House of Lords judgments, 1993

6 judgments, newest first. Open any case for its summary, the legal points it decides and how later courts have treated it.

Date Case Cited by
21 Oct 1993
Barclays Bank plc v O’Brien
[1993] UKHL 6
A creditor who knows that one cohabitee is standing surety for the other’s debts is put on inquiry where the transaction is not to the surety’s financial…
 47
22 Jul 1993
Wallis v Wallis
[1993] UKHL 16
Under the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985, matrimonial property must be valued at the relevant date and, absent special circumstances, its net value must be…
22 Jul 1993
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District Council v Dollar Land (Cumbernauld) Ltd
[1993] UKHL 15
A public right of way may arise where public use throughout the prescriptive period is of a degree and quality consistent with the assertion of a public right.…
25 Feb 1993
Fraser v Mirza
[1993] UKHL 14
Qualified privilege protects a defamatory communication made in good faith pursuant to a recognised duty or legitimate interest. The privilege is lost where an…
4 Feb 1993
Airedale NHS Trust v Bland
[1993] UKHL 17
Life-sustaining treatment of an adult who lacks capacity and has made no effective advance refusal is lawful only while it serves the patient’s best interests.…
 56
28 Jan 1993
Wright's Trustees v Callender
[1993] UKHL 13
Where a testamentary disposition creates a class gift with postponed vesting, the class is ascertained at vesting. However, absent a contrary indication, later…