Church v Ministry of Defence
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1984 |
| Date | 1984 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division |
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5 cases
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Axa General Insurance Limited And Others V. The Lord Advocate As Representing The Scottish Ministers+the Advocate General For Scotland+daniel Fleming And Others
...In Rothwell at paragraphs [3] to [6] Lord Hoffmann sets out the earlier rulings in the English courts: Church v Ministry of Defence (1984) 134 NLJ 623, Sykes v Ministry of Defence (1984) 134 NLJ 783 and Patterson v Ministry of Defence (29 July 1986, unreported). All were at first instance i......
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Grieves v Everard and Sons and Another and associated claims
...three cases the judges found in favour of the plaintiffs. But their reasoning was not altogether consistent. The first case was Church v Ministry of Defence (1984) 134 NLJ 623, an action by a fitter who had until 1954 worked with asbestos in the naval dockyard at Chatham. A routine X-ray i......
- AXA General Insurance Ltd, Petitioners
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AXA General Insurance Company Ltd v Lord Advocate
...all of which were decided at first instance in England, the judges found in the claimants' favour: Church v Ministry of Defence (1984) 134 NLJ 623, Peter Pain J; Sykes v Ministry of Defence The Times, 23 March 1984, Otton J; and Patterson v Ministry of Defence [1987] CLY 1194, Simon Brown J......
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1 firm's commentaries
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Who's Afraid Of The Plaque? Did 'Fear For The Future' Claims In Australia Just Get Harder?
...physiological damage may be sufficient to give rise to a cause of action, including pleural plaques (Church v Ministry of Defence (1984) 134 NLJ 623; Sykes v Ministry of Defence, The Times, March 1984; Patterson v Ministry of Defence [1987] CLY 1194). Its significance is further illustrated......
2 books & journal articles
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Defining Damage in the House of Lords
...InternationalCombustion Ltd,Grieves vF T Everard & Sons Ltd and another[2 007]UKHL 39; [2008] 1AC 281.2ChurchvMinistryof Defence (1984)134 NLJ623; SykesvMinistryof DefenceThe Times 23 March 1984;PattersonvMinistryof Defence [1987]CLY1194.10 0 9r2008 The Author.Journal Compilation r2008 The ......
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‘Light Weapons’ and the Dynamics of Art 47 EU – The EC's Armoury of Ever Expanding Competences
...InternationalCombustion Ltd,Grieves vF T Everard& Sons Ltd and another [2007]UKHL 39; [2008] 1AC 281.2ChurchvMinistryof Defence (1984)134 NLJ 623;SykesvMinistryof DefenceThe Times 23 March 1984;PattersonvMinistryof Defence [1987]CLY1194.10 0 9r2008 The Author.Journal Compilation r2008 The M......