Results: 80

• Owens Bank Ltd v Bracco

  19 Jul 1990 The Times, 29 August 1990, QBD (Sir Peter Pain)

  27 Mar 1991 [1992] 2 AC 443; [1992] 2 WLR 127; [1991] 4 All ER 833; The Times, 15 April 1991, CA (Parker, Balcombe and Ralph Gibson LJJ)

  01 Apr 1992 [1992] 2 AC 443; [1992] 2 WLR 621; [1992] 2 All ER 193, HL(E) (Lord Griffiths, Lord Bridge of Harwich, Lord Ackner, Lord Goff of Chieveley and Lord Browne-Wilkinson)

  20 Jan 1994 (Case C-129/92); EU:C:1994:13; [1994] QB 509; [1994] 2 WLR 759; [1994] 1 All ER 336, ECJ

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 2 neutral; 2 negative; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 78.
  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Foreign judgment — Jurisdiction to enforce

  PRACTICE — Stay of proceedings — Jurisdiction under European Convention
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  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Foreign judgment — Jurisdiction to enforce — Judgment against defendants in St Vincent court — Defendants alleging fraud — Application by plaintiff to register St Vincent judgment — Application opposed on ground of fraud — Whether defendants required to adduce fresh evidence — Administration of Justice Act 1920, s 9

  PRACTICE — Stay of proceedings — Jurisdiction under European Convention — Judgment against defendants by St Vincent court — Defendants alleging fraud — Proceedings in Italian courts for enforcement of St Vincent judgment raising issue of fraud — Subsequent commencement of English proceedings to register St Vincent judgment — Defendants seeking stay of English proceedings in reliance on Convention — Whether jurisdiction Convention of European Communities applying to non-contracting states — Whether stay to be granted — Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, Sch 1, arts 21, 22, 23

  6 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• Phillip v Director of Public Prosecutions (Phillip v Comr of Prisons)

  10 Dec 1991 [1992] 1 AC 545; [1992] 2 WLR 211; [1992] 1 All ER 665, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 6.
  HABEAS CORPUS — Jurisdiction — Pre-trial pardon

  CONSTITUTION — Trinidad and Tobago — Constitution
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  HABEAS CORPUS — Jurisdiction — Pre-trial pardon — Insurgents granted pardon in return for release of captives — Detention and prosecution of insurgents for offences committed during insurrection — Prima facie case that insurgents validly pardoned — Whether entitled to writ of habeas corpus — Whether court determining habeas corpus proceedings having jurisdiction to determine validity of pardon — Trinidad and Tobago

  CONSTITUTION — Trinidad and Tobago — Constitution — Human rights and fundamental freedoms — Insurgents granted pardon — Detention and prosecution for offences committed during insurrection — Application for redress alleging prosecution breach of constitutional rights — Whether applicants entitled to raise pardon prior to arraignment — Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Act, Sch, ss 4(a)(b), 14(1)(2) — Criminal Procedure Act, s 32

  1 Case considered

  2 Overseas Enactments considered
• R v Richmond Upon Thames London Borough Council, Ex parte McCarthy & Stone (Developments) Ltd (McCarthy & Stone (Developments) Ltd v Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council)

  28 Feb 1990 [1992] 2 AC 48; [1990] 2 WLR 1294; [1990] 2 All ER 852; The Times, 2 March 1990, CA

  14 Nov 1991 [1992] 2 AC 48; [1991] 3 WLR 941; [1991] 4 All ER 897; [1992] 1 PLR 131; (1992) 63 P & CR 234; (1992) 4 Admin LR 223; [1992] JPL 467; (1991) 141 NLJ 1589; The Times, 15 November 1991; The Independent, 15 November 1991, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 50.
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Powers — Charging for services
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  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Powers — Charging for services — Charge imposed for pre-planning application consultations with council's officers — Whether ultra vires — Local Government Act 1972, s 111(1)

  5 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• R v Kassim (Semiyu Gbenga)

  18 Jul 1991 [1992] 1 AC 9; [1991] 3 WLR 254; [1991] 3 All ER 713; (1991) 93 Cr App R 391; (1992) 156 JP 157; The Times, 19 July 1991; The Independent, 19 July 1991, HL(E) (Lord Bridge of Harwich, Lord Brandon of Oakbrook, Lord Ackner, Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle and Lord Lowry)

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  CRIME — Theft — Valuable security
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  CRIME — Theft — Valuable security — Use of dishonestly obtained cheque book and credit card — Bank account opened in false name — Cheques and credit card vouchers presented to other banks — Banks each making cash payments — Whether procuring “execution” of valuable securities — Theft Act 1968, s 20(2)

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered

• In re H (Minors) (Abduction: Custody Rights) (No 2)

  25 Jun 1992 [1992] 2 AC 303; [1992] 3 WLR 198; [1992] 3 All ER 380, HL(E)

  LEGAL AID — Costs — Jurisdiction to award
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  LEGAL AID — Costs — Jurisdiction to award — Defendant initially unassisted but subsequently obtaining legal aid — Plaintiff legally aided throughout — House of Lords making order for defendant's costs incurred while unassisted person to be paid out of legal aid fund — Order suspended to allow Legal Aid Board to object — Whether House of Lords making “order forthwith” — Whether jurisdiction to make order — Legal Aid Act 1988, s 18(1)(2) — Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989, regs 143, 147

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• R v Governors of the Bishop Challoner Roman Catholic Comprehensive Girls’ School, Ex parte Choudhury (R v Governors of the Bishop Challoner Roman Catholic Comprehensive Girls’ School, Ex parte Purkayastha)

  31 Jul 1991 The Times, 6 August 1991, QBD (Simon Brown J)

  06 Nov 1991 (1991) 90 LGR 103; [1992] 1 FLR 413; The Times, 7 November 1991; The Independent, 7 November 1991, CA (Balcombe, Taylor and McCowan LJJ)

  11 Jun 1992 [1992] 2 AC 182; [1992] 3 WLR 99; [1992] 3 All ER 277; 90 LGR 445, HL(E) (Lord Keith of Kinkel, Lord Templeman, Lord Ackner, Lord Goff of Chieveley and Lord Browne-Wilkinson)

  Subsequent citations: 8.
  EDUCATION — Local education authority — Parental preference
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  EDUCATION — Local education authority — Parental preference — Duty to comply — Over-subscribed Roman Catholic girls' school — Admission policy giving priority to Roman Catholic and other Christians — Hindu and Muslim applicants not fulfilling admission criteria — Refusal of admission by governors — Appeal committee dismissing appeal — Whether school bound by parental preference — Whether appeal committee's decision correct in law — Education Act 1980, s 6(3)(a)

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• R v Kearley

  (1990) 93 Cr App R 222, CA

  08 Apr 1992 [1992] 2 AC 228; [1992] 2 WLR 656; [1992] 2 All ER 345; 95 Cr App R 88, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 8.
  CRIME — Evidence — Hearsay
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  CRIME — Evidence — Hearsay — Possession of controlled drug with intent to supply — Requests for drugs made by callers on telephone and in person not in presence or hearing of defendant — Callers not giving evidence — Whether evidence of requests admissible — Belief of callers that drugs would be supplied — Whether relevant — Implied assertions of fact that defendant supplier of drugs — Whether excluded by rule against hearsay

  11 Case(s) considered

• Imperial Life Assurance Co of Canada v Efficient Distributors Ltd

  09 Mar 1992 [1992] 2 AC 85; [1992] 2 WLR 503, PC

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  MORTGAGE — Bahamas, the — Mortgage
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  MORTGAGE — Bahamas, the — Mortgage — Statutory interest restriction — Loan by lender to borrower at rate of interest within prescribed limit — Mortgage entitling lender to capitalise arrears of interest — Borrower in default in monthly instalments of combined principal and interest — Whether rate of interest on original loan and accumulated arrears of interest exceeding statutory limit — Validity of mortgage — Rate of Interest Act 1948, ss 3, 4

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Overseas Enactment considered
• Middleweek v Chief Constable of Merseyside (Note)

  24 Jul 1985 [1992] 1 AC 179; [1990] 3 WLR 481; [1990] 3 All ER 662, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 2.
  FALSE IMPRISONMENT — Arrested person — Detention in police cell

  POLICE — Search, right of — Arrested persons
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  FALSE IMPRISONMENT — Arrested person — Detention in police cell — Person lawfully arrested detained in police cell — Whether conditions of detention capable of rendering initially lawful detention unlawful

  POLICE — Search, right of — Arrested persons — Solicitor arrested on suspicion of theft of document — Standing instructions requiring all arrested persons to be searched — Whether search and removal of property reasonable

  3 Case(s) considered

• Motala v Attorney-General (Attorney General v Safiya and Faruce Motala)

  30 Jan 1991 [1991] 2 All ER 312; The Times, 5 February 1991, CA (Lord Donaldson MR, Beldam and Nolan LJJ)

  07 Nov 1991 [1992] 1 AC 281; [1991] 3 WLR 903; [1991] 4 All ER 682; [1992] 1 FLR 207; [1992] Imm AR 112; The Times, 8 November 1991; The Independent, 22 November 1991, HL(E) (Lord Bridge of Harwich, Lord Ackner, Lord Oliver of Aylmerton, Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle and Lord Lowry)

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  NATIONALITY — British protected person — Loss of citizenship
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  NATIONALITY — British protected person — Loss of citizenship — Plaintiffs born in British protectorate to citizen of United Kingdom and Colonies by registration — Protectorate becoming independent state of Zambia — Zambian independence legislation giving Zambian citizenship to British protected persons — Citizenship of United Kingdom and Colonies ceasing thereupon — Whether plaintiffs both British protected persons and citizens of United Kingdom and Colonies — Whether British citizenship lost on attaining Zambian citizenship — British Nationality Act 1948, s 32(1) — British Protectorates, Protected States and Protected Persons Order in Council 1949, s 9(1)(a) — Zambia Independence Act 1964, s 3(3) — Zambia Independence Order 1964, Sch 2, s 3(1)

  1 Case considered

  2 Statutes considered

  2 Statutory Instruments considered