Earlier reported cases judgments 1987

Date	Case	Cited by
21 Dec 1987	R & B Customs Brokers Co Ltd v United Dominions Trust Ltd [1988] 1 WLR 321 A company may deal as a consumer under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 when purchasing goods of a type ordinarily supplied for private use. A transaction…	8
16 Dec 1987	R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Sivakumaran (Navaratnam, Ex parte, Rasalingan, Ex parte, R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Navaratnam, R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Rasalingan, R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Vaithialingam, R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Vathanan, R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Vilvarajah, Sivakumaran, Ex parte, Vaithialingam, Ex parte, Vathanan, Ex parte, Vilvarajah, Ex parte) [1988] AC 958 Under article 1A(2) of the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, actual fear alone is insufficient. Objective facts must demonstrate a…	46
19 Nov 1987	Ogwo v Taylor [1988] AC 431 A person who negligently starts a fire may owe a duty of care to a professional firefighter who is injured while properly fighting it. The duty extends to…	4
19 Nov 1987	Polkey v A E Dayton Services Ltd [1988] AC 344 A dismissal does not become fair merely because a fair procedure would have produced the same result. Under section 57(3) of the Employment Protection…	187
18 Nov 1987	R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Northumbria Police Authority (Northumbria Police Authority, Ex parte) [1989] QB 26 The Home Secretary may provide police forces directly with equipment from a central store under section 41 of the Police Act 1964, without the police…	4
12 Nov 1987	Interfoto Picture Library Ltd v Stiletto Visual Programmes Ltd [1989] QB 433 General notice of printed conditions does not incorporate a particularly onerous or unusual term. The party relying on such a term must take reasonable steps…	50
29 Oct 1987	Ferguson v Welsh [1987] 1 WLR 1553 An occupier who reasonably engages a competent independent contractor ordinarily need not supervise the contractor’s system of work for its employees. Special…	10
13 Aug 1987	Attorney-General v Guardian Newspapers Ltd [1987] 1 WLR 1248 An interlocutory injunction may be continued where the claimant retains an arguable claim and its discharge would destroy the only effective remedy before…	8
2 Jul 1987	Hotson v East Berkshire Health Authority [1987] AC 750 In a personal injury negligence claim, the claimant must prove on the balance of probabilities that the breach caused or materially contributed to the injury.…	33
26 Jun 1987	Attia v British Gas plc [1988] QB 304 A claimant may in principle recover damages for a recognised psychiatric illness caused by witnessing the negligent destruction of property. Recovery is not…	5
14 May 1987	City of London Building Society v Flegg [1988] AC 54 Where capital money is paid to two trustees for sale on a legal mortgage, the beneficiaries’ interests are overreached. A beneficiary’s actual occupation does…	11
15 Apr 1987	Kumar v Dunning [1989] QB 193 The benefit of a surety covenant guaranteeing a tenant’s performance is normally assignable. Where the covenant supports tenant covenants which touch and…	3
2 Apr 1987	de Dampierre v de Dampierre [1988] AC 92 When concurrent matrimonial proceedings are pending abroad, the statutory “balance of fairness” should be assessed through the structured approach used for…	29
12 Mar 1987	Lloyd v McMahon [1987] AC 625 Procedural fairness does not invariably require an oral hearing. Its requirements depend on the character of the decision-maker, the nature of the decision and…	63
12 Mar 1987	Miles v Wakefield Metropolitan District Council [1987] AC 539 Wages and salary are ordinarily remuneration for work. An employee claiming contractual remuneration must show that the employee worked, or was ready and…	22
5 Mar 1987	R v Maginnis [1987] AC 303 For the purposes of sections 4(1) and 5(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, supplying a controlled drug requires more than transferring physical control. It…	3
19 Feb 1987	R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex p Bugdaycay (Ex p Bugdaycay, Bugdaycay v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Musisi, In re, Nelidow Santis, Ex parte, Nelidow Santis v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Norman, Ex parte, Norman v Secretary of State for the Home Department, R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Nelidow Santis, R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Norman) [1987] AC 514 Questions of fact governing whether asylum should be granted are entrusted to the immigration authorities. On judicial review, the court examines the legality…	101
19 Feb 1987	R v Howe (R v Clarkson) [1987] AC 417 Duress is unavailable as a defence to murder, whether the accused personally kills the victim or participates as a secondary party. The law cannot rationally…	7
5 Feb 1987	Smith v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd (Maloco v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd) [1987] AC 241 An owner or occupier must take reasonable care that premises do not become a source of danger to neighbouring property. Where the alleged danger depends on…	36