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
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
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
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
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Professional Regulation Citations: [2019] UKFTT PR – 2018 – 0048 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 83 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Landlord and Tenant, Consumer Updated: 27 June 2022; Ref: scu.636110
Citations: [2019] UKFTT PR – 2019 – 0021 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 83(2) 83(3) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Housing Updated: 09 June 2022; Ref: scu.648203
Professional Regulation Citations: [2018] UKFTT PR – 2018 – 0044 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 83 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Housing Updated: 30 May 2022; Ref: scu.634277
Citations: [2018] UKFTT PR – 2018 – 0008 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 83 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Housing Updated: 30 May 2022; Ref: scu.634257
Professional Regulation Citations: [2018] UKFTT PR – 2018 – 0017 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 83 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Housing Updated: 29 May 2022; Ref: scu.634273
Professional Regulation Citations: [2018] UKFTT PR – 2018 – 0054 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 83 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Housing Updated: 16 May 2022; Ref: scu.634275
Professional Regulation Citations: [2018] UKFTT PR – 2018 – 0009 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 83 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Housing Updated: 16 May 2022; Ref: scu.634258
Citations: [2018] UKFTT PR – 2018 – 0002 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 83 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Housing Updated: 25 April 2022; Ref: scu.619941
Citations: [2018] UKFTT PR – 2018 – 0010 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 83 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Housing Updated: 25 April 2022; Ref: scu.619940
Citations: [2018] UKFTT PR – 2018 – 0007 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 83 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Housing Updated: 25 April 2022; Ref: scu.619939
Letting agent – failure to publicise fees. Citations: [2018] UKFTT PR – 2018 – 0006 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 83 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Housing Updated: 25 April 2022; Ref: scu.619938
Appeal against penalties Citations: [2018] UKFTT PR – 2018 – 0001 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 83 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Housing Updated: 25 April 2022; Ref: scu.619937
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
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
Citations: [2019] UKFTT PR – 2019 – 0035 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 83(2) 83(3) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Housing, Consumer Updated: 22 April 2022; Ref: scu.648204
Citations: [2019] UKFTT PR – 2019 – 0028 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 83 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Consumer, Housing Updated: 22 April 2022; Ref: scu.648219
Judges: Judge Jacqueline Findlay Citations: [2018] UKFTT PR – 2019 – 0033 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 83 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Housing Updated: 16 April 2022; Ref: scu.648208
Citations: [2017] UKFTT PR – 2016 – 0046 Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 83 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Housing, Consumer Updated: 30 March 2022; Ref: scu.595892
Letting Agent’s appeal against notice imposing 10,000 pound penalty for breaches of notice requirements under 2015 Act. Held: Allowed in part Citations: [2017] UKFTT PR-2017-0006 (GRC Links: Bailii Statutes: Consumer Rights Act 2015 83 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Housing, Crime Updated: 28 March 2022; Ref: scu.591389
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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