London Borough Council, Walker v Leeds City Council)

  09 Jul 1974 [1974] 1 WLR 1275; [1974] 3 All ER 362; 73 LGR 9, DC

  07 Nov 1975 [1976] QB 540; [1976] 2 WLR 18; [1976] 1 All ER 273; 74 LGR 70, CA

  27 Oct 1976 [1978] AC 403; [1976] 3 WLR 736; [1976] 3 All ER 709; 75 LGR 265, HL(E)

  Subsequent citations: 6.
  CROWN PRACTICE — Certiorari — Discretion to grant remedy

  GAMING — Amusements with prizes — Permit for premises
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  CROWN PRACTICE — Certiorari — Discretion to grant remedy — Delay in bringing proceedings — Proceedings brought just within six months' time limit — Whether court should exercise discretion to grant remedy — Onus on applicant — RSC, Ord 53, r 2 (2)

  GAMING — Amusements with prizes — Permit for premises — Prize bingo — Local authorities' resolutions not to grant or renew permits — Statutory exemption for “pleasure fair consisting wholly or mainly of amusements” — Whether premises used for prize bingo — “Pleasure fair” — Public Health Act 1961, s 75 (2) — Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963, s 49, Sch 6, paras 1, 4 (as amended by Gaming Act 1968, s 53, Sch 11, Pts I, II)

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  5 Statutes considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Director of Public Prosecutions v White

  28 Apr 1977 [1978] AC 426; [1977] 3 WLR 447; [1977] 3 All ER 1003, PC

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  COURT OF APPEAL — Jamaica — Court of Appeal
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  COURT OF APPEAL — Jamaica — Court of Appeal — Powers — Appeal against conviction — Error of law on face of record — Court holding trial nullity — Conviction quashed — Jurisdiction to order new trial or direct entry of verdict of acquittal — Judicature (Appellate Jurisdiction) Act, s 14 (1) (2)

  1 Overseas Enactment considered
• Federal Commerce and Navigation Co Ltd v Tradax Export SA

  23 May 1975 [1975] 1 WLR 1372; [1976] 1 All ER 293; [1975] 2 Lloyd's Rep 223, QBD

  25 Nov 1976 [1977] QB 324; [1977] 2 WLR 122; [1977] 2 All ER 41; [1977] 1 Lloyd's Rep 217, CA

  30 Jun 1977 [1978] AC 1; [1977] 3 WLR 126; [1977] 2 All ER 849; [1977] 2 Lloyd's Rep 301, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive. Subsequent citations: 19.
  CURRENCY — Contract — Damages for breach

  SHIPPING — Charterparty — Arrived ship
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  CURRENCY — Contract — Damages for breach — Charterparty — Currency of contract foreign — Proper law of contract English — Whether judgment to be given in foreign currency

  SHIPPING — Charterparty — Arrived ship — Port charterparty — Time to count “whether in berth or not” — Vessel anchored at usual waiting place for river ports — Whether implied term that ship arrived at port — Delay in entering berth — Whether arrived ship

  9 Case(s) considered
• Orakpo v Manson Investments Ltd

  03 Dec 1976 [1977] 1 WLR 347; [1977] 1 All ER 666, CA

  06 Jul 1977 [1978] AC 95; [1977] 3 WLR 229; [1977] 3 All ER 1, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 47.
  MONEYLENDER — Moneylending transaction — Vendor's lien
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  MONEYLENDER — Moneylending transaction — Vendor's lien — Moneys advanced to borrower to purchase or obtain unencumbered title to properties — Transactions unenforceable — Whether right of subrogation — Whether proceedings time-barred — Moneylenders Act 1927, ss 6, 13 (1)

  4 Case(s) considered

  3 Statutes considered
• Hobbs v Marlowe

  31 Mar 1977 [1978] AC 16; [1977] 2 WLR 777; [1977] 2 All ER 241; [1977] RTR 253, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 10.
  COSTS — Discretion of court — County court

  INSURANCE — Subrogation — Payment to insured under comprehensive motor policy
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  COSTS — Discretion of court — County court — Car accident due to defendant's negligence — Repairs to plaintiff's car paid by insurers — Plaintiff incurring additional uninsured expenses — Action by plaintiff against defendant for cost of repairs and expenses — Defendant paying sum for expenses into court — Judgment for total claim with costs appropriate to expenses claim only — Whether proper exercise of discretion — Whether action for full amount misuse of process of court — County Court Rules 1936 (as amended 1936–1975), Ord 47, rr 1 5 (4)

  INSURANCE — Subrogation — Payment to insured under comprehensive motor policy — Whether debarred from pursuing action against other driver

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Naviera de Canarias SA v Nacional Hispanica Aseguradora SA (Playa de las Nievas, The)

  [1975] 1 Lloyd's Rep 259

  14 Apr 1976 [1978] AC 853; [1976] 3 WLR 45; [1976] 3 All ER 167; [1976] 2 Lloyd's Rep 80, CA

  16 Feb 1977 [1978] AC 853; [1977] 2 WLR 442; [1977] 1 All ER 625; [1977] 1 Lloyd's Rep 457, HL(E)

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  INSURANCE — Marine — Exemption clause
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  INSURANCE — Marine — Exemption clause — Vessel on time charter — Machinery breakdown — Vessel off hire from time of breakdown and stranding until repairs completed — Claim by assured owners for loss of hire incurred under freight policy — Whether claim “consequent on loss of time” — Institute Time Clauses: Freight, cl 8 — New York Produce Exchange Time Charter, cl 15

  8 Case(s) considered
• Town Investments Ltd v Department of the Environment (London County Freehold and Leasehold Properties Ltd v Department of the Environment, MEPC (Mayfair Properties) Ltd v Department of the Environment)

  10 May 1976 [1976] 1 WLR 1126; [1976] 3 All ER 479, CA

  02 Mar 1977 [1978] AC 359; [1977] 2 WLR 450; [1977] 1 All ER 813, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 3 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 38.
  CROWN — Minister — Relationship of Crown to

  CROWN — Statute — Application to

  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Rent — Counter-inflation
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  CROWN — Minister — Relationship of Crown to — Lease granted to minister “for and on behalf of Her Majesty” — Whether minister tenant — Whether holding as trustee for Crown — Premises used to accommodate civil servants — Whether occupation by “Crown” or “government”

  CROWN — Statute — Application to — Crown not bound by counter-inflation legislation — Whether Crown entitled to take advantage of provisions — Crown Proceedings Act 1947, s 31 (1)

  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Rent — Counter-inflation — Demise to Secretary of State for Environment — Premises provided and serviced by Department of Environment for other government departments — Whether occupied by tenant for purposes of “business” carried on by him — Counter-Inflation (Business Rents) Order 1972, art 2 (2) — Counter-Inflation (Business Rents) Order 1973, art 2 (2)

  5 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered

  4 Statutory Instruments considered