Results: 80

• R v Hancock (R v Shankland)

  31 Oct 1985 [1986] AC 455; [1985] 3 WLR 1014, CA

  27 Feb 1986 [1986] AC 455; [1986] 2 WLR 357; [1986] 1 All ER 641; 82 Cr App R 264, HL(E)

  24 Jul 1989 [1990] 2 QB 242; [1990] 2 WLR 640; [1990] 3 All ER 183; 90 Cr App R 422, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 6 positive; 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 17.
  CRIME — Homicide — Murder

  CRIME — Theft — Treasure trove
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  CRIME — Homicide — Murder — Mental element — Concrete block dropped from bridge on to highway killing taxi driver — Prime purpose not to kill or cause injury — Whether death natural consequence of action — Whether foreseeability of probable consequences relevant — Whether meaning of intent requiring elaboration

  CRIME — Theft — Treasure trove — Celtic silver coins — Whether coroner's inquisition necessary pre-requisite of criminal prosecution — Whether for jury to determine status and ownership of coins — Burden and standard of proof

  4 Case(s) considered

• Maharaj v Jai Chand

  07 Jul 1986 [1986] AC 898; [1986] 3 WLR 440; [1986] 3 All ER 107, PC

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  ESTOPPEL — Conduct, by — Equitable

  FIJI — Native land — Unlawful “dealing” with
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  ESTOPPEL — Conduct, by — Equitable — Plaintiff building house on native land — False statement concerning marriage to obtain lease — Defendant believing house to be permanent home for her and children — Plaintiff leaving and allowing defendant to remain indefinitely — Whether plaintiff estopped from denying defendant's right “dealing” with land — Native Land Trust Act (Laws of Fiji, 1978 rev, c 134), s 12(1)

  FIJI — Native land — Unlawful “dealing” with — Plaintiff obtaining lease of native land by falsely stating plaintiff married to defendant — Defendant believing house to be permanent home for her and children — Plaintiff leaving and allowing defendant to remain indefinitely — Plaintiff claiming possession — Whether estopped from denying defendant's right to reside permanently in house — Whether defendant's right dealing with land — Native Land Trust Act, s 12(1)

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Overseas Enactment considered

• The Jag Shakti (Chabbra Corpn Pte Ltd v Jag Shakti (Owners))

  18 Nov 1985 [1986] AC 337; [1986] 2 WLR 87; [1986] 1 All ER 480; [1986] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1, PC

  Subsequent citations: 8.
  CONVERSION — Damages — Measure of

  DAMAGES — Singapore — Damages
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  CONVERSION — Damages — Measure of — Bills of lading endorsed by pledgee to plaintiffs for value — Shipowners wrongfully converting goods by delivery to buyers — Quantum of damages recoverable by plaintiffs

  DAMAGES — Singapore — Damages — Conversion — Bills of lading endorsed by pledgee to plaintiffs for value — Shipowners wrongfully converting goods by delivery to buyers — Quantum of damages recoverable by plaintiffs

  3 Case(s) considered
• Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority (Gillick v Department of Health and Social Security)

  26 Jul 1983 [1984] QB 581; [1983] 3 WLR 859; [1984] 1 All ER 365; [1984] FLR 249, QBD (Woolf J)

  20 Dec 1984 [1986] AC 112; [1985] 2 WLR 413; [1985] 1 All ER 533; [1985] FLR 736, CA

  17 Oct 1985 [1985] UKHL 7; [1986] AC 112; [1985] 3 WLR 830; [1985] 3 All ER 402; [1986] 1 FLR 224, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 12 positive; 9 neutral; 3 negative; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 175.
  NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE — Family planning clinics — Children under 16
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  NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE — Family planning clinics — Children under 16 — Departmental guidance to area health authority — Contraceptive advice and treatment to children under 16 without parental knowledge or consent — Whether infringement of parental rights — Whether child under 16 having capacity to consent to medical examination and treatment — Whether advice contained in guidance lawful — Whether adherence to advice resulting in commission of criminal offence or unlawful conduct — Sexual Offences Act 1956, ss 6, 28(1)(3) (as amended by Criminal Law Act 1967, s 10, Sch 2, para 14)

  13 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• Leigh & Sillavan Ltd v Aliakmon Shipping Co Ltd (The Aliakmon)

  20 Jul 1982 [1983] 1 Lloyd's Rep 203, QBD (Staughton J)

  07 Dec 1984 [1985] QB 350; [1985] 2 WLR 289; [1985] 2 All ER 44; [1985] 1 Lloyd's Rep 199, CA (Sir John Donaldson MR, Oliver, Robert Goff LJJ)

  24 Apr 1986 (pet all) [1986] AC 785; [1986] 2 WLR 902; [1986] 2 All ER 145; [1986] 2 Lloyd's Rep 1; [1985] 2 WLR 332c, HL(E) (Lord Keith of Kinkel, Lord Brandon of Oakbrook, Lord Brightman, Lord Griffiths and Lord Ackner)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 66.
  NEGLIGENCE — Duty of care to whom? — Carriage of goods

  SALE OF GOODS — Title to sue — Damage to goods
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  NEGLIGENCE — Duty of care to whom? — Carriage of goods — Goods damaged by bad stowage — Buyers under c and f contract not owners of goods — Whether shipowners liable in tort to buyers — Damages for economic loss

  SALE OF GOODS — Title to sue — Damage to goods — Endorsement and delivery of bill of lading varied — Whether term that ownership of goods to pass to buyer varied thereby — Whether c and f buyers without ownership entitled to sue — Whether implied contract with shipowners — Bills of Lading Act 1855, s 1 — Sale of Goods Act 1979, s 19(1)

  13 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Harvela Investments Ltd v Royal Trust Co of Canada (CI) Ltd

  29 Nov 1983 [1985] Ch 103; [1984] 2 WLR 884; [1984] 2 All ER 65, Ch D

  18 Jul 1984 [1985] Ch 103; [1984] 3 WLR 1280; [1985] 1 All ER 261, CA

  18 Dec 1984 (pet all) [1985] 1 WLR 22, HL(E)

  11 Jul 1985 [1986] AC 207; [1985] 3 WLR 276; [1985] 2 All ER 966, HL(E)

  Subsequent citations: 4.
  CONTRACT — Formation — Offer and acceptance
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  CONTRACT — Formation — Offer and acceptance — Sealed competitive tender — Highest single offer required — Bid comprising sum ascertainable by reference to rival bid — Whether referential bid impliedly excluded by terms of invitation — Delay in completion caused by injunction obtained by bidder — Whether purchaser entitled to inquiry as to damages — Whether vendors entitled to interest on purchase money as from completion date

  14 Case(s) considered

• Malayan Credit Ltd v Jack Chia-MPH Ltd

  03 Feb 1986 [1986] AC 549; [1986] 2 WLR 590; [1986] 1 All ER 711, PC

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  JOINT INTEREST — Severance — Proportional shares

  LAND — Singapore — Land
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  JOINT INTEREST — Severance — Proportional shares — Joint lessees specifically apportioning premises for their separate businesses — Rent and other expenses paid in same proportions — Whether beneficial interest held as tenants in common in equity in unequal shares

  LAND — Singapore — Land — Joint interest — Premises leased to two companies for their separate business purposes — Area to be occupied by each specifically apportioned — Rent and other expenses paid in same proportions — Whether beneficial interest held as tenants in common in equity in unequal shares — Conveyancing and Law of Property Act, s 39(1) — Supreme Court of Judicature Act, Sch 1, para 3

  2 Overseas Enactments considered

• Candlewood Navigation Corpn Ltd v Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd (Mineral Transporter, The)

  01 Jul 1985 [1986] AC 1; [1985] 3 WLR 381; [1985] 2 All ER 935; [1985] 2 Lloyd's Rep 303, PC

  Subsequent citations: 30.
  DAMAGES — Remoteness — Foreseeability

  NEGLIGENCE — Duty of care to whom? — Time charterer
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  DAMAGES — Remoteness — Foreseeability — Collision between two vessels — Temporary repairs delayed by union ban — Ban in support of political rather than industrial objectives — Whether union ban foreseeable — Days lost through union ban — Whether to be included in quantifying damages due to bareboat charterer

  NEGLIGENCE — Duty of care to whom? — Time charterer — Defendant's vessel negligently colliding with vessel subject of bareboat charter with time charter back to vessel's owner — Whether economic loss recoverable by time charterer

  6 Case(s) considered
• Armagas Ltd v Mundogas SA (The Ocean Frost)

  18 Oct 1984 [1986] AC 717; [1985] 3 WLR 640; [1985] 3 All ER 795; [1985] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1, CA

  22 May 1986 [1986] AC 717; [1986] 2 WLR 1063; [1986] 2 All ER 385; [1986] 2 Lloyd's Rep 109, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 137.
  AGENCY — Authority — Ostensible authority

  SHIPPING — Charterparty — Time charter

  VICARIOUS LIABILITY — Master and servant — Deceit
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  AGENCY — Authority — Ostensible authority — Agent stating that he had his principal's authority to enter into specific agreement — Agent having no authority to agree terms — Whether principal bound by agreement

  SHIPPING — Charterparty — Time charter — Redelivery — Whether three-year charter valid and authorised — Whether procured by bribery — Whether defendants entitled to redeliver vessel — Whether plaintiffs entitled to damages for premature redelivery

  VICARIOUS LIABILITY — Master and servant — Deceit — Bribed employee representing that he had authority to enter into agreement on behalf of employer — Whether employer vicariously liable for deceit of employee — Whether bound by terms of contract

  16 Case(s) considered

• Lloyd v David Syme & Co Ltd

  11 Nov 1985 [1986] AC 350; [1986] 2 WLR 69, PC

  DEFAMATION — Australia — New South Wales
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  DEFAMATION — Australia — New South Wales — Defamation — Comment — Article written by defendant's servant or agent published by defendant — Plaintiff alleging defamatory imputations — Defendant in answer to interrogatory admitting no intention to convey such imputations — Whether article defamatory — Whether defence of comment by servant or agent available to defendant — Defamation Act 1974, ss 9(1)(2), 33(1)(2)

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Overseas Enactment considered