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Sea Shepherd UK v Fish and Fish Ltd: SC 4 Mar 2015

Accessory Liability in Tort The court considered the concept of accessory liability in tort. Activists had caused damage to vessels of the respondent which was transporting live tuna in cages, and had caused considerable damage. The appellant company owned the ship from which the attacks were made, but denied direct involvement in or responsibility for … Continue reading Sea Shepherd UK v Fish and Fish Ltd: SC 4 Mar 2015

Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board: SC 11 Mar 2015

Change in Doctors’ Information Obligations The pursuer claimed that her obstetrician had been negligent, after her son suffered severe injury at birth. The baby faced a birth with shoulder dystocia – the inability of the shoulders to pass through the pelvis. The consultant considered that a vaginal birth was preferable and did not given advice … Continue reading Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board: SC 11 Mar 2015

Cavendish Square Holding Bv v Talal El Makdessi; ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis: SC 4 Nov 2015

The court reconsidered the law relating to penalty clauses in contracts. The first appeal, Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdessi, raised the issue in relation to two clauses in a substantial commercial contract. The second appeal, ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis, raised the issue at a consumer level, with a separate issue under the … Continue reading Cavendish Square Holding Bv v Talal El Makdessi; ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis: SC 4 Nov 2015

Sanchez Morcillo And Abril Garcia v Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA: ECJ 16 Jul 2015

Order – Preliminary reference – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court – Directive 93/13 / EEC – Article 7 – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Articles 7 and 47 – Contracts concluded with consumers – mortgage agreement – Unfair terms – foreclosure procedure – Appeal Right of … Continue reading Sanchez Morcillo And Abril Garcia v Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA: ECJ 16 Jul 2015

Haldimann And Others v Switzerland: ECHR 24 Feb 2015

ECHR Article 10-1 Freedom of expression Freedom to impart information Fine imposed on opposition MPs for showing billboards during parliamentary votes: violation Facts – All four applicants are journalists. In 2003 the fourth applicant organised an interview with an insurance broker, posing as a potential customer. The interview was recorded without the broker knowing. He … Continue reading Haldimann And Others v Switzerland: ECHR 24 Feb 2015

CBS Songs Ltd v Amstrad Consumer Electronics Plc: CA 1987

Persons other than the Attorney General do not have standing to enforce, through a civil court, the observance of the criminal law as such. However, Sir Denys Buckley considered that such a claim might be maintained as a representative action because, as in Duke of Bedford: ‘the plaintiffs, and all the persons whom they purport … Continue reading CBS Songs Ltd v Amstrad Consumer Electronics Plc: CA 1987

CBS Songs Ltd v Amstrad Consumer Electronics Plc: HL 12 May 1988

The plaintiffs as representatives sought to restrain Amstrad selling equipment with two cassette decks without taking precautions which would reasonably ensure that their copyrights would not be infringed by its users. Held: Amstrad could only be liable as a joint tortfeasor. If they were not a joint tortfeasor they would be under no tortious liability. … Continue reading CBS Songs Ltd v Amstrad Consumer Electronics Plc: HL 12 May 1988

Starbucks (HK) Ltd and Another v British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc and Others: SC 13 May 2015

The court was asked whether, as the appellants contended, a claimant who is seeking to maintain an action in passing off need only establish a reputation among a significant section of the public within the jurisdiction, or whether, as the courts below held, such a claimant must also establish a business with customers within the … Continue reading Starbucks (HK) Ltd and Another v British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc and Others: SC 13 May 2015

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Kynaston-Mainwaring v GVE London Ltd: CA 19 Oct 2022

Judges: Lord Justice Green Lord Justice Phillips And Lord Justice Snowden Citations: [2022] EWCA Civ 1339 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Citing: Cited – Thomson v Christie Manson and Woods Ltd and Another CA 12-May-2005 Claim against auctioneers – antique vases – possible copies. Both parties appealed against elements … Continue reading Kynaston-Mainwaring v GVE London Ltd: CA 19 Oct 2022

City of York Council, Regina (on The Application of) v Auh and Others: CACD 9 Aug 2022

Does paragraph 46(1) of schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (‘the 2015 Act’) confer power upon a local authority to prosecute consumer offences irrespective of a connection with the area? Alternatively, is that power governed by section 222(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 (‘the 1972 Act’) (a general power to prosecute and … Continue reading City of York Council, Regina (on The Application of) v Auh and Others: CACD 9 Aug 2022

Soleymani v Nifty Gateway Llc: CA 6 Oct 2022

Judges: Lord Justice Popplewell Lord Justice Birss And Lord Justice Snowden Citations: [2022] EWCA Civ 1297 Links: Bailii Statutes: Arbitration Act 1996, Consumer Rights Act 2015, Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Arbitration, Consumer, Jurisdiction Updated: 07 October 2022; Ref: scu.681445

Janwing Cleaning Services Ltd Trading As Holmes v London Borough of Lambeth: FTTGRC 14 Oct 2019

Appeal against a Final Notice issued by the Council, in which the Council imposed a financial penalty of pounds 5,000 on the Appellant for failures to display a list of fees and a statement concerning membership of a client money protection scheme. Citations: [2019] UKFTT PR – 2019 – 0040 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights … Continue reading Janwing Cleaning Services Ltd Trading As Holmes v London Borough of Lambeth: FTTGRC 14 Oct 2019

London Corporate Apartments Ltd v London Borough of Tower Hamlets – Tower Hamlets Council Trading Standards: FTTGRC 8 Nov 2017

Appeal from a financial penalty of pounds 5,000 on the Appellant company for operating as a letting agent without being a member of an approved redress scheme. Citations: [2017] UKFTT PR – 2017 – 0013 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Housing Updated: 14 August 2022; Ref: scu.644307

Hexlink Ltd T/A Excel Property v London Borough of Camden: FTTGRC 12 Jun 2018

Professional Regulation – failure to publicise details of the client money protection scheme Citations: [2018] UKFTT PR – 2017 – 0041 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 83(6) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Consumer, Landlord and Tenant, Housing Updated: 24 April 2022; Ref: scu.618879

Witney Properties Ltd v West Oxfordshire District Council: FTTGRC 15 Feb 2018

Appeal against a Final Notice imposing a financial penalty of 5,000 pounds on the Appellant company for undertaking property management or letting agency work without being a member of a government approved redress scheme. Held: Refused Citations: [2018] UKFTT PR – 2017 – 0016 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 Sch 9 Jurisdiction: England … Continue reading Witney Properties Ltd v West Oxfordshire District Council: FTTGRC 15 Feb 2018

The Vita Property Group v London Borough of Camden: FTTGRC 19 Apr 2018

Professional Regulation – alleged failure to publish full details of agents tenant fees on their website and details of agents landlord fees on their website Citations: [2018] UKFTT PR – 2017 – 00045 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 83 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Consumer, Housing Updated: 24 April 2022; Ref: scu.618876

Silks Estates (Yorkshire) Ltd v Leeds City Council: FTTGRC 21 Mar 2018

Appeal against a Final Notice in which the Council imposed a financial penalty of 2,500 pounds on the Appellant company for undertaking property management or letting agency work without being a member of a government approved redress scheme. Held: Penalty increased Citations: [2018] UKFTT PR – 2017 – 0043 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act … Continue reading Silks Estates (Yorkshire) Ltd v Leeds City Council: FTTGRC 21 Mar 2018

Station Estates v London Borough of Newham v London Borough of Newham: FTTGRC 9 Jan 2018

Professional Regulation – appeals against a penalty charge of 10,000 pounds related to failure to publicise details of fees and a client money protection statement Citations: [2018] UKFTT PR – 2017 – 0024 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Consumer, Housing Updated: 24 April 2022; Ref: scu.618867

Yasir and Co Ltd v London Borough of Newham: FTTGRC 21 Mar 2018

appeal against a Final Notice in which the Council imposed a financial penalty on the Appellant company for undertaking property management or letting agency work without being a member of a government approved redress scheme. Citations: [2018] UKFTT PR – 2017 – 0031 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Consumer, … Continue reading Yasir and Co Ltd v London Borough of Newham: FTTGRC 21 Mar 2018

Soleymani v Nifty Gateway Llc: ComC 24 Mar 2022

Arbitration jurisdiction applications stayed The claimant sought declaratory relief as to the basis of a purchase after he placed a bid for a blockchain-based non-fungible token (also known as an NFT) associated with an artwork by the artist known as Beeple titled ‘Abundance’. The court was now asked to decide was whether the English court … Continue reading Soleymani v Nifty Gateway Llc: ComC 24 Mar 2022

Green v Petfre (Gibraltar) Ltd (T/A Betfred): QBD 7 Apr 2021

Onerous Contract Terms Unclear – Not Incorporated The claimant said that he had won a substantial sum on the online gaming platform operated by the defendants, but that they had refused to pay up. The defendants said that there had been a glitch in the game. The court faced a request for summary judgment for … Continue reading Green v Petfre (Gibraltar) Ltd (T/A Betfred): QBD 7 Apr 2021

Fish and Fish Ltd v Sea Shepherd UK and Another: AdCt 25 Jun 2012

The claimant company was engaged in tuna fish culture off shore to Malta. The defendant ship was owned by a charity which campaigned against breaches of animal preservation conventions. Fish were being transporting live blue fin tuna in towed underwater cages. The defendant ‘attacked’ the cages causing much damage, on the basis that the fish … Continue reading Fish and Fish Ltd v Sea Shepherd UK and Another: AdCt 25 Jun 2012

Alseran and Others v Ministry of Defence: QBD 14 Dec 2017

Judges: Leggatt J Citations: [2017] EWHC 3289 (QB), [2018] 3 WLR 95, [2017] WLR(D) 837 Links: Bailii, WLRD Statutes: Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984, Cross-Border Mediation (EU Directive) Regulations 2011, Alternative Dispute Resolution for Consumer Disputes (Amendment) Regulations 2015, Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995, European Convention on Human Rights, Human Right Act 1998 … Continue reading Alseran and Others v Ministry of Defence: QBD 14 Dec 2017

Unison, Regina (on The Application of) v The Lord Chancellor and Another: Admn 7 Feb 2014

The claimant challenged the Regulations and Orders charging for the laying of complaints at Employment Tribunals, saying they were mistaken and discriminatory. Held: The challenge failed. The new Order was not in breach of European Union principles of effectiveness or equivalence. Althought the new system was expensive for litigants it was not so to the … Continue reading Unison, Regina (on The Application of) v The Lord Chancellor and Another: Admn 7 Feb 2014

Barnardo’s v Buckinghamshire and Others: SC 7 Nov 2018

The Court considered the interpretation of a clause in a pension scheme trust deed which defines the phrase ‘Retail Prices Index’ and which allows the trustees of the pension scheme to adopt a ‘replacement’ of the officially published Retail Prices Index. Held: The Court of Appeal were right to conclude that the correct interpretation of … Continue reading Barnardo’s v Buckinghamshire and Others: SC 7 Nov 2018

Belegging-en Exploitatiemaatschappij Lavender BV v Witten Industrial Diamonds Ltd: 1979

The defendants sold diamond grit allegedly for the sole purpose of making grinding tools in which it was to be embedded in a resin bond as part of a grinding material patented by the plaintiffs. Held: The defendants could not be infringers unless they ‘sold the grits in circumstances which in some way made them … Continue reading Belegging-en Exploitatiemaatschappij Lavender BV v Witten Industrial Diamonds Ltd: 1979

Imperial Tobacco Ltd v The Lord Advocate: SC 12 Dec 2012

The claimant company said that the 2010 Act was outside the competence of the Scottish Parliament insofar as it severely restricted the capacity of those selling cigarettes to display them for sale. They suggested two faults. First, that the subject matters were reserved to the UK Parliament under the 1998 Act. Second that the Act … Continue reading Imperial Tobacco Ltd v The Lord Advocate: SC 12 Dec 2012

Thoburn v Sunderland City Council etc: Admn 18 Feb 2002

Various shopkeepers appealed convictions for breach of regulations requiring food sold by weight to be described in metric amounts. They claimed that the Regulations made under the 1985 Act, to the extent that they were inconsistent with it impliedly repealed the 1972 Act to that extent (2(2)). Held: The EC Treaty was unlike others in … Continue reading Thoburn v Sunderland City Council etc: Admn 18 Feb 2002

Wilson v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry; Wilson v First County Trust Ltd (No 2): HL 10 Jul 2003

The respondent appealed against a finding that the provision which made a loan agreement completely invalid for lack of compliance with the 1974 Act was itself invalid under the Human Rights Act since it deprived the respondent lender of its property rights. It was also argued that it was not possible to make a declaration … Continue reading Wilson v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry; Wilson v First County Trust Ltd (No 2): HL 10 Jul 2003

Anns and Others v Merton London Borough Council: HL 12 May 1977

The plaintiff bought her apartment, but discovered later that the foundations were defective. The local authority had supervised the compliance with Building Regulations whilst it was being built, but had failed to spot the fault. The authority appealed a finding that it was liable, arguing that the claims were time barred and that it had … Continue reading Anns and Others v Merton London Borough Council: HL 12 May 1977

Donoghue (or M’Alister) v Stevenson: HL 26 May 1932

Decomposed Snail in Ginger Beer Bottle – Liability The appellant drank from a bottle of ginger beer manufactured by the defendant. She suffered injury when she found a half decomposed snail in the liquid. The glass was opaque and the snail could not be seen. The drink had been bought for her by a friend, … Continue reading Donoghue (or M’Alister) v Stevenson: HL 26 May 1932

Yuen Kun-Yeu v Attorney-General of Hong Kong: PC 1987

(Hong Kong) The claimant deposited money with a licensed deposit taker, regulated by the Commissioner. He lost his money when the deposit taker went into insolvent liquidation. He said the regulator was responsible when it should have known of the difficulties. Held: The requirements for a duty of care were a foreseeability of harm, and … Continue reading Yuen Kun-Yeu v Attorney-General of Hong Kong: PC 1987

Emerald Supplies Ltd and Another v British Airways Plc: ChD 8 Apr 2009

The claim was for damages after alleged price fixing by the defendants. The claimants sought to recover for themselves and as representatives of others who had similarly suffered. The defendants sought that the representative element of the claim be struck out, saying that the class purported to be represented had not been sufficently clearly established. … Continue reading Emerald Supplies Ltd and Another v British Airways Plc: ChD 8 Apr 2009

Douglas and others v Hello! Ltd and others; similar: HL 2 May 2007

In Douglas, the claimants said that the defendants had interfered with their contract to provide exclusive photographs of their wedding to a competing magazine, by arranging for a third party to infiltrate and take and sell unauthorised photographs. In OBG, the defendants acted as receivers under an invalid charge, and were accused of unlawful interference … Continue reading Douglas and others v Hello! Ltd and others; similar: HL 2 May 2007

The Koursk: CA 1924

The navigators of two ships had committed two separate torts or one tort in which they were both tortfeasors. Held: Three situations were identified where A might be jointly liable with B for B’s tortious act. Where A was master and B servant; where A was principal and B agent; and where the two were … Continue reading The Koursk: CA 1924

Paragon Finance plc v Nash etc: CA 15 Oct 2001

The court was asked to consider whether there was any implied term limiting the power of a mortgagee to set interest rates under a variable rate mortgage. Held: A loan arrangement which allowed a lender to vary the implied rate of interest, included an implied term not to impose an unreasonable or extortionate rate, nor … Continue reading Paragon Finance plc v Nash etc: CA 15 Oct 2001

Google Spain Sl v Agencia Espanola De Proteccion De Datos (AEPD), Gonzalez: ECJ 13 May 2014

Internet Search Engine – Name Removal ECJ Grand Chamber – Personal data – Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of such data – Directive 95/46/EC – Articles 2, 4, 12 and 14 – Material and territorial scope – Internet search engines – Processing of data contained on websites – Searching for, indexing and … Continue reading Google Spain Sl v Agencia Espanola De Proteccion De Datos (AEPD), Gonzalez: ECJ 13 May 2014

L’Oreal SA, Lancome parfums et beaute and Cie, Laboratoire Garnier and Cie, L’Oreal (UK) Limited v eBay International AG, eBay Europe SARL, eBay (UK) Limited: ECJ 12 Jul 2011

ECJ Grand Chamber – Trade marks – Internet – Offer for sale, on an online marketplace targeted at consumers in the European Union, of trade-marked goods intended, by the proprietor, for sale in third States – Removal of the packaging of the goods – Directive 89/104/EEC – Regulation (EC) No 40/94 – Liability of the … Continue reading L’Oreal SA, Lancome parfums et beaute and Cie, Laboratoire Garnier and Cie, L’Oreal (UK) Limited v eBay International AG, eBay Europe SARL, eBay (UK) Limited: ECJ 12 Jul 2011

Unilever Plc v Gillette (UK) Limited: CA 1989

Unilever claimed infringement of its patent. The court was asked whether there was a good arguable case against the United States parent company of the existing defendant sufficient to justify the parent company to be joined as a defendant and to serve proceedings out of the jurisdiction. Held: Section 60(1) of the 1977 Act, described … Continue reading Unilever Plc v Gillette (UK) Limited: CA 1989

Director General of Fair Trading v First National Bank: HL 25 Oct 2001

The House was asked whether a contractual provision for interest to run after judgment as well as before in a consumer credit contract led to an unfair relationship. Held: The term was not covered by the Act, and was not unfair under the Regulations. It was by way of a default condition, rather than a … Continue reading Director General of Fair Trading v First National Bank: HL 25 Oct 2001

Orakpo v Manson Investments Ltd: HL 1977

Transactions were entered into under which loans were made to enable the borrower to acquire and develop certain properties were held to be unenforceable under the 1927 Act. The effect was to enrich the borrower, who had fallen into arrears of payments of interest and moneys due but was successful in his defence that all … Continue reading Orakpo v Manson Investments Ltd: HL 1977

Marleasing SA v La Comercial Internacional de Alimentacion SA: ECJ 13 Nov 1990

Sympathetic construction of national legislation LMA OVIEDO sought a declaration that the contracts setting up Commercial International were void (a nullity) since they had been drawn up in order to defraud creditors. Commercial International relied on an EC Directive designed to protect companies and third parties from the adverse effects of the doctrine of nullity. … Continue reading Marleasing SA v La Comercial Internacional de Alimentacion SA: ECJ 13 Nov 1990

Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire: HL 28 Apr 1987

No General ty of Care Owed by Police The mother of a victim of the Yorkshire Ripper claimed in negligence against the police alleging that they had failed to satisfy their duty to exercise all reasonable care and skill to apprehend the perpetrator of the murders and to protect members of the public who might … Continue reading Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire: HL 28 Apr 1987

Lumley v Gye: 1853

Inducing breach of contract is a Tort An opera singer (Miss Wagner) and the defendant theatre owner were joint wrongdoers. They had a common design that the opera singer should break her contract with the plaintiff theatre owner, refuse to sing in the plaintiff’s theatre and instead sing in the defendant’s theatre. The plaintiff’s cause … Continue reading Lumley v Gye: 1853

Reports

The English legal system has been producing law reports since time immemorial, and the Scots for even longer. These pages are full of codes making reference to such series, with their wonderful array of abbreviations. You cannot enquire about the law without beginning at least to understand and use them. Here is a brief, but … Continue reading Reports