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Consumer Council for Postal Services (Postwatch), Regina (on the Application of) v Postal Services Commission and Another: Admn 19 Dec 2005

Judicial review was granted of the decision of the respondent not to penalise Royal Mail (for which it was regulator) for its failure to meet its service standards. Citations: [2005] EWHC 3163 (Admin) Links: Bailii Statutes: Postal Services Act 2000 22 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Cited by: Appeal from – Royal Mail Group Plc v … Continue reading Consumer Council for Postal Services (Postwatch), Regina (on the Application of) v Postal Services Commission and Another: Admn 19 Dec 2005

Royal Mail Group Plc, Regina (on the Application Of) v Postal Services Commission: Admn 13 Mar 2007

Judges: Mitting J Citations: [2007] EWHC 635 (Admin) Links: Bailii Statutes: Postal Services Act 2000 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Licensing Updated: 10 July 2022; Ref: scu.251156

Royal Mail Group Plc v The Consumer Council for Postal Services: CA 7 Mar 2007

The Royal Mail appealed a grant of judicial review of the decision of the Post regulator not to penalise the company for its failure to meet its service conditions as regards enforcement of credit terms for bulk mail customers. Held: The natural meaning of clause 20(b) of the statutory licence is that Royal Mail is … Continue reading Royal Mail Group Plc v The Consumer Council for Postal Services: CA 7 Mar 2007

Royal Mail Group Plc v The Postal Services Commission: Admn 25 May 2007

Application, lodged as an appeal, seeking to quash a financial penalty of andpound;1 million imposed by the Respondent upon the appellants for breaches of the licence granted by Postcomm to the appellants. Postcomm is the body constituted under the 2000 Act, which is responsible for granting licences to enable persons to ‘convey a letter from … Continue reading Royal Mail Group Plc v The Postal Services Commission: Admn 25 May 2007

Royal Mail Group Plc v The Postal Services Commission: CA 5 Feb 2008

Appeal from a decision declining to quash a penalty of pounds 9.62 million imposed on Royal Mail Group Plc by the Postal Services Commission. The penalty was imposed for breaches by Royal Mail of conditions of the licence which required it to use all reasonable endeavours to apply its mail integrity procedures and to establish … Continue reading Royal Mail Group Plc v The Postal Services Commission: CA 5 Feb 2008

Royal Mail Group Ltd v Allen and Another: Admn 3 Feb 2012

The defendant had been convicted on his plea of guilty to offences under section 83(1). As a postman he had diverted postal packets given to him for delivery. The judge later became concerned at the correctness of the plea which required the defendant to be a person ‘engaged in the business of a postal operator’ … Continue reading Royal Mail Group Ltd v Allen and Another: Admn 3 Feb 2012

Four Seasons Holdings Incorporated v Brownlie: SC 19 Dec 2017

The claimant and her family were in a car crash while on holiday in Egypt. The claimant’s husband and his daughter died. The holiday had been booked in England and the car excursion booked in advance from England. The hotel operator was incorporated in Canada, and denied that the English court had jurisdiction. Each party … Continue reading Four Seasons Holdings Incorporated v Brownlie: SC 19 Dec 2017

Nzolameso v City of Westminster: SC 2 Apr 2015

The court was asked ‘When is it lawful for a local housing authority to accommodate a homeless person a long way away from the authority’s own area where the homeless person was previously living? ‘ The claimant said that on applying for housing she had been rehoused outside the Borough and that the Coucil had … Continue reading Nzolameso v City of Westminster: SC 2 Apr 2015

Regina v Secretary of State for The Home Department Ex Parte Simms: HL 8 Jul 1999

Ban on Prisoners talking to Journalists unlawful The two prisoners, serving life sentences for murder, had had their appeals rejected. They continued to protest innocence, and sought to bring their campaigns to public attention through the press, having oral interviews with journalists without undertakings from the journalists not to publish any element of the interview. … Continue reading Regina v Secretary of State for The Home Department Ex Parte Simms: HL 8 Jul 1999

Regina v Secretary of State for The Home Department Ex Parte Simms: HL 11 Feb 1999

The two prisoners, serving life sentences for murder, had had their appeals rejected. They continued to protest innocence, and sought to bring their campaigns to public attention through the press, having oral interviews with journalists without . .