Moral Right in UK Law

  • Loutchansky v Times Newspapers Ltd (No. 2)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 05 Diciembre 2001
    ... ... whether in all the circumstances 'the duty-interest test, or the right to know test' (per Lord Nicholls at 197G) is satisfied. Amongst the ... in the discharge of some public or private duty, whether legal or moral, or in the conduct of his own affairs, in matters where his interest is ... ...
  • R (Pretty) v DPP
    • House of Lords
    • 29 Noviembre 2001
    ... ... Mrs Pretty claims that she has a right to her husband's assistance in committing suicide and that section 2 of ... Nor is it entitled or fitted to act as a moral or ethical arbiter. It is important to emphasise the nature and limits of ... ...
  • R (on the application of Nicklinson and another) v Ministry of Justice; R (on the application of AM) v DPP
    • Supreme Court
    • 25 Junio 2014
    ... ... both added (because she contended that she had a claim in her own right) and substituted (in her capacity as administratrix of Mr Nicklinson's ... They would argue that it is the moral right of individuals to have a say over the time and manner of their ... ...
  • McFarlane v Tayside Health Board
    • House of Lords
    • 25 Noviembre 1999
    ... ... It is right to say at once that despite their claim the respondents have loved and ... There was no legal or moral duty to arrange an abortion or an adoption of an unplanned child ... ...
  • Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Islington London Borough Council
    • House of Lords
    • 07 Junio 1996
    ... ... He decided that the Bank's right to restitution at common law arose from the fact that the payment made by ... But is must not be supposed that every moral wrong was redressed by the Court of Chancery. The maxim must be taken as ... ...
  • Attorney General v Trustees of the British Museum
    • Chancery Division
    • 27 Mayo 2005
    ... ... or other persons administering the funds that the charity is under a moral obligation to make the payment", see Re:Snowden [1970] ... It is right that I should draw attention to it ... 10 On ... ...
  • M'Alister or Donoghue (Pauper) v Stevenson
    • House of Lords
    • 26 Mayo 1932
    ... ... The gun exploded in the son's hands and he was held to have a right of action in tort against the gunmaker. How far it is from the present ... of "culpa," is no doubt based upon a general public sentiment of moral wrongdoing for which the offender must pay. But acts or omissions which ... ...
  • Ullah v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • House of Lords
    • 17 Junio 2004
    ... ... Although the issue is expressed in this general way, the specific right in question in these appeals, which were heard together, is the right to ... ): "Not every act or measure which adversely affects moral or physical integrity will interfere with the right to respect to private ... ...
  • Dorset Yacht Company Ltd v Home Office
    • House of Lords
    • 06 Mayo 1970
    ... ... There may be a moral duty to do so, but it is not practicable to make it a legal duty. And then ... they had no duty to take care? The first argument was that their right and power to control the trainees was purely statutory and that any duty ... ...
  • Airedale NHS Trust v Bland
    • House of Lords
    • 04 Febrero 1993
    ... ... , � "a murder prosecution is a poor way to design an ethical and moral code for doctors who are faced with decisions concerning the use of costly ... Support Machines: The Legal Implications " reprinted in Treat Me Right, Essays in Medical Law and Ethics , (1988)), especially at pp. 351�2, ... ...
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