Results: 110

• Shergill v Khaira

  17 Jul 2012 [2012] EWCA Civ 983; [2012] PTSR 1697; [2012] WLR (D) 214, CA

  04 Feb 2013 (appn all) [2013] PTSR 377, SC(E)

  20 Dec 2013 (Compromise of action) [2013] EWHC 4162 (Ch); [2014] CN 114, Ch D (Judge Purle QC)

  11 Jun 2014 [2014] UKSC 33; [2015] AC 359; [2014] 3 WLR 1; [2014] PTSR 907; [2014] 3 All ER 243; [2014] WLR (D) 263; Case details, SC(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 4 neutral; most recently considered: 2021. Subsequent citations: 39.
  CHARITY — Trustees — Power to appoint

  CHARITY — Charity proceedings — Compromise of action
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  CHARITY — Trustees — Power to appoint — Temples established under charitable trust to promote beliefs of Sikh religious sect — Dispute as to whether particular individual was spiritual successor having power under trust deed to appoint trustees — Claim for declaration that claimant trustees lawfully appointed by spiritual successor — Whether issue involving determination of religious belief — Whether issue justiciable

  CHARITY — Charity proceedings — Compromise of action — Defendants alleging binding agreement compromising appeal — Whether being agreement reached

  7 Case(s) considered
• FHR European Ventures LLP v Mankarious (FHR European Ventures LLP v Cedar Capital Partners LLC)

  29 Jan 2013 [2013] EWCA Civ 17; [2014] Ch 1; [2013] 3 WLR 466; [2013] 3 All ER 29; [2013] 2 All ER (Comm) 257; [2013] WLR (D) 32; [2013] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 416, CA

  16 Jul 2014 [2014] UKSC 45; [2015] AC 250; [2014] 3 WLR 535; [2014] 4 All ER 79; [2014] 2 All ER (Comm) 425; [2014] WLR (D) 317; [2014] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 471; Case details, SC(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 neutral; most recently considered: 2021. Subsequent citations: 61.
  AGENCY — Fiduciary duty — Secret commission
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  AGENCY — Fiduciary duty — Secret commission — Agent acting for purchasers in negotiations for purchase of hotel — Agent receiving secret commission from vendor following sale of hotel — Agent liable to account to purchasers for commission — Whether agent holding commission sum on constructive trust for purchasers on basis that it had exploited opportunity which purchasers would otherwise have had — Whether constructive trust arising only where possible to identify some form of beneficial ownership of opportunity — Whether purchasers entitled to proprietary remedy against agent — Whether agent's liability to purchasers limited to equitable compensation in sum equal to commission

  19 Case(s) considered
• R (Barkas) v North Yorkshire County Council

  23 Oct 2012 [2012] EWCA Civ 1373; [2013] 1 WLR 1521; [2013] LGR 32; [2012] WLR (D) 306, CA

  03 May 2013 (appn all) [2013] 1 WLR 1709, SC(E)

  21 May 2014 [2014] UKSC 31; [2015] AC 195; [2014] 2 WLR 1360; [2014] 3 All ER 178; [2014] LGR 459; [2014] WLR (D) 228; Case details, SC(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive. Subsequent citations: 30.
  COMMONS — Town or village green — Registration
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  COMMONS — Town or village green — Registration — Local authority laying out and maintaining land as recreation ground pursuant to statutory powers — Local inhabitants using land for recreational purposes for more than 20 years — Whether use of land “as of right” — Whether statutory condition for registration as town or village green met — Housing Act 1936, s 80(1) — Housing Act 1985, s 12(1) — Commons Act 2006, s 15(2)

  5 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  3 Statutes considered
• R (Evans) v Attorney General

  09 Jul 2013 [2013] EWHC 1960 (Admin); [2014] QB 855; [2013] 3 WLR 1631; [2014] 1 All ER 23; [2013] WLR (D) 313, DC

  12 Mar 2014 [2014] EWCA Civ 254; [2014] QB 855; [2014] 2 WLR 1334; [2014] 3 All ER 682; [2014] WLR (D) 124, CA

  26 Mar 2015 (Campaign for Freedom of Information intervening) [2015] UKSC 21; [2015] AC 1787; [2015] 2 WLR 813; [2015] 4 All ER 395; [2015] WLR (D) 151; Case details, SC(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 1 neutral; 2 negative; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 39.
  FREEDOM OF INFORMATION — Exempt information — Accountable person’s certificate
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  FREEDOM OF INFORMATION — Exempt information — Accountable person’s certificate — Upper Tribunal ordering partial disclosure of correspondence between Prince of Wales and government departments — Attorney General issuing certificate effectively overriding requirement for disclosure — Whether “reasonable grounds” justifying issue of certificate — Whether certification concerning environmental information permissible — Whether compatible with European Union law and treaty obligations on access to environmental information — Freedom of Information Act 2000, s 53(2) — Environmental Information Regulations 2004, reg 18 — Parliament and Council Directive 2003/4/EC, art 6 — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, art 47 — Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (1998), art 9

  FREEDOM OF INFORMATION — Exempt information — Accountable person’s certificate — Upper Tribunal ordering partial disclosure of correspondence between Prince of Wales and government departments — Attorney General issuing certificate effectively overriding requirement for disclosure — Whether “reasonable grounds” justifying issue of certificate — Whether certification concerning environmental information compatible with EU law and treaty obligations on access to environmental information — Freedom of Information Act 2000, s 53(2) — Environmental Information Regulations 2004, reg 18 — Parliament and Council Directive 2003/4/EC, art 6 — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, art 47 — Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (1998), art 9

  9 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  2 EU Enactments considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

  1 International Agreement considered
• Kennedy v Information Comr (Kennedy v Charity Commission (Information Comr intervening))

  19 Jan 2010 [2010] EWHC 475 (Admin); [2010] 1 WLR 1489; [2010] WLR (D) 6, QBD (Calvert-Smith J)

  12 May 2011 (Secretary of State for Justice intervening) [2011] EWCA Civ 367; [2012] 1 WLR 3524, CA (Ward, Etherton, Jacob LJJ)

  20 Mar 2012 [2012] EWCA Civ 317; [2012] 1 WLR 3524; [2012] WLR (D) 91, CA (Ward, Etherton LJJ, Sir Robin Jacob)

  26 Mar 2014 [2014] UKSC 20; [2015] AC 455; [2014] 2 WLR 808; [2014] 2 All ER 847; [2014] WLR (D) 143; Case details, SC(E) (Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury PSC, Lord Mance, Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Lord Wilson, Lord Sumption, Lord Carnwath, Lord Toulson JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 4 neutral; most recently considered: 2021. Subsequent citations: 104.
  FREEDOM OF INFORMATION — Disclosure — Exempt information in relation to inquiries
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  FREEDOM OF INFORMATION — Disclosure — Exempt information in relation to inquiries — Charity Commission instituting series of inquiries into affairs of charity — Journalist requesting information concerning inquiries — Whether documents placed in custody of inquiries exempt from disclosure if already held by Charity Commission for other purposes prior to institution of inquiries or persisting merely for duration of inquiry — Whether exemption from disclosure extending beyond conclusion of inquiries or persisting merely for duration of inquiries — Whether inquiries concluding on publication of results or at earlier date — Whether information recorded in electronic form “contained in … any document” for purposes of exemption from disclosure — Whether Convention right to freedom of expression engaged — Whether exemption to be read down to secure compatibility with Convention rights — Whether relevant that disclosure potentially available under other statutory or common law powers — Charities Act 1993 (as amended by Charities Act 2006, ss 7, 75(1), Sch 8, para 96, 102), ss 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 8 — Human Rights Act 1998, s 3, Sch 1, Pt I, art 10 — Freedom of Information Act 2000, ss 32(1)(2), 63(1), 78 — Inquiries Act 2005, s 18(3)

  9 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  4 Statutes considered

• R (Eastenders Cash & Carry plc) v Revenue and Customs Comrs

  04 Nov 2010 [2010] EWHC 2797 (Admin); [2011] 1 WLR 488; [2011] STC 64; [2010] WLR (D) 282, QBD (Sales J)

  20 Jan 2012 [2012] EWCA Civ 15; [2012] 1 WLR 2067; [2012] STC 817; [2012] WLR (D) 6, CA

  31 Oct 2012 (appn all) [2012] 1 WLR 3141, SC(E)

  11 Jun 2014 [2014] UKSC 34; [2015] AC 1101; [2014] 2 WLR 1580; [2014] 4 All ER 1; [2014] STC 1741; [2014] 2 Cr App R 426; [2014] WLR (D) 262; Case details, SC(E)

  Subsequent citations: 5.
  REVENUE — Customs and Excise — Importation of dutiable goods
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  REVENUE — Customs and Excise — Importation of dutiable goods — Customs officers detaining goods pending further inquiries to determine whether or not duty paid — Meaning of “liable to forfeiture” — Whether power to detain goods upon reasonable suspicion of non-payment of duty — Whether power exercisable only where duty in fact not paid — Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, ss 49(1), 139(1), 144

  REVENUE — Customs and Excise — Importation of dutiable goods — Customs officers detaining goods pending further inquiries to determine whether or not duty paid — Statutory power to detain any thing “liable to forfeiture” — Whether permitting detention of goods upon reasonable suspicion of non-payment of duty — Whether power exercisable only where duty in fact not paid — Whether general non-statutory power to detain goods — Whether detention lawful — Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, ss 49(1), 139(1), 144

  6 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• Mortgage Business plc v O’Shaughnessy (Southern Pacific Mortgages Ltd v Thompson, Southern Pacific Mortgages Ltd v Old, Southern Pacific Mortgages Ltd v Wilkinson, Southern Pacific Mortgages Ltd v Scott)

  19 Nov 2010 [2010] EWHC 2991 (Ch), Ch D (Judge Behrens)

  24 Jan 2012 [2012] EWCA Civ 17; [2012] 1 WLR 1521; [2012] HLR 21; [2012] 1 EGLR 89; [2012] 1 P & CR 18, CA (Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury MR, Rix, Etherton LJJ)

  26 Jul 2012 (appn all) [2012] 1 WLR 2373, SC(E)

  22 Oct 2014 (Mortgage Business plc intervening) [2014] UKSC 52; [2015] AC 385; [2014] 3 WLR 1163; [2015] 1 All ER 277; [2014] HLR 48; [2014] WLR (D) 447; The Times, 28 October 2014; Case details, SC(E) (Baroness Hale of Richmond DPSC, Lord Wilson, Lord Sumption, Lord Reed JJSC, Lord Collins of Mapesbury)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 20.
  LAND REGISTRATION — Overriding interest — “Actual occupation”
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  LAND REGISTRATION — Overriding interest — “Actual occupation” — Vendor prior to sale agreeing to pay back significant part of completion money to purchaser in return for right to continue in occupation — Exchange of contract of sale, completion and execution of mortgage all taking place on same day — Vendor remaining in occupation pursuant to tenancy granted by purchaser — Mortgagee’s claim for possession — Whether vendor having overriding interest taking priority over mortgagee’s charge — Land Registration Act 2002, ss 29, 72, Sch 3, para 2

  9 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered

• Haile v Waltham Forest London Borough Council

  13 Jun 2014 [2014] EWCA Civ 792; [2014] PTSR 1376; [2014] WLR (D) 257, CA

  30 Jul 2014 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court given

  20 May 2015 [2015] UKSC 34; [2015] AC 1471; [2015] 2 WLR 1441; [2015] PTSR 784; [2016] 1 All ER 579; [2015] WLR (D) 234; Case details, SC(E) (Lord Neuberger PSC, Lady Hale DPSC, Lord Clarke JSC, Lord Reed JSC, Lord Carnwath JSC)

  Subsequent citations: 7.
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Homeless persons — Whether “homeless intentionally”
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  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Homeless persons — Whether “homeless intentionally” — Applicant voluntarily leaving single occupancy hostel accommodation after becoming pregnant — Application to housing authority as homeless person with priority need — Applicant provided with temporary accommodation pending decision and subsequently giving birth to child — Whether intentionality of homelessness to be determined by reference to date on which applicant became homeless or date of local authority’s decision — Housing Act 1996, ss 191, 193

  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Homeless persons — Whether “homeless intentionally” — Applicant voluntarily leaving single occupancy hostel accommodation but subsequently applying to local housing authority as homeless person with priority need due to pregnancy — Authority refusing to provide accommodation on ground applicant intentionally homeless — Applicant having given birth to child by time of authority’s refusal — Single occupancy requirement at hostel such as would have made applicant homeless in any event at date of authority’s decision — Whether break in causal connection between deliberate act in leaving available accommodation and homelessness at date of authority’s decision — Housing Act 1996, ss 191(1), 193(1)

  5 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered
• R v Ahmad (Shakeel)

  02 Mar 2012 [2012] EWCA Crim 391; [2012] 1 WLR 2335; [2012] 2 All ER 1137; [2012] STC 1239; [2012] 2 Cr App R (S) 85; [2012] WLR (D) 62, CA

  18 Jun 2014 [2014] UKSC 36; [2015] AC 299; [2014] 3 WLR 23; [2014] 4 All ER 767; [2014] WLR (D) 264; Case details, SC(E)

  22 May 2019 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court refused

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 4 neutral. Subsequent citations: 32.
  CRIME — Sentence — Confiscation order
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  CRIME — Sentence — Confiscation order — Fraud on public revenue — Defendants involved in artificial trade to generate false claims for repayment of VAT — Calculation of benefit — Whether all sums banked as result of sale or purported sale of goods by buffer company obtained “in connection with … commission” of offence — Whether amount of confiscation order to be restricted to sum actually paid out by revenue — Criminal Justice Act 1988, s 71(4)

  CRIME — Sentence — Confiscation order — Co-conspirators jointly acquiring proceeds of conspiracy to defraud — Whether “benefit … obtained” by each to be assessed as value of whole amount of proceeds of conspiracy — Whether confiscation orders to be made against each conspirator in full amount of joint benefit — Whether proportionality requiring apportionment of joint benefit between conspirators — Criminal Justice Act 1988, s 71(4) — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt II, art 1 — Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, ss s 6(5), 76(4)

  10 Case(s) considered

  2 Words & Phrases considered

  3 Statutes considered

• R (Barclay) v Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (No 2)

  09 May 2013 [2013] EWHC 1183 (Admin); [2014] 1 WLR 415; [2013] WLR (D) 290, DC

  22 Oct 2014 (Attorney General of Jersey intervening) [2014] UKSC 54; [2015] AC 276; [2014] 3 WLR 1142; [2015] 1 All ER 429; [2014] WLR (D) 446; Case details, SC(E)

  Subsequent citations: 12.
  JUDICIAL REVIEW — Court's jurisdiction — Approval of Channel Islands legislation
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  JUDICIAL REVIEW — Court's jurisdiction — Approval of Channel Islands legislation — Proposed Sark Law providing for appointment, removal and remuneration of chief judge — Secretary of State advising Privy Council committee that proposed legislation compatible with Convention rights — Committee deciding to advise that Royal Assent be given to proposed Law — Queen in Council giving Royal Assent by Order in Council — Claimant seeking judicial review of decision to advise that Royal Assent be given — Courts in Bailiwick of Guernsey Laury jurisdiction to entertain challenge to compatibility of proposed Laws with Convention rights — Whether English High Court having jurisdiction to entertain claim — Whether advice given on Convention as treaty entered into by United Kingdom justiciable — Whether issue of lawfulness of committee’s decision justiciable — Whether appropriate for English court to entertain claim — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 6.1

  6 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered