Results: 393

• 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

• In re Imperial Foods Ltd Pension Scheme

  07 Feb 1986 [1986] 1 WLR 717; [1986] 2 All ER 802, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 6.
  TRUSTS — Pension scheme — Actuary's valuation
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  TRUSTS — Pension scheme — Actuary's valuation — Subsidiary company's employees transferring to new scheme — Proportion of existing fund to be transferred to new scheme — Whether actuary's valuation calculated on appropriate basis — Whether grounds for court to set aside valuation

  2 Case(s) considered

• Balco Transport Services Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment (No 2)

  25 Jul 1985 [1986] 1 WLR 88; [1985] 3 All ER 689; 84 LGR 427, CA

  TOWN PLANNING — Purchase notice — Refusal of planning permission
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  TOWN PLANNING — Purchase notice — Refusal of planning permission — Land rendered incapable of reasonably beneficial use by previous landowner's breach of planning control — Breach proceedings no longer capable of enforcement — Whether breach of planning control to be disregarded in deciding whether land capable of reasonably beneficial use in existing state — Whether subsequent landowner entitled to compel council to acquire land — Town and Country Planning Act 1971, s 180(1)

  2 Case(s) considered
• R v Hancock (R v Shankland)

  31 Oct 1985 [1986] AC 455; [1985] 3 WLR 1014, CA

  27 Feb 1986 [1986] AC 455; [1986] 2 WLR 357; [1986] 1 All ER 641; 82 Cr App R 264, HL(E)

  24 Jul 1989 [1990] 2 QB 242; [1990] 2 WLR 640; [1990] 3 All ER 183; 90 Cr App R 422, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 6 positive; 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 17.
  CRIME — Homicide — Murder

  CRIME — Theft — Treasure trove
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  CRIME — Homicide — Murder — Mental element — Concrete block dropped from bridge on to highway killing taxi driver — Prime purpose not to kill or cause injury — Whether death natural consequence of action — Whether foreseeability of probable consequences relevant — Whether meaning of intent requiring elaboration

  CRIME — Theft — Treasure trove — Celtic silver coins — Whether coroner's inquisition necessary pre-requisite of criminal prosecution — Whether for jury to determine status and ownership of coins — Burden and standard of proof

  4 Case(s) considered

• Maharaj v Jai Chand

  07 Jul 1986 [1986] AC 898; [1986] 3 WLR 440; [1986] 3 All ER 107, PC

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  ESTOPPEL — Conduct, by — Equitable

  FIJI — Native land — Unlawful “dealing” with
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  ESTOPPEL — Conduct, by — Equitable — Plaintiff building house on native land — False statement concerning marriage to obtain lease — Defendant believing house to be permanent home for her and children — Plaintiff leaving and allowing defendant to remain indefinitely — Whether plaintiff estopped from denying defendant's right “dealing” with land — Native Land Trust Act (Laws of Fiji, 1978 rev, c 134), s 12(1)

  FIJI — Native land — Unlawful “dealing” with — Plaintiff obtaining lease of native land by falsely stating plaintiff married to defendant — Defendant believing house to be permanent home for her and children — Plaintiff leaving and allowing defendant to remain indefinitely — Plaintiff claiming possession — Whether estopped from denying defendant's right to reside permanently in house — Whether defendant's right dealing with land — Native Land Trust Act, s 12(1)

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Overseas Enactment considered
• Bayer AG v Winter

  20 Dec 1985 [1986] 1 WLR 497; [1986] 1 All ER 733, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 24.
  INJUNCTION — Interlocutory — Jurisdiction to grant
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  INJUNCTION — Interlocutory — Jurisdiction to grant — Interlocutory orders requiring defendant to disclose information and deliver up documents — Risk of defendant leaving country — Whether jurisdiction to restrain defendant from leaving country and to deliver up passports — Supreme Court Act 1981, s 37(1)

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• The Jag Shakti (Chabbra Corpn Pte Ltd v Jag Shakti (Owners))

  18 Nov 1985 [1986] AC 337; [1986] 2 WLR 87; [1986] 1 All ER 480; [1986] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1, PC

  Subsequent citations: 8.
  CONVERSION — Damages — Measure of

  DAMAGES — Singapore — Damages
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  CONVERSION — Damages — Measure of — Bills of lading endorsed by pledgee to plaintiffs for value — Shipowners wrongfully converting goods by delivery to buyers — Quantum of damages recoverable by plaintiffs

  DAMAGES — Singapore — Damages — Conversion — Bills of lading endorsed by pledgee to plaintiffs for value — Shipowners wrongfully converting goods by delivery to buyers — Quantum of damages recoverable by plaintiffs

  3 Case(s) considered
• Sealand Petroleum Co Ltd v Barratt

  05 Feb 1986 [1986] 1 WLR 700; [1986] ICR 423; [1986] 2 All ER 360, DC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 1.
  EMPLOYMENT — Wages — Deductions
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  EMPLOYMENT — Wages — Deductions — Sums deducted from shop assistant's wages in respect of losses of stock or takings — Application for employment signed by assistant setting out employer's right to make deductions — Offer of employment and remuneration made orally — Deductions determined by employer — Impractical for assistant to challenge employer's calculations — Whether deductions “for or in respect of any fine” — Whether fine “fair and reasonable” — Whether contract in writing — Truck Act 1896, s 1(1)

  1 Case considered

  2 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered

• R v Horseferry Road Justices, Ex parte Independent Broadcasting Authority (Independent Broadcasting Authority, Ex parte)

  30 Jan 1986 [1987] QB 54; [1986] 3 WLR 132; [1986] 2 All ER 666, DC

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  STATUTE — Construction — Offence, whether created
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  STATUTE — Construction — Offence, whether created — Breach of statutory duty — No provision for penalty — Doctrine of contempt of statute — Whether applicable to modern statute — Broadcasting Act 1981, s 4(3)
• R v Waltham Forest Justices, Ex parte Solanke (Solanke, Ex parte)

  21 Dec 1984 [1986] QB 479; [1985] 3 WLR 788; [1985] 3 All ER 727, QBD

  23 Jun 1986 [1986] QB 983; [1986] 3 WLR 315; [1986] 2 All ER 981, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 3.
  JUSTICES — Liability to suit — Acting in execution of office
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  JUSTICES — Liability to suit — Acting in execution of office — Periodical payments order not registered — Justices believing order registered committing plaintiff to prison for non-payment of arrears — No jurisdiction to make committal order — Plaintiff claiming damages — Whether justices acting in execution of office — Whether justices' liability limited to one penny — Justices of the Peace Act 1979, s 52(1)

  2 Case(s) considered