Results: 398

• Ross v Pearson (formerly Ross)

  03 Nov 1975 [1976] 1 WLR 224; [1976] 1 All ER 790, DC

  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Justices — Maintenance
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Justices — Maintenance — Remission of arrears — Arrears accruing over period of years — Practice of enforcing only those accruing within 12 months of complaint — Justices declining to remit — Whether proper exercise of discretion — Magistrates' Courts Act 1952, s 76

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered
• Norfolk Capital Group Ltd v Kitway Ltd

  30 Jun 1976 [1977] QB 506; [1976] 3 WLR 796; [1976] 3 All ER 787, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 3.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Assignment of lease or underletting — Consent
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Assignment of lease or underletting — Consent — Covenant not to assign without consent — Landlords' refusal on ground of potential eligibility for benefit of leasehold enfranchisement — Potential detriment to landlords' proprietary interests — Whether landlords' refusal of consent reasonable
• Vandyk v Oliver

  10 Feb 1975 [1976] AC 659; [1975] 2 WLR 797; [1975] 2 All ER 264; 73 LGR 305, CA

  28 Jan 1976 [1976] AC 659; [1976] 2 WLR 235; [1976] 1 All ER 466; 74 LGR 190, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 3.
  RATING — Health and welfare — Exempt structure
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  RATING — Health and welfare — Exempt structure — Ratepayer disabled by illness needing after-care — Ratepayer providing accommodation for himself and family — Premises chosen and adapted for his needs — Whether local authority or voluntary organisation empowered to provide similar structure — Whether premises exempt from rating — National Health Service Act 1946, s 28 (1) — National Assistance Act 1948, s 29 (1) — General Rate Act 1967, s 45 (b) (c) (d)

  3 Case(s) considered

  6 Statutes considered
• Martin v Martin

  25 Feb 1976 [1976] Fam 167; [1976] 2 WLR 901, Fam D

  14 Jun 1976 [1976] Fam 335; [1976] 3 WLR 580; [1976] 3 All ER 625, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 19.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Costs

  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Conduct of parties
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Costs — Ancillary proceedings — Husband ordered to pay lump sum and costs — Unlikely to be able to pay both — Whether costs to follow event

  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Conduct of parties — Assets, in relation to — Wife maintaining farm as viable asset — Husband dissipating family assets — Whether husband's conduct relevant in considering financial provision and transfer of property order — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, ss 23 (1), 24 (1), 25

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Practice Direction (Chancery: Masters’ Powers) (No 3)

  24 May 1976 [1976] 1 WLR 637; [1976] 2 All ER 610; [1976] 2 Lloyd's Rep 240, Ch D

  PRACTICE — Chancery Division — Master
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  PRACTICE — Chancery Division — Master — Power to hear matters in chambers — Leasehold reform — Leasehold Reform Act 1967, s 27

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered
• Reader’s Digest Association Ltd v Williams

  26 Jul 1976 [1976] 1 WLR 1109; [1976] 3 All ER 737, DC

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 4.
  GAMING — Lottery — Draw
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  GAMING — Lottery — Draw — Promotion of sales — Goods offered for sale with participation in lucky number draw — Chance of prize unaffected by refusal to purchase — Whether lottery

  2 Case(s) considered

• Practice Direction (QBD: Postal Facilities)

  14 Apr 1976 [1976] 1 WLR 489; [1976] 2 All ER 312; [1976] 2 Lloyd's Rep 113, QBD

  PRACTICE — Postal facilities — Queen's Bench Division
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  PRACTICE — Postal facilities — Queen's Bench Division — Extension of class of business which may be conducted by post — RSC, Ord 1, r 10

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Attorney-General for Northern Ireland’s Reference (No 1 of 1975)

  07 Jul 1976 [1977] AC 105; [1976] 3 WLR 235; [1976] 2 All ER 937, HL(NI)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 13.
  CRIME — Homicide — Soldier on duty

  PRACTICE — Northern ireland — Attorney-General's reference
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  CRIME — Homicide — Soldier on duty — British soldier on patrol in Northern Ireland — Shooting of fleeing suspect believed to be terrorist — Reasonableness of force used — Matter of fact

  PRACTICE — Northern ireland — Attorney-General's reference — Legislation coming into force — Making of rules of court safeguarding anonymity condition precedent — Whether valid rule-making power — Interpretation Act 1889, s 14 — Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1968 (as amended), ss 48A, 49 (1) — Criminal Justice Act 1972, ss 63 (3), 66 (6) (b)

  3 Statutes considered

  1 Overseas Enactment considered
• Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Yngvar Hansen-Tangen (trading as HE Hansen-Tangen) (Yngvar Hansen-Tangen (trading as H E Hansen-Tangen) v Sanko Steamship Co)

  [1976] 2 Lloyd's Rep 60, CA

  07 Oct 1976 [1976] 1 WLR 989; [1976] 3 All ER 570; [1976] 2 Lloyd's Rep 621, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 4 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 157.
  SHIPPING — Charterparty — Description of vessel
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  SHIPPING — Charterparty — Description of vessel — Time charter of new building motor tank vessel — Identification by owners' declaration of yard and hull number — Sub-charter identifying vessel in similar terms — Vessel built at different yard with different hull number — Both charters governed by English law — Construction — Whether charterers entitled to reject vessel

  2 Case(s) considered
• Weston v Central Criminal Court Courts Administrator

  02 Apr 1976 [1977] QB 32; [1976] 3 WLR 103; [1976] 2 All ER 875, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 4.
  CONTEMPT OF COURT — Solicitor — Discourtesy and breach of duty
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  CONTEMPT OF COURT — Solicitor — Discourtesy and breach of duty — Protest over premature listing of criminal trial — Client sent to court unrepresented — Offensive letters to court officer — Judge's direction that solicitor attend to explain conduct conveyed to solicitor by client — Solicitor not complying with direction — Whether contempt punishable by order to pay costs

  3 Case(s) considered