Earlier reported cases judgments, 1967

11 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
13 Dec 1967
[1968] AC 685
An arrangement approved under the Variation of Trusts Act 1958 takes effect according to its proper construction from its operative date. An arrangement…
5
13 Dec 1967
[1968] AC 553
An object of a discretionary trust has a right to proper consideration by the trustees and to the protection of a court of equity. Where the trustees may…
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12 Dec 1967
[1968] 2 QB 299
A police officer who is lawfully on private premises may seize goods which the officer reasonably believes to be stolen and to constitute material evidence…
1
8 Dec 1967
[1968] Ch 353
An executor or trustee is ordinarily disabled from purchasing trust property because fiduciary duty must not conflict with personal interest. The rule did not…
9
6 Dec 1967
[1968] 2 QB 1
In an English action for a tort committed abroad, the majority upheld an award of English general damages despite the more limited damages available at the…
4
22 Nov 1967
[1969] 1 AC 191
An advocate is immune from an action by a client for professional negligence in the conduct and management of litigation. The immunity rests on public policy.…
23
17 Oct 1967
[1969] 1 AC 350
Contract damages are recoverable where, when the contract was made, a reasonable defendant with the relevant knowledge would have contemplated the type of loss…
41
26 Jul 1967
[1968] AC 138
An institution falls within the fourth head of charity where its purposes benefit the community and are charitable within the evolving spirit and intendment of…
3
30 Jun 1967
[1968] 1 QB 379
A participant in a fight does not necessarily consent to every injury which the other participant may inflict. Consent does not extend to a savage blow which…
7
29 Jun 1967
[1968] AC 58
A contracting party may obtain specific performance of a promise made for a third party’s benefit. The promisee’s personal representative has the same right.…
17
23 Feb 1967
[1968] AC 269
A solus supply agreement may engage the restraint of trade doctrine where its practical effect is to restrict an existing trader’s freedom, even though the…
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