Earlier reported cases judgments 1989

Date	Case	Cited by
20 Dec 1989	Kirkham v Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police [1990] 2 QB 283 A custodian who knows that a person presents a suicide risk owes a duty to take reasonable steps for that person's safety. That duty includes communicating…	16
15 Dec 1989	Harlingdon and Leinster Enterprises Ltd v Christopher Hull Fine Art Ltd [1991] 1 QB 564 For specific goods, a sale by description under the Sale of Goods Act 1979 s.13(1) depends on an objective assessment of the contract and surrounding…	3
23 Nov 1989	Williams v Roffey Bros & Nicholls (Contractors) Ltd [1991] 1 QB 1 A promise to pay extra for performance of an existing contractual duty can be supported by consideration where the promisor obtains a practical benefit, or…	24
9 Nov 1989	W v Egdell [1990] Ch 359 A professional duty of confidence is supported by the public interest, but it is not absolute. A court must balance that interest against any stronger public…	14
12 Oct 1989	J. LAURITZEN A.S. v. WIJSMULLER B.V. (THE “SUPER SERVANT TWO”) [1990] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1 A contractual power to cancel for force majeure and similar events will not ordinarily permit a party to rely on an event which its own failure to exercise…	14
28 Jul 1989	Abbassy v Comr of Police of the Metropolis [1990] 1 WLR 385 The legality of an arrest without warrant depends on whether the arrested person was informed, in substance and in non-technical language, of the true reason…	3
25 Jul 1989	Aslan v Murphy (Nos 1 and 2) (Duke v Wynne) [1990] 1 WLR 766 The distinction between a tenant and a lodger depends on the true bargain, principally whether the occupier has exclusive possession, rather than on labels…
20 Jul 1989	Government of Canada v Aronson [1990] 1 AC 579 Under section 3(1)(c) of the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967, double criminality depends on the offence charged in the requesting Commonwealth country. The…	3
6 Jul 1989	Lord Advocate v The Scotsman Publications [1990] 1 AC 812 The Crown may restrain a present or former security-service member from disclosing information acquired through that service. A third party outside the direct…	2
20 Jun 1989	Rickards v Rickards [1990] Fam 194 A refusal to extend the time for appealing is distinct from a refusal of leave to appeal. Subject to any applicable requirement for leave, the former is an…	8
18 May 1989	R v Secretary of State for Transport, Ex p Factortame Ltd (Factortame Ltd v Secretary of State for Transport) [1990] 2 AC 85 Domestic law did not authorise interim relief whose effect would be to suspend unambiguous primary legislation and confer rights directly contrary to it while…	17
20 Apr 1989	Smith v Eric S Bush [1990] 1 AC 831 A professional valuer instructed by a mortgagee may owe a prospective purchaser a duty of care where economic loss is foreseeable, the relationship is…	51
22 Mar 1989	Reid v Rush & Tompkins Group PLC [1990] 1 WLR 212 An employer’s ordinary duty of care to an employee protects physical safety and well-being. It does not extend to protecting the employee from pure economic…	6
16 Mar 1989	Litster v Forth Dry Dock & Engineering Co Ltd [1990] 1 AC 546 Domestic legislation enacted to implement a Community directive must, so far as reasonably possible, receive a purposive construction consistent with the…	84
26 Jan 1989	Forsikringsaktieselskapet Vesta v Butcher (Bain Dawes Ltd v Aquacultural Insurance Services Ltd) [1989] AC 852 A proportional, back-to-back reinsurance contract ordinarily indemnifies the reinsured against the agreed proportion of its actual liability under the…	48