Earlier reported cases judgments 1964

Date	Case	Cited by
26 Nov 1964	In re Londonderry’s Settlement (Peat v Walsh) [1965] Ch 918 Trustees exercising a discretionary power in good faith need not disclose their reasons, deliberations or the material upon which those reasons were or might…	12
28 Jul 1964	Haley v London Electricity Board [1965] AC 778 Those who create hazards on a public pavement must take reasonable care for every class of pedestrian whose presence they ought reasonably to foresee. On a…
6 Jul 1964	Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd v Shatwell [1965] AC 656 The defence of volenti non fit injuria may defeat a claim arising from a dangerous joint operation where the claimant freely participated with full knowledge…	3
15 Jun 1964	Letang v Cooper [1965] 1 QB 232 An unintentionally inflicted personal injury caused by failure to take reasonable care is governed by negligence. A claimant cannot obtain a longer limitation…	81
5 May 1964	Rendell v Went [1964] 1 WLR 650 Where a company incurs unreimbursed expense in providing a director with a benefit in kind, the expense is taxable under section 161 of the Income Tax Act…
21 Apr 1964	Burmah Oil Co Ltd v Lord Advocate [1965] AC 75 A lawful exercise of the war prerogative to take or deliberately destroy private property for public defence ordinarily carries a legal duty to compensate. The…	17
12 Mar 1964	Wong v Beaumont Property Trust Ltd [1965] 1 QB 173 Where a lease requires premises to be used for a defined and particular business purpose, an easement of necessity may be implied if the premises cannot…	2
10 Mar 1964	Phipps v Pears [1965] 1 QB 76 An owner has no easement requiring a neighbour to retain a building or trees as protection from the weather. A claimed right of shelter is a negative easement…	2
5 Mar 1964	British Broadcasting Corpn v Johns [1965] Ch 32 Crown immunity is confined to servants or agents of the executive government acting in that capacity. A chartered public corporation operating under licence as…	8
28 Feb 1964	In re Pinion, decd [1965] Ch 85 A gift intended to establish a public museum is not automatically charitable. Where its educational or public benefit is challenged, the court must examine the…	2
21 Jan 1964	Rookes v Barnard [1964] AC 1129 The tort of intimidation is committed where a defendant, intending thereby to injure the claimant, uses a threat of an act unlawful against the person…	93
21 Jan 1964	McCutcheon v David Macbrayne Ltd [1964] 1 WLR 125 Where parties make an oral contract for carriage and no ticket, risk note or contractual reference to conditions is supplied, the carrier cannot incorporate…	13