Earlier reported cases judgments 1968

Date	Case	Cited by
19 Dec 1968	Schmidt v Secretary of State for Home Affairs (Schmidt v Home Office) [1969] 2 Ch 149 An administrative decision may attract a duty of fairness where it affects a right, an interest or a legitimate expectation. An alien admitted for a fixed…	6
17 Dec 1968	Torquay Hotel Co Ltd v Cousins [1969] 2 Ch 106 At common law, deliberate and direct interference with the execution of a contract is actionable even where the contracting party would not itself be liable…	4
17 Dec 1968	Anisminic Ltd v Foreign Compensation Commission [1969] 2 AC 147 A statutory finality or ouster clause ordinarily protects only a legally valid determination. It does not prevent a court from deciding whether a tribunal…	82
10 Dec 1968	London Artists Ltd v Littler (Associated Television Ltd v Littler, Grade v Littler, Grade Organisation Ltd v Littler) [1969] 2 QB 375 The defence of fair comment requires a matter of public interest, recognisable comment and a sufficient foundation of true or privileged facts. Public interest…	8
29 Nov 1968	Jones v Padavatton [1969] 1 WLR 328 Arrangements between close relatives are presumed, as a matter of fact rather than law, to depend on mutual trust and affection instead of creating legal…	7
31 Oct 1968	Quistclose Investments Ltd v Rolls Razor Ltd [1970] AC 567 Money advanced for a stated purpose may remain subject to a trust where the parties intend that it should be used exclusively for that purpose and should not…	63
31 Oct 1968	In re Gulbenkian’s Settlements (Hacobian v Maun, Whishaw v Stephens) [1970] AC 508 A mere power of appointment among a class is sufficiently certain if the court can determine whether any given person is within or outside the class. It is…	9
11 Jul 1968	Metropolitan Properties Co (FGC) Ltd v Lannon (R v London Rent Assessment Panel Committee, Ex parte Metropolitan Properties Co (F G C) Ltd) [1969] 1 QB 577 A member of a judicial or quasi-judicial tribunal must withdraw where the circumstances would cause reasonable, right-minded people to think that there was a…	4
8 May 1968	Hardwick Game Farm v Suffolk Agricultural Poultry Producers Association (Grimsdale & Sons Ltd v Suffolk Agricultural Poultry Producers Association, Holland Colombo Trading Society Ltd v Grimsdale & Sons Ltd, Kendall (Henry) & Sons v William Lillico & Sons Ltd) [1969] 2 AC 31 Under Sale of Goods Act 1893, section 14(1), a particular purpose is a communicated purpose sufficiently specific to show the seller what fitness is required.…	17
28 Feb 1968	Conway v Rimmer [1968] AC 910 A ministerial certificate claiming Crown privilege is not conclusive. The court must determine whether relevant evidence should be withheld by balancing the…	28
14 Feb 1968	Oak Co-operative Building Society v Blackburn [1968] Ch 730 Registration of an estate contract under the Land Charges Act 1925 is not invalid merely because the registered name differs from the estate owner’s formal…
1 Feb 1968	Protheroe v Protheroe [1968] 1 WLR 519 Where a trustee holding leasehold trust property acquires the freehold reversion, equity prevents the trustee from retaining the freehold personally. The…	2