Earlier reported cases judgments 1984

Date	Case	Cited by
19 Dec 1984	R v Her Majesty’s Treasury, Ex parte Smedley (Smedley, Ex parte) [1985] QB 657 Where subordinate legislation requires prior approval by both Houses, the court may, in an appropriate case, determine its prospective validity before that…	9
14 Dec 1984	Phillips Products Ltd v Hyland (Note) [1987] 1 WLR 659 A contractual transfer of responsibility for an operator’s negligence can amount to an exclusion or restriction of the plant owner’s liability under section…	3
13 Dec 1984	Jenkins v Livesey (formerly Jenkins) (Livesey (formerly Jenkins) v Jenkins) [1985] AC 424 Parties seeking financial provision or property adjustment following divorce owe the court and each other a continuing duty of full and frank disclosure of all…	55
13 Dec 1984	Gatoil International Inc v Arkwright-Boston Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Co [1985] AC 255 An agreement falls within the statutory category of agreements relating to the carriage of goods by ship only where it has a reasonably direct connection with…
29 Nov 1984	Wandsworth London Borough Council v Winder [1985] AC 461 A defendant sued by a public authority for payment may challenge, by way of defence, the validity of the administrative decision on which the claim depends…	75
22 Nov 1984	Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service [1985] AC 374 An executive decision is not immune from judicial review merely because its power derives from the royal prerogative. Reviewability depends principally on…	170
8 Nov 1984	Alec Lobb (Garages) Ltd v Total Oil (Great Britain) Ltd [1985] 1 WLR 173 A restraint of trade in a composite lease and lease-back transaction must be judged in its commercial setting. Its reasonableness depends on adequate…	3
31 Oct 1984	Westminster City Council v Great Portland Estates Plc [1985] AC 661 A consideration is material to planning only if it serves a planning purpose relating to the character of land use, rather than the identity or personal…	48
18 Oct 1984	Governors of the Peabody Donation Fund v Sir Lindsay Parkinson & Co Ltd [1985] AC 210 A statutory authority’s foreseeable failure to exercise enforcement powers does not by itself create a private-law duty of care. The court must determine…	8
17 Oct 1984	Jayes v IMI (Kynoch) Ltd [1985] ICR 155 A breach of statutory duty to guard dangerous machinery does not, as a matter of law, prevent a finding of 100 per cent contributory negligence. The statutory…	2
14 May 1984	R v East Berkshire Health Authority, Ex parte Walsh (Walsh, Ex parte) [1985] QB 152 Employment by a public authority does not by itself give an employment dispute a public law character. Judicial review may be available where legislation…	11
14 May 1984	Dobie v Burns International Security Services (UK) Ltd [1985] 1 WLR 43 Under section 57(1)(b) of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978, the tribunal must first decide whether the established reason is of a kind…	45
8 May 1984	Murphy v Epsom College [1985] ICR 80 Redundancy may arise from a reorganisation even where the employer’s total work remains undiminished. The question is whether the requirement for employees to…	5
4 Apr 1984	R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Asif Mahmood Khan (Asif Mahmood Khan, Ex parte) [1984] 1 WLR 1337 A public authority which represents that it will determine applications by a stated procedure and stated criteria creates a legitimate expectation that it will…	11
9 Feb 1984	Furniss v Dawson (Murdoch v Dawson) [1984] AC 474 A preordained series of transactions is assessed as one composite transaction where it contains inserted steps with no commercial or business purpose apart…	34