Common Law in UK Law
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Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Islington London Borough Council
... ... He decided that the Bank's right to restitution at common law arose from the fact that the payment made by the Bank to the Council was made under a purported contract which, unknown to both parties, was ... ...
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Universal Project Management Services Ltd v Fort Gilkicker Ltd and Others
... ... 2 Prior to the coming into force of the Companies Act 2006, derivative actions relating to companies were creatures of the common law. It is common ground that the ordinary derivative action (by a member of the allegedly wronged company) was wholly replaced by the statutory ... ...
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Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Group Plc v Commissioners of Inland Revenue and Attorney General
... ... Lincoln City Council [1999] 2 AC 349 (" Kleinwort Benson ") the House of Lords abrogated the common law rule that no restitutionary claim lies in respect of money paid under a mistake of law, holding that the claimant bank was entitled to a ... ...
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Singularis Holdings Ltd v Price Waterhouse Coopers
... ... 2 The common feature of both appeals is that they concern attempts on the part of the liquidators to obtain from the companies' former auditors ... ...
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M and Another v London Borough of Newham and Others; X and Others v Bedfordshire County Council
... ... If, on the other hand, the authorised act is performed carelessly whereby unnecessary damage is caused a common law action will lie. This is because the act would, but for the statute, be actionable at common law and the defence which the statute provides ... ...
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Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd
... ... The background facts are further elaborated in the judgment of the Court of Appeal, reported at [1998] 3 W.L.R. 862 , 869-873. It was common ground before your Lordships that by instituting and prosecuting his libel action Mr. Reynolds had waived his immunity under the Irish constitution ... ...
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Lee Victor Addlesee (and the others listed in the Schedule annexed to the Amended Claim Form) v Dentons Europe LLP
... ... It is common ground that the Master was bound by Garvin ; but that we are not. The investors appeal ... 3 The appeal first came on for hearing on 22 ... ...
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Al-Rawi & others v The Security Service & others
... ... Any such change can only be made by Parliament. The essential features of a common law trial ... 10 There are certain features of a common law trial which are fundamental to our system of justice (both ... ...
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Stovin and Another v Norfolk County Council
... ... 1124 ... On this further appeal to your Lordships' House, the question is whether the council owed the plaintiff any common law duty in respect of its failure to take action. That is the sole question. The council does not seek to disturb the judge's conclusion that if the ... ...
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Rubin and another v Eurofinance SA and Others
... ... Since it was common ground that the centre of main interests was New York, the proceedings should be recognised as foreign main proceedings. He rejected the submission ... ...
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