Results: 70

• R v Colchester Stipendiary Magistrate, Ex parte Beck (Beck, Ex parte)

  19 Dec 1978 [1979] QB 674; [1979] 2 WLR 637; [1979] 2 All ER 1035; 69 Cr App R 128, DC

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  JUSTICES — Committal proceedings — Evidence
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  JUSTICES — Committal proceedings — Evidence — Prosecution statements read by magistrate prior to commencement of committal proceedings — Validity of practice — Whether contrary to natural justice — Magistrates' Courts Act 1952, s 4 (3) — Magistrates' Courts Rules 1968, r 58 (2)

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• R v Leyland Justices, Ex parte Hawthorn (Hawthorn, Ex parte)

  24 Jul 1978 [1979] QB 283; [1979] 2 WLR 28; [1979] 1 All ER 209; [1979] RTR 109; 68 Cr App R 269, DC

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 3 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 16.
  CROWN PRACTICE — Certiorari — Inferior tribunal
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  CROWN PRACTICE — Certiorari — Inferior tribunal — Magistrates' court — Summary trial for careless driving — Prosecutor failing to disclose witnesses' statements or call witnesses — Whether denial of natural justice — Whether certiorari available to quash conviction
• R v National Insurance Comr, Ex parte Stratton

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive. Subsequent citations: 12.

• R v Bryant (R v Oxley)

  02 Dec 1977 [1979] QB 108; [1978] 2 WLR 589; [1978] 2 All ER 689; 67 Cr App R 157, CA

  Subsequent citations: 5.
  CRIME — Evidence — Character

  CRIME — Practice — Speeches
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  CRIME — Evidence — Character — Reference to defendant's character in summing up — No evidence called by refence — Emphasis on good character going to credibility — Whether proper

  CRIME — Practice — Speeches — Defendant represented but not giving evidence — Prosecution's right to make closing speech

  3 Case(s) considered
• Services Europe Atlantique Sud (SEAS) v Stockholms Rederiaktiebolag Svea (The Folias)

  09 Jul 1976 [1979] QB 491; [1977] 3 WLR 176; [1977] 3 All ER 945; [1977] 1 Lloyd's Rep 39, QBD

  22 Feb 1978 [1979] QB 491; [1978] 2 WLR 887; [1978] 2 All ER 764; [1978] 1 Lloyd's Rep 535, CA

  19 Oct 1978 [1979] AC 685; [1978] 3 WLR 804; [1979] 1 All ER 421; [1979] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 19.
  CURRENCY — Contract — Damages for breach
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  CURRENCY — Contract — Damages for breach — Charterparty — Cargo damaged owing to owners' breach of warranty of seaworthiness — Charterers settling cargo receivers' claim in local currency — Currency of charterers' business used to acquire local currency — Owners admitting liability — Currency of award

  17 Case(s) considered
• Thornton v Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council

  19 Feb 1979 [1979] QB 626; [1979] 3 WLR 1; [1979] 2 All ER 349; 77 LGR 417, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 2 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 15.
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Homeless persons — Civil action

  STATUTORY DUTY — Civil right, whether created — Homeless persons
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  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Homeless persons — Civil action — Applicant claiming to be homeless with priority need — Housing authority's failure to provide accommodation pending inquiries — Whether civil action for damages lies against housing authority — Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977, s 3 (4)

  STATUTORY DUTY — Civil right, whether created — Homeless persons — Housing authority's failure to provide accommodation pending inquiries — Whether civil remedy available to homeless person suffering loss or damage — Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977, s 3 (4)

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Dixon v British Broadcasting Corpn

  26 Jul 1977 [1978] QB 438; [1978] 2 WLR 50; [1978] ICR 357; [1978] 2 All ER 465, EAT

  05 Oct 1978 [1979] QB 546; [1979] 2 WLR 647; [1979] ICR 281; [1979] 2 All ER 112, CA

  Subsequent citations: 17.
  EMPLOYMENT — Contract for fixed term — Determinable by notice

  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Unfair dismissal — “Dismissed”

  JUDICIAL PRECEDENT — Court of Appeal decision — Two reasons for decision
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  EMPLOYMENT — Contract for fixed term — Determinable by notice — Contracts expiring at end of term — No renewal — Whether employment under contracts for “fixed term” — Whether unfair dismissal — Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974, Sch 1, para 5 (2) (b)

  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Unfair dismissal — “Dismissed” — Contract for fixed term determinable before expiry by notice — Employees' contracts of employment not renewed at expiry of fixed term — Whether employed under contracts for “fixed term” — Whether dismissed — Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974, Sch 1, paras 5 (2) (b), 12

  JUDICIAL PRECEDENT — Court of Appeal decision — Two reasons for decision — One per incuriam

  3 Case(s) considered

  2 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• Diamond v Bank of London and Montreal Ltd

  07 Nov 1978 [1979] QB 333; [1979] 2 WLR 228; [1979] 1 All ER 561; [1979] 1 Lloyd's Rep 335, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive. Subsequent citations: 26.
  FRAUD — Misrepresentation — Creditworthiness

  PRACTICE — Writ — Service out of jurisdiction
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  FRAUD — Misrepresentation — Creditworthiness — No written statement signed by party to be charged with fraud — Whether action for misrepresentations confined to creditworthiness — Statute of Frauds Amendment Act 1828, s 6

  PRACTICE — Writ — Service out of jurisdiction — Telex messages and telephone calls by manager of bank outside jurisdiction — Allegations of fraudulent misrepresentation — Whether action founded on tort committed within jurisdiction — Discretion to allow service of writ outside jurisdiction — No sufficient evidence of loss suffered by reason of misrepresentations — RSC, Ord 11, r 1 (1) (h)

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• R v Local Comr for Administration for the North and East Area of England, Ex parte Bradford Metropolitan City Council (Bradford Metropolitan City Council, Ex parte)

  31 Jul 1978 [1979] QB 287; [1979] 2 WLR 1; [1979] 2 All ER 881; 77 LGR 305, CA

  Subsequent citations: 25.
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Local commissioner — Investigation of complaint
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  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Local commissioner — Investigation of complaint — Children in care of local authority — Mother's unsuccessful applications to court for orders to be revoked — Adoption proceedings by foster parents — Mother's complaint of injustice through “maladministration” — Specification of complaint — Whether complaint against merits of decision — Children and Young Persons Act 1963, s 1 (1) — Local Government Act 1974, ss 26, 34 (3)

  2 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• International Factors Ltd v Rodriguez

  09 May 1978 [1979] QB 351; [1978] 3 WLR 877; [1979] 1 All ER 17, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 8.
  CONVERSION — Right to sue — Factoring agreement
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  CONVERSION — Right to sue — Factoring agreement — Debts owed to company assigned to factor — Any payment by debtor direct to company to be held in trust for and immediately handed to factor — Debtors' cheques paid into company's bank account by director — Whether right to sue director in conversion — Whether measure of damages face value of cheques

  3 Case(s) considered