Exempted Development in UK Law

  • Hedley Byrne & Company Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 28 May 1963
    ... ... liability for negligence: the general rule is that a party is not exempted from liability for negligence "unless adequate words are used"—per ... That to my mind would be an undesirable development in the law; and the best way of avoiding it is to settle the law so that ... ...
  • Dutton v Bognor Regis Urban District Council
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 17 December 1971
    ... ... of the West Sussex County Council, hereby permit the following development, that is to say, Detached House and Garage, Plot 2 6, St. Richard's Way, ... The builder, by his insurance company, claimed that he was exempted entirely from liability by the decision of Bottomley v. Bannister (1932) ... ...
  • Campbell v MGN Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 14 October 2002
    ... ... of qualified privilege in defamation are in the course of development – as to the latter see Reynolds v The Times [2001] 2AC 127 and ... 2. The controller may be exempted from this liability, in whole or in part, if he proves that he is not ... ...
  • Hubbard v Pitt
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 13 May 1975
    ... ... 2 A group of social workers deplored this development. They have tried to stop it. They have conducted a campaign against it ... ...
  • New Zealand Netherlands Society ‘Oranje’New Zealand Netherlands Society Inc. v Kuys
    • Privy Council
    • 1973
    ... ... would otherwise come within a person's fiduciary duty was to be exempted from it, there must be full and frank disclosure of all material facts but ... (1952) 3 D.L.R. 1 ... Industrial Development Consultants Ltd. v. Cooley [1972] 1 W.L.R. 443; [1972] 2 All E.R. 86 ... ...
  • Smith v South Wales Switchgear Company Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 09 November 1977
    ... ... perfectly clear, for otherwise the court will conclude that the exempted party was only to be free from liability in respect of damage occasioned ... ...
  • Trump International Golf Club Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers
    • Supreme Court (Scotland)
    • 16 December 2015
    ... ... TIGC, concerned that the proposed windfarm development would materially diminish the amenity of the golf resort, opposed the ... , which is granted under section 6 of the 1989 Act, or a person exempted under section 5 of that Act from holding such a licence, may apply for a ... ...
  • Three Rivers District Council v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No. 3)
    • House of Lords
    • 22 March 2001
    ... ... 12 The early history ... 13 The history of the development of the tort has been described by Clarke J. and in the judgments in the ... The United Kingdom could have exempted B.C.C.I. and other credit institutions which had commenced business in the ... ...
  • Belize Alliance of Conservation Non-Governmental Organisations v Department of the Environment of Belize and another
    • Privy Council
    • 29 January 2004
    ... ... following requirements: "(e) A description of the development proposed, comprising information about the site, the design and size and ... The court is never exempted from the duty to do its best, on interlocutory applications with ... ...
  • R (on the application of HS2 Action Alliance Ltd) v The Secretary of State for Transport and another
    • Supreme Court
    • 22 January 2014
    ... ... set out the process by which the government intended to obtain development consent for HS2, namely through two Hybrid Bills in Parliament, the first ... In particular, article 6(4) cannot apply to projects which are exempted from its requirements by article 1(4). As Advocate General Sharpston ... ...
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