Results: 103

• R v Morris (Clarence)

  [1998] 1 Cr App R 386, CA

  Subsequent citations: 51.
  CRIME — Assault — Assault occasioning actual bodily harm
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  CRIME — Assault — Assault occasioning actual bodily harm — Victim claiming pain, tension and sleeplessness caused by being stalked by accused — Whether psychiatric injury amounting to bodily harm — Need for expert evidence — Offences against the Person Act 1861, s 47

  1 Case considered
• R v Emmett

  13 Nov 1997 [1998] AC 773; [1997] 3 WLR 1119; [1997] 4 All ER 737; [1998] 1 Cr App R 247, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 9.
  CRIME — Drugs — Confiscation order
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  CRIME — Drugs — Confiscation order — Proceeds of drug trafficking — Defendants accepting prosecution statement — Appeal on ground that acceptance induced by mistake of law — Whether right of appeal excluded — Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986, s 3(1)

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• Connelly v RTZ Corpn Plc (No 3)

  18 Aug 1995 [1996] QB 361; [1996] 2 WLR 251; [1996] 1 All ER 500, CA

  03 Jul 1996 (pet all) [1997] 1 WLR 340, HL(E)

  24 Jul 1997 [1998] AC 854; [1997] 3 WLR 373; [1997] 4 All ER 335; [1999] CLC 533, HL(E) (Lord Goff of Chieveley, Lord Lloyd of Berwick, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Clyde)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive. Subsequent citations: 53.
  PRACTICE — Stay of proceedings — Legal aid factor
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  PRACTICE — Stay of proceedings — Legal aid factor — Conditional fee agreement — Plaintiff bringing action in England for damages for personal injuries sustained while employed by defendants in Namibia — Action having most real and substantial connection with Namibia — Whether availability of legal aid or conditional fee agreement relevant in determining appropriate forum for trial — Whether English action to be stayed — Legal Aid Act 1988, s 31(1)(b)

  5 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Attorney-General of Jamaica v Williams

  12 May 1997 [1998] AC 351; [1997] 3 WLR 389, PC

  Subsequent citations: 13.
  POLICE — Jamaica — Search, right of
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  POLICE — Jamaica — Search, right of — Search warrant — Revenue's suspicion of fraudulent importation of vehicles — Justice satisfied of reasonable cause for suspicion issuing warrant — Warrant failing to recite statutory authority for search and purporting to give additional powers — Whether invalidating warrant — Applicants claiming violation of constitutional right to protection against unlawful searches — Whether proceedings to be reconstituted as action in tort — Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council 1962, Sch 2, ss 18(1), 19(1) — Customs Act, s 203

  1 Case considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

  1 Overseas Enactment considered

• S (A Minor) (Custody: Habitual Residence), In re

  Subsequent citations: 4.
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  1 Case considered
• O’Rourke v Camden London Borough Council

  12 Jun 1997 [1998] AC 188; [1997] 3 WLR 86; [1997] 3 All ER 23, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 40.
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Homeless persons — Civil action
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  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Homeless persons — Civil action — Applicant claiming to be homeless with priority need — Housing authority's failure to provide accommodation pending inquiries — Whether giving rise to private law action for damages — Housing Act 1985, s 63(1)

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• R v Wicks

  27 Sep 1993 (1995) 93 LGR 377, CA

  21 May 1997 [1998] AC 92; [1997] 2 WLR 876; [1997] 2 All ER 801, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 3 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 58.
  TOWN PLANNING — Enforcement notice — Validity
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  TOWN PLANNING — Enforcement notice — Validity — Prosecution for failure to comply — Notice valid on face — Defendant contending notice served in bad faith and motivated by immaterial considerations — Whether entitled to challenge validity of notice in criminal proceedings — Town and Country Planning Act 1990, s 179(1)

  7 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• De Morgan v Director-General of Social Welfare (Sears v Attorney-General of New Zealand)

  07 Oct 1997 [1998] AC 275; [1998] 2 WLR 427, PC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 2.
  PRIVY COUNCIL — Jurisdiction — Special leave to appeal
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  PRIVY COUNCIL — Jurisdiction — Special leave to appeal — Statutes providing for decisions of Court of Appeal of New Zealand on matters originating in inferior courts or in Employment Court to be “final” — Whether right of appeal to Privy Council abrogated — Whether excluding jurisdiction of Privy Council to grant special leave to appeal — Judicature Act 1908, s 67 — Employment Contracts Act 1991, s 135

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Overseas Enactments considered
• In re Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA (No 8)

  09 Mar 1994 [1995] Ch 46; [1994] 3 WLR 911; [1994] 3 All ER 565, Ch D

  20 Dec 1995 [1996] Ch 245; [1996] 2 WLR 631; [1996] 2 All ER 121, CA

  30 Oct 1997 [1998] AC 214; [1997] 3 WLR 909; [1997] 4 All ER 568, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 negative. Subsequent citations: 32.
  INSOLVENCY — Winding up — Set-off
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  INSOLVENCY — Winding up — Set-off — Bank making loans to companies secured by charges over third parties' deposit accounts — Bank subsequently going into liquidation — Whether liquidators entitled to recover whole of outstanding indebtedness from principal debtors — Insolvency Rules 1986, r 490

  9 Case(s) considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex p Venables (R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Thompson, Thompson, Ex parte, Venables, Ex parte)

  30 Jul 1996 [1998] AC 407; [1997] 2 WLR 67; [1997] 1 All ER 327, CA

  12 Jun 1997 [1998] AC 407; [1997] 3 WLR 23; [1997] 3 All ER 97; [1997] 2 FLR 471, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 5 positive; 3 neutral. Subsequent citations: 120.
  PRISONS — Prisoners’ rights — Release on licence
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  PRISONS — Prisoners’ rights — Release on licence — Child offenders convicted of murder — Detention during Her Majesty's pleasure — Secretary of State fixing tariff period by application of policy adopted for adult life prisoners — Whether policy appropriate — Secretary of State taking representations of public opinion into account — Whether relevant — Children and Young Persons Act 1933, ss 44(1) (as amended by Children and Young Persons Act 1969, s 72(4), Sch 6), 53(1) (as substituted by Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965, s 1(5)) — Criminal Justice Act 1991, ss 35(2)(3), 43

  2 Case(s) considered

  4 Statutes considered