Earlier reported cases judgments 1979

Date	Case	Cited by
21 Dec 1979	Dodd Properties (Kent) Ltd v Canterbury City Council [1980] 1 WLR 433 Where damages for injury to real property are measured by the cost of repair or reinstatement, the general assessment date is not inflexible. The relevant cost…	18
13 Dec 1979	R v Inland Revenue Comrs, Ex p Rossminster Ltd (Inland Revenue Comrs v Kossminster Ltd) [1980] AC 952 A search warrant issued under section 20C of the Taxes Management Act 1970 need not identify the suspected offender, specify particular tax offences, or give…	23
29 Nov 1979	Federated Homes Ltd v Mill Lodge Properties Ltd [1980] 1 WLR 594 Section 78(1) of the Law of Property Act 1925 does more than shorten conveyancing language. A covenant relating to the covenantee’s land is statutorily annexed…	13
23 Nov 1979	Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau und Maschinenfabrik v South India Shipping Corpn (Gregg v Raytheon Ltd) [1980] 2 WLR 905 Where a claimant’s inordinate and inexcusable delay makes a fair arbitration hearing impossible, the delay may amount to repudiation of the arbitration…
8 Nov 1979	London & Clydeside Estates Ltd v Aberdeen District Council [1980] 1 WLR 182 A statutory requirement intended to inform a person of rights of appeal is prima facie mandatory. Total failure to provide the information invalidates the…	53
1 Nov 1979	Burmah Oil Co Ltd v Governor and Co of the Bank of England [1980] AC 1090 A ministerial certificate claiming public interest immunity is not conclusive. The court must balance the public interest in protecting government…	1
1 Nov 1979	Science Research Council v Nassé (British Leyland UK Ltd v Vyas) [1980] AC 1028 Confidentiality alone neither creates privilege from discovery nor gives confidential employment records public interest immunity. Relevance is necessary but…	46
31 Jul 1979	Leakey v National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty [1980] QB 485 An occupier who knows, or ought reasonably to know, of a natural condition on land which threatens neighbouring property owes a duty to take such steps as are…	32
25 Jul 1979	R v Sang (R v Mangan) [1980] AC 402 Entrapment is not a defence in English criminal law. A person who intentionally commits an offence remains guilty although a police officer or informer induced…	24
21 Jun 1979	Lim Poh Choo v Camden and Islington Area Health Authority [1980] AC 174 Personal injury damages provide proper compensation for the injury and loss sustained. Their amount cannot be reduced merely because the award is large or…	19
21 Jun 1979	Old Grovebury Manor Farm Ltd v W Seymour Plant Sales and Hire Ltd (No 2) [1979] 1 WLR 1397 An assignment of a lease made without the consent required by a covenant against assignment nevertheless transfers the term to the assignee. The breach exposes…	8
8 Mar 1979	Tilling v Whiteman [1980] AC 1 Under Case 10 of Part II of Schedule 3 to the Rent Act 1968, a joint owner who occupied a dwelling-house as a residence and participated with another owner in…	33
8 Mar 1979	Gibson v Manchester City Council [1979] 1 WLR 294 A contract allegedly made through sequential correspondence must ordinarily be identified by construing the communications for a contractual offer and an…	7
12 Feb 1979	West Layton Ltd v Ford [1979] QB 593 Whether a landlord has unreasonably withheld consent to an assignment or subletting depends upon the covenant’s purpose and all the circumstances. There are no…	3