Results: 114

• Mirvahedy v Henley

  21 Nov 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 1749; [2002] QB 769; [2002] 2 WLR 566, CA (Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss P, Hale and Keene LJJ)

  18 Apr 2002 (pet all) [2002] 1 WLR 1346, HL(E) (Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord Hope of Craighead and Lord Scott of Foscote)

  20 Mar 2003 [2003] UKHL 16; [2003] 2 AC 491; [2003] 2 WLR 882; [2003] 2 All ER 401; [2003] RTR 371, HL(E) (Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord Slynn of Hadley, Lord Hobhouse of Woodborough, Lord Scott of Foscote and Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 10.
  ANIMAL — Horse — Characteristics
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  ANIMAL — Horse — Characteristics — Frightened horse escaping from field and colliding with car on highway causing injury to driver — Whether due to characteristics found in species in particular circumstances — Whether keeper liable — Animals Act 1971, s 2(2)

  7 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• Wainwright v Home Office

  20 Dec 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 2081; [2002] QB 1334; [2002] 3 WLR 405; [2003] 3 All ER 943, CA

  16 Oct 2003 [2003] UKHL 53; [2004] 2 AC 406; [2003] 3 WLR 1137; [2003] 4 All ER 969, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 104.
  STATUTE — Retroactive effect — Conduct occurring before statute in force

  TORT — Cause of action — Intentional infliction of harm
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  STATUTE — Retroactive effect — Conduct occurring before statute in force — Whether statutory provision on which claim founded having retrospective effect — Human Rights Act 1998, s 3(1)

  TORT — Cause of action — Intentional infliction of harm — Visitors to prison strip-searched for drugs — Distress and humiliation inflicted — Whether infringement of right to respect for private life — Whether cause of action

  11 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• R (St John) v Governor of Brixton Prison

  12 Jul 2001 [2001] EWHC Admin 543; [2002] QB 613; [2002] 2 WLR 221, DC

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  EXTRADITION — Restrictions on return — Arrangement to protect
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  EXTRADITION — Restrictions on return — Arrangement to protect — United States Government seeking extradition of fugitive on charge of murder — Possibility of death penalty on conviction of murder in first degree — No assurance obtained that death penalty would not be imposed — Committal in custody — District judge's finding not specific as to intent neccessary to found charge of first degree murder — Whether committal order violating Convention right not to suffer death penalty — Whether adequacy of protection of right of specialty relevant at committal stage — Whether committal order lawful — Extradition Act 1989 (as amended by Hong Kong (Extradition) Order 1997, art 2, Sch. para 4), ss 1(3), 6(4), Sch 1, para 1(3) — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt III, art 1

  2 Statutes considered
• Gribbon v Lutton

  19 Dec 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 1956; [2002] QB 902; [2002] 2 WLR 842, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 8.
  ESTOPPEL — Per rem judicatam — Issue estoppel

  SOLICITOR — Stakeholder — Deposit
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  ESTOPPEL — Per rem judicatam — Issue estoppel — Interpleader proceedings — Stakeholder interpleading in proceedings between vendor and purchaser — Whether stakeholder entitled to argue in subsequent proceedings brought against him by vendor that interpleader proceedings wrongly decided

  SOLICITOR — Stakeholder — Deposit — Solicitor failing to ensure deposit non-refundable if contract for purchase of land not concluded — Whether potential vendor entitled to return of deposit

  2 Case(s) considered
• R (Quintavalle) v Secretary of State for Health

  15 Nov 2001 [2001] EWHC Admin 918; [2001] 4 All ER 1013, QBD (Crane J)

  18 Jan 2002 [2002] EWCA Civ 29; [2002] QB 628; [2002] 2 WLR 550; [2002] 2 All ER 625, CA

  10 Jun 2002 (pet all) [2002] 1 WLR 1929, HL(E)

  13 Mar 2003 [2003] UKHL 13; [2003] 2 AC 687; [2003] 2 WLR 692; [2003] 2 All ER 113, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 177.
  LICENSING — Human fertilisation — Embryo
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  LICENSING — Human fertilisation — Embryo — Statutory licensing authority regulating creation of embryos outside body — Definition of embryo as “live human embryo where fertilisation is complete” — Creation of embryo by cell nuclear replacement using unfertilised human eggs — Whether within statutory definition — Whether licence prohibited — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, ss 1(1), 3(3)(d)

  6 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• R (Asif Javed) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (R (Abid Ali) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, R (Zulfiqar Ali) v Secretary of State for the Home Department)

  17 May 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 789; [2002] QB 129; [2001] 3 WLR 323, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 3 neutral; most recently considered: 2015. Subsequent citations: 47.
  IMMIGRATION — Asylum — Illegal entrant
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  IMMIGRATION — Asylum — Illegal entrant — Pakistani nationals applying for asylum after entry into United Kingdom — Order designating Pakistan as country in respect of which there was “in general no serious risk of persecution” following parliamentary debate — Whether validity of order reviewable by court — Asylum (Designated Countries of Destination and Designated Safe Third Countries) Order 1996, art 2

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Wandsworth London Borough Council v Railtrack plc

  31 Jul 2000 [2001] 1 WLR 368, QBD

  30 Jul 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 1236; [2002] QB 756; [2002] 2 WLR 512; [2001] LGR 544, CA

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  NUISANCE — Public nuisance — Pigeon droppings
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  NUISANCE — Public nuisance — Pigeon droppings — Feral pigeons roosting under railway bridge — Pigeon droppings fouling pavement below bridge — Inconvenience and health hazard to pedestrians — Increasing cost of cleaning highway — Highway authority pursuing claims in public and private nuisance against bridge owner — Whether owner liable in nuisance — Whether liable for cost of abatement — Whether existence of statutory power to abate nuisance implying duty on local authority — Public Health Act 1961, s 74

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• R (Robertson) v Wakefield Metropolitan District Council

  16 Nov 2001 [2001] EWHC Admin 915; [2002] QB 1052; [2002] 2 WLR 889; [2002] LGR 286, QBD

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 9.
  PARLIAMENT — Election — Registration
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  PARLIAMENT — Election — Registration — Sale of electoral register — Electoral registration officer refusing voter's request for removal of name from register sold for commercial use — Whether right to object legitimate — Whether breach of right to privacy — Whether restriction on right to vote — Data Protection Act 1998, s 11 — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 8, Pt II, art 3 — Representation of the People Regulations 1986, reg 55 — Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001, reg 48 — Council Directive 95/46/EC, arts 7, 14

  1 EU Enactment considered

  2 Statutes considered

  2 Statutory Instruments considered
• Charlton v Fisher

  02 Feb 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 112; [2002] QB 578; [2001] 3 WLR 1435; [2001] 1 All ER (Comm) 769; [2001] RTR 479, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 neutral; 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 13.
  ROAD TRAFFIC — Third party insurance — Insurer's liability to indemnify insured
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  ROAD TRAFFIC — Third party insurance — Insurer's liability to indemnify insured — Insured deliberately reversing his car into another car and causing injury to third party — Incident occurring on private property — Insurance policy indemnifying insured in respect of legal liability to third parties in event of accident involving his car — Whether injury caused by “accident” — Whether insurer obliged to indemnify insured or discharge his liability to third party — Road Traffic Act 1988, ss 143(1), 145(1)(3), 151

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• Shah v Shah

  10 Apr 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 527; [2002] QB 35; [2001] 3 WLR 31; [2001] 4 All ER 138, CA

  24 Jul 2001 (pet dis) [2001] 1 WLR 1858, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 19.
  DEED — Execution — Validity
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  DEED — Execution — Validity — Foreign bank unable to repay substantial sum deposited — Bank's executives signing deed agreeing to repay sum — Attestation by witness shortly thereafter — Statutory requirement of attestation by witness present at signing by signatory — Whether party entitled to raise estoppel against signatory disclaiming deed's validity — Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989, s 1(2)(3)

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered