Phelps v London Borough of Hillingdon
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Judge | LORD SLYNN OF HADLEY,LORD JAUNCEY OF TULLICHETTLE,LORD LLOYD OF BERWICK,LORD NICHOLLS OF BIRKENHEAD,LORD CLYDE,LORD HUTTON,LORD MILLETT |
Judgment Date | 27 July 2000 |
Neutral Citation | [2000] UKHL 47 |
Date | 27 July 2000 |
Court | House of Lords |
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Todd v Adams
...Prison ex p. Hague [1992] 1 AC 58 at 170C to 171A per Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle, and Phelps v Hillingdon London Borough Council [2001] 2 AC 619 at 652B-E per Lord Slynn of 19 Even some of this limited guidance is, however, open to question. In Phillips v Britannia Hygienic Laundry Comp......
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Benjamin v KPMG Bermuda (A Firm) and KPMG Barbados (A Firm)
...PlcELR[1995] 2 AC 296; Williams v Natural Life Health Foods LtdWLR[1998] 1 WLR 830; and Phelps v Hillingdon London Borough CouncilELR[2001] 2 AC 619. These authorities yield many valuable insights, but they contain statements which cannot readily be reconciled. I intend no discourtesy to co......
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Woolaston (Leo Hugh) and Others v Aubrey George Brown and Others
...circumstances from which such attribution arises." In similar vein, Lord Slynn of Hadley in Phelps v Hillingdon London Borough Council [2001] 2 AC 619. 654, observed: "It is sometimes said that there has to be an assumption of responsibility by the person concerned. That phrase can be misle......
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Gemyma Shaunerva Norville Claimant v Attorney General of Saint Lucia Defendant [ECSC]
...owed by a hospital trust based upon the acceptance of a professional relationship with the patient was cited by Lord Hoffmann in Phelps v Hillingdon LBC (2001) AC 619 as an example of a negligence duty where the service was provided pursuant to a public law duty. 68 I am satisfied that just......
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Australian universities' potential liability for courses that fail to deliver
...London Borough Council; Anderton v Clwyd County Council; Gower v Bromley London Borough Council; Jarvis v Hampshire County Council [2000] UKHL 47 (these were a number of cases that were very similar in substance so were heard together by the House of Lords), the Court held unanimously that ......
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Misfeasance in public office: a very peculiar tort.
...O'Rourke v Camden London Borough Council [1998] AC 188, 193-4 (Lord Hoffmann). See also Phelps v Hillingdon London Borough Council [2001] 2 AC 619, 652 (Lord Slynn); A-G (NZ) v Daniels [2003] 2 NZLR 742, 767-8 [87]-[88] (Keith J for Keith, Blanchard, Tipping, McGrath and Anderson (193) Cutl......
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Government liability in negligence.
...Barrett v Enfield London Borough Council [2001] 2 AC 550, 586 (Lord Hutton); Phelps v Hillingdon London Borough Council [2001] 2 AC 619, 652-3 (Lord (159) (2001) 206 CLR 512, 633-4. Actually, his Honour said that it would be unusual to construct a common law duty to exercise a 'power' unles......
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THE PROMISE OF UNIVERSALITY
...1 QB 1166; Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire[1989] AC 53; Stovin v Wise[1996] AC 923; Phelps v Hillingdon London Borough Council[2001] 2 AC 619; Barrett v Enfield London Borough Council[2001] 2 AC 550; D v East Berkshire Community NHS Trust[2005] 2 AC 373 and Van Colle v Chief Consta......
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Where the Action Is: Macro and Micro Justice in Contract Law
...( Spring vGuardian Assuranceplc [1995] 2 AC 296), and diagnosis of special needs cases(Phelps vHillingdon London Borough Council [2001] 2 AC 619) that the claimants exhibited asevere dependency on the defendants, who knew (or perhaps ought to have known) of the riskof potential harm by thei......
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