Results: 67

• Lungowe v Vedanta Resources plc

  27 May 2016 [2016] EWHC 975 (TCC); [2016] BCC 774; [2016] BLR 461, QBD

  13 Oct 2017 [2017] EWCA Civ 1528; [2018] 1 WLR 3575; [2017] WLR(D) 741, CA (Jackson, Simon, Asplin LJJ)

  23 Mar 2018 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court given

  10 Apr 2019 (International Commission of Jurists intervening) [2019] UKSC 20; [2020] AC 1045; [2019] 2 WLR 1051; [2019] 3 All ER 1013; [2019] 2 All ER (Comm) 559; [2019] 2 Lloyd's Rep 399; [2019] WLR (D) 241; Case details, SC(E) (Baroness Hale of Richmond PSC, Lord Wilson, Lord Hodge, Lady Black, Lord Briggs JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 3 neutral; 1 negative; most recently considered: 2021. Subsequent citations: 109.
  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Jurisdiction under European Union Regulation — Forum non conveniens

  PRACTICE — Claim form — Service out of jurisdiction
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  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Jurisdiction under European Union Regulation — Forum non conveniens — Claimants’ claims against defendants domiciled in United Kingdom and Zambia respectively — English courts having jursidiction under Regulation in respect of United Kingdom defendant — Whether courts having discretion to decline jurisdiction in favour of Zambian courts — Parliament and Council Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012, art 4

  PRACTICE — Claim form — Service out of jurisdiction — Claimants’ claims against defendants domiciled in United Kingdom and Zambia respectively — Claimants granted permission to serve claim form on Zambian defendant out of jurisdiction — Whether “real issue” between claimants and United Kingdom defendant to which Zambian defendant necessary and proper party — Proper approach where issue of law in underlying litigation fundamental to court’s jurisdiction — CPR r 6.36, Practice Direction 6B, para 3.1

  PRACTICE — Claim form — Service out of jurisdiction — Claimants’ claims against defendants domiciled in United Kingdom and Zambia respectively — Claimants granted permission to serve claim form on Zambian defendant out of jurisdiction — Whether “real issue” between claimants and United Kingdom defendant to which Zambian defendant necessary and proper party — Whether England “proper place” for hearing claim — Whether claimants able to achieve substantial justice if claim heard in Zambia — CPR rr 6.36, 6.37(3), Practice Direction 6B, para 3.1

  10 Case(s) considered

  2 Words & Phrases considered

  1 EU Enactment considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• In re NY (A Child)

  18 Jun 2019 [2019] EWCA Civ 1065; [2019] 2 FLR 1266; [2019] 3 FCR 49, CA (Flaux, Moylan, Haddon-Cave LJJ)

  30 Oct 2019 (Reunite International intervening) [2019] UKSC 49; [2020] AC 665; [2019] 3 WLR 962; [2020] 1 All ER 923; [2019] 2 FLR 1247; [2019] WLR (D) 601, SC(E) (Lord Wilson, Lord Hodge, Lady Black, Lord Kitchin, Lord Sales JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 4 positive; 1 neutral; most recently considered: 2021. Subsequent citations: 46.
  CHILDREN — Inherent jurisdiction — Summary return order
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  CHILDREN — Inherent jurisdiction — Summary return order — Father’s application for summary return of child to Israel — Child habitually resident in Israel at time of alleged wrongful retention by mother but present in England and Wales at time of father’s application — Court finding Hague Convention not applying — Whether permissible for court to make summary return order under inherent jurisdiction — Whether court restricted to making order as specific issue order — Whether exercise of inherent jurisdiction flawed — Children Act 1989 (c 41), ss 1(3), 8(1), 10 — FPR Practice Direction 12D, para 1, Practice Direction 12J

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Various Claimants v Barclays Bank plc

  26 Jul 2017 [2017] EWHC 1929 (QB), QBD (Nicola Davies J)

  17 Jul 2018 [2018] EWCA Civ 1670; [2018] IRLR 947, CA

  12 Feb 2019 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court given

  01 Apr 2020 [2020] UKSC 13; [2020] AC 973; [2020] 2 WLR 960; [2020] ICR 893; [2020] 4 All ER 19; [2020] WLR (D) 205; Case details, SC(E) (Lord Reed PSC, Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Lloyd-Jones JJSC, Baroness Hale of Richmond)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 12.
  VICARIOUS LIABILITY — Relationship akin to employment — Doctor with portfolio practice
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  VICARIOUS LIABILITY — Relationship akin to employment — Doctor with portfolio practice — Bank paying doctor to undertake pre-employment medical examinations of claimants — Doctor allegedly sexually assaulting claimants — Whether bank vicariously liable — Whether relationship between bank and doctor akin to employment — Whether sufficient that imposition of vicarious liability fair, just and reasonable

  4 Case(s) considered
• JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov (No 14) (Khrapunov v JSC BTA Bank)

  11 Feb 2016 [2016] EWHC 230 (Comm); [2017] QB 853; [2016] 3 WLR 659; [2016] 2 All ER (Comm) 218; [2016] WLR (D) 72, QBD (Teare J)

  02 Feb 2017 [2017] EWCA Civ 40; [2017] QB 853; [2017] 2 WLR 1563; [2017] 2 All ER 918; [2017] 2 All ER (Comm) 1; [2017] WLR (D) 71, CA

  08 Aug 2017 (appn all) [2017] 1 WLR 3788, SC(E) (Lord Mance, Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Lord Sumption JJSC)

  18 Jan 2018 (appn dis) [2018] 1 WLR 1204, SC(E) (Lord Mance DPSC, Lord Sumption, Lord Hodge JJSC)

  21 Mar 2018 [2018] UKSC 19; [2020] AC 727; [2018] 2 WLR 1125; [2018] 3 All ER 293; [2018] 2 All ER (Comm) 479; [2018] WLR (D) 184; Case details, SC(E) (Lord Mance DPSC, Lord Sumption, Lord Hodge, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Briggs JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 69.
  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Jurisdiction — Special jurisdiction

  TORT — Cause of action — Conspiracy to injure by unlawful means
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  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Jurisdiction — Special jurisdiction — Domicile of other defendant — Defendant leaving United Kingdom in violation of obligation under freezing order — Whether defendant to be taken still to be domiciled in United Kingdom — Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c 27), s 41A(2) (as inserted by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/3131), reg 18(2)) — Lugano Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters 2007, art 6

  TORT — Cause of action — Conspiracy to injure by unlawful means — Whether contempt of court amounting to unlawful means

  TORT — Cause of action — Conspiracy to injure by unlawful means — Whether contempt of court by breach of court order capable of amounting to unlawful means

  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Jurisdiction — Special jurisdiction — Matters relating to tort, delict or quasi-delict — Claimant bringing action in tort of conspiracy to injure by unlawful means — Whether English court having jurisdiction — Whether harmful event occurring in England — Whether event giving rise to harm hatching or implementation of conspiracy — Lugano Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (2007), art 5(3)

  13 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 International Agreement considered
• R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal

  02 Feb 2017 [2017] EWHC 114 (Admin) {0} {1}; [2017] 3 All ER 1127, DC (Sir Brian Leveson, Leggatt J)

  23 Nov 2017 [2017] EWCA Civ 1868; [2018] 1 WLR 2572; [2018] 3 All ER 95; [2017] WLR (D) 775, CA (Floyd, Sales, Flaux LJJ)

  22 Mar 2018 (appn all) [2018] 1 WLR 2708, SC(E) (Lord Mance DPSC, Lady Black, Lord Lloyd-Jones JJSC)

  15 May 2019 [2019] UKSC 22; [2020] AC 491; [2019] 2 WLR 1219; [2019] 4 All ER 1; Case details, SC(E) (Baroness Hale of Richmond PSC, Lord Reed DPSC, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Wilson, Lord Carnwath, Lord Lloyd-Jones JJSC, Lord Sumption)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 21.
  JUDICIAL REVIEW — Court’s jurisdiction — Investigatory Powers Tribunal
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  JUDICIAL REVIEW — Court’s jurisdiction — Investigatory Powers Tribunal — Whether statutory ouster provision preventing judicial review claim being brought in respect of decision of tribunal — Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c 23), s 67(8)

  8 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Egon Zehnder Ltd v Tillman

  23 May 2017 [2017] EWHC 1278 (Ch), Ch D (Mann J)

  21 Jul 2017 [2017] EWCA Civ 1054; [2018] ICR 574; [2017] WLR (D) 492, CA (Longmore, Patten and Sales LJJ)

  19 Feb 2018 (appn all) [2018] ICR 881, SC(E) (Baroness Hale of Richmond PSC, Lord Sumption, Lord Hughes JJSC)

  03 Jul 2019 [2019] UKSC 32; [2020] AC 154; [2019] 3 WLR 245; [2019] ICR 1223; [2020] 1 All ER 477; [2019] 2 BCLC 143; [2019] WLR (D) 395, SC(E) (Baroness Hale of Richmond PSC, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Wilson, Lord Briggs, Lady Arden JJSC)

  Subsequent citations: 29.
  RESTRAINT OF TRADE — Employment — Recruitment consultancy

  RESTRAINT OF TRADE — Employment — Post-termination restrictive covenant
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  RESTRAINT OF TRADE — Employment — Recruitment consultancy — Covenant restraining employee for six months after termination of employment from being “interested in” business of competitor — Whether preventing employee from becoming shareholder in competitor — Whether unreasonable restraint of trade — Whether severable

  RESTRAINT OF TRADE — Employment — Post-termination restrictive covenant — Covenant restraining employee for six months after termination of employment from being “interested in” business of competitor — Whether preventing employee from becoming shareholder in competitor — Whether unreasonable restraint of trade — Whether word “interested” capable of being severed from covenant

  9 Case(s) considered

• Southwark London Borough Council v Transport for London

  01 Dec 2015 [2015] EWHC 3448 (Ch), Ch D

  04 Aug 2017 [2017] EWCA Civ 1220; [2018] PTSR 333; [2017] WLR (D) 546, CA (McFarlane, McCombe and David Richards LJJ)

  19 Dec 2017 (appn all) [2018] PTSR 506, SC(E) (Baroness Hale of Richmond PSC, Lord Hodge, Lord Briggs JJSC)

  05 Dec 2018 [2018] UKSC 63; [2020] AC 914; [2018] 3 WLR 2059; [2019] PTSR 1; [2019] 2 All ER 271; Case details, SC(E) (Baroness Hale of Richmond PSC, Lord Reed DPSC, Lord Carnwath, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Briggs JJSC)

  Subsequent citations: 4.
  HIGHWAY — Duty to maintain highway — Highway authority
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  HIGHWAY — Duty to maintain highway — Highway authority — Secondary legislation transferring “highway” from former highway authority to new highway authority — Whether entire interest in land transferred or only surface of highway and sufficient sub-soil necessary for surface maintenance — Highways Act 1980 (c 66) (as amended by Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c 29), ss 259(2), 260), ss 1(2A), 14A — Greater London Authority Act 1999, ss 406, 408 — GLA Roads and Side Roads (Transfer of Property etc) Order 2000 (SI 2000/1552), art 2(1)

  HIGHWAY — Duty to maintain highway — Highway authority — Secondary legislation transferring “highway” from former highway authority to new highway authority — Whether entire interest in land transferred or only surface of highway and sufficient subsoil necessary for surface maintenance — Highways Act 1980 (c 66) (as amended by Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c 29), ss 259(2), 260), ss 1(2A), 263, 265 — GLA Roads and Side Roads (Transfer of Property etc) Order 2000 (SI 2000/1552), art 2(1)

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Devani v Wells

  15 Nov 2016 [2016] EWCA Civ 1106; [2017] QB 959; [2017] 2 WLR 1391; [2016] WLR (D) 604, CA (Arden, Lewison, McCombe LJJ)

  06 Nov 2017 (appn all) [2018] 1 WLR 23, SC(E) (Lord Wilson, Lord Sumption, Lord Hodge JJSC)

  13 Feb 2019 [2019] UKSC 4; [2020] AC 129; [2019] 2 WLR 617; [2019] 3 All ER 379; [2019] 2 All ER (Comm) 373; [2019] WLR (D) 104; Case details, SC(E) (Lord Wilson, Lord Carnwath, Lord Briggs, Lord Kitchin JJSC, Lord Sumption)

  Subsequent citations: 17.
  AGENCY — Estate agent — Contract

  CONTRACT — Formation — Implied term
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  AGENCY — Estate agent — Contract — Information to client of prospective liabilities — Estate agent providing terms of business after offer to buy accepted — Parties failing to specify event giving rise to agent’s commission — Estate agent applying for enforcement of contract — Whether “prejudice” and “culpability” to be considered together — Whether just to dismiss claim — Whether commission to be reduced to compensate client for prejudice — Estate Agents Act 1979 (c 38), s 18(6)(a)(b)

  CONTRACT — Formation — Implied term — Parties agreeing orally that claimant introduce buyer for defendant’s properties — Parties not specifying event triggering claimant’s entitlement to commission — Whether parties’ bargain complete — Claimant introducing buyer — Claimant providing terms of business after defendant’s acceptance of offer to buy — Claimant seeking commission after completion — Whether legitimate to imply term as to event triggering entitlement to commission so as to convert incomplete bargain into legally binding contract

  CONTRACT — Formation — Implied term — Parties agreeing orally that estate agent introduce buyer for vendor’s properties — No express agreement as to event triggering agent’s entitlement to commission — Whether parties’ bargain complete — Whether agreement containing term providing for payment of commission on completion — Whether legitimate to imply such term so as to convert incomplete bargain into legally binding contract

  AGENCY — Estate agent — Contract — Estate agent breaching statutory obligation to inform client of prospective liabilities — Agent applying for enforcement of contract notwithstanding breach — Whether just to dismiss agent’s application — Whether commission to be reduced to compensate client for prejudice — Proper approach to agent’s “culpability” and “prejudice” to client — Estate Agents Act 1979 (c 38), s 18(6)

  8 Case(s) considered

  2 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• R (DN (Rwanda)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Bail for Immigration Detainees intervening)

  22 Feb 2018 [2018] EWCA Civ 273; [2019] QB 71; [2018] 3 WLR 490; [2018] 3 All ER 772; [2018] WLR (D) 114, CA (Arden, Longmore, Lewison LJJ)

  26 Nov 2018 (appn all) [2019] 1 WLR 1051, SC(E) (Lord Wilson, Lord Carnwath, Lord Lloyd-Jones, JJSC)

  26 Feb 2020 (Bail for Immigration Detainees intervening) [2020] UKSC 7; [2020] AC 698; [2020] 2 WLR 611; [2020] 3 All ER 353; [2020] WLR(D) 112, SC(E) (Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Wilson, Lord Carnwath, Lady Black, Lord Kitchin JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 21.
  JUDICIAL PRECEDENT — Court of Appeal decision — How far binding

  IMMIGRATION — Deportation order — Detention pending deportation

  IMMIGRATION — Foreign national detained pending deportation — Whether detention unlawful if deportation order unlawfully made
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  JUDICIAL PRECEDENT — Court of Appeal decision — How far binding — Application of Court of Appeal decision in new situation resulting in injustice — Whether Court of Appeal able to depart from decision in such circumstances — Extent of power to depart from earlier decision as decided per incuriam

  IMMIGRATION — Deportation order — Detention pending deportation — Foreign national detained pending deportation — Whether detention unlawful if deportation order unlawfully made — Immigration Act 1971 (c 77), Sch 3, para 2(2)(3) (as amended by Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c 33), s 54(3))

  IMMIGRATION — Foreign national detained pending deportation — Whether detention unlawful if deportation order unlawfully made

  8 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Hautford Ltd v Rotrust Nominees Ltd (Hautford Ltd v Sequent Nominees Ltd, Sequent Nominees Ltd (formerly Rotrust Nominees Ltd) v Hautford Ltd)

  17 Apr 2018 [2018] EWCA Civ 765; [2018] Ch 603; [2018] 3 WLR 1; [2018] 2 P & CR 16; [2018] L & TR 21; [2018] WLR (D) 240, CA (Sir Terence Etherton MR, McCombe, Lindblom LJJ)

  31 Oct 2018 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court given , SC(E)

  30 Oct 2019 [2019] UKSC 47; [2020] AC 28; [2019] 3 WLR 981; [2020] 1 All ER 1003; [2019] WLR(D) 606, SC(E) (Lord Wilson, Lord Carnwath, Lord Hodge, Lord Briggs, Lady Arden JJSC)

  Subsequent citations: 6.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Covenant — Change of use
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Covenant — Change of use — Tenant’s covenant not to apply for planning permission without landlord’s consent — Consent not to be unreasonably withheld — User covenant permitting residential use — Tenant seeking landlord’s consent to apply for planning permission to change use to residential — Landlord refusing consent on ground of potential eligibility for leasehold enfranchisement — Whether refusal of consent reasonable — Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c 88), s 10(4)

  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Covenant — Change of use — Tenant’s covenant not to apply for planning permission without landlord’s consent — Consent not to be unreasonably withheld — Separate user covenant permitting residential use — Tenant seeking landlord’s consent to apply for planning permission to change use to residential — Landlord refusing consent on ground of potential eligibility for leasehold enfranchisement — Whether refusal of consent reasonable

  9 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered