The claimant sought payment under section 25 from the defendant football club for the costs of policing football matches. The defendant said that the sums were not due since the events had been over-policed, and had not been agreed or requested. Held: The club occupied strictly onlt the stadium itself and implied rights of access. … Continue reading Greater Manchester Police v Wigan Athletic AFC Ltd: ChD 21 Dec 2007
The parties disputed the amounts payable by a football club to the police for the attendance of police officers at matches. The defendant appealed against a finding that it had requested the services for which charges had been made under section 25 of the 1996 Act. The judge had acted on the basis that a … Continue reading Greater Manchester Police v Wigan Athletic AFC Ltd: CA 19 Dec 2008
Where the correctness of a finding of primary fact or of inference is in issue (on appeal), it cannot be a matter of simple discretion how an appellate court approaches the matter. Once the appellant has shown a real prospect (justifying permission to appeal) that a finding or inference is wrong, the role of an … Continue reading Todd v Adams and Chope (Trading as Trelawney Fishing Co) (The “Margaretha Maria”): CA 2002
References: [2002] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 293, [2002] EWCA Civ 509, [2002] 2 All ER (Comm) 97 Links: Bailii Coram: Mance LJ, Thorpe LJ, Neuberger J Where the correctness of a finding of primary fact or of inference is in issue (on appeal), it cannot be a matter of simple discretion how an appellate court approaches … Continue reading Todd v Adams and Chope (Trading as Trelawney Fishing Co) (The ‘Margaretha Maria’): CA 2002
