Graham v Tessdale

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1981
Date1981
CourtQueen's Bench Division
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10 cases
  • Lloyd v McMahon
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 31 July 1986
    ...is a more serious charge than "negligence or misconduct", which was the criterion under the 1933 Act. In Graham v. Teesdale & Anr. (1981) 81 L.G.R. 117, Mr Justice Webster adjudged that for the purposes of section 161(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (section 20 of the 1982 Act is in th......
  • Porter v Magill
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 April 1999
    ...separate states of mind. 813. What is "wilful misconduct"? 82Wilful misconduct was defined by Webster J. in Graham v Teesdale (1981) 81 LGR 117 at 123 as "deliberately doing something which is wrong, knowing it to be wrong, or with reckless indifference as to whether it is wrong or not". In......
  • Porter v Magill
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 13 December 2001
  • Dame Shirley Porter and Others v John Magill
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 19 December 1997
    ...County Council ex parte The Times Supplements Ltd (1991) LGR 123. (vi) Wilful misconduct is, as defined by Webster J in Graham v Teesdale 81 LGR 117 at 123, "deliberately doing something which is wrong, knowing it to be wrong or with reckless indifference as to whether it is wrong or not". ......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Misconduct in a Public Office—Should it Still Be Prosecuted?
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 76-2, April 2012
    • 1 April 2012
    ...An Overview’[2011] Crim LR 87.20 Attorney-General’s Reference (No. 3 of 2003) [2004] EWCA Crim 868, [2005] QB 73 at[30].21 Ibid.22 (1981) 81 LGR 117.23 Ibid. at 123.The Journal of Criminal awareness of the duty to act or a subjective recklessness as to theexistence of the duty’.24Fourthly, ......
  • `Rage at Westsinster': Sociolegal Reflections on the Power of Sale
    • United Kingdom
    • Social & Legal Studies No. 12-2, June 2003
    • 1 June 2003
    ...which is wrong knowing it to be wrong or with reckless indiffer-ence as to whether it is wrong or not’ (Graham v Teesdale [1981] 81 LGR 117,123).4. Equally, there are questions about the role of council off‌icers in the develop-ment of party political policies adopted by the council. 5. Thi......

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