Earlier reported cases judgments 1994

Date	Case	Cited by
21 Dec 1994	Barrett v Ministry of Defence [1995] 1 WLR 1217 A public body’s disciplinary regulations, control of an environment, provision of cheap alcohol and foreseeability of intoxication do not ordinarily impose a…	9
19 Dec 1994	Wheeler v JJ Saunders Ltd [1996] Ch 19 A landlord’s contractual right, under a lease, to enter premises, carry out repairs after notice, and recover the cost from the tenant is not a claim for…	12
14 Dec 1994	R v Registered Designs Appeal Tribunal, Ex parte Ford Motor Co Ltd (Ford Motor Co Ltd, Ex parte) [1995] 1 WLR 18 A component qualifies as an “article” under section 44(1) of the Registered Designs Act 1949 only if it is intended to be made and sold separately. This…
21 Nov 1994	In re Duxbury’s Settlement Trusts [1995] 1 WLR 425 Under the Public Trustee Act 1906, section 5(1), the Public Trustee may be appointed sole trustee whenever a private trustee could be appointed, even if the…
16 Nov 1994	Elguzouli-Daf v Comr of Police of the Metropolis (McBrearty v Ministry of Defence) [1995] QB 335 The Crown Prosecution Service generally owes no duty of care in negligence to those it prosecutes. Proximity and whether imposing a duty would be fair, just…	30
2 Nov 1994	Gerrard v Staffordshire Potteries Ltd [1995] ICR 502 Under the Protection of Eyes Regulations 1974, a process involving pressure-fed spraying falls within the eye-protection requirements where there is a…
6 Oct 1994	Hewitson v Hewitson [1995] Fam 100 Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 provides a limited remedy to mitigate disadvantage caused by inadequate financial relief following…	3
4 Oct 1994	R v Khan (Sultan) [1997] AC 558 Relevant evidence does not become inadmissible merely because it was obtained improperly or unlawfully, including through an invasion of privacy. Subject to…	12
25 Jul 1994	Henderson v Merrett Syndicates Ltd (Feltrim Underwriting Agencies Ltd v Arbuthnott, Gooda Walker Ltd v Deeny, Hughes v Merrett Syndicates Ltd, Hallam-Eames v Merrett Syndicates Ltd, The Lloyd’s Litigation: the Merrett, Gooda Walker and Feltrim Cases) [1995] 2 AC 145 A person who undertakes to provide professional or skilled services for another may assume responsibility to exercise reasonable care. Where the recipient…	151
18 Jul 1994	Jaggard v Sawyer [1995] 1 WLR 269 A claimant who establishes a proprietary right and its threatened or continuing infringement is prima facie entitled to an injunction. The court may…	58
14 Jul 1994	R v Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, Ex p Wiley (R v Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Constabulary, Ex parte Sunderland, Sunderland, Ex parte, Wiley, Ex parte) [1995] 1 AC 274 Public interest immunity does not attach as a class to all documents generated by investigations under Part IX of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. A…	47
7 Jul 1994	Spring v Guardian Assurance Plc [1995] 2 AC 296 An employer or former employer who supplies a reference may owe its subject a duty to exercise reasonable care in its preparation. The duty arises where…	67
30 Jun 1994	R v Adomako (John Ajare) [1995] 1 AC 171 Gross negligence manslaughter requires proof that the defendant owed the deceased a duty of care, breached that duty and thereby caused the death. The breach…	19
28 Jun 1994	Darlington Borough Council v Wiltshier Northern Ltd [1995] 1 WLR 68 An employer under a building contract may recover substantial damages for defective work performed for the benefit of a third party where the contracting…	11
11 May 1994	Dobbie v Medway Health Authority [1994] 1 WLR 1234 For the purposes of Limitation Act 1980 sections 11 and 14, time begins when a personal-injury claimant knows that a significant injury is capable of…	40
6 May 1994	Barclays Bank Plc v Fairclough Building Ltd [1995] QB 214 Contributory negligence is not a defence to damages for breach of a strict contractual obligation. This includes a term requiring an achieved standard of…	10
5 May 1994	Clark v Chief Land Registrar (Chancery Plc v Ketteringham) [1994] Ch 370 A charging order expressed to charge a person's interest in specified registered land may, construed with the evidence recited in the order, charge the land…	2
4 May 1994	R v Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, Ex parte P (R v Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, Ex parte G, G, Ex parte, P, Ex parte) [1995] 1 WLR 845 Executive schemes established without statutory authority may be subject to judicial review, even where they distribute public funds under prerogative or…	3
28 Apr 1994	Hunt v Severs [1994] 2 AC 350 Damages for negligence are compensatory. An injured person may recover the reasonable value of necessary care provided gratuitously by a relative or friend…	28
17 Mar 1994	Rhone v Stephens [1994] 2 AC 310 Outside the landlord and tenant relationship, the burden of a positive covenant affecting freehold land does not run with the land at common law or in equity.…	21
11 Mar 1994	In re Palmer, decd (A Debtor) [1994] Ch 316 An insolvency administration order made after a debtor’s death, though treated by statute as made on the date of death, takes effect at the moment of death. It…	3
8 Mar 1994	Boyo v Lambeth London Borough Council [1994] ICR 727 A wrongful dismissal is a repudiation of the contract of employment. Although the repudiation requires acceptance, damages do not ordinarily continue until…	8
3 Mar 1994	R v Secretary of State for Employment, Ex parte Equal Opportunities Commission (Equal Opportunities Commission, Ex parte) [1995] 1 AC 1 Legislation which places substantially more women than men at a disadvantage in relation to employment benefits contravenes European Community equality law…	19
24 Feb 1994	Pounds v Pounds [1994] 1 WLR 1535 A financial consent order made in matrimonial proceedings cannot take effect before decree nisi. However, a registrar may approve the proposed order before…	2
23 Feb 1994	Khan (Avrangzeb) v Armaguard Ltd [1994] 1 WLR 1204 Pre-trial disclosure is strongly favoured in personal injury litigation. An allegation that a claimant is malingering or grossly exaggerating symptoms may…
3 Feb 1994	Attorney-General v Associated Newspapers Ltd [1994] 2 AC 238 Section 8(1) of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 prohibits disclosure of particulars of jury deliberations by anyone, not merely disclosure by a juror.…	5
25 Jan 1994	Ruxley Electronics and Construction Ltd v Forsyth (Laddingford Enclosures Ltd v Forsyth) [1996] AC 344 Contract damages compensate the loss actually sustained. They do not confer the cost of obtaining exact performance regardless of reasonableness. For defective…	67
17 Jan 1994	R v Kingston [1995] 2 AC 355 Involuntary intoxication supplies no defence where the prosecution proves the act and the mental element required by the offence. It may nevertheless be…