Famous Cases: Nine Trials That Changed the LawWaterside Press, 19 de abr. de 2002 - 136 páginas The authors of this work have assembled the background to a selection of leading cases in English law. From the Mareva case (synonymous with a type of injunction) to Lord Denning's classic ruling in the High Trees House case (the turning point for equitable estoppel). |
Conteúdo
Judgments | 67 |
The neighbour rule | 68 |
Explosive effects | 73 |
6 Lord Dennings High Trees Case | 76 |
Legal argument | 77 |
The judgment | 78 |
7 Rookes v Barnard | 81 |
The case | 82 |
Trial by jury | 17 |
PART II Criminal Trials | 20 |
The Privy Council hearing | 21 |
SMITHS CASE | 23 |
The appeal | 25 |
Aftermath | 30 |
Pragmatic approach | 31 |
A new precedent | 32 |
3 Woolmingtons Case | 34 |
The first trial | 35 |
The second trial | 37 |
Woolmington v DPP | 38 |
No presumption of murder | 48 |
The beyond reasonable doubt principle | 50 |
4 Gypsy Jim Smith | 52 |
Malice aforethought | 53 |
DPP v Smith | 56 |
Aftermath | 62 |
PART III Civil Cases | 66 |
The first appeal | 83 |
The House of Lords | 86 |
8 The Mareva Injunction | 92 |
Mareva Compania Naviera SA v International Bulkcarriers SA | 93 |
Law reform | 96 |
9 Wednesbury Unreasonableness | 98 |
The appeal | 100 |
What the case settled | 104 |
PART IV International Law | 106 |
Background to the Pinochet case | 107 |
The arrests | 108 |
First House of Lords appeal | 109 |
The problem | 122 |
The petition | 123 |
Second House of Lords appeal | 125 |
Historic decision | 132 |
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Back cover | 137 |
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