Results: 109

• Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza

  05 Nov 2002 [2002] EWCA Civ 1533; [2003] Ch 380; [2003] 2 WLR 478; [2002] 4 All ER 1162; [2003] 1 FLR 468, CA

  21 Jun 2004 [2004] UKHL 30; [2004] 2 AC 557; [2004] 3 WLR 113; [2004] 3 All ER 411; [2004] 2 FLR 600, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 23 positive; 8 neutral; 2 negative; most recently considered: 2021. Subsequent citations: 460.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Rent restriction — Death of tenant
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Rent restriction — Death of tenant — Man living with tenant in homosexual relationship — Whether living with tenant as “his … wife or husband” — Whether becoming statutory tenant or only entitled to assured tenancy by succession — No reasonable justification for discrimination against same-sex relationships — Whether legislation to be read and given effect in way compatible with Convention rights — Rent Act 1977 (as amended by Housing Act 1980, s 76(1) and Housing Act 1988, s 39(2), Sch 4, paras 2, 3), Sch 1, paras 2(2), 3(1) — Human Rights Act 1998, s 3, Sch 1, Pt I, art 14

  6 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered
• Wainwright v Home Office

  20 Dec 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 2081; [2002] QB 1334; [2002] 3 WLR 405; [2003] 3 All ER 943, CA

  16 Oct 2003 [2003] UKHL 53; [2004] 2 AC 406; [2003] 3 WLR 1137; [2003] 4 All ER 969, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 104.
  STATUTE — Retroactive effect — Conduct occurring before statute in force

  TORT — Cause of action — Intentional infliction of harm
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  STATUTE — Retroactive effect — Conduct occurring before statute in force — Whether statutory provision on which claim founded having retrospective effect — Human Rights Act 1998, s 3(1)

  TORT — Cause of action — Intentional infliction of harm — Visitors to prison strip-searched for drugs — Distress and humiliation inflicted — Whether infringement of right to respect for private life — Whether cause of action

  11 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• R (Amin) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

  27 Mar 2002 [2002] EWCA Civ 390; [2003] QB 581; [2002] 3 WLR 505; [2002] 4 All ER 336, CA

  18 Nov 2002 (pet all) [2002] 1 WLR 3383, HL(E)

  16 Oct 2003 [2003] UKHL 51; [2004] 1 AC 653; [2003] 3 WLR 1169; [2003] 4 All ER 1264, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 6 positive; 8 neutral. Subsequent citations: 157.
  CORONER — Inquest — Verdict

  HUMAN RIGHTS — Right to life — State's duty to investigate death
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  CORONER — Inquest — Verdict — Death in prison — Prisoner known as suicide risk taking own life — Coroner directing jury not to return verdict referring to neglect — Coroner refusing to append to inquisition jury's note indicating Prison Service's failed duty towards prisoner — Whether jury entitled to return verdict of neglect — Whether inquest meeting state's duty to investigate deaths — Coroners Act 1988, s 11 — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 2 — Coroners Rules 1984, r 42

  HUMAN RIGHTS — Right to life — State's duty to investigate death — Prisoner murdered by cellmate with history of violence — Secretary of State refusing to hold independent public investigation into death — Nature and scope of procedural duty — Whether public scrutiny and family participation required — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 2

  6 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• R (Anufrijeva) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

  26 Jun 2003 [2003] UKHL 36; [2004] 1 AC 604; [2003] 3 WLR 252; [2003] 3 All ER 827, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 3 neutral. Subsequent citations: 86.
  IMMIGRATION — Asylum — Determination of claim
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  IMMIGRATION — Asylum — Determination of claim — Applicant given limited leave to enter and receiving social security benefits — Asylum claim recorded as determined by refusal without applicant being notified — Secretary of State informing Department of Social Security that asylum claim recorded as determined — Benefits terminated and applicant notified later of termination — Whether applicant's entitlement to benefit determined — Whether claim to asylum determined in absence of notification to applicant — Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, reg 70(3A)(b)(i) (as inserted by Social Security (Persons from Abroad) Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 1996, reg 8)

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Kuwait Oil Tanker Co SAK v Qabazard

  [2002] EWCA Civ 34; [2002] 1 All ER (Comm) 351, CA

  12 Jun 2003 [2003] UKHL 31; [2004] 1 AC 300; [2003] 3 WLR 14; [2003] 2 All ER (Comm) 101; [2003] 3 All ER 501, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 12.
  EXECUTION — Third party debt proceedings — Foreign bank
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  EXECUTION — Third party debt proceedings — Foreign bank — Judgment creditor seeking to execute judgment on moneys believed to be held to account of judgment debtor in bank in Switzerland — Third party debt order sought against bank — Applicable law providing no discharge to bank in respect of payment made under order — Whether judgment being enforced in England or Switzerland — Whether English or Swiss court having exclusive jurisdiction — Whether jurisdiction to make order — Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, s 3A, Sch 3C (as inserted by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1991, s 1(1)(3), Sch 1), art 16(5)

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• McDonnell v Congregation of Christian Brothers Trustees

  04 Dec 2003 [2003] UKHL 63; [2004] 1 AC 1101; [2003] 3 WLR 1627; [2004] 1 All ER 641, HL(E)

  Subsequent citations: 21.
  LIMITATION OF ACTION — Personal injuries — Time limit, power to override
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  LIMITATION OF ACTION — Personal injuries — Time limit, power to override — Statutory regime allowing minor six years after attainment of majority to commence action for personal injuries — Subsequent amendment reducing period to three years — Enactment allowing overriding of accrued three-year time bar where material facts discovered — Claimant with cause of action accruing under original six-year provision — Whether later discovery of material facts by claimant depriving defendants of accrued time bar — Limitation Act 1939, ss 2(1), 2A, 22 (as amended by Limitation Act 1975, s 1) — Law Reform (Limitation of Actions, etc) Act 1954, ss 2, 7(1) — Limitation Act 1963, s 1

  2 Case(s) considered

  3 Statutes considered
• Société Eram Shipping Co Ltd v Cie Internationale de Navigation

  23 Jan 2001 [2001] 1 All ER (Comm) 843; [2001] 2 Lloyd's Rep 394, QBD (Tomlinson J)

  06 Apr 2001 (Security for costs) [2001] EWCA Civ 568; [2001] CP Rep 113, CA (Rix LJ)

  07 Aug 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 1317; [2001] 2 All ER (Comm) 721; [2001] 2 Lloyd's Rep 627; [2002] CLC 60, CA (Schiemann, Mance, Keene LJJ)

  12 Jun 2003 [2003] UKHL 30; [2004] 1 AC 260; [2003] 3 WLR 21; [2003] 3 All ER 465; [2003] 2 All ER (Comm) 65; [2003] 2 Lloyd's Rep 405; [2003] 1 CLC 1163; The Times, 13 June 2003; The Independent, 17 June 2003, HL(E) (Lord Bingham of Cornhill; Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead; Lord Hoffmann; Lord Hobhouse of Woodborough; Lord Millett)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 4 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 51.
  EXECUTION — Third party debt proceedings — Foreign bank
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  EXECUTION — Third party debt proceedings — Foreign bank — Judgment creditor seeking to execute judgment against moneys held to account of foreign judgment debtors in foreign bank with place of business in England — Debt sited in Hong Kong — Judgment creditor obtaining third party debt order nisi against bank — Applicable foreign law giving no discharge to bank in respect of moneys payable under order — Whether restitutionary remedy available to bank in Hong Kong if order made absolute — Whether order to be made absolute — CPR Pt 72; Sch 1, RSC Ord 49, rr 1, 3, 8

  5 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutory Instruments considered
• R (Razgar) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

  20 Nov 2002 [2002] EWHC 2554 (Admin), QBD

  19 Jun 2003 [2003] EWCA Civ 840; [2003] Imm AR 529, CA

  17 Jun 2004 [2004] UKHL 27; [2004] 2 AC 368; [2004] 3 WLR 58; [2004] 3 All ER 821, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 7 positive; 5 neutral; 1 negative; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 280.
  IMMIGRATION — Asylum — Fear of persecution
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  IMMIGRATION — Asylum — Fear of persecution — Fear of persecution in country of origin — Secretary of State directing return to safe third country for determination of claim there — Claimant asserting unavailability of necessary psychiatric treatment in third country — Secretary of State certifying claim manifestly unfounded — Whether right to respect for private life engaged — Whether certificate lawful — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 8 — Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, s 72(2)(a)

  3 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• R (Giles) v Parole Board

  05 Oct 2001 [2001] EWHC Admin 834; [2002] 1 WLR 654, QBD (Elias J)

  04 Jul 2002 [2002] EWCA Civ 951; [2004] 1 AC 1; [2003] 2 WLR 196; [2002] 3 All ER 1123; [2003] 1 Cr App R (S) 78; [2003] 1 Cr App R (S) 392; [2002] Crim LR 743, CA (Kennedy, May and Tuckey LJJ)

  31 Jul 2003 [2003] UKHL 42; [2004] 1 AC 1; [2003] 3 WLR 736; [2003] 4 All ER 429; [2003] HRLR 37; [2003] UKHRR 1035, HL(E) (Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Steyn, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Hutton and Lord Scott of Foscote)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 5 neutral; 3 negative; most recently considered: 2014. Subsequent citations: 52.
  PRISONS — Prisoners’ rights — Release on licence
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  PRISONS — Prisoners’ rights — Release on licence — Prisoner sentenced to extended determinate term for protection of public — Whether protective part of sentence to be subject to adversarial review before impartial tribunal — Criminal Justice Act 1991, s 2(2)(b) (as amended by Criminal Justice Act 1993, s 66) — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 5(4)

  3 Case(s) considered

  4 Statutes considered
• Lagden v O’Connor

  19 Apr 2002 (sub nom Burdis v Livsey) [2002] EWCA Civ 510; [2003] QB 36; [2002] 3 WLR 762; [2003] RTR 22, CA

  06 Mar 2003 (pet all) [2003] 1 WLR 769, HL(E)

  04 Dec 2003 [2003] UKHL 64; [2004] 1 AC 1067; [2003] 3 WLR 1571; [2004] 1 All ER 277; [2004] RTR 377, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 55.
  DAMAGES — Measure of damages — Car hire
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  DAMAGES — Measure of damages — Car hire — Claimant entering into credit agreement for hire of replacement vehicle following accident caused by defendant — Agreement incurring higher charges reflecting cost of credit and insurance against risk of non-payment of hire charges by defendant — Appropriate rate of hire recoverable — Whether impecunious claimant entitled to recover entire cost of arrangement — Whether claimant's impecuniosity to be taken into account in assessment of damages

  4 Case(s) considered