Progress Property Company Limited v Moorgarth Group Limited
Progress Property Company Limited v Moorgarth Group Limited before Lord Phillips, PresidentLord WalkerLord ManceLord CollinsLord Clarke JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 8 December 2010 Heard on 5 October 2010 AppellantMatthew Collings QCGabrielle Higgins(Instructed by Seddons Solicitors) RespondentJohn McGhee QCRichard Fowler(Instructed by Eversheds LLP) LORD WALKER The issue “Whether or not the transaction is a distribution to shareholders does not […]
The Child Poverty Action Group v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Child Poverty Action Group v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions before Lord Phillips, PresidentLord RodgerLord BrownLord KerrSir John Dyson, SCJ JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 8 December 2010 Heard on 25 October 2010 AppellantJames Eadie QCAndrew Henshaw(Instructed by DWP/DH Legal Services) RespondentRichard Drabble QCRichard Turney(Instructed by Child Poverty Action Group) LORD BROWN “where a benefit falling […]
Spiller and another v Joseph and others
Spiller and another v Joseph and others before Lord Phillips, PresidentLord RodgerLord WalkerLord BrownSir John Dyson, SCJ JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 1 December 2010 Heard on 26 and 27 July 2010 AppellantDavid Price Solicitor(Advocate of David Price Solicitors & Advocates) RespondentsWilliam Bennett(Instructed by Pattinson & Brewer) IntervenersAndrew Caldecott QCSarah Palin(Instructed by Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP) LORD […]
R v Chaytor and others
R v Chaytor and others before Lord Phillips, PresidentLord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord RodgerLady HaleLord BrownLord ManceLord CollinsLord KerrLord Clarke REASONS GIVEN ON 1 December 2010 FOR THE ORDER MADE ON 10 November 2010 Heard on 18 and 19 October 2010 First AppellantNigel Pleming QCJulian Knowles(Instructed by Steel & Shamash Solicitors) Second AppellantEdward Fitzgerald QCJoseph Middleton(Instructed […]
Holland v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and another
Holland v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and another before Lord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord WalkerLord CollinsLord ClarkeLord Saville JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 24 November 2010 Heard on 21 and 22 July 2010 AppellantMichael Green QCAdam Sher(Instructed by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) RespondentPeter Knox QCAidan CaseyHelen Pugh(Instructed by Neil Myerson Solicitors) LORD HOPE their collective […]
Royal Bank of Scotland plc v John Patrick McCormack Wilson and another (Scotland)
Royal Bank of Scotland plc v Francis John Wilson and another (Scotland) before Lord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord RodgerLord WalkerLady HaleLord Clarke JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 24 November 2010 Heard on 13 and 14 October 2010 AppellantAlan A Summers QCJohn P Robertson(Instructed by Aitken Nairn WS) RespondentRhoderick R McIlvrideJohn Paul Sheridan(Instructed by Anderson Fyfe LLP) LORD RODGER […]
Royal Bank of Scotland plc v John Patrick McCormack Wilson and another (Scotland)
Royal Bank of Scotland plc (Respondent) v Francis John Wilson and another (Appellants) (Scotland) before Lord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord RodgerLord WalkerLady HaleLord Clarke JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 24 November 2010 Heard on 13 and 14 October 2010 AppellantAlan A Summers QCJohn P Robertson(Instructed by Aitken Nairn WS) RespondentRhoderick R McIlvrideJohn Paul Sheridan(Instructed by Anderson Fyfe LLP) […]
MA (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
MA (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department before Lord Phillips, PresidentLord WalkerLady HaleLord ManceSir John Dyson, SCJ JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 24 November 2010 Heard on 11 October 2010 AppellantElisabeth Laing QCDeok Joo Rhee(Instructed by Treasury Solicitor) RespondentRichard Drabble QCGraham Denholm(Instructed by CLC Solicitors) SIR JOHN DYSON SCJ (delivering the judgment of the court) (ii) […]
R v Maxwell
R v Maxwell before Lord RodgerLord BrownLord ManceLord CollinsLord Dyson DECISION GIVEN ON 17 November 2010 JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 20 JULY 2011 Heard on 19 and 20 July 2010 AppellantPatrick O’Connor QCMathew Sherratt(Instructed by Harrison Bundey) RespondentDavid Perry QCLouis Mably(Instructed by Crown Prosecution Service) LORD DYSON Introduction “Where the Court of Appeal allow an appeal against conviction […]
Multi-Link Leisure Developments Limited v North Lanarkshire Council (Scotland)
Multi-Link Leisure Developments Limited v North Lanarkshire Council (Scotland) before Lord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord RodgerLady HaleLord ClarkeSir John Dyson, SCJ JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 17 November 2010 Heard on 12 October 2010 AppellantStuart Gale QCWilliam Frain-Bell(Instructed by Anderson Fyfe LLP) RespondentJames Mure QCJames Findlay(Instructed by Dundas & Wilson CS LLP) LORD HOPE The factual background option clause itself. […]