Results: 46

• Sutton v Sutton

  10 Jun 1983 [1984] Ch 184; [1984] 2 WLR 146; [1984] 1 All ER 168, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 8.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Agreement
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Agreement — Public policy — Oral agreement for husband to transfer property to wife — Wife consenting to divorce and foregoing maintenance — Part performance — Agreement not subject of court's approval — Whether agreement enforceable

  7 Case(s) considered

• Discount Inter-Shopping Co Ltd v Micrometro Ltd

  08 Dec 1983 [1984] Ch 369; [1984] 2 WLR 919, Ch D

  COPYRIGHT — Infringement — Musical work
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  COPYRIGHT — Infringement — Musical work — Records manufactured without licence — Infringement of musical and literary copyright — Whether owner of musical copyright entitled to statutory royalties in whole or in part — Manufacturer's duty to purchase labels — Copyright Act 1956, s 8(1)(4)(5)(11) — Copyright Royalty System (Records) Regulations 1957, reg 2

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• In re Billson’s Settlement Trusts

  (pet dis) [1984] 2 WLR 973b, HL(E)

  01 Dec 1983 [1984] Ch 409; [1984] 2 WLR 966; [1984] 2 All ER 401, CA

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  LEGITIMACY — Settlement — Disposition
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  LEGITIMACY — Settlement — Disposition — Trust for settlor's grandchildren subject to settlor's son's life interest — Settlor's son marrying after settlement executed — Grandson legitimated by marriage — Whether disposition to grandchild coming into operation after date of legitimation — Legitimacy Act 1926, s 3(1)(b)

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered
• Secretary of State for Defence v Guardian Newspapers Ltd

  16 Dec 1983 [1984] Ch 156; [1984] 2 WLR 268; [1984] 1 All ER 453, CA

  25 Oct 1984 [1985] AC 339; [1984] 3 WLR 986; [1984] 3 All ER 601, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 5 neutral; 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 28.
  CONTEMPT OF COURT — Sources of information — Disclosure

  COPYRIGHT — Crown — Secret document
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  CONTEMPT OF COURT — Sources of information — Disclosure — Secret Crown document — Copy sent to newspaper — Possibility of identification of sender from markings on copy — Newspaper seeking to protect source of information — Whether Crown entitled to immediate return of copy — Whether return of document in “interests of justice or national security” — Contempt of Court Act 1981, s 10

  COPYRIGHT — Crown — Secret document — Copy of document sent to newspaper — Whether Crown to be treated as owner of copy document — Copyright Act 1956, s 18(1)

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• Sybron Corpn v Rochem Ltd

  23 Feb 1983 [1984] Ch 112; [1983] 3 WLR 713; [1983] ICR 801; [1983] 2 All ER 707, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 23.
  EMPLOYMENT — Contract of employment — Implied term
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  EMPLOYMENT — Contract of employment — Implied term — Duty to disclose misconduct — Manager and other employees conspiring against company — Retirement of manager on company pension — Company claiming pension paid under mistake of fact — Whether manager under duty to disclose conspiracy against company

  2 Case(s) considered

• In re Rudd & Son Ltd

  08 Feb 1984 [1984] Ch 237; [1984] 2 WLR 831; [1984] 3 All ER 225, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  PARTNERSHIP — Dissolution — Insolvency
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  PARTNERSHIP — Dissolution — Insolvency — Companies in partnership subject to creditors' voluntary winding up — Partnership creditors' debts preferential in company winding up — Whether preferential in winding up of partnership — Bankruptcy Act 1914, s 33(6)

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered
• Turner v Turner

  01 Mar 1983 [1984] Ch 100; [1983] 3 WLR 896; [1983] 2 All ER 745, Ch D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 18.
  TRUSTS — Power of advancement — Exercise of power
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  TRUSTS — Power of advancement — Exercise of power — Trustees exercising power on direction of settlor — Trustees' failure to read or understand documents before signing — Whether valid exercise of power

  3 Case(s) considered

• In re Bunning, decd (Bunning v Salmon)

  08 Feb 1984 [1984] Ch 480; [1984] 3 WLR 265; [1984] 3 All ER 1; (1984) 128 SJ 516, Ch D (Vinelott J)

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  FAMILY PROVISION — Widow — Reasonable financial provision
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  FAMILY PROVISION — Widow — Reasonable financial provision — Desertion by widow four years before testator's death — Substantial gifts to her during testator's life — Substantial gifts to charity — No other dependants — Appropriate lump sum to be awarded — Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (c 63), ss 1(2), 3(2)

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• Di Palma v Victoria Square Property Co Ltd (Victoria Square Property Co Ltd v Di Palma)

  21 Dec 1983 [1984] Ch 346; [1984] 2 WLR 761; [1984] 2 All ER 92, Ch D

  01 May 1985 [1986] Ch 150; [1985] 3 WLR 207; [1985] 2 All ER 676, CA

  17 Jul 1985 (pet dis) [1985] 1 WLR 974, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 5.
  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Forfeiture of lease — Relief from forfeiture

  LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — County court
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  LANDLORD AND TENANT — Forfeiture of lease — Relief from forfeiture — Non-payment of rent — Possession obtained under county court order — Subsequent payment of arrears — Tenant's application to Chancery Division for relief from forfeiture — Whether jurisdiction in High Court to grant relief — County Courts Act 1959, s 191(1)(c)

  LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — County court — Forfeiture of lease for non-payment of rent — Discretion to grant relief

  5 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Digital Equipment Corpn v Darkcrest Ltd

  21 Mar 1984 [1984] Ch 512; [1984] 3 WLR 617; [1984] 3 All ER 381, Ch D

  Subsequent citations: 7.
  PRACTICE — Discovery — Anton Piller order
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  PRACTICE — Discovery — Anton Piller order — Cross-undertaking in damages — Allegation by defendants that order obtained on misleading evidence — Counterclaim in damages not based on cross-undertaking — Application to strike out — Whether counterclaim disclosing cause of action

  5 Case(s) considered