Results: 119

• W v L

  24 May 1973 [1974] QB 711; [1973] 3 WLR 859; [1973] 3 All ER 884; 72 LGR 36, CA

  Subsequent citations: 5.
  LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — Mental disorder

  MENTAL DISORDER — Application for admission to hospital — Nearest relative's objection
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  LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — Mental disorder — Admission of patient to hospital for treatment — Need for power to admit psychopathic patient over 21 to hospital

  MENTAL DISORDER — Application for admission to hospital — Nearest relative's objection — Wife refusing to make application for husband's admission to hospital — Husband suffering from psychopathic disorder — Whether suffering from “mental illness” — Whether wife “unreasonably objects” to making application — Mental Health Act 1959, ss 26 (2) (a) (i), 27, 52 (3) (c)

  2 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered

• Barclays Bank Ltd v The Queen (Bank of Scotland v The Queen, Bank of Scotland Edinburgh Nominees Ltd v The Queen, Bank of Scotland London Nominees Ltd v The Queen, Barclays Bank International Ltd v The Queen, Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd v The Queen, Glasgow Bank of Scotland Nominees Ltd v The Queen, Greater London Council v The Queen, Uberior Trustees Ltd v The Queen)

  30 Jul 1973 [1974] QB 823; [1973] 3 WLR 627; [1974] 1 All ER 305, QBD

  CROWN PROCEEDINGS — Petition of right — Colonial stock
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  CROWN PROCEEDINGS — Petition of right — Colonial stock — Rhodesian government stock — Interest payable from Rhodesia assets in United Kingdom — Unilateral declaration of independence — Cessation of interest payments — Petitions of right to recover unpaid interest and capital — Suppliants becoming transferees of stock after cessation of payments — Whether transfer carrying rights to all prior unpaid interest — Whether mode of transfer material — Whether transferee to be registered stockholder at date of petition — Whether joint stockholder to petition alone — Colonial Stock Act 1877, s 20

  1 Statute considered
• Bocking v Roberts

  22 May 1973 [1974] QB 307; [1973] 3 WLR 465; [1973] 3 All ER 962; 67 Cr App R 359, DC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 2.
  CRIME — Drugs — Unauthorised possession of
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  CRIME — Drugs — Unauthorised possession of — Quantity — Traces of cannabis in bowl of pipe — Chemical analysis — At least 20 micrograms necessary for test — Whether sufficient for conviction — Dangerous Drugs Act 1965, s 13

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• R v Hillingdon London Borough Council, Ex parte Royco Homes Ltd (Royco Homes Ltd, Ex parte)

  11 Mar 1974 [1974] QB 720; [1974] 2 WLR 805; [1974] 2 All ER 643; 72 LGR 516, DC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 22.
  CROWN PRACTICE — Certiorari — Local planning authority

  TOWN PLANNING — Planning permission — Conditions
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  CROWN PRACTICE — Certiorari — Local planning authority — Exercise of jurisdiction — Whether prerogative orders available to control

  TOWN PLANNING — Planning permission — Conditions — Outline planning permission subject to conditions — Occupiers of houses should be persons on local authority's housing list with security of tenure for 10 years — Whether conditions ultra vires — Whether certiorari available to quash permission

  4 Case(s) considered
• Garfield v Maddocks

  31 Jan 1973 [1974] QB 7; [1973] 2 WLR 888; [1973] 2 All ER 303; 57 Cr App R 372, DC

  Subsequent considerations : 5 positive. Subsequent citations: 9.
  JUSTICES — Appeal to Crown Court — Jurisdiction
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  JUSTICES — Appeal to Crown Court — Jurisdiction — Information — Whether power to amend information

  2 Case(s) considered

• R v Greater Birmingham Appeal Tribunal, Ex parte Simper (Simper, Ex parte)

  21 Feb 1973 [1974] QB 543; [1973] 2 WLR 709; [1973] 2 All ER 461, DC

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  SOCIAL SECURITY — Supplementary benefit — Additional requirements
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  SOCIAL SECURITY — Supplementary benefit — Additional requirements — Person in receipt of supplementary allowance for two years or more — Benefit awarded for exceptional circumstances — Whether to be deducted from additional requirements — Supplementary Benefit Act 1966 (formerly Ministry of Social Security Act 1966), Sch 2, paras 4 (2), 12

  1 Statute considered
• Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v Kingswood Motors (Addlestone) Ltd

  19 Apr 1973 [1974] QB 142; [1973] 3 WLR 780; [1973] 3 All ER 1057, QBD

  Subsequent considerations : 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 17.
  INJUNCTION — Mandatory — Jurisdiction to grant

  RESTRAINT OF TRADE — Restrictions on transfer of property — Garage
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  INJUNCTION — Mandatory — Jurisdiction to grant — Procurement of breach of solus tie agreement — Transfer of title to land — Interlocutory application for mandatory order for reconveyance — Whether jurisdiction to grant

  RESTRAINT OF TRADE — Restrictions on transfer of property — Garage — Solus agreement prior to United Kingdom entering European Economic Community — Whether agreement prohibited by community law — Whether agreement exempt from notification — EEC Treaty, art 85 — EEC Regulation No 17, art 9

  7 Case(s) considered

  2 EU Enactments considered

• Christie Owen & Davies Ltd v Rapacioli

  12 Feb 1974 [1974] QB 781; [1974] 2 WLR 723; [1974] 2 All ER 311, CA

  AGENCY — Estate agent — Commission
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  AGENCY — Estate agent — Commission — Commission payable on introduction of person “ready, able and willing to purchase” — Introduction of person “able” to purchase — Contract executed by purchaser — Vendor's subsequent refusal to proceed — Whether estate agent entitled to commission

  4 Case(s) considered
• Steadman v Steadman

  30 Jul 1973 [1974] QB 161; [1973] 3 WLR 695; [1973] 3 All ER 977, CA

  19 Jun 1974 [1976] AC 536; [1974] 3 WLR 56; [1974] 2 All ER 977, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 20.
  VENDOR AND PURCHASER — Specific performance — Part performance of oral contract
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  VENDOR AND PURCHASER — Specific performance — Part performance of oral contract — Compromise agreement between husband and wife — Terms including transfer by wife of interest in matrimonial home to husband — Variation of maintenance order — Whether agreement to be evidenced in writing — Husband's fulfilment of undertaking to pay certain maintenance arrears — Whether sufficient part performance — Whether specifically referable to part of agreement requiring to be evidenced in writing — Law of Property Act 1925, s 40

  6 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• Clinch v Inland Revenue Comrs

  13 Feb 1973 [1974] QB 76; [1973] 2 WLR 862; [1973] 1 All ER 977; 49 TC 52, QBD

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 5.
  REVENUE — Income tax — Transfer of assets abroad
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  REVENUE — Income tax — Transfer of assets abroad — Commissioners serving notice on intermediary — Notice requiring details of certain types of transactions but not specifying particular transactions or naming principal — Whether terms of notice too wide — Court's power to set aside notice — Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970, s 481

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered