Results: 101

• R v Spencer (R v Smails)

  02 Nov 1984 [1985] QB 771; [1985] 2 WLR 197; [1985] 1 All ER 673; 80 Cr App R 264, CA

  24 Jul 1986 [1987] AC 128; [1986] 3 WLR 348; [1986] 3 All ER 928; 83 Cr App R 277, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 17.
  CRIME — Evidence — Corroboration

  CRIME — Jury — Irregularity

  JUDICIAL PRECEDENT — Court of Appeal decision — Criminal jurisdiction
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  CRIME — Evidence — Corroboration — Patients detained in secure hospital — Complaints against nurses of ill-treatment — Warning of danger of convicting on patient's uncorroborated evidence — Whether essential

  CRIME — Jury — Irregularity — Biased juror discharged from jury — Members of jury directed not to discuss case with discharged juror — Three members disregarding direction — Whether irregularity affecting trial

  JUDICIAL PRECEDENT — Court of Appeal decision — Criminal jurisdiction — Doctrine of stare decisis — Application of doctrine to Criminal Division — Whether Criminal Division bound to follow earlier decision

  14 Case(s) considered
• Lion Laboratories Ltd v Evans

  26 Mar 1984 [1985] QB 526; [1984] 3 WLR 539; [1984] 2 All ER 417, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 4 neutral. Subsequent citations: 45.
  CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION — Breach of confidence — Public interest
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  CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION — Breach of confidence — Public interest — Internal memoranda relating to functioning of electronic breathalyser — Memoranda taken without authority by employees and offered to newspaper — Injunction restraining disclosure of confidential information and infringement of copyright — Whether public interest in publication outweighing confidentiality

  1 Case considered
• Leigh & Sillavan Ltd v Aliakmon Shipping Co Ltd (The Aliakmon)

  20 Jul 1982 [1983] 1 Lloyd's Rep 203, QBD (Staughton J)

  07 Dec 1984 [1985] QB 350; [1985] 2 WLR 289; [1985] 2 All ER 44; [1985] 1 Lloyd's Rep 199, CA (Sir John Donaldson MR, Oliver, Robert Goff LJJ)

  24 Apr 1986 (pet all) [1986] AC 785; [1986] 2 WLR 902; [1986] 2 All ER 145; [1986] 2 Lloyd's Rep 1; [1985] 2 WLR 332c, HL(E) (Lord Keith of Kinkel, Lord Brandon of Oakbrook, Lord Brightman, Lord Griffiths and Lord Ackner)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 66.
  NEGLIGENCE — Duty of care to whom? — Carriage of goods

  SALE OF GOODS — Title to sue — Damage to goods
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  NEGLIGENCE — Duty of care to whom? — Carriage of goods — Goods damaged by bad stowage — Buyers under c and f contract not owners of goods — Whether shipowners liable in tort to buyers — Damages for economic loss

  SALE OF GOODS — Title to sue — Damage to goods — Endorsement and delivery of bill of lading varied — Whether term that ownership of goods to pass to buyer varied thereby — Whether c and f buyers without ownership entitled to sue — Whether implied contract with shipowners — Bills of Lading Act 1855, s 1 — Sale of Goods Act 1979, s 19(1)

  13 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• W A Sherratt Ltd v John Bromley (Church Stretton) Ltd

  02 Nov 1984 [1985] QB 1038; [1985] 2 WLR 742; [1985] 1 All ER 216, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 14.
  PRACTICE — Payment into court — Payment out
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  PRACTICE — Payment into court — Payment out — Claim for balance of payment due under contract — Moneys paid into court in satisfaction of plaintiffs' claim — Defendants going into liquidation — Whether change in circumstances justifying notice of payment in to be withdrawn — Whether plaintiffs secured creditors to extent of payment in — RSC, Ord 22, r 1(3)

  5 Case(s) considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Bonalumi v Secretary of State for the Home Department

  22 Nov 1984 [1985] QB 675; [1985] 2 WLR 722; [1985] 1 All ER 797, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral; 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 17.
  COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) — Jurisdiction — Criminal cause or matter
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  COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) — Jurisdiction — Criminal cause or matter — Foreign government requesting details of London bank account as evidence in criminal prosecution — Secretary of State issuing summons in High Court — High Court order for inspection and taking copies of bank account — Whether order made in criminal cause or matter — Whether appeal from High Court to Court of Appeal (Civil Division) — Bankers' Books Evidence Act 1879, s 5 — Supreme Court Act 1981, s 18(1)(a)

  6 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered

• Hipperson v Newbury District Electoral Registration Officer

  01 May 1985 [1985] QB 1060; [1985] 3 WLR 61; [1985] 2 All ER 456; 83 LGR 638, CA

  Subsequent citations: 5.
  PARLIAMENT — Election — Registration
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  PARLIAMENT — Election — Registration — Residential qualification — Anti-nuclear encampment outside airfield — Camp extending over highway and common land — Breaches of local byelaws — Whether campers “resident” for voting rights — Effect of illegality or unlawfulness of residence on franchise — Representation of the People Act 1983, ss 1(1), 5(1)(2)(3)

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered
• O’Sullivan v Management Agency and Music Ltd

  14 Feb 1984 [1985] QB 428; [1984] 3 WLR 448; [1985] 3 All ER 351, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 31.
  INTEREST — Award of damages — Equitable jurisdiction

  UNDUE INFLUENCE — Consent order — Manager and entertainer
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  INTEREST — Award of damages — Equitable jurisdiction — Breach of fiduciary duty — Profits used in part for plaintiff's benefit — Whether compound interest justified

  UNDUE INFLUENCE — Consent order — Manager and entertainer — Joint venture for promotion of entertainer — Orders for rescission of contracts and account for profits — Whether defendants entitled to deduct from profits reasonable remuneration for services rendered — Interest on profits

  6 Case(s) considered

• R v Skirving (R v Grossman (Beth))

  05 Mar 1985 [1985] QB 819; [1985] 2 WLR 1001; [1985] 2 All ER 705; 81 Cr App R 9, CA

  CRIME — Evidence — Expert
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  CRIME — Evidence — Expert — Book detailing steps for preparation of cocaine for smoking — Scientific evidence about effects of drug ingestion and abuse — Whether admissible

  2 Case(s) considered
• R v Brent Health Authority, Ex parte Francis (Francis, Ex parte)

  24 Sep 1984 [1985] QB 869; [1984] 3 WLR 1317; [1985] 1 All ER 74, QBD

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 5.
  MEETINGS — Admission of public — Health authority
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  MEETINGS — Admission of public — Health authority — Members of public disrupting meetings — Chairman of authority calling meetings from which public excluded — Validity of meeting and resolutions passed — Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960, s 1(1)(4)(8)

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Etablissement Commercial Kamira v Schiazzano

  22 Feb 1984 [1985] QB 93; [1984] 3 WLR 95; [1984] 2 All ER 465, CA

  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Covenant — Possession, not to part with
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Covenant — Possession, not to part with — Application for new tenancy on termination of long lease at low rent — Prohibition on sharing or parting with possession of premises — Whether covenant to be included in new lease — Exercise of court's discretion — Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, s 7

  1 Statute considered