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Boys V Chaplin
''Boys v Chaplin'' 971AC 356 is a leading conflict of laws case decided by the House of Lords. Facts The plaintiff, a passenger on a motorcycle, was injured through the negligence of the defendant whose car had hit the motorcycle. The plaintiff and defendant were British soldiers stationed in Malta. David Boys was run into by a motor car driven by Richard Chaplin. He was serving in the Royal Naval Air Squadron and was also stationed in Malta at the time. David Boys was badly injured. He had a fractured skull and was unconscious for three days. The right side of his face was crushed. He was taken to the Royal Naval Hospital in Malta. He was there for about six weeks. Then he was brought back to England on 19 September 1963, and taken to the Royal Air Force Hospital at Wroughton in Wiltshire. He was there for over six months, until 7 April 1964. Then he was an out-patient for two months. Eventually on 5 June 1964, owing to his injuries, he was discharged from the Royal Air Force. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judicial Functions Of The House Of Lords
Whilst the House of Lords of the United Kingdom is the upper chamber of Parliament and has government ministers, it for many centuries had a judicial function. It functioned as a court of first instance for the trials of peers, for impeachments, and as a court of last resort in the United Kingdom and prior, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of England. Appeals were technically not to the House of Lords, but rather to the King-in-Parliament. In 1876, the Appellate Jurisdiction Act devolved the appellate functions of the House to an Appellate Committee, composed of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary (informally referred to as Law Lords). They were then appointed by the Lord Chancellor in the same manner as other judges. During the 20th and early 21st century, the judicial functions were gradually removed. Its final trial of a peer was in 1935, and in 1948, the use of special courts for such trials was abolished. The procedure of impeachment became seen as obsolete. In 2009, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dicey Morris & Collins
''Dicey, Morris & Collins on the Conflict of Laws'' (often simply ''Dicey, Morris & Collins'', or even just ''Dicey & Morris'') is the leading English law textbook on the conflict of laws (). It has been described as the "gold standard" in terms of academic writing on the subject, and the "foremost authority on private international law". Editors The textbook has had three principal general editors during its life: * A. V. Dicey, the constitutional scholar and Vinerian Professor of English Law. * John H. C. Morris * Lord Collins of Mapesbury, solicitor and later judge. Since 2015, Professor Jonathan Harris QC has been joint general editor with Lord Collins of Mapesbury. Between 1922 and 1949 A. Berriedale Keith was also a general editor of the text, but has not been honoured with a permanent place in the book's title. In the most recent edition, the team of editors includes Professor C G J Morse, Professor David McClean, Professor Adrian Briggs, Professor Jonathan Harri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Wilberforce Cases
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Malta–United Kingdom Relations
Malta–United Kingdom relations are foreign relations between Malta and the United Kingdom. The two countries share membership in the Commonwealth of Nations and the European Union up till 31 January 2020 when the UK withdrew from the bloc. History The British took possession of Malta in 1800, defeating an unpopular French garrison that had taken possession of the islands two years earlier. Malta remained under British control until the end of the Treaty of Paris of 1814. The islands were seen as being of key strategic significance, lying between Gibraltar and the Suez Canal, and became an important shipping station on the sea route between Great Britain and British India. As a result, Malta became the headquarters of the British Mediterranean Fleet until the 1930s. The islands were essentially under British military rule until 1849, when a partly elected legislative council was formed. In 1921, this was replaced with a fully elected bicameral parliament, which brought Malt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Lords Cases
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English Conflict Of Laws Case Law
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Red Sea Insurance Co Ltd V Bouygues SA
''Red Sea Insurance Co Ltd v Bouygues SA'' 9951 AC 190 is a judicial decision of the Privy Council relating to choice of law in tort. The case was an appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong, but as the case was decided in Hong Kong pursuant to the English Law Ordinance, section 3(1), it is also taken to be an authoritative statement of English law. Facts Bouygues SA together with nine other co-plaintiffs made a claim under a policy of insurance against Red Sea Insurance Co Ltd. Red Sea Insurance was an insurance company incorporated in Hong Kong, but with its head office located in Saudi Arabia. In its counterclaim Red Sea Insurance alleged that one of the co-plaintiffs, PCG, negligently supplied faulty pre-cast concrete building units, and that if it was liable at all, Red Sea Insurance would be subrogated to the claims of the other co-plaintiffs against PCG. PCG applied to strike out that counterclaim. Red Sea then amended its pleading and claimed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of House Of Lords Cases
This article lists by year the cases heard before the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords until it was replaced by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in October 2009. The House of Lords was the only body capable of hearing appeals from some courts of the United Kingdom; for instance, in England and Wales, it heard appeals from the Court of Appeal, and could in some circumstances hear appeals directly from the High Court of Justice. 1920 * '' DPP v Beard'' 920AC 479, 14 Cr App Rep 159 1952 * '' Carslogie Steamship Co v Royal Norwegian Government'' 1963 * '' Attorney-General for Northern Ireland v Gallagher'' 963AC 349, 45 Cr App Rep 316 1982 * '' Metropolitan Police Commissioner v Caldwell'' 982AC 341 1985 * ''Anderton v Ryan'' 1986 * '' British Leyland Motor Corp. v Armstrong Patents Co.'' * ''R v Shivpuri'' 986UKHL 2 1988 * '' Hotson v East Berkshire Health Authority'' 988UKHL 1 1989 * ''R v Howe'' 987AC 417, 85 Cr App Rep 32 1991 * '' R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Loci Delicti
In conflict of laws, the term ''lex loci'' (Latin for "the law of the place") is a shorthand version of the choice of law rules that determine the ''lex causae'' (the laws chosen to decide a case).''Black's Law Dictionary'' abridged Sixth Edition (1991), p. 630. General principles When a case comes before a court, if the main features of the case (particularly the parties and the causes of action) are local, the court will then apply the ''lex fori'', the prevailing municipal law, to decide the case. However, if there are "foreign" elements to the case, the court may then be obliged, under conflict of laws, to consider whether it has jurisdiction to hear the case (see forum shopping). The court must then characterise the issues to allocate the factual basis of the case to its relevant legal classes. The court may then be required to apply the choice of law rules to decide the ''lex causae'', the law to be applied to each cause of action. Relevant rules include the following. ''Lex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Sea Insurance V Bouygues SA
''Red Sea Insurance Co Ltd v Bouygues SA'' 9951 AC 190 is a judicial decision of the Privy Council relating to choice of law in tort. The case was an appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong, but as the case was decided in Hong Kong pursuant to the English Law Ordinance, section 3(1), it is also taken to be an authoritative statement of English law. Facts Bouygues SA together with nine other co-plaintiffs made a claim under a policy of insurance against Red Sea Insurance Co Ltd. Red Sea Insurance was an insurance company incorporated in Hong Kong, but with its head office located in Saudi Arabia. In its counterclaim Red Sea Insurance alleged that one of the co-plaintiffs, PCG, negligently supplied faulty pre-cast concrete building units, and that if it was liable at all, Red Sea Insurance would be subrogated to the claims of the other co-plaintiffs against PCG. PCG applied to strike out that counterclaim. Red Sea then amended its pleading and claime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Fori
In conflict of laws, the term ''lex loci'' (Latin for "the law of the place") is a shorthand version of the choice of law rules that determine the ''lex causae'' (the laws chosen to decide a case).''Black's Law Dictionary'' abridged Sixth Edition (1991), p. 630. General principles When a case comes before a court, if the main features of the case (particularly the parties and the causes of action) are local, the court will then apply the ''lex fori'', the prevailing municipal law, to decide the case. However, if there are "foreign" elements to the case, the court may then be obliged, under conflict of laws, to consider whether it has jurisdiction to hear the case (see forum shopping). The court must then characterise the issues to allocate the factual basis of the case to its relevant legal classes. The court may then be required to apply the choice of law rules to decide the ''lex causae'', the law to be applied to each cause of action. Relevant rules include the following. ''Lex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Denning
Alfred Thompson "Tom" Denning, Baron Denning (23 January 1899 – 5 March 1999) was an English lawyer and judge. He was called to the bar of England and Wales in 1923 and became a King's Counsel in 1938. Denning became a judge in 1944 when he was appointed to the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice, and transferred to the King's Bench Division in 1945. He was made a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1948 after less than five years in the High Court. He became a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1957 and after five years in the House of Lords returned to the Court of Appeal as Master of the Rolls in 1962, a position he held for twenty years. In retirement he wrote several books and continued to offer opinions on the state of the common law through his writing and his position in the House of Lords. Margaret Thatcher said that Denning was "probably the greatest English judge of modern times". Denning's appellate work in the Court of Appeal did not concern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
