Results: 369

• In re Emmadart Ltd

  05 Dec 1978 [1979] Ch 540; [1979] 2 WLR 868; [1979] 1 All ER 599, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 3.
  COMPANY — Winding up — Petition
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  COMPANY — Winding up — Petition — Receiver presenting petition in company's name — Receiver's authority to present petition — Whether power in board of directors to present petition

  3 Case(s) considered

• 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 Vivian

  22 Aug 1978 [1979] 1 WLR 291; [1979] 1 All ER 48; [1979] RTR 106; 68 Cr App R 53, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 5.
  CRIME — Compensation — Proof of loss
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  CRIME — Compensation — Proof of loss — Damage to vehicle taken without authority — Statement by owner concerning estimate for repair — Amount in dispute — Whether jurisdiction to make compensation order — Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973, s 35 (1)

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered

• Burman v Hedges & Butler Ltd

  08 Nov 1978 [1979] 1 WLR 160; 52 TC 501, Ch D

  REVENUE — Tax avoidance — Disposal of assets
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  REVENUE — Tax avoidance — Disposal of assets — Scheme for sale of shares by way of intermediate disposal to company in same group as selling company — Shares then passing into ownership of purchaser in consequence of company liquidation — Whether scheme within exemption for share restructuring for companies in same group — Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970, s 273

  1 Statute considered
• Tolley v Morris

  12 May 1978 [1979] 1 WLR 205; [1979] 1 All ER 71, CA

  17 May 1979 [1979] 1 WLR 592; [1979] 2 All ER 561, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 11.
  PRACTICE — Dismissal of action for want of prosecution — Long delay
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  PRACTICE — Dismissal of action for want of prosecution — Long delay — Claim for damages for personal injuries — Infant plaintiff — Plaintiff having right to issue proceedings within three years from ceasing to be under disability — Whether dismissal of action appropriate — Limitation Act 1939, s 22 (as amended by Limitation Act 1975, s 2)

  4 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• Lord Lilford v Glynn

  12 May 1978 [1979] 1 WLR 78; [1979] 1 All ER 441, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 14.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Divorce proceedings
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Divorce proceedings — Provision for children — Settlement — Wealthy father providing trust fund for children's education — Order for periodical payments until children aged 18 years — Whether father to make additional settlements for each child for life — Court's jurisdiction — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, ss 24 (1) (b), 25 (2)

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Ram Narayan s/o Shankar v Rishad Hussain Shah s/o Tasaduq Hussain Shah

  05 Jun 1979 [1979] 1 WLR 1349, PC

  VENDOR AND PURCHASER — Memorandum in writing — Sale of land
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  VENDOR AND PURCHASER — Memorandum in writing — Sale of land — Agreement to sell land and chattels — Memorandum not referring to chattels — Whether sufficient note of terms of agreement — Indemnity, Guarantee and Bailment Ordinance, s 59 (d) — Law of Property Act 1925, s 40 (1)

  1 Statute considered

  1 Overseas Enactment 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

• Bates v Bulman

  24 May 1978 [1979] 1 WLR 1190; [1979] 3 All ER 170; 68 Cr App R 21, DC

  CRIME — Offensive weapon — Proof of intent
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  CRIME — Offensive weapon — Proof of intent — Knife borrowed during assault and used as weapon — Whether assailant having weapon with him in public place — Whether intention formed during assault to use knife as weapon sufficient — Prevention of Crime Act 1953, s 1 (1) (as amended by Criminal Justice Act 1967, s 92 Sch 3, Pt I)

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Practice Direction (Divorce: Directions for Trial)

  19 Dec 1978 [1979] 1 WLR 2; [1979] 1 All ER 112, Fam D

  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Practice — Defended matrimonial causes
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Practice — Defended matrimonial causes — Directions for trial — Request for directions to be treated as pre-trial review — Attendance of legal advisers and parties — Matrimonial Causes Rules 1977, r 33 (4) (as amended by Matrimonial Causes (Amendment) Rules 1978, r 3)

  1 Statutory Instrument considered