Court of Appeal (Civil Division) judgments, 1993

12 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
2 Dec 1993
[1993] EWCA Civ 4
For knowing receipt, a company's knowledge may be identified with that of a director or officer who is its directing mind and will for the particular…
1
26 Nov 1993
[1993] EWCA Civ 37
An Industrial Tribunal may determine only the acts of discrimination raised in the complaint, unless it permits an amendment. Under the Race Relations Act…
89
26 Nov 1993
[1993] EWCA Civ 33
Qualified privilege does not protect a defendant who publishes defamatory material to divert attention from criticism which the defendant knows to be true.…
29 Oct 1993
[1993] EWCA Civ 30
A driver proceeding normally at a proper speed and on a proper course is not ordinarily negligent merely because a following driver attempts a dangerous…
20 Aug 1993
[1993] EWCA Civ 2
A post-termination covenant may protect an employer’s customer connections, but it cannot operate merely as a covenant against competition. A prohibition on…
6
22 Jun 1993
[1993] EWCA Civ 28
An agreement between local authorities that is silent on withdrawal is not automatically terminable on reasonable notice. The court must infer the parties’…
12 May 1993
[1993] EWCA Civ 36
Judicial review requires a public-law element. A decision does not become amenable to judicial review merely because it affects many people, concerns an…
1
1 Apr 1993
[1993] EWCA Civ 24
For a disturbance payment, lawful possession means physical occupation with an intention to exclude unauthorised intruders. It does not require legal title or…
30 Mar 1993
[1993] EWCA Civ 34
In determining the meaning of a broadcast for defamation purposes, the court asks what it conveyed to the ordinary reasonable viewer watching it once, read as…
19 Feb 1993
[1993] EWCA Civ 17
In proprietary estoppel, monetary relief is not automatically repayment of the representee’s contribution. The court must identify the extent of the equity…
15 Feb 1993
[1993] EWCA Civ 19
Lawful pressure may in principle amount to economic duress; the fact that the threatened action is lawful is not conclusive. In arm’s-length commercial…
29 Jan 1993
[1993] EWCA Civ 20
A police officer who has neither created a highway danger nor assumed responsibility for it does not ordinarily owe an individual road user a duty to warn of…