Results: 409

• Noble v Laygate Investments Ltd

  03 Mar 1978 [1978] 1 WLR 1457; [1978] 2 All ER 1067; 52 TC 345, Ch D

  REVENUE — Corporation tax — Close company
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  REVENUE — Corporation tax — Close company — Shortfall assessments — Company's declared dividends falling short of required standard — Restriction on amount of dividend contained in articles of association — Whether restriction “imposed by law” — Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970, ss 289 (1), 290 (4)

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• Swordheath Properties Ltd v Floydd

  17 Nov 1977 [1978] 1 WLR 550; [1978] 1 All ER 721, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 1.
  PRACTICE — Possession of land — Order for possession
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  PRACTICE — Possession of land — Order for possession — Whether power to suspend order — Stay of execution for 14 days — Whether suspended order valid without applicant's consent — County Court Rules, Ord 26, r 1

  1 Case considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Director of Public Prosecutions v Nock

  25 May 1978 [1978] AC 979; [1978] 3 WLR 57; [1978] 2 All ER 654; 67 Cr App R 116, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 12.
  CRIME — Conspiracy — Agreement to produce cocaine
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  CRIME — Conspiracy — Agreement to produce cocaine — Method agreed incapable of producing cocaine — Whether indictable conspiracy

  5 Case(s) considered

• Jade International Steel Stahl und Eisen GmbH & Co KG v Robert Nicholas (Steels) Ltd

  24 Feb 1978 [1978] QB 917; [1978] 3 WLR 39; [1978] 3 All ER 104; [1978] 2 Lloyd's Rep 13, CA

  BILL OF EXCHANGE — Notice of dishonour — Claim by holder for payment
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  BILL OF EXCHANGE — Notice of dishonour — Claim by holder for payment — Dishonoured bill of exchange returned to drawer by holder in due course — Drawer applying as holder of bill for summary judgment — Whether his rights to payment those of holder in due course — Bills of Exchange Act 1882, s 29 (3)

  1 Statute considered
• Halliard Property Co Ltd v Jack Segal Ltd

  19 Oct 1977 [1978] 1 WLR 377; [1978] 1 All ER 1219, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 5.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Forfeiture of lease — Relief from forfeiture
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Forfeiture of lease — Relief from forfeiture — Right to re-enter on bankruptcy of lessee or surety — Bankruptcy of surety — Whether notice to remedy breach to be served on surety — Law of Property Act 1925, s 146

  1 Statute considered

• Practice Direction (Probate: Stamp Duty)

  23 Feb 1978 [1978] 1 WLR 430; [1978] 1 All ER 1046, Fam D

  PROBATE — Practice — Stamp duty
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  PROBATE — Practice — Stamp duty — Application for grant of representation — Original deed or instrument not duly stamped — Procedure for avoiding delay in granting representation
• Hammersmith London Borough Council v Magnum Automated Forecourts Ltd

  31 May 1977 [1978] 1 WLR 50; [1978] 1 All ER 401; 76 LGR 159, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 5.
  PUBLIC HEALTH — Nuisance — Abatement notice
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  PUBLIC HEALTH — Nuisance — Abatement notice — Appeal against notice — No prosecution for failure to comply with notice — Local authority seeking injunction to restrain nuisance — Interlocutory relief — Control of Pollution Act 1974, s 58 (8)

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered
• Cookson v Knowles

  29 Jul 1977 [1977] QB 913; [1977] 3 WLR 279; [1977] 2 All ER 820; [1977] 2 Lloyd's Rep 412, CA

  24 May 1978 [1979] AC 556; [1978] 2 WLR 978; [1978] 2 All ER 604; [1978] 2 Lloyd's Rep 315, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 9 positive; 5 neutral; 4 negative. Subsequent citations: 62.
  FATAL ACCIDENTS ACTS — Damages — Assessment

  INTEREST — Award of damages — Personal injury cases
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  FATAL ACCIDENTS ACTS — Damages — Assessment — Pecuniary loss to widow and children — Division into two parts by date of trial — Interest at half rate to date of trial — No interest on sum for pain, suffering and loss of amenities

  INTEREST — Award of damages — Personal injury cases — Sum for pain, suffering and loss of amenities — Fatal accident claims — Interest on sum for pecuniary loss to date of trial

  9 Case(s) considered
• Jones v Wrotham Park Settled Estates (Wentworth Securities Ltd v Jones)

  26 Jan 1978 [1980] AC 74; [1978] 3 WLR 585; [1978] 3 All ER 527, CA

  13 Dec 1978 [1980] AC 74; [1979] 2 WLR 132; [1979] 1 All ER 286, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 56.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Leasehold enfranchisement — Price of freehold
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Leasehold enfranchisement — Price of freehold — Long lease at low rent — Lease for 300 years subject to existing lease — Provision for increase of rent on termination of lease — Valuation of freehold depending on whether concurrent lease to be considered in determining price — Applicability of statute to concurrent lease — Whether concurrent lease modifying right to acquire freehold — Leasehold Reform Act 1967, ss 9 (1), 23 (1)

  2 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered

• Stubbs v Assopardi

  20 Dec 1977 [1978] 1 WLR 646; [1978] 2 All ER 399, CA

  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Rent restriction — Furnished letting
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Rent restriction — Furnished letting — Resident landlord — First tenancy flat from July 1, 1973, to June 30, 1975 — Second tenancy immediately following — Whether second tenancy protected — Whether first tenancy protected by virtue of transitional provisions — Rent Act 1968 (as amended by Rent Act 1974, s 2 (3), Sch 2, para 1), s 5A (1) (b) (5) (b) — Rent Act 1974, s 1 (1) (a), Sch 3, para 1 (1) (2)

  2 Statutes considered