Results.
5 judgments found.
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| December 1996 |
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A purchaser with constructive notice is bound by a prior purchaser's equitable interest despite a statutory certificate.
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Property law — Purchase of land — Equitable interest under prior contract — Constructive notice binds subsequent purchaser — Housing (Statutory Improvement Areas) Act (Cap.441) s.8 does not protect a purchaser with notice — Registration not required for effectiveness of prior contract in Improvement Areas
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31 December 1996 |
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An application to the central bank for a higher allowance is not an offer and does not estop the employer from denying an unapproved increase.
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Practice — Estoppel; Employment law — expatriate inducement allowance; Application to central bank not an offer; Authority to fix terms; Whether employer bound by local director's bank application
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31 December 1996 |
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Employee wrongly dismissed after disciplinary procedures were not followed; reinstatement is an exceptional remedy.
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Employment law — Master and servant — Wrongful dismissal — Failure to follow disciplinary code and procedural fairness — Denial of evidence (security fuel book) — Reinstatement as exceptional remedy
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9 December 1996 |
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Prior permit requirement for public assemblies held an unconstitutional prior restraint on freedom of assembly and expression.
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Constitutional law — Public Order Act s.5(4) — prior permit for assemblies — unlawful prior restraint — unguided discretionary power — lack of standards and safeguards — not reasonably justifiable in a democratic society — prosecutions based on invalid provision invalid — regulatory directions permissible; exemption issue otiose
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9 December 1996 |
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Identification evidence, corroborated by a recovered dust coat, upheld the aggravated robbery conviction; appeal dismissed.
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Criminal law — Aggravated robbery — Identification evidence — Application of R v Turnbull — Amendment to particulars — Whether descriptive amendment prejudicial — Corroboration by possession of described clothing — Adequacy of police investigation
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4 December 1996 |