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14 Apr 2008, 1:32 am
National Westminster Bank plc v King Chancery Division “The High Court's power of transfer under section 40(2) of the County Courts Act 1984 was not limited to cases which would otherwise be within a county court's jurisdiction. [read post]
3 May 2012, 2:09 am by sally
Regina (Berky) v Newport City Council [2012] EWCA Civ 378; [2012] WLR (D) 128 “Section 31(6) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 did not give the High Court power to prevent a valid claim for judicial review based on European Union law and brought within the three-month time limit provided by CPR r 54.5(1). [read post]
5 Apr 2012, 2:52 am by sally
Secretary of State for the Home Department v CB and another [2012] EWCA Civ 418; [2012] WLR (D) 112 “Where a court made a non-derogating control order in proceedings against a person under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, it had no jurisdiction to order a permanent stay of such proceedings under the Act nor under its case management powers in the Civil Procedure Rules, unless the controlled person requested such a course of action.” WLR Daily, 3rd April 2012… [read post]
13 May 2008, 1:42 am
Gregson v HAE Trustees Ltd and Others [2008] EWHC 1006 (Ch); [2008] WLR (D) 146 “The duty in s 4(2) of the Trustee Act 2000 (‘the Act') was a separate and independent duty, which was not restricted to exercises of the power of investment. [read post]
2 Aug 2012, 3:00 am by sally
Hughes and others v Bourne and others [2012] EWHC 2232 (Ch); [2012] WLR (D) 242 “The personal representatives’ power of appropriation under section 41(1) of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 was not confined to transactions of a contractual or quasi-contractual nature. [read post]
14 Jan 2009, 1:34 am
Regina (Shields) v Secretary of State for Justice Queen’s Bench Divisional Court “The Secretary of State for Justice did have power and jurisdiction to consider granting a pardon under the Royal Prerogative in respect of a person convicted and sentenced in a foreign court but transferred to the United Kingdom to serve his sentence. [read post]
26 May 2009, 3:35 am
Gresham International Ltd and others v Moonie and others [2009] EWHC 1093 (Ch); [2009] WLR (D) 168 “The court had power, under its supervisory role of compulsory winding up and bankruptcy, to make orders that would effectively grant retrospective sanction to a liquidator who had issued proceedings in her name without first obtaining the sanction of [...] [read post]
13 Mar 2009, 3:28 am
Service of Northern Ireland; M v Same [2009] UKHL 15; [2009] WLR(D) 90 “The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (’RIPA’) permitted covert surveillance of communications between lawyers and their clients covered by legal professional privilege and notwithstanding any statutory rights of persons in custody to consult privately with their lawyers. [read post]
7 Jun 2012, 3:04 am by sally
Cherry Tree Investments Ltd v Landmain Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 736; [2012] WLR (D) 170 “Where it was alleged that a registered charge included an extended power of sale which was included in a facility agreement but was not referred to in the charge, the correct approach was to bring a properly pleaded and proved claim for rectification of the charge, not to seek to apply a ‘corrective construction’ of the charge by reference to extrinsic material. [read post]
20 Mar 2009, 3:37 am
Rottmann v Brittain; In re Rottmann (a bankrupt); [2009] WLR (D) 101 “The court had power to suspend the public examination of a bankrupt pursuant to s 290 of the Insolvency Act 1986 and order the examination to be conducted in private where foreign criminal proceedings had been instituted against the bankrupt. [read post]
21 May 2007, 3:18 am
Housden and another v. the Conservators of Wimbledon and Putney Commons “Where the capacity or power of the servient owner derived from a statute which rendered it unlawful for him to grant a particular easement no such right could be acquired by prescription under s 2 of the Prescription Act 1832. [read post]
25 Mar 2008, 4:47 am
Giles v Rhind and Another (No 2) Court of Appeal “The court had power to extend the limitation period where a party, allegedly in breach of duty, had entered into a transaction defrauding creditors. [read post]
5 Aug 2008, 8:23 am
Regina (A) v Director of Establishments of the Security Service Queen’s Bench Division “The Investigatory Powers Tribunal did not have exclusive jurisdiction where a claim that a public authority proposed to act in a way incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights brought up matters within its purview. [read post]
15 Jun 2017, 2:43 am by Human Rights at Home Blog
by Rachel Rosenbloom, Professor, Northeastern University School of Law, guest contributor The Supreme Court’s decision in Sessions v. [read post]
3 Jan 2017, 10:27 am by Howard Wasserman
At SCOTUBlog, I have a preview of next week's argument in Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. [read post]