Court of Appeal (Civil Division) judgments, 1988

6 judgments, newest first. Open any case for its summary, the legal points it decides and how later courts have treated it.

Date Case Cited by
21 Dec 1988
Fisher v Fisher
[1988] EWCA Civ 4
On an application to vary spousal periodical payments under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, section 31(7), the court must consider all the circumstances and…
 1
29 Nov 1988
McNerny v Lambeth London Borough Council
[1988] EWCA Civ 2
The residual rule in Cavalier v Pope remains binding for an unfurnished letting by a bare landlord. Subject to established exceptions, the landlord owes no…
18 Jul 1988
Coward v Comex Houlder Diving Limited
[1988] EWCA Civ 18
Damages under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 compensate actual dependency, subject to statutory modifications. Conventional percentages are evidential aids, not…
 1
7 Jul 1988
Hayes & Anor v Dodd
[1988] EWCA Civ 8
Where negligent professional advice caused a claimant to enter a transaction that would otherwise never have been made, damages may be assessed on a…
26 May 1988
Meer v London Borough of Tower Hamlets
[1988] EWCA Civ 10
For indirect discrimination under section 1(1)(b) of the Race Relations Act 1976, an employer must have applied a mandatory requirement or condition: a must…
10 May 1988
Re Martin and Another's Application (Application for Judicial Review)
[1988] EWCA Civ 1
Planning permission does not extinguish or override a restrictive covenant created by a planning agreement. Such an agreement operates as an effective…