Court of Appeal (Civil Division) judgments, 1992

8 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 1992
Baker, R (on the Application of) v Devon County Council
[1992] EWCA Civ 16
Before a local authority closes a residential home, procedural fairness ordinarily requires residents to know of the proposal while it remains formative…
10 Nov 1992
Stafford & Anor v Lee & Anor
[1992] EWCA Civ 17
An intended easement may be implied where the parties had a common intention that the land granted should be used in a definite and particular manner, and the…
8 Oct 1992
Blamire v South Cumbria Health Authority
[1992] EWCA Civ 20
In a personal-injury claim, the claimant bears the legal burden of proving both the likely earnings pattern but for the injury and the likely pattern after it.…
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7 Oct 1992
Osman v Ferguson
[1992] EWCA Civ 8
A negligence claim against the police for failing to investigate, apprehend or prevent a known criminal may be barred on public-policy grounds, even where the…
2 Jul 1992
IDC Group Ltd v Clark
[1992] EWCA Civ 14
A professionally drafted deed is ordinarily construed according to the proper legal meaning of its language. The expression grant licence, used for a right to…
16 Jun 1992
Pritchard v Clwyd County Council
[1992] EWCA Civ 22
A transient danger caused by heavy rain or other elements does not, by itself, prove that a highway authority failed to maintain the highway. The claimant must…
19 Mar 1992
Polly Peck International Plc v Asil Nadir (and others)
[1992] EWCA Civ 3
A Mareva injunction preserves a claimant’s chance of enforcing a future judgment. It does not provide security or prevent ordinary business, payment of debts…
12 Feb 1992
Stewart Gill Ltd v Horatio Myer & Co Ltd
[1992] EWCA Civ 6
Under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, a term preventing a customer from withholding payment or relying on equitable set-off may restrict a right or remedy…