as Soon as Practicable in UK Law

There may well be uncertainty at the time of notification as to what the precise problems or potential problems are; there well may be, whether known, or unknown, to the assured a “hornets' nest” which may give rise to numerous types of claims of presently unknown quantum and character at the date of the notification.

In my judgment the notification given to the following Lloyd's market was not given as soon as practicable and therefore was not compliant with the time requirements of GC4. Notice which was not given until 24 July 2002 almost 3 months after the expiry of the policy period, cannot, on any realistic basis, be regarded as given “as soon as practicable”, if the start date is taken as 27 March 2002.

She said that this was a higher duty than they owed to other persons on their housing list; and so Mr. Hendy should be given priority over them. I cannot accept that submission. I think that the Corporation fulfil their duty when they do their best, as soon as practicable, to get him other accommodation. His circumstances must be considered along with the others and a fair decision made between them.

In fact, as Mr Dean, for the Defendants, observes it was not strictly necessary for the judge to make the order of 31 March 2014 as the Claimant's failure to lodge an appeal bundle by 4pm on 17 March 2014 would have resulted in the appeal being struck out without further order, pursuant to the terms of the order of 3 March 2014.

The second stage of the process arises when the result of the post-mortem is known. If, but only if, the case is not a case C or case D, and the post-mortem shows that the death was due to natural causes, the coroner may be satisfied that an inquest is unnecessary. If that is so, he can accordingly dispense with an inquest.

Section 55 of the 2002 Act now provides that the Secretary of State 'may not provide or arrange for the provision of support' to a person making a claim for asylum where he 'is not satisfied that the claim was made as soon as reasonably practicable after the person's arrival in the United Kingdom'.