Earlier reported cases judgments 1976

Date	Case	Cited by
15 Dec 1976	Laker Airways Ltd v Department of Trade [1977] QB 643 Policy guidance given by a minister to a statutory licensing authority may explain, amplify or supplement the objectives enacted by Parliament. It cannot…	18
2 Dec 1976	James Buchanan & Co Ltd v Babco Forwarding & Shipping (UK) Ltd [1977] QB 208 Under the CMR regime, compensation for lost goods is calculated by reference to their value when and where the carrier accepted them, not their value at the…
27 Oct 1976	Suthendran v Immigration Appeal Tribunal [1977] AC 359 A public right of passage on a non-tidal Scottish river requires both a natural capacity for useful public passage and actual public use over a substantial…	6
27 Oct 1976	Brumby v Milner (Day v Quick) [1976] 1 WLR 1096 An employee’s receipt is an emolument arising from employment where the employment is the reason for making the payment. The statutory words govern this…	2
21 Oct 1976	Secretary of State for Education and Science v Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council [1976] 3 WLR 641 A statutory power permitting ministerial intervention where a local authority has acted or proposes to act “unreasonably” requires objective unreasonableness.…	14
19 Oct 1976	Lesney Products & Co Ltd v Nolan [1977] ICR 235 Employers may reorganise working arrangements to improve efficiency, reduce overtime or save costs without creating entitlement to redundancy payments. The…	1
22 Jul 1976	Ferguson v John Dawson & Partners (Contractors) Ltd [1976] 1 WLR 1213 The legal character of a working relationship depends upon the contractual rights and duties viewed as a whole. A label chosen by the parties, including a…	7
8 Jul 1976	Paul v Constance [1977] 1 WLR 527 An express trust does not require technical language or use of the word trust. The question is whether, construed in its factual and social context, the…	22
24 Jun 1976	Farrell v Alexander [1977] AC 59 Section 85 of the Rent Act 1968 applies to any person, including an outgoing tenant. The phrase “in addition to the rent” describes the character of the…	36
10 Jun 1976	Murphy v Culhane [1977] QB 94 A participant in a criminal affray who suffers injury from the intended victim’s retaliation may face complete defences based on ex turpi causa or volenti non…	6
26 May 1976	Director of Public Prosecutions v Luft (Director of Public Prosecutions v Duffield, Duffield v Director of Public Prosecutions) [1977] AC 962 Expenditure incurred to prevent the election of a particular candidate may be expenditure incurred with a view to promoting the election of the remaining…
12 May 1976	Director of Public Prosecutions v Newbury [1977] AC 500 A person commits unlawful-act manslaughter where that person intentionally performs an unlawful and objectively dangerous act which causes death. The…	7
13 Apr 1976	R v Majewski (Director of Public Prosecutions v Majewski) [1977] AC 443 Self-induced intoxication by drink or drugs is no defence to an offence of basic intent. Voluntarily becoming intoxicated is itself reckless conduct and…	9
31 Mar 1976	Liverpool City Council v Irwin [1977] AC 239 Where a tenancy does not fully state the landlord’s obligations, the court may imply the legal incidents which the nature of the contract and relationship…	87
5 Mar 1976	Western Bank Ltd v Schindler [1977] Ch 1 A legal mortgagee has an immediate right to possession, independently of arrears or default, unless the mortgage expressly or impliedly restricts that right. A…	15
6 Feb 1976	Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v Mardon [1976] QB 801 A representation made to induce a contract may amount to a contractual warranty where, viewed in the whole context, the parties intended it to form part of the…	22