Uk Supreme Court Court January 2011 Judgments
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Yemshaw (Appellant) Vs. London Borough of Hounslow (Respondent)
Court: UK Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-26-2011
LADY HALE (with whom Lord Hope and Lord Walker agree) The issue in this case is what is meant by the word "violence" in section 177(1) of the Housing Act 1996. Is it limited to physical contact or does it include other forms of violent conduct? The Court of Appeal, as it was bound to do by the earlier case of Danesh v Kensington and Chelsea Royal London Borough Council [2006] EWCA Civ 1404, [2007] 1 WLR 69, held that it was limited to physical contact: [2009] EWCA Civ 1543. The appellant contends that it is not. As the appellant is a woman, and the majority of victims of all forms of domestic violence are women, I shall refer to the victim as "she" throughout. But of course I realise that men can be victims too. The evolution of the statutory scheme The modern scheme of local housing authorities' powers and duties towards homeless people dates back to the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977. That Act provided that a person was homeless if there was no accommodation which she (togethe...
R (on the Application of Coke-wallis) (Appellant) Vs. Institute of Cha ...
Court: UK Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-19-2011
LORD CLARKE (with whom Lord Phillips and Lord Rodger agree) Introduction This appeal is concerned with the relevance and application of the principles of autrefois acquit, res judicata and abuse of process in the context of successive proceedings before a regulatory or disciplinary tribunal. The background facts The appellant is a chartered accountant and a member of the respondent institute ("the Institute"), which is responsible for the regulation of chartered accountants including the appellant. At the relevant time he and his wife were directors and shareholders of a number of trust companies carrying out regulated financial services work in Jersey. On 18 December 2002 the Jersey Financial Services Commission issued a direction ("the direction") to the companies and their directors to cease to take on any new trust company business and to commence an orderly winding up of the companies' affairs. It also directed that "no records or files in respect of the companies or any custome...
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