Earlier reported cases judgments 1974

Date	Case	Cited by
20 Nov 1974	R v Scott (Scott v Metropolitan Police Comr) [1975] AC 819 Conspiracy to defraud does not require an agreement to deceive the intended victim. Where the victim is a private person, the conspirators must dishonestly…	11
13 Nov 1974	Ransom v Higgs (Dickinson v Downes, Grant v Trustees of Mrs Downes’s 1962 Settlement, Kilmorie (Aldridge) Ltd v Dickinson, Lees v Grant, Malcolm-Brown v Restorick, Motley v Pickersgill, Pickersgill v Motley) [1974] 1 WLR 1594 For income tax purposes, a person does not carry on a trade merely by procuring companies and other independent actors to undertake trading transactions for…	10
17 Oct 1974	Hay v Hughes [1975] QB 790 Damages under section 2 of the Fatal Accidents Act 1846 compensate only pecuniary injury, including the value of domestic or parental services reasonably…	11
17 Oct 1974	Mountford v Scott [1975] Ch 258 A valid option to purchase, supported by valuable consideration, is an irrevocable offer during the stated period. Consideration may be nominal; anything of…	1
30 Jul 1974	Lloyds Bank Ltd v Bundy [1975] QB 326 Ordinary bank guarantees and charges are not generally reopened merely because the bargain is harsh. Relief may be granted where a bank-customer relationship…	7
3 Jul 1974	In re Vandervell’s Trusts (No 2) (White v Vandervell Trustees Ltd) [1974] Ch 269 A resulting trust arises when beneficial ownership is undisposed of. It ends when that gap is filled by the creation of a valid trust. Its extinction does not…	13
23 May 1974	Tenax Steamship Co Ltd v Reinante Transoceanica Navigacion SA (The Brimnes) (Tenax Steamship Co Ltd v The Brimnes (Owners)) [1975] QB 929 Where a time charter permits withdrawal for failure of punctual payment of hire, late payment does not itself cure that default or extinguish the right to…	8
22 May 1974	H P Bulmer Ltd v J Bollinger SA [1974] Ch 401 A court may request a preliminary ruling from the European Court of Justice only where it considers that a decision on the question is necessary to enable it…	12
1 May 1974	R v Miah (Waddington v Miah alias Ullah) [1974] 1 WLR 683 Penal legislation does not ordinarily authorise punishment for conduct preceding its commencement. Clear statutory language is required to displace that…	1
21 Mar 1974	R v Hyam (Hyam v Director of Public Prosecutions) [1975] AC 55 The mens rea for murder is assessed subjectively. A person who deliberately acts while actually knowing that death or really serious bodily harm is highly…	8
14 Mar 1974	In re Hastings-Bass, decd (Hastings-Bass v Inland Revenue Comrs) [1975] Ch 25 A trustee’s good-faith exercise of a discretionary power is not invalid merely because it has less than its intended legal effect. The court will intervene…	21
5 Feb 1974	Jackson v Horizon Holidays Ltd [1975] 1 WLR 1468 Where one person contracts for the benefit and enjoyment of a group, and the other members cannot sue because they are not parties to the contract, the…	10
29 Jan 1974	Gascol Conversions Ltd v Mercer [1974] ICR 420 For redundancy-payment purposes, overtime forms part of an employee’s normal working hours only where the employer is obliged to provide the fixed overtime and…	2