Results: 449

• Somatra Ltd v Sinclair Roche & Temperley (Sinclair Roche & Temperley v Somatra Ltd)

  16 Dec 1999 [2000] 1 Lloyd's Rep 311, QBD (Timothy Walker J)

  26 Jul 2000 [2000] 1 WLR 2453; [2000] 2 Lloyd's Rep 673; The Times, 22 September 2000, CA

  Subsequent citations: 13.
  PRACTICE — Discovery — Privilege
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  PRACTICE — Discovery — Privilege — “Without prejudice” communications — Deployment in interlocutory proceedings to expose weaknesses in opponent's case — Whether opponent having right to rely on same material at trial — Whether privilege waived

  1 Case considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered
• Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Bairstow

  11 Mar 2003 [2003] EWCA Civ 321; [2004] Ch 1; [2003] 3 WLR 841; [2004] 4 All ER 325, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 4 positive; 1 neutral; 2 negative; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 86.
  COMPANY — Director — Disqualification

  EVIDENCE — Judicial finding — Admissibility
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  COMPANY — Director — Disqualification — Findings of fact adverse to director made in wrongful dismissal proceedings — Subsequent application by Secretary of State to disqualify director — Whether director's challenge to findings of fact in disqualification proceedings abuse of process

  EVIDENCE — Judicial finding — Admissibility — Findings of fact made in wrongful dismissal proceedings — Whether admissible in subsequent disqualification proceedings

  5 Case(s) considered
• British Waterways Board v Severn Trent Water Ltd

  13 Oct 1999 [2001] Ch 32; [2000] 3 WLR 1; [2000] 1 All ER 347, Ch D (Arden J)

  02 Mar 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 276; [2002] Ch 25; [2001] 3 WLR 613; [2001] 3 All ER 673, CA

  10 Oct 2001 (pet dis) [2002] 1 WLR 566, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive. Subsequent citations: 12.
  WATER — Sewerage — Surface water
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  WATER — Sewerage — Surface water — Discharge into canal — Sewerage undertaker having no express statutory power to discharge water in its pipes — Whether power to discharge to be implied — Whether incidental to existing pipe-laying power — Water Industry Act 1991, s 159

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• JA Pye (Oxford) Ltd v Graham

  04 Feb 2000 [2000] Ch 676; [2000] 3 WLR 242; [2000] 2 EGLR 137; (2001) 81 P & CR 15; The Times, 14 March 2000; The Independent, 27 March 2000, Ch D (Neuberger J)

  06 Feb 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 117; [2001] Ch 804; [2001] 2 WLR 1293; [2001] 2 EGLR 69; (2001) 82 P & CR 23; [2001] HRLR 27; The Times, 13 February 2001; The Independent, 13 February 2001, CA (Mummery, Keene LJJ and Sir Martin Nourse)

  24 Jul 2001 (pet all) [2001] 1 WLR 1827, HL(E)

  04 Jul 2002 [2002] UKHL 30; [2003] 1 AC 419; [2002] 3 WLR 221; [2002] 3 All ER 865; [2003] 1 P & CR 10; [2002] HRLR 34; The Times, 5 July 2002; The Independent, 9 July 2002, HL(E) (Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Browne-Wilkinson, Lord Hope of Craighead and Lord Hutton)

  Subsequent considerations : 10 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 108.
  LIMITATION OF ACTION — Land, recovery of — Possessory title
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  LIMITATION OF ACTION — Land, recovery of — Possessory title — Licensee remaining in occupation on determination of licence — Cautions registered on basis of title by adverse possession — Originating summons seeking cancellation of cautions — Whether occupier entitled to possession — Whether willingness to accept new licence preventing time running for limitation period — Whether proceedings seeking relief other than recovery of land stopping time running — Limitation Act 1980, ss 15(1), 38, Sch 1, paras 1, 8

  LIMITATION OF ACTION — Land, recovery of — Possessory title — Licensee remaining in occupation on determination of licence — Land owner refusing requests for renewal — Whether occupiers' continuation of existing limited use evidencing intention to possess — Whether extinction of title by adverse possession amounting to deprivation of possession — Limitation Act 1980, s 15(1), Sch 1, paras 1, 8 — Human Rights Act 1998, s 3, Sch 1, Pt II, art 1

  10 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• McPhilemy v Times Newspapers Ltd (No 2)

  10 Mar 2000 [2000] 1 WLR 1732, CA

  20 Jun 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 933; [2002] 1 WLR 934; [2001] 4 All ER 861, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 9.
  EVIDENCE — Witness statements — Admissibility

  COSTS — Discretion of court — Indemnity basis

  INTEREST — Award of damages — Defamation cases
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  EVIDENCE — Witness statements — Admissibility — Defence witness making statement prior to trial but not called to give evidence at trial — Claimant seeking to put witness's statement before jury — Whether entitled to do so while asking jury to disbelieve statement in substantial part — CPR, r 325

  COSTS — Discretion of court — Indemnity basis — Defendants rejecting claimant's offer of settlement — Amount of award greater than amount proposed in offer — Whether claimant entitled to indemnity costs and interest thereon — CPR r 36.21(3)(4)

  INTEREST — Award of damages — Defamation cases — Whether appropriate to order interest on award — CPR r 36.21 (2)

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• R v Manchester Crown Court, Ex parte H (A Minor) (H (A Minor), Ex parte)

  30 Jul 1999 [2000] 1 WLR 760; [2000] 2 All ER 166; [2000] 1 Cr App R 262, DC

  27 Jul 2000 (pet all) [2000] 1 WLR 1999, HL(E)

  Subsequent citations: 7.
  CHILDREN — Juvenile offender — Prohibition against identification
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  CHILDREN — Juvenile offender — Prohibition against identification — Order made at trial prohibiting identification of defendant — Order discharged following conviction and sentence — Whether matter “relating to trial on indictment” — Whether susceptible to judicial review — Children and Young Persons Act 1933, s 39(1) (as amended by Children and Young Persons Act 1963, s 57(1)) — Supreme Court Act 1981, s 29(3)

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered

• Daniels v Walker (Practice Note)

  03 May 2000 [2000] 1 WLR 1382, CA

  Subsequent citations: 28.
  EVIDENCE — Expert evidence — Report
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  EVIDENCE — Expert evidence — Report — Parties agreeing to instruct joint expert — Defendant dissatisfied with report — Whether permission to be granted to instruct another expert — CPR, rr 351, 357

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Darker v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police

  27 Jul 2000 [2001] 1 AC 435; [2000] 3 WLR 747; [2000] 4 All ER 193, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 5 positive; 4 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 56.
  PRACTICE — Pleadings — Striking out
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  PRACTICE — Pleadings — Striking out — Criminal proceedings against plaintiffs stayed as abuse of process — Action against police for damages for conspiracy to injure and misfeasance in public office — Amended statement of claim alleging fabrication of evidence — Whether police immune from suit — Whether amended statement of claim to be struck out

  7 Case(s) considered
• Kent v Griffiths

  [1999] Lloyd's Rep Med 424

  03 Feb 2000 [2001] QB 36; [2000] 2 WLR 1158; [2000] 2 All ER 474, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 2 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 36.
  NEGLIGENCE — Duty of care to whom? — Ambulance service
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  NEGLIGENCE — Duty of care to whom? — Ambulance service — Claimant suffering asthma attack — Doctor telephoning 999 and ambulance service agreeing to send ambulance immediately — Ambulance failing to arrive within reasonable time — No satisfactory explanation for delay — Claimant suffering respiratory arrest due to delay — Whether ambulance service liable in negligence

  7 Case(s) considered
• Berkeley v Secretary of State for the Environment

  06 Jul 2000 [2001] 2 AC 603; [2000] 3 WLR 420; [2000] 3 All ER 897, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 130.
  TOWN PLANNING — Development — Environmental assessment

  TOWN PLANNING — Development — Environment assessment
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  TOWN PLANNING — Development — Environmental assessment — Urban development project — Proposed stadium redevelopment encroaching on river bank — Secretary of State holding public inquiry where documents available setting out environmental issues — Failure by Secretary of State to consider whether environmental assessment procedure necessary — Whether subsequent grant of planning permission ultra vires — Whether objectives of environmental assessment met — Court's discretion — Town and Country Planning Act 1990, s 288(5)(b) — Town and Country Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988, reg 4(2) — Council Directive (85/337/EEC), art 2(1)

  TOWN PLANNING — Development — Environment assessment — Urban development project — Proposed stadium redevelopment encroaching on river bank — Secretary of State holding public inquiry where documents available setting out environmental issues — Failure by Secretary of State to consider whether environmental assessment procedure necessary — Whether subsequent grant of planning permission ultra vires — Whether objectives of environmental assessment met — Court's discretion — Town and Country Planning Act 1990, s 288(5)(b) — Town and Country Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988, reg 4(2) — Council Directive 85/337/EEC, art 2(1)

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 EU Enactment considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered