Results: 187

• McWhirter v Platten

  06 Nov 1968 [1970] 1 QB 508; [1969] 2 WLR 42; [1969] 1 All ER 172; 67 LGR 301, DC

  Subsequent citations: 3.
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Election — London borough council election
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  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Election — London borough council election — Application for order to inspect ballot papers — Serious discrepancies between published voting figures and possible votes on ballot papers issued — Whether an “offence in relation to ballot papers” — Purpose of order — Whether “required” for intended prosecution — Discretion — Representation of the People Act, 1949, s 51 (1) (3) — London Borough Council Elections Rules, 1968, r 49 (1)

  2 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• National Dock Labour Board v John Bland & Co Ltd

  09 Jul 1969 [1970] 2 QB 333; [1969] 3 WLR 1063; [1969] 3 All ER 815; [1969] 2 Lloyd's Rep 316; 7 KIR 354, DC

  06 May 1970 [1970] 2 QB 333; [1970] 2 WLR 1251; [1970] 2 All ER 577; [1970] 1 Lloyd's Rep 509; 8 KIR 1001, CA

  25 May 1971 [1972] AC 222; [1971] 2 WLR 1491; [1971] 2 All ER 779; [1971] 2 Lloyd's Rep 20; 14 KIR 137, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 2.
  DOCK — Dock work — Dock labour scheme

  DOCK — Dock workers — “Decasualisation scheme”
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  DOCK — Dock work — Dock labour scheme — Preliminary stacking of imported timber in docks area — Subsequent first piling of timber at importers' yard “in vicinity of” docks but outside docks area — Whether “dock work” — Whether work on “cargo” — Cardiff and Penarth — Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act 1946, s 6 — Docks and Harbours Act 1966, s 1 (1) — Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) (Amendment) Order 1967, Sch 2 (Dock Workers Employment Scheme 1967), cl 10 (1)

  DOCK — Dock workers — “Decasualisation scheme” — Preliminary stacking of imported timber in docks area — Subsequent first piling of timber at importers' yard “in vicinity of” docks but outside docks area — Whether “dock work” — Whether work on “cargo” — Cardiff and Penarth — Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6, c. 22), s. 6 — Docks and Harbours Act 1966 (c. 28), s. 1 (1) — Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) (Amendment) Order 1967 (S.I. 1967 No. 1252), Sch. 2 (Dock Workers Employment Scheme 1967), cl. 10 (1)

  2 Case(s) considered

  3 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• R v Lipman

  (pet dis) [1969] 3 WLR 825, HL(E)

  29 Jul 1969 [1970] 1 QB 152; [1969] 3 WLR 819; [1969] 3 All ER 410, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive. Subsequent citations: 20.
  CRIME — Homicide — Manslaughter
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  CRIME — Homicide — Manslaughter — Mens rea — Unlawful act resulting in death — Defendant's self-induced intoxication by drugs — Acts obviously likely to cause harm to victim killed by them — Whether proof of specific intent necessary — Whether verdict of manslaughter inevitable — Criminal Justice Act, 1967, s 8

  6 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Hewson v Downs

  14 Mar 1969 [1970] 1 QB 73; [1969] 2 WLR 1169; [1969] 3 All ER 193; 6 KIR 343, Assizes

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  DAMAGES — Personal injuries — Pension
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  DAMAGES — Personal injuries — Pension — State retirement pension payable by Ministry of Pensions — Whether to be taken into account

  1 Case considered

• R v National Insurance Comr, Ex parte Jones (Jones, Ex parte)

  13 Dec 1968 [1970] 1 QB 477; [1969] 2 WLR 647; [1969] 2 All ER 638; 6 KIR 123, DC

  13 Nov 1969 [1970] 1 QB 477; [1970] 2 WLR 182; [1970] 1 All ER 97; 7 KIR 478, CA

  Subsequent citations: 4.
  NATIONAL INSURANCE — Industrial injuries benefit — Disablement benefit
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  NATIONAL INSURANCE — Industrial injuries benefit — Disablement benefit — Medical authorities finding heart condition not relevant to accident — Burden of proof — Distinction between loss of faculty and disablement — When burden on applicant — National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act, 1965, s 12 (1), Sch 4

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• Easiwork Homes Ltd v Redbridge London Borough Council

  21 Apr 1970 [1970] 2 QB 406; [1970] 2 WLR 1199; [1970] 2 All ER 635; 68 LGR 653, DC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 7.
  RATING — Rateable occupation — Unoccupied hereditament
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  RATING — Rateable occupation — Unoccupied hereditament — Premises unoccupiable — Block of flats being altered and improved — Empty for more than three months — Whether owner of unoccupiable premises liable to rates thereon — General Rate Act, 1967, s 17 (1), Sch 1, paras 1, 10

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered
• Vandyke v Fender

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 10.
• Morris v Crown Office

  11 Feb 1970 [1970] 2 QB 114; [1970] 2 WLR 792; [1970] 1 All ER 1079, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 26.
  CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS — Sentence for offence — Imprisonment

  CONTEMPT OF COURT — Sentence — Criminal contempt
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  CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS — Sentence for offence — Imprisonment — Students under 21 — Contempt of court by disturbance during civil trial — Imprisonment for three months — Whether lawful — Criminal Justice Act, 1948, s 17 (2)

  CONTEMPT OF COURT — Sentence — Criminal contempt — Civil trial — Interference by students' disturbance — Students under 21 — Imprisonment for three months — Powers of judge — Whether lawful sentence — Criminal Justice Act, 1948, s 17 (2) — Criminal Justice Act, 1967, s 39 (1) (3)

  2 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• R v Newsome

  29 Jul 1970 [1970] 2 QB 711; [1970] 3 WLR 586; [1970] 3 All ER 455; 54 Cr App R 485, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 15.
  CRIME — Sentence — Imprisonment

  JUDICIAL PRECEDENT — Court of Appeal decision — Criminal jurisdiction
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  CRIME — Sentence — Imprisonment — Immediate imprisonment appropriate — Six months' sentence ordered overlooking mandatory suspension requirements — Sentence corrected to more than six months' imprisonment — Whether proper — Criminal Justice Act, 1967, s 39 (3)

  JUDICIAL PRECEDENT — Court of Appeal decision — Criminal jurisdiction — Sentencing — Exercise of discretion — Direction by three judge court — Whether binding on five judge court — Issue going to guilt or innocence — Whether doctrine of stare decisis applicable

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Penn v Dunn

  24 Jun 1970 [1970] 2 QB 686; [1970] 3 WLR 321; [1970] 2 All ER 858, CA

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Rent restriction — Possession application
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Rent restriction — Possession application — Matrimonial home — Statutory tenant's departure from house — Continued occupation by wife — Husband and wife sued for possession — Neither present in court — Possession order against husband — Order unexecuted — Whether wife's right to apply for suspension of order — Whether right in statutory tenant alone — Whether wife's right of occupation through husband — Rent Act, 1968, s 11 — Matrimonial Homes Act, 1967, s 1 (1)

  2 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered