Cases

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Year: 2005 [clear]

West Bromwich Albion FC v El-Safty

Sports law - Negligence - Contract - Surgeon - Football player - Negligent treatment ending player's career - Liability to club

[2005] EWHC 2866 (QB) - Queen's Bench Division

Judge Royce J

Taylor v Rive Droit Music Ltd

Music law - Contract - Music publishing agreement - Contradictory and inconsistent terms - Duration of agreement - Infringement - Meaning of 'composition' - Implied terms  - Positive and negative obligations - Unlawful interference with goods - Allegations of dishonesty

[2005] EWCA Civ 1300; [2006] EMLR 52 - Court of Appeal

Judge Chadwick, Latham, and Neuberger LJJ

Leeds Rugby Ltd v Harris & Bradford Bulls Holdings Ltd

Sport - Rugby Player - Transfer from League to Union team - Contract - Option to re-acquire player - certainty - consideration - restraint of trade

[2005] EWHC 1591 (QB); [2005] ISLR, SLR-91 - Queen's Bench Division

Judge Gray J

Georgallides v Etzin

Harassment - Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - interim injunction - whether application for injunction for harassment was an attempt to circumvent rule in Bonnard v Perryman - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998- articles 8 and 10 - width of injunction

12/07/2005 - Queen's Bench Division

Judge Gray J

Green Corns Ltd v Claverley Group Ltd

Privacy - Injunction - Article 8 - Freedom of expression - Article 10 - Public domain - Public interest - Addresses of children's care homes

[2005] EWHC 958 (QB); [2005] EMLR 748 - Queen's Bench Division

Judge Tugendhat J

Friend v Civil Aviation Authority & Others

Malicious falsehood - Breach of contract - Inducement to breach contract - Unlawful means conspiracy - Civil Aviation Authority - Dismissal from employment

[2005] EWHC 201 (QB) - Queen's Bench Division

Judge Eady J

Polanski v Conde Nast Publications Ltd (HL)

Defamation - Libel - Human Rights - Civil procedure - Civil evidence - evidence by video link - hearsay

[2005] UKHL 10; [2005] 1 WLR 637; [2005] 1 All ER 945; [2005] EMLR 287; The Times, 11 Feb 2005; The Independent, 16 Feb 2005 - House of Lords

Judge Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord Slynn of Hadley, Lord Hope of Craighead, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Carswell