A company (Monde) claimed that it had been induced by misrepresentation to enter into a termination agreement and sought damages for the termination of a consulting services agreement. Monde was run by the son of a prominent Iraqi politician. It had entered into the consulting agreement with an oil and gas company 
which was … Continue reading MONDE PETROLEUM SA v WESTERNZAGROS LTD (2016)
(1) PERENCO UK LTD (2) SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC v WILLIAM HENRY BOND (2016)
The appellant oil and gas companies (P and S) appealed against an arbitrator's decision concerning the construction of a deed which S had entered into with the respondent landowner. S and P were the successors of companies which had entered into separate agreements with the landowner in 1994, giving them the right to run parallel … Continue reading (1) PERENCO UK LTD (2) SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC v WILLIAM HENRY BOND (2016)
CITY WEST HOUSING TRUST v LINDSEY MASSEY : MANCHESTER & DISTRICT HOUSING ASSOCIATION v VINCENT ROBERTS (2016)
The court considered conjoined appeals arising from county court decisions to grant suspended possession orders in respect of houses being used for the cultivation of cannabis. There were features common to each case. There had been a breach of the tenancy agreement even though the tenants were not primarily responsible for the cannabis cultivation; there … Continue reading CITY WEST HOUSING TRUST v LINDSEY MASSEY : MANCHESTER & DISTRICT HOUSING ASSOCIATION v VINCENT ROBERTS (2016)
GOLDCREST DISTRIBUTION LTD v (1) CHARLES JOSEPH MCCOLE (2) MARY ORR MCCOLE (3) JEREMY WILLMONT (TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF CHARLES JOSEPH MCCOLE) (2016)
The claimant applied for the setting aside of a default judgment entered against it after it failed to file a defence to the second defendant's counterclaim. The claimant had extended credit to a company owned by the second defendant's husband, secured by a charge executed by the couple over their house. When the loan was … Continue reading GOLDCREST DISTRIBUTION LTD v (1) CHARLES JOSEPH MCCOLE (2) MARY ORR MCCOLE (3) JEREMY WILLMONT (TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF CHARLES JOSEPH MCCOLE) (2016)
RE AO (CARE PROCEEDINGS) sub nom LOCAL AUTHORITY v (1) MOTHER (2) FATHER (3) AO (2016)
A local authority applied for a care order in respect of an eight-month-old baby. The baby had been relinquished for adoption by her parents at birth. The parents were Hungarian but had been living in England for some time. The local authority filed the instant application together with a care plan based on a proposal … Continue reading RE AO (CARE PROCEEDINGS) sub nom LOCAL AUTHORITY v (1) MOTHER (2) FATHER (3) AO (2016)
JAMES KEARSEY v NURSING & MIDWIFERY COUNCIL (2016)
A nurse appealed against the respondent NMC's decision to remove him from the medical register for misconduct. The charges proven against the appellant were that he had been convicted of assault by beating his partner, he had failed to report his conviction to his employer or the NMC, and he had knowingly and dishonestly provided … Continue reading JAMES KEARSEY v NURSING & MIDWIFERY COUNCIL (2016)
(1) F (2) S v TH (2016)
The claimants claimed damages as the victims of historic sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated by a priest when they were boys. The claimant brothers alleged that the abuse had occurred between 1979 and 1983 and between 1983 and 1986 respectively. The defendant was sued as the personal representative of the bishop who had been responsible for … Continue reading (1) F (2) S v TH (2016)
R v CASSELL & ANOR (2016)
A trial judge's summing up had contained very serious misdirections involving giving the jury his opinion on the central factual issue in the case in uncompromising terms, rendering the convictions unsafe. It was not clear that any jury acting properly would inevitably have convicted the defendant without the misdirections, so the convictions were not saved … Continue reading R v CASSELL & ANOR (2016)
R (on the application of ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL) v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EDUCATION (2016)
The claimant local authority applied for judicial review of the defendant secretary of state's decision to reduce funding for childcare, quality and access projects that could be carried forward into the following financial year. In November 2007 the secretary of state had announced a new grants scheme known as the Sure Start Early Years Childcare … Continue reading R (on the application of ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL) v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EDUCATION (2016)
R v SHERRIF OKI (2016)
The appellant (O) appealed against a sentence of 10 years and 9 months' imprisonment following guilty pleas to failing to comply with a serious crime prevention order (SCPO) (counts 1 and 2), fraud (count 4), possession of articles for use in a fraud (count 7) and possession of identity documents with improper intention (count 8). … Continue reading R v SHERRIF OKI (2016)
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