Results: 376

• Thomas v Chief Adjudication Officer (Beard v Chief Adjudication Officer, Cooze v Chief Adjudication Officer, Morley v Chief Adjudication Officer, Murphy v Chief Adjudication Officer)

  31 Jul 1990 [1991] 2 QB 164; [1991] 2 WLR 886; [1991] 3 All ER 315; [1990] 3 CMLR 611; [1990] IRLR 436; The Times, 22 August 1990, CA

  30 Mar 1993 (Case C-328/91); EU:C:1993:117; [1993] QB 747; [1993] 3 WLR 581; [1993] ICR 673; [1993] 4 All ER 556, ECJ

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive. Subsequent citations: 23.
  EUROPEAN COMMUNITY — Council Directive — Implementation
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  EUROPEAN COMMUNITY — Council Directive — Implementation — United Kingdom legislation derogating from principle of equal treatment for men and women — Different pensionable ages for men and women — Exemption for determining ages for pensions and possible consequences thereof for other benefits — Whether applicable to severe disablement and invalid care allowances related to pensionable age — Social Security Act 1975, ss 36(4)(d), 37(5) (as amended by Health and Social Security Act 1984, s 11(1)) — Council Directive (79/7/EEC), arts 1, 7(1)(a)

  3 Case(s) considered

  2 EU Enactments considered

  2 Statutes considered
• Webb v Webb

  23 May 1991 [1991] 1 WLR 1410; [1992] 1 All ER 17, Ch D (Judge Paul Baker QC)

  17 May 1994 (Case C-294/92); EU:C:1994:193; [1994] QB 696; [1994] 3 WLR 801; [1994] 3 All ER 911; [1994] ECR I-1717, ECJ

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 21.
  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Jurisdiction — Immovable property
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  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Jurisdiction — Immovable property — Purchase of property in France with funds provided by plaintiff — Legal title conveyed to defendant — Use of property as holiday home by both parties — Claim that defendant holding property in trust for plaintiff — Whether jurisdiction of English court ousted by European Convention — Whether French courts having exclusive jurisdiction — Whether action in rem — Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, Sch 1, art 16(1) (as amended by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (Amendment) Order 1990)

  5 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• Foster v British Gas Plc

  25 Sep 1986 [1987] ICR 52, IT

  06 Jul 1987 [1987] ICR 904, EAT

  13 May 1988 [1988] ICR 584, CA

  12 Jul 1990 (Case C-188/89); EU:C:1990:313; [1991] 1 QB 405; [1991] 2 WLR 258; [1991] ICR 84; [1990] 3 All ER 897; The Times, 13 July 1990, ECJ

  18 Apr 1991 [1991] 2 AC 306; [1991] 2 WLR 1075; [1991] ICR 463; [1991] 2 All ER 705; [1991] IRLR 268; (1991) 135 SJ 506; The Times, 19 April 1991; The Independent, 19 April 1991, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 6 positive; 4 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 68.
  DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Employment — Retirement

  EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY — Council Directive — Implementation

  DISCRIMINATION — Sex — Employment

  EUROPEAN COMMUNITY — Council Directive — Implementation
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  DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Employment — Retirement — British Gas Corporation employees retired on reaching pension age — Different age for men and women — Whether corporation state authority — Whether unlawful discrimination — Council Directive (76/207/EEC), art 5(1)

  EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY — Council Directive — Implementation — Enforcement against member state — Public authority's discrimination against female employees — National legislation not conforming to Directive — Whether nationalised industry state employer — Sex Discrimination Act 1975, s 6(4) — Council Directive (76/207/EEC), art 5(1)

  DISCRIMINATION — Sex — Employment — Retirement — British Gas Corporation employees retired on reaching pension age — Different ages for men and women — Whether corporation state authority — Whether unlawful discrimination — Council Directive (76/207/EEC), art 5(1)

  EUROPEAN COMMUNITY — Council Directive — Implementation — Enforcement against member state — Whether nationalised industry state employer — Council Directive (76/207/EEC), art 5(1)

  7 Case(s) considered

  1 EU Enactment considered

  1 Statute considered

• Quietlynn Ltd v Southend Borough Council

  11 Jul 1990 (Case C-23/89); EU:C:1990:300; [1991] 1 QB 454; [1991] 2 WLR 611; [1990] 3 All ER 207; The Times, 19 July 1990, ECJ

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  EUROPEAN COMMUNITY — Free competition — Quantitative restrictions on imports
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  EUROPEAN COMMUNITY — Free competition — Quantitative restrictions on imports — Licensing of sex establishments under national law restricting import of goods from member states — Whether measure having equivalent effect to quantitative restriction on imports — Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982, Sch 3, paras 2, 4, 6(1) — EEC Treaty, art 30

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 EU Enactment considered

  1 Statute considered
• Barber v Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Group

  17 May 1990 (Case C-262/88); EU:C:1990:209; [1991] 1 QB 344; [1991] 2 WLR 72; [1990] ICR 616; [1990] 2 All ER 660; The Times, 18 May 1990, ECJ

  Subsequent considerations : 16 positive; 6 neutral; 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 149.
  DISCRIMINATION — Sex — Employment
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  DISCRIMINATION — Sex — Employment — Severance terms of private occupational pension scheme offering early retirement for those made redundant — Pension payable to women on attaining 50 but deferred for men until aged 55 — Whether unlawful discrimination — Whether individual having remedy before national courts — Whether redundancy payment “pay” — Sex Discrimination Act 1975, s 6(4) — EEC Treaty, art 119

  1 Words & Phrases considered
• Ex parte Central Television Plc

  06 Nov 1990 [1991] 1 WLR 4; [1991] 1 All ER 347; 92 Cr App R 154; The Times, 7 November 1990, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 12.
  CONTEMPT OF COURT — Court proceedings — Restrictions on reporting
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  CONTEMPT OF COURT — Court proceedings — Restrictions on reporting — Jury in retirement to consider verdict — Overnight restriction on radio and television broadcasts — Whether substantial risk of prejudice to administration of justice — Whether order subject to appeal when spent — Costs — Contempt of Court Act 1981, s 4(2) — Criminal Justice Act 1988, s 159(1)(c)(5)(b)(c)

  2 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• Sutcliffe v Pressdram Ltd

  06 Nov 1989 [1991] 1 QB 153; [1990] 2 WLR 271; [1991] 2 WLR 271; [1990] 1 All ER 269, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 24.
  LIBEL AND SLANDER — Damages for libel — Assessment by jury

  DEFAMATION — Damages for libel — Assessment by jury
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  LIBEL AND SLANDER — Damages for libel — Assessment by jury — Jury's award of £ 600,000 — Whether jury appreciating real value of award — Whether damages excessive

  DEFAMATION — Damages for libel — Assessment by jury — Jury's award of £600,000 — Whether jury appreciating real value of award — Whether damages excessive

  5 Case(s) considered
• Derby & Co Ltd v Weldon (No 10)

  02 Nov 1990 [1991] 1 WLR 660; [1991] 2 All ER 908, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 7.
  PRACTICE — Discovery — Privilege
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  PRACTICE — Discovery — Privilege — Tape recordings of confidential conversations — Parts of conversations relating to matters deployed in interlocutory proceedings — Privileged documents erroneously included in trial bundles — Whether privilege waived — Whether waiver extending to whole of tapes

  2 Case(s) considered

• Practice Direction (House of Lords: Amendments to Procedure)

  17 May 1991 [1991] 1 WLR 1420; [1991] 3 All ER 608; 93 Cr App R 356, HL

  14 Feb 1995 [1995] 1 WLR 422; [1995] 1 FLR 762; [1995] 2 Cr App R 162, HL

  Subsequent citations: 3.
  HOUSE OF LORDS — Practice — Petitions

  HOUSE OF LORDS — Practice — Preparation of case and conduct
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  HOUSE OF LORDS — Practice — Petitions — Inadmissible petitions — Contempt of court — Cause titles — House of Lords (Directions as to Procedure applicable to Civil Appeals), dirs 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 — House of Lords (Directions as to Procedure applicable to Criminal Appeals), dirs 1, 2, 5, 12

  HOUSE OF LORDS — Practice — Preparation of case and conduct — Length of submissions — Authorities relied on — Custody and bail in criminal appeals — House of Lords (Directions as to Procedure applicable to Civil Appeals), dirs 31, 44 — House of Lords (Directions as to Procedure applicable to Criminal Appeals), dirs 31, 35, 36

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  4 Statutory Instruments considered

• Kirkham v Williams

  13 Feb 1989 [1989] STC 333; The Times, 14 February 1989, Ch D (Vinelott J)

  24 May 1991 [1991] 1 WLR 863; [1991] 4 All ER 240; [1991] STC 342; (1989) 64 TC 253; The Times, 18 June 1991; The Independent, 10 June 1991, CA (Lloyd, Nourse and Ralph Gibson LJJ)

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  REVENUE — Income tax — Schedule D, Case I
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  REVENUE — Income tax — Schedule D, Case I — Acquisition of site for use partly as office and partly for storage in trade of demolition and plant hire equipment — Erection of dwelling on site — Sale of site with dwelling and purchase of farm — Whether purchase, development and sale of land adventure in nature of trade

  REVENUE — Income tax — Schedule D, Case I — Purchase, development and sale of land — Isolated transaction — Land acquired mainly for business purposes of taxpayer — Subsidiary indefinite purpose to develop if planning permission obtained — Whether land acquired as trading stock — Whether profit from sale assessable as taxpayer's income

  7 Case(s) considered