Results: 80

• R v Chaytor (R v Devine, R v Morley)

  30 Jul 2010 [2010] EWCA Crim 1910; [2010] 2 Cr App R 394; [2010] WLR (D) 214 {0} {1}, CA

  01 Dec 2010 [2010] UKSC 52; [2011] 1 AC 684; [2010] 3 WLR 1707; [2011] 1 All ER 805; [2011] 1 Cr App R 274; [2010] WLR (D) 311; Case details, SC(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 15.
  PARLIAMENT — Privilege — Proceedings in Parliament
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  PARLIAMENT — Privilege — Proceedings in Parliament — Members of Parliament submitting claim forms for expenses and allowances under scheme established by House of Commons — Criminal proceedings against members for false accounting in respect of claims — Whether submission of claims “proceedings in Parliament” — Whether claims within exclusive cognisance of Parliament — Whether privilege precluding criminal proceedings — Bill of Rights 1689, art 9

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• Jones v Kaney

  21 Jan 2010 [2010] EWHC 61 (QB); [2010] 2 All ER 649, QBD

  30 Mar 2011 [2011] UKSC 13; [2011] 2 AC 398; [2011] 2 WLR 823; [2011] 2 All ER 671; [2011] 2 FLR 312; [2011] WLR (D) 109; Case details, SC(E) (Lord Phillips PSC, Lord Hope DPSC, Lady Hale JSC, Lord Brown JSC, Lord Collins JSC, Lord Kerr JSC, Lord Dyson JSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 35.
  EVIDENCE — Expert evidence — Immunity from suit
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  EVIDENCE — Expert evidence — Immunity from suit — Joint statement agreed by parties' experts for purposes of personal injury litigation — Claimant settling action disadvantageously after own expert revising earlier opinion — Claimant bringing action for negligence against expert — Whether expert immune from suit for breach of duty in relation to participation in legal proceedings — Whether claim to be struck out

  10 Case(s) considered
• NML Capital Ltd v Republic of Argentina

  29 Jan 2009 [2009] EWHC 110 (Comm); [2009] QB 579; [2009] 2 WLR 1332; [2009] 1 All ER (Comm) 697; [2009] 1 Lloyd's Rep 378, QBD

  04 Feb 2010 [2010] EWCA Civ 41; [2011] QB 8; [2010] 3 WLR 874; [2010] 2 All ER (Comm) 1206; [2010] 2 Lloyd's Rep 442; [2010] WLR (D) 28, CA

  06 Jul 2011 [2011] UKSC 31; [2011] 2 AC 495; [2011] 3 WLR 273; [2011] 4 All ER 1191; [2012] 1 All ER (Comm) 1081; [2011] 2 Lloyd's Rep 628; [2011] WLR (D) 220; Case details, SC(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 4 positive; 1 neutral; 2 negative; most recently considered: 2021. Subsequent citations: 51.
  INTERNATIONAL LAW — State immunity — Foreign judgment

  PRACTICE — Claim form — Service out of jurisdiction
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  INTERNATIONAL LAW — State immunity — Foreign judgment — Claimant obtaining New York judgment against foreign state in respect of default on bonds — Claimant bringing claim in England for enforcement of New York judgment — Whether proceedings in England “relating to … a commercial transaction” — Statutory provision allowing for recognition of judgment of foreign court where court would have had jurisdiction on basis of rules applicable in United Kingdom — Whether provision jurisdictional — Whether applicable only if statutory exception to state immunity applying — Whether terms of bond amounting to submission to English jurisdiction — State Immunity Act 1978, ss 1, 2, 3(1) — Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, s 31(1)

  PRACTICE — Claim form — Service out of jurisdiction — Claimant seeking to serve proceedings on foreign state — Claimant pleading state not immune from suit — Basis of contention legally flawed — Whether procedural error capable of remedy — Whether discretion to permit claimant to argue new bases for jurisdiction — CPR rr 3.10, 6.20(9)

  10 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• R (Child Poverty Action Group) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

  27 Feb 2009 [2009] EWHC 341 (Admin); [2009] 3 All ER 633, QBD (Michael Supperstone QC sitting as a deputy High Court judge)

  14 Oct 2009 [2009] EWCA Civ 1058; [2010] 1 WLR 1886; [2010] PTSR 958; [2010] 2 All ER 113; [2009] WLR (D) 296, CA (Sedley, Lloyd, Wilson LJJ)

  08 Dec 2010 [2010] UKSC 54; [2011] 2 AC 15; [2011] 2 WLR 1; [2011] PTSR 185; [2011] 1 All ER 729; [2010] WLR (D) 322; Case details, SC(E) (Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers PSC, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Dyson JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 39.
  SOCIAL SECURITY — Overpayment of benefit — Recovery
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  SOCIAL SECURITY — Overpayment of benefit — Recovery — Statutory right of recovery limited to misrepresentation or non-disclosure — Whether Secretary of State entitled at common law to recover benefits paid by mistake under erroneous award — Social Security Administration Act 1992, s 71(1)

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• Joseph v Spiller

  22 May 2009 [2009] EWHC 1152 (QB), QBD (Eady J)

  22 Oct 2009 [2009] EWCA Civ 1075; [2010] ICR 642; [2009] WLR (D) 306, CA

  01 Dec 2010 (Associated Newspapers Ltd intervening) [2010] UKSC 53; [2011] 1 AC 852; [2010] 3 WLR 1791; [2011] ICR 1; [2011] 1 All ER 947; [2010] WLR (D) 310; Case details, SC(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 53.
  EMPLOYMENT — Contract of employment — Illegality

  DEFAMATION — Fair comment — Test of fairness
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  EMPLOYMENT — Contract of employment — Illegality — Work-seeker entering into online agreement with entertainment agency— Agreement referring work-seeker to separate document containing terms and conditions of hire— Work-seeker directly re-engaged by hirer in breach of hire condition— Agency publishing statement on website alleging claimants untrustworthy— Whether condition unenforceable by reason of breach of statutory requirement for terms of work-seeker’s agreement in single document— Whether statement fair comment— Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/3319), reg 14(2)

  DEFAMATION — Fair comment — Test of fairness — Posting on defendants’ website stating claimants in breach of contract and warning of their liability to break contracts— No particulars of alleged breach given— Whether defendants entitled to rely on alleged breach to support comment— Whether defence of fair comment requiring sufficient detail in statement to allow reader to judge if comment well founded— Defence to be renamed “honest comment”

  6 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• R (Smith) v Oxfordshire Assistant Deputy Coroner (R (Secretary of State for Defence) v Oxfordshire Assistant Deputy Coroner)

  11 Apr 2008 [2008] EWHC 694 (Admin); [2011] 1 AC 1; [2008] 3 WLR 1284; [2008] ACD 45; The Times, 30 May 2008, QBD (Collins J)

  18 May 2009 (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2009] EWCA Civ 441; [2011] 1 AC 1; [2009] 3 WLR 1099; [2009] 4 All ER 985; [2009] WLR (D) 158; [2009] ACD 54; (2009) 159 NLJ 790; The Times, 20 May 2009, CA (Sir Anthony Clarke MR, Keene, Dyson LJJ)

  30 Jun 2010 [2010] UKSC 29; [2011] 1 AC 1; [2010] 3 WLR 223; [2010] 3 All ER 1067; [2010] HRLR 28; [2010] WLR (D) 165; (2010) 160 NLJ 973; The Times, 8 July 2010; Case details, SC(E) (Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers PSC, Lord Hope of Craighead DPSC, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, Lord Mance, Lord Collins of Mapesbury, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 2 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 70.
  CORONER — Inquest — Verdict

  LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — Coroners Rules

  LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — Inquest

  HUMAN RIGHTS — Life — State's duty to investigate death
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  CORONER — Inquest — Verdict — Soldier dying of hyperthermia while on duty in Iraq — Coroner's narrative verdict stating death caused by serious failure to address deceased's difficulty in adjusting to climate — Whether breaching prohibition against determining questions of civil liability — Coroners Rules 1984, r 42(b)

  LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — Coroners Rules — Inquest required to comply with procedural requirements implicit in Convention right to life — Whether necessary to change rules prohibiting address on facts or determination of question of civil liability

  LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — Inquest — Whether desirable for statute to set out clearly differences between inquest required to comply with procedural requirements implicit in Convention right to life and any other type of inquest

  HUMAN RIGHTS — Life — State's duty to investigate death — Soldier dying of hyperthermia sustained while carrying out duties off base in Iraq — Whether death of soldier within scope of Human Rights Convention or of legislation giving domestic effect to Convention — Whether procedural requirements implicit in Convention right to life applying to inquest into soldier's death — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 2 — Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1953), art 1

  24 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

  1 International Agreement considered
• Tower MCashback LLP 1 v Revenue and Customs Comrs

  [2010] EWCA Civ 32; [2010] STC 809, CA

  13 Oct 2008 [2008] EWHC 2387 (Ch); [2008] STC 3366, Ch D

  11 May 2011 [2011] UKSC 19; [2011] 2 AC 457; [2011] 2 WLR 1131; [2011] 3 All ER 71; [2011] STC 1143; [2011] WLR (D) 154; Case details, SC(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 47.
  REVENUE — Corporation tax — Capital allowances

  REVENUE — Corporation tax — Self assessment
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  REVENUE — Corporation tax — Capital allowances — Transactions carried out to obtain fiscal advantage — Limited liability partnership entering into software licence agreements — Consideration for licences partially funded by non-recourse loans to members of partnership — Loans provided by software vendor through series of circular transactions — Whether loans expended on acquisition of software rights — Whether partnership entitled to first-year allowances — Capital Allowances Act 2001, s 45 (as amended by Finance Act 2003, ss 165, 166)

  REVENUE — Corporation tax — Self assessment — Closure notice issued disallowing claim — Taxpayer appealing — Revenue raising issues not mentioned in closure notice — Whether revenue only able to rely on issues raised in closure notice — Taxes Management Act 1970 (as amended by Finance Act 1994, ss 184, 185, 186, 189, 196, 199, Sch 19, General and Special Commissioners (Amendment of Enactments) Regulations 1994, reg 2, Schs 1, 2, Finance Act 1995, s 104, Finance Act 1996, s 123, Finance Act 1998, s 117(3), Sch 19 and Finance Act 2001, ss 88, 110, Schs 29, 33), ss 12AA, 12AB, 12AC, 28B, 31, 31A, 50

  7 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered

• Risk Management Partners Ltd v Brent London Borough Council

  16 May 2008 [2008] EWHC 1094 (Admin); [2008] LGR 429, QBD (Stanley Burnton LJ)

  09 Jun 2009 [2009] EWCA Civ 490; [2010] PTSR 349; [2010] LGR 99; [2009] WLR (D) 179, CA

  09 Feb 2011 [2011] UKSC 7; [2011] 2 AC 34; [2011] 2 WLR 166; [2011] PTSR 481; [2011] 2 All ER 209; [2011] LGR 16; [2011] 2 CMLR 26; The Times, 10 February 2011; Case details, SC(E)

  Subsequent citations: 46.
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Powers — Mutual insurance
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  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Powers — Mutual insurance — Local authority and other London local authorities establishing mutual insurance company — Claimant company submitting tender for insurance contract to local authority — Mutual insurer not submitting tender — Authority awarding insurance business to mutual insurance company — Whether “contract” between authority and mutual insurance company — Whether authority acting in breach of public contract legislation — Whether claimant entitled to compensation — Date from which compensation payable — Public Contract Regulations 2006, reg 47(7)(b) — European Parliament and Council Directive 2004/18/EC

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

• Bocardo SA v Star Energy UK Onshore Ltd

  24 Jul 2008 [2008] EWHC 1756 (Ch); [2009] 1 All ER 517, Ch D

  15 Jun 2009 [2009] EWCA Civ 579; [2010] Ch 100; [2009] 3 WLR 1010; [2010] 1 All ER 26; [2009] WLR (D) 187, CA

  18 Dec 2009 (appn all) [2010] 1 WLR 113, SC

  28 Jul 2010 (Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change intervening) [2010] UKSC 35; [2011] 1 AC 380; [2010] 3 WLR 654; [2010] 3 All ER 975; [2010] WLR (D) 204; Case details, SC(E)

  Subsequent citations: 13.
  MINES — Petroleum and natural gas — Access, right of
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  MINES — Petroleum and natural gas — Access, right of — Defendant owning licence to search for and obtain petroleum in reservoir in strata partly under claimant's land — Defendant using pipeline laid by predecessor under claimant's land without agreement — Whether claimant having title to and possession of strata through which pipeline laid — Whether trespass — How statutory compensation to be assessed — Measure of damages for trespass — Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 (as amended by Railway and Canal Commission (Abolition) Act 1949, s 1(1), Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1966, Sch 2, para 12, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Order 1970, art 7(4) and Interpretation Act 1978, s 17(2)(a)), ss 1(1), 2(1), 3(1)(2)(b), 10(3) — Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1966 (as amended by Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1974, s 1, Town and Country Planning (Minerals) Act 1981, s 33(1), Petroleum Act 1987, s 27(a) and Coal Industry Act 1994, Sch 9, para 10(1)(a)), ss 1, 2(1), 3(2)(d), 8(2)

  MINES — Petroleum and natural gas — Access, right of — Defendant owning licence to search for and obtain petroleum in reservoir in strata partly under claimant's land — Defendant using pipeline laid by predecessor under claimant's land without agreement — Whether claimant having title to and possession of strata through which pipeline laid — Whether trespass — How statutory compensation to be assessed — Measure of damages for trespass — Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 (as amended by Railway and Canal Commission (Abolition) Act 1949, s 1(1), Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1966, Sch 2, para 1, Interpretation Act 1978, s 17(2)(a) and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Order 1970, art 7(4)), ss 1(1), 2(1), 3(1)(2)(b), 10(3) — Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1966 (as amended by Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1974, s 1, Town and Country Planning (Minerals) Act 1981, s 33(1), Petroleum Act 1987, s 27(a) and Coal Industry Act 1994, Sch 9, para 10(1)(a)), ss 1, 2(1), 3(2)(d), 8(2)

  17 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• R (Electoral Commission) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court

  22 Jan 2009 [2009] EWHC 78 (Admin), QBD (Walker J )

  19 Oct 2009 [2009] EWCA Civ 1078; [2010] QB 298; [2010] 2 WLR 873; [2010] 1 All ER 1167; [2009] WLR (D) 299, CA (Waller, Goldring LJJ, Sir Paul Kennedy)

  29 Jul 2010 [2010] UKSC 40; [2011] 1 AC 496; [2010] 3 WLR 705; [2011] 1 All ER 1; [2010] WLR (D) 211; Case details, SC(E) (Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers PSC, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 8.
  POLITICAL PARTY — Donation to registered political party — Forfeiture of impermissible donation
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  POLITICAL PARTY — Donation to registered political party — Forfeiture of impermissible donation — Permissible donor “individual registered in an electoral register” — Individual making donations to registered political party when entitled to be but not registered in electoral register — Political party failing to check whether individual permissible donor and to return impermissible donations — Electoral Commission seeking forfeiture of all donations made by individual when donor not permissible — Magistrates' court ordering forfeiture only of impermissible donations made after political party aware donor not on electoral register — Whether magistrates' court entitled to refuse forfeiture of all impermissible donations — Proper approach to exercise of court's discretion to grant forfeiture — Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, ss 54, 56(1)(2), 58(2)

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered