Minister of Pensions v Higham

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1948
Year1948
CourtKing's Bench Division
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37 cases
  • Patel v (on the application of Patel) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 1 June 2012
    ...Mirza. In fact, there is a strong argument for saying that it would anyway be more appropriate to follow the later decision. In Minister of Pensions v Higham [1948] 2 KB 153, 168, Denning J referred to 'the general rule that where there are conflicting decisions of courts of co-ordinate ju......
  • Colchester Estates (Cardiff) v Carlton Industries Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • Invalid date
    ... ... Dictum of Denning J. in Minister of Pensions v. Higham [1948] 2 K.B. 153, 155 applied ... Hamilton v. Martell Securities Ltd ... ...
  • CAF 3326 2005
    • United Kingdom
    • Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
    • 3 October 2006
    ...(a) Decisions of the nominated judges 18. In his skeleton argument, Mr Kovats helpfully drew attention to Minister of Pensions v Higham [1948] 2 KB 153, where Denning J said at 155 “the doctrine of stare decisis [ie that a legal principle necessary to the decision in a case must be applied ......
  • Ratcliffe v Secretary of State for Defence CAF 52 2006
    • United Kingdom
    • Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
    • 3 February 2009
    ...decision in Hopkins, unless satisfied that it embodied some error of law or (to use Denning J’s words in Minister of Pensions v Higham [1948] 2 KB 153), there is strong reason to the contrary. Further developments in the domestic and ECtHR case law could be capable of providing a reason not......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Recent Judicial Decisions
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles No. 74-4, November 2001
    • 1 November 2001
    ...if it is reached356 The Police Journal, Volume 74 (2001) after full consideration of the earlier decision: see MinisterofPensions vHigham[1948] 2 KB 153, ISS.Criminal Division - The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) is the successor of theCourt of Criminal Appeal which was set up in 1907 ......

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