Results: 424

• Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza

  05 Nov 2002 [2002] EWCA Civ 1533; [2003] Ch 380; [2003] 2 WLR 478; [2002] 4 All ER 1162; [2003] 1 FLR 468, CA

  21 Jun 2004 [2004] UKHL 30; [2004] 2 AC 557; [2004] 3 WLR 113; [2004] 3 All ER 411; [2004] 2 FLR 600, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 23 positive; 8 neutral; 2 negative; most recently considered: 2021. Subsequent citations: 460.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Rent restriction — Death of tenant
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Rent restriction — Death of tenant — Man living with tenant in homosexual relationship — Whether living with tenant as “his … wife or husband” — Whether becoming statutory tenant or only entitled to assured tenancy by succession — No reasonable justification for discrimination against same-sex relationships — Whether legislation to be read and given effect in way compatible with Convention rights — Rent Act 1977 (as amended by Housing Act 1980, s 76(1) and Housing Act 1988, s 39(2), Sch 4, paras 2, 3), Sch 1, paras 2(2), 3(1) — Human Rights Act 1998, s 3, Sch 1, Pt I, art 14

  6 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered
• Giles v Rhind

  17 Oct 2002 [2002] EWCA Civ 1428; [2003] Ch 618; [2003] 2 WLR 237; [2002] 4 All ER 977; [2003] 1 BCLC 1, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral; 1 negative; most recently considered: 2020. Subsequent citations: 36.
  COMPANY — Shareholder — Rights
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  COMPANY — Shareholder — Rights — Action by company for damages for breach of covenant — Breach of covenant resulting in failure of company's business — Action discontinued by reason of company's impecuniosity — Subsequent action by director shareholder in respect of loss of future remuneration and value of shareholding — Whether losses merely reflective of company's losses — Whether director shareholder's losses recoverable

  2 Case(s) considered
• In re Deep Vein Thrombosis and Air Travel Group Litigation

  20 Dec 2002 [2002] EWHC 2825 (QB); [2003] 1 All ER 935; [2003] 1 All ER (Comm) 418, QBD

  03 Jul 2003 [2003] EWCA Civ 1005; [2004] QB 234; [2003] 3 WLR 956; [2004] 1 All ER 445; [2004] 1 All ER (Comm) 459, CA

  14 Jul 2004 (pet all) [2004] 1 WLR 2110, HL(E)

  08 Dec 2005 [2005] UKHL 72; [2006] 1 AC 495; [2005] 3 WLR 1320; [2006] 1 All ER 786; [2006] 1 All ER (Comm) 313; [2006] 1 Lloyd's Rep 231, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 15.
  AIRCRAFT — Carriage by air — Accident

  HUMAN RIGHTS — International treaty — Compatibility
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  AIRCRAFT — Carriage by air — Accident — Passenger suffering deep vein thrombosis during normal flight — Passenger's claim under Convention that bodily injury caused by “accident” — Whether carrier's assumed failure to warn of risks of injury and provision of cramped seating capable of constituting “accident” — Carriage by Air Act 1961, Sch 1, art 17

  HUMAN RIGHTS — International treaty — Compatibility — Duty of court to read and give effect to legislation in manner compatible with Convention rights — Whether applying to international treaties given force by statute — Human Rights Act 1998, s 3(1)

  AIRCRAFT — Carriage by air — Accident — Passenger suffering deep vein thrombosis during normal flight — Passenger's claim under Convention that bodily injury caused by “accident” — Whether carrier's assumed failure to warn of risks of injury and provision of cramped seating capable of constituting “accident” — Carriage by Air Act 1961, Sch 1, Pt I, art 17

  8 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered
• Crosbie v Munroe

  14 Mar 2003 [2003] EWCA Civ 350; [2003] 1 WLR 2033; [2003] 2 All ER 856; [2003] RTR 507, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 7.
  COSTS — Assessment — Costs-only proceedings
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  COSTS — Assessment — Costs-only proceedings — Claimant bringing costs-only proceedings to recover costs of substantive claim — Defendant making inclusive offer to pay claimant's costs — Whether costs-only proceedings “gave rise to the assessment proceedings” — Whether defendant's offer including costs of both substantive and costs-only proceedings — CPR r 47.19

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Mirvahedy v Henley

  21 Nov 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 1749; [2002] QB 769; [2002] 2 WLR 566, CA (Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss P, Hale and Keene LJJ)

  18 Apr 2002 (pet all) [2002] 1 WLR 1346, HL(E) (Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord Hope of Craighead and Lord Scott of Foscote)

  20 Mar 2003 [2003] UKHL 16; [2003] 2 AC 491; [2003] 2 WLR 882; [2003] 2 All ER 401; [2003] RTR 371, HL(E) (Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord Slynn of Hadley, Lord Hobhouse of Woodborough, Lord Scott of Foscote and Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 10.
  ANIMAL — Horse — Characteristics
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  ANIMAL — Horse — Characteristics — Frightened horse escaping from field and colliding with car on highway causing injury to driver — Whether due to characteristics found in species in particular circumstances — Whether keeper liable — Animals Act 1971, s 2(2)

  7 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• R (Bloggs 61) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

  18 Jun 2003 [2003] EWCA Civ 686; [2003] 1 WLR 2724, CA

  21 Jan 2004 (pet dis) [2004] 1 WLR 440, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 24.
  PRISONS — Prisoners’ rights — Protected witness unit
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  PRISONS — Prisoners’ rights — Protected witness unit — Prisoner in protected witness unit having informed on well known drugs trafficker — Police assurance that he would serve entire sentence in unit — Prison Service ordering prisoner's transfer to mainstream prison conditions — Whether violating prisoner's legitimate expectation — Whether breaching right to life — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 2

  5 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Coxall v Goodyear Great Britain Ltd

  22 Jul 2002 [2002] EWCA Civ 1010; [2003] 1 WLR 536; [2003] ICR 152, CA

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  NEGLIGENCE — Duty of care to whom? — Employee
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  NEGLIGENCE — Duty of care to whom? — Employee — Employee contracting asthma at work — Employers aware of risk to employee's health — Whether in breach of duty in allowing employee to continue in job

  3 Case(s) considered

• Habton Farms v Nimmo

  06 Feb 2003 [2003] EWCA Civ 68; [2004] QB 1; [2003] 3 WLR 633; [2003] 1 All ER 1136; [2003] 2 All ER (Comm) 109, CA

  Subsequent citations: 4.
  DAMAGES — Agency — Breach of warranty of authority
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  DAMAGES — Agency — Breach of warranty of authority — Defendant purporting to contract to buy racehorse on behalf of principal — Principal refusing to accept racehorse — Seller treating contract as valid — Horse dying while still in seller's possession — Whether defendant liable for breach of warranty of authority — Appropriate measure of damages

  6 Case(s) considered
• Runa Begum v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

  06 Mar 2002 [2002] EWCA Civ 239; [2002] 1 WLR 2491; [2002] 2 All ER 668; [2002] LGR 417, CA

  13 Feb 2003 (First Secretary of State intervening) [2003] UKHL 5; [2003] 2 AC 430; [2003] 2 WLR 388; [2003] 1 All ER 731; [2003] LGR 205; [2003] HLR 32, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 10 positive; 9 neutral; 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 175.
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Homeless persons — Refusal of offer of accommodation
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  LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Homeless persons — Refusal of offer of accommodation — Local authority officer reviewing offer and concluding that accommodation suitable — Homeless person appealing to county court — Whether statutory scheme for review and appeal compatible with homeless person's right to fair determination of civil rights — Housing Act 1996, ss 202, 204 — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 6(1) — Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Allocation of Housing and Homelessness Functions) Order 1996, art 3

  10 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• R v J

  20 Dec 2002 [2002] EWCA Crim 2983; [2003] 1 WLR 1590; [2003] 1 All ER 518; [2003] 2 Cr App R 134, CA

  14 Oct 2004 [2004] UKHL 42; [2005] 1 AC 562; [2004] 3 WLR 1019; [2005] 1 All ER 1; [2005] 1 Cr App R 277, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 22.
  CRIME — Sexual offences — Indecent assault
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  CRIME — Sexual offences — Indecent assault — Abuse of process — Defendant charged with indecent assault — Charges based on acts amounting to unlawful sexual intercourse — Time limit for prosecuting unlawful sexual intercourse expired — Whether charges of indecent assault precluded — Sexual Offences Act 1956, ss 6(1), 14(1), Sch 2, para 10(a)

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered