Results: 144

• Alphacell Ltd v Woodward

  02 Apr 1971 [1972] 1 QB 127; [1971] 3 WLR 445; [1971] 2 All ER 910; 69 LGR 561, DC

  03 May 1972 [1972] AC 824; [1972] 2 WLR 1320; [1972] 2 All ER 475; 70 LGR 455, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 5 positive; 4 neutral. Subsequent citations: 37.
  JUSTICES — Case stated — Practice

  RIVER — Pollution — Causation
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  JUSTICES — Case stated — Practice — Findings of fact — Merely setting out evidence no substitute

  RIVER — Pollution — Causation — Effluent in settling tanks — Breakdown of pumping system — Overflow into river — No knowledge on part of owner of works that effluent overflowing — No negligence — Whether guilty of causing polluting matter to enter river — Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act 1951, s 2 (1)

  8 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• R v Barnet and Camden Rent Tribunal, Ex parte Frey Investments Ltd (Frey Investments Ltd, Ex parte)

  28 Jul 1971 [1972] 2 QB 342; [1971] 3 WLR 985; [1971] 3 All ER 759, DC

  30 Nov 1971 [1972] 2 QB 342; [1972] 2 WLR 619; [1972] 1 All ER 1185; 70 LGR 241, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 7.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Rent tribunal's jurisdiction — Furnished premises

  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Powers — Rent tribunal
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Rent tribunal's jurisdiction — Furnished premises — Contracts of tenancy referred by local authority — References made against wishes of tenants — Detailed inquiries made by authority — Whether acts of authority ultra vires — Rent Act 1968, s 72 (1)

  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Powers — Rent tribunal — Furnished premises — Extent of local authority's power to refer contracts of tenancy — Rent Act 1968, s 72 (1)

  4 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered

• R v Dodge

  24 May 1971 [1972] 1 QB 416; [1971] 3 WLR 366; [1971] 2 All ER 1523; 55 Cr App R 440, CA

  Subsequent citations: 7.
  CRIME — Forgery — False document
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  CRIME — Forgery — False document — Bonds executed falsely showing debt — Parties to bond having no intention that debt should be repaid — Whether forgery — Forgery Act 1913, s 1 (1) (2) (as amended by Criminal Justice Act 1925, s 35 (1))

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• R v Stamford

  29 Feb 1972 [1972] 2 QB 391; [1972] 2 WLR 1055; [1972] 2 All ER 427; 56 Cr App R 398, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 7.
  CRIME — Obscene libel — Postal packet
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  CRIME — Obscene libel — Postal packet — Indecent article — Brochures and magazines published for homosexuals sent by post — Defence refused leave to adduce evidence of witnesses that publications not offensive to them — Whether evidence admissible — Post Office Act 1953, s 11 (1) (b) (as amended by Post Office Act 1969, s 76, Sch 4, para 2 (3))

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• R v Brown (Egbert Nathaniel)

  12 May 1972 [1972] 2 QB 229; [1972] 3 WLR 11; [1972] 2 All ER 1328; 56 Cr App R 564, CA

  Subsequent citations: 3.
  CRIME — Homicide — Provocation
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  CRIME — Homicide — Provocation — Comparison of provocation with retaliatory act when considering act of reasonable man — Order of questions for consideration — Reasonable relationship rule — Whether statement of legal principle — Homicide Act 1957, s 3

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Palamisto General Enterprises SA v Ocean Marine Insurance Co Ltd

  10 May 1972 [1972] 2 QB 625; [1972] 2 WLR 1425; [1972] 2 All ER 1112; [1972] 2 Lloyd's Rep 60, CA

  Subsequent citations: 3.
  COMMERCIAL COURT — Pleadings — Particulars
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  COMMERCIAL COURT — Pleadings — Particulars — Claim for loss of ship — Defence raising allegations of scuttling — Application for particulars — Whether practice established not to order particulars — RSC, Ord 18, r 12 (1); Ord 72, r 7 (2)

  3 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutory Instruments considered

• R v Lewes Justices, Ex parte Secretary of State for Home Department

  Subsequent citations: 4.
  CROWN PRACTICE — Certiorari — Witness summonses issued by magistrate
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  CROWN PRACTICE — Certiorari — Witness summonses issued by magistrate — Whether certiorari lies — Magistrates' Courts Act 1952, s 77

• Draper v Hodder

  03 Feb 1972 [1972] 2 QB 556; [1972] 2 WLR 992; [1972] 2 All ER 210; [1972] 2 Lloyd's Rep 93, CA

  Subsequent citations: 6.
  ANIMAL — Dog — Negligence
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  ANIMAL — Dog — Negligence — Pack of Jack Russell terrier puppies — Sudden dash to adjacent premises — Boy savaged — No previous misbehaviour by puppies — Propensity of pack to attack moving person or thing — Whether risk of substantial harm to boy reasonably foreseeable — No scienter proved — Whether duty to confine puppies — Liability of owner

  4 Case(s) considered
• Daish v Wauton

  15 Oct 1971 [1972] 2 QB 262; [1972] 2 WLR 29; [1972] 1 All ER 25, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 10.
  DAMAGES — Personal injuries — Assessment
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  DAMAGES — Personal injuries — Assessment — Severe brain injuries — Permanent brain damage to young child — Probability of permanent residence in state institution — Whether free maintenance at public expense deductible benefit

  5 Case(s) considered
• O’Connell v Jackson

  07 Jul 1971 [1972] 1 QB 270; [1971] 3 WLR 463; [1971] 3 All ER 129; [1972] RTR 51; [1971] 2 Lloyd's Rep 354, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 4 neutral; 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 6.
  LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — Road traffic

  ROAD TRAFFIC — Negligence — Contributory negligence
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  LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — Road traffic — Crash helmet — Desirability of regulation requiring wearing of protective headgear — Road Traffic Act 1962, s 41

  ROAD TRAFFIC — Negligence — Contributory negligence — Moped colliding with car — Car driver solely responsible for accident — Moped rider not wearing crash helmet — Reliance on Highway Code — Whether moped rider guilty of contributory negligence — Road Traffic Act 1960, s 74 (5)

  3 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered