Stovin and Another v Norfolk County Council
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judge | Lord Goff of Chieveley,Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle,Lord Slynn of Hadley,Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead,Lord Hoffmann |
| Judgment Date | 24 July 1996 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1996] UKHL J0724-3 |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Date | 24 July 1996 |
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382 cases
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Barrett v Enfield London Borough Council
...Rolls based himself, by analogy, on the principles laid down in X v. Bedfordshire County Council [1995] 2 A.C. 633 and Stovin v. Wise [1996] A.C. 923. He held that the plaintiff's case substantially rested on showing that the defendant council had negligently exercised statutory discretio......
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DFX (A Protected Party by her Litigation Friend The Official Solicitor) v Coventry City Council
...in Poole that, even though the decision in Anns had been disapproved in 1991, its reasoning had remained influential until Stovin v Wise [1996] AC 923 and Gorringe v Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council [2004] 1 WLR 1057, in which Lord Hoffmann gave judgments heralding (as Lord Reed was......
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R v Morrissey ; R v Staines
... ... were convicted of counselling or procuring another to deal in securities while being a prohibited person. So ... ...
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4 firm's commentaries
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The Private Law Liability Of Public Authorities: The Curious Case Of Transport Arendonk BVBA v Chief Constable Of Essex Police
...of our readers, the juridical basis of the rule against liability for omissions was helpfully summarised by Lord Hoffman in Stovin v Wise [1996] AC 923 at 943G-H and 945C-E: "There are sound reasons why omissions require different treatment from positive conduct. It is one thing for the law......
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"The Law Is Not In A State Of Flux": The Court Of Appeal Clarifies When Public Authorities May Owe A Duty Of Care
...of the public by reason of a failure to exercise that power (East Suffolk Rivers Catchment Board v Kent [1941] AC 74; Stovin v Wise [1996] AC 923). In reaching the decision, the Court also relied on the following principles as established in previous authorities (see Tindall at 54 for the f......
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"The Law Is Not In A State Of Flux": The Court Of Appeal Clarifies When Public Authorities May Owe A Duty Of Care
...of the public by reason of a failure to exercise that power (East Suffolk Rivers Catchment Board v Kent [1941] AC 74; Stovin v Wise [1996] AC 923). In reaching the decision, the Court also relied on the following principles as established in previous authorities (see Tindall at 54 for the f......
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The Line Of Duty: Police And The Duty Of Care
...for these purposes. Many negligence claims, where a duty of care could not sensibly be disputed, involve omissions. In Stovin v Wise [1996] AC 923 ("Stovin") , Lord Hoffmann "To hold the defendant liable for an act, rather than an omission, it is therefore necessary to be able to say, accor......
37 books & journal articles
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Misfeasance in public office: a very peculiar tort.
...J); Wentworth v Woollahra Municipal Council (1982) 149 CLR 672. See Finn, 'A Road Not Taken', above n 52, 494-5. (202) Stovin v Wise [1996] AC 923, 952-3 (Lord (203) Gorringe v Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council [2004] 2 All ER 326. (204) Mengel (1995) 185 CLR 307, 347 (Mason CJ, Dawso......
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Government liability in negligence.
...Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223 ('Wednesbury'). (22) Ipp Report, above n 8, 157-9. (23) [1996] AC 923. In fact, Stovin had suggested gross carelessness as a reason for imposing liability for failure to act where otherwise there was no duty t......
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THE PROMISE OF UNIVERSALITY
...Duties” in Emerging Issues in Tort Law (Jason W Neyers, Erika Chamberlain & Stephen G A Pitel eds) (Hart Publishing, 2007) at p 386. 92[1996] AC 923. 93Stovin v Wise[1996] AC 923 at 937. See also Perrett v Collins[1998] 2 Lloyd's Rep 255 at 272. 94 For example, R v Imperial Tobacco Canada L......
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The site
...Works act 1991 (UK) section 65. 450 (1850) 9 CB 392 [137 Er 945]. 451 (1850) 9 CB 392 at 420–421 [137 Er 945 at 956]. In Stovin v Wise [1996] aC 923, Lord hofmann noted (at 945) that an occupier of land “has a limited duty to trespassers and can take steps to keep them out”. 754 ThE SITE of......
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