Results.
7 judgments found.
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| December 1986 |
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30 December 1986 |
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Applicant failed to prove adultery or cruelty as grounds for divorce; petition dismissed.
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Divorce — jurisdiction (domicile) — adultery: sufficiency of evidence and inference from letters — cruelty: requirement of bodily/mental harm or reasonable apprehension — undefended petition and risk of collusion.
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30 December 1986 |
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Defendants breached supply contract by withholding timely transport; plaintiff awarded damages under contractual principles and Hadley v Baxendale.
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29 December 1986 |
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16 December 1986 |
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Whether rent was conditional on repairs and whether the defendant’s occupation created a tenancy at will entitling possession.
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Landlord and tenant — creation of lease — agent’s authority to conclude lease — entry and payment creating tenancy at will — rent contingent on repairs — mesne profits and possession.
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12 December 1986 |
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Adultery proven by circumstantial evidence; marriage dissolved, custody to petitioner, compensatory damages and costs awarded.
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Divorce — Adultery — Proof by inference from association and opportunity; no requirement of direct proof — Condonation and collusion as potential bars — Damages against third party for role in breakdown of marriage — Custody to petitioner with reasonable access to respondent — Costs awarded to petitioner.
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12 December 1986 |
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High Court reviewed and reduced a Taxing Master's unexplained upward revision of a solicitor-and-own-client bill.
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Taxation of costs — review by High Court — scope of review powers — limits on fresh evidence and new grounds — necessity of reasons for variation — relevance of solicitor's own-client bill.
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1 December 1986 |