Dorset Yacht Company Ltd v Home Office

Core Citations

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CONSIDERS

• Smith v Leurs
• Weld-Blundell v Stephens
• Carmarthenshire County Council v Lewis

CONSIDERS

• Mental Deficiency Act 1913
• Criminal Justice Act 1961
• D'Arcy v Prison Commissioners

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• Prevention of Crime Act 1908

REFERS TO

• Jones v Pope
• Ellis v Home Office
• Richardson v Mellish

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• Macrae v Clarke
• Stansbie v Troman
• Hedley Byrne & Company Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd
• Woolley v Ministry of Health; Roe v Ministry of Health
• Deyong v Shenburn

APPROVES

• Greenwell v Prison Comrs

REFERRED in

• Somerset County Council v Kingscott
• Hambro Life Assurance Plc v White Young & Partners and Others
• Mobil Oil Hong Kong Ltd v Hong Kong United Dockyards Ltd (Hua Lie)

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• JEB Fasteners Ltd v Marks, Bloom & Company
• Latchford v Beirne
• Southern Water Authority v Carey
• Balsamo v Medici
• C v Cairns
• Ross v Secretary of State for Scotland
• Mills v Winchester Diocesan Board of Finance
• Schiffahrt & Kohlen G.m.b.H. v Chelsea Maritime Ltd (Irene's Success)
• Bienke v Minister for Primary Industries and Energy
• Cynat Products Ltd v Landbuild (Investment and Property) Ltd
• Hevican v Ruane
• Hone and Another v Benson and Another
• Lawton v B.O.C. Transhield Ltd
• Gator Shipping Corporation v Trans-Asiatic Oil Company Ltd S.A. (Odenfeld)
• Eastern Mediterranean Maritime (Liechtenstein) Ltd v Unimarine S.A. (Marika M)
• Capital & Counties Plc v Hampshire County Council
• Larner v Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
• Hughes v National Union Mineworkers and Others
• Kent v Griffiths and Others (No 1); Kent v London Ambulance Service
• Chordas v Bryant (Wellington) Pty Ltd
• Hiv Haemophiliac Litigation
• Man B & W Diesel S E Asia Pte Ltd and Another v Pt Bumi International Tankers
• Spring v Guardian Assurance Plc
• Osman v Ferguson
• Rigby v Chief Constable of Northamptonshire
• Biffa Waste Services Ltd v Maschinenfabrik Ernst Hese GmbH
• March v Stramare (E and Mh) Pty Ltd
• Clough v Bussan
• OLL Ltd v Secretary of State for Transport
• Palmer v Tees Health Authority and Another
• Davis and another v Radcliffe and Others
• Stephens v Anglian Water Authority
• Neil Martin Ltd v HM Revenue and Customs
• Investors in Industry Commercial Properties Ltd v South Bedfordshire District Council
• Acrecrest Ltd v W.S. Hattrell & Partners
• Candlewood Navigation Corporation Ltd v Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd (Ibaraki Maru, Mineral Transporter)
• Smith v Inner London Education Authority
• Business Computers International Ltd v Registrar of Companies
• Norwich City Council v Harvey
• Attorney-General v Chapman Sc
• Tai Hing Cotton Mill Ltd v Liu Chong Hing Bank Ltd
• Perrett v Collins
• National Bank of Greece SA v Pinios Shipping Company No 1
• Woolcock Street Investments Pty Ltd v Cdg Pty Ltd
• Davy v Spelthorne Borough Council
• S & T Distributors Ltd v CIBC Jamaica Ltd and Others
• Gladwyn Simmons v Commissioner of Police
• Reid v Rush & Tompkins Group Plc
• Harold Wildgust and Carrickowen Ltd v Bank of Ireland and Norwich Union Life Assurance Society
• Glencar Exploration p.l.c. v Mayo County Council (No. 2)
• Ward v McMaster and Others
• McMahon v Ireland
• Midland Bank Trust Company Ltd v Hett, Stubbs & Kemp
• Attia v British Gas Plc
• Spandeck Engineering (S) Pte Ltd v Defence Science & Technology Agency
• Simaan General Contracting Company v Pilkington Glass Ltd (No. 2)
• Parsons (H.) (Livestock) Ltd v Uttley Ingham & Company Ltd
• The Royal Bank Trust Company (Trinidad) Ltd v Pampellonne et Al
• Van Colle and Another v Chief Constable of the Hertfordshire Police
• Darker and Others v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police
• Rees v Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust
• Junior Books Ltd v Veitchi Company Ltd
• Mitchell and another v Glasgow City Council
• Kelly v Boland (T/A Haughey Boland Company )
• Connor v Surrey County Council
• Murphy v Brentwood District Council
• Greater Nottingham Co-operative Society Ltd v Cementation Piling and Foundations Ltd
• Leeds City Council v West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police
• Slipper v British Broadcasting Corporation
• Curran v Northern Ireland Co-ownership Housing Association Ltd
• Standard Chartered Bank Ltd v Walker
• Leigh and Sillavan Ltd v Aliakmon Shipping Company Ltd (Aliakmon)
• Jain v Trent Strategic Health Authority
• B v Islington Health Authority
• McLoughlin v O'Brian
• Gorringe v Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
• O'Reilly v Mackman
• Caparo Industries Plc v Dickman
• Saif Ali v Sydney Mitchell & Company
• Clarke v Bruce Lance & Company
• King v Liverpool City Council

CONSIDERED in

• Somerset County Council v Kingscott
• Fellowes v Rother District Council
• Frost v Warner

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• Perre v Apand Pty Ltd
• Conteh v Parking Partners Ltd
• Man B & W Diesel S E Asia Pte Ltd and Another v Pt Bumi International Tankers
• Ward v Cannock Chase District Council
• Sutherland Shire Council v Heyman
• Jaensch v Coffey
• Rm Turton & Company Ltd ((in Liquidation)) v Kerslake & Partners
• Perre v Apand
• Mohamed Yasseen v Janki Persaud
• Everett and Another v Comojo (UK) Ltd
• Breslin v Corcoran
• O'Neill v Dunnes Stores
• RSP Architects Planners & Engineers v Ocean Front Pte Ltd and another appeal
• Knightley v Johns
• France v Attorney General and Director of Public Works
• Chandler v Cape Plc
• Swinney v Chief Constable of Northumbria Police Force
• Modbury Triangle Shopping Centre Pty Ltd v Anzil
• Sullivan v Moody
• Barrett v Ministry of Defence
• Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands v Hartwell
• Smith v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd; Maloco v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd
• Smith v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd; Maloco v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd
• M and Another v London Borough of Newham and Others; X and Others v Bedfordshire County Council
• M and Another v London Borough of Newham and Others; X and Others v Bedfordshire County Council

CITED in

• Alec Finlayson Pty Ltd v Armidale City Council
• Bullimore v Pothecary Witham Weld (A Firm) and Another (No. 2)
• Stoneman v Lyons

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• Mahony v J Kruschich (Demolitions) Pty Ltd
• Lonrho Plc v Al-Fayed and Others
• Lonrho Plc v Tebbit and Another
• Ann Thomson (ap) V. The Scottish Ministers
• Conole v Redbank Oyster Company
• Bridget Byrne v Ryan
• Sunderland v Louth County Council
• Leach v Chief Constable of Gloucestershire Constabulary
• Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd v Conarken Group Ltd and another
• British Telecommunications Plc v James Thomson and Sons (Engineers) Ltd (Scotland)
• Bradford-Smart v West Sussex County Council
• Three Rivers District Council v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No. 3)

ADOPTED in

• B v Islington Health Authority

APPLIED in

• Writtle (Vicar of) v Essex County Council
• Minories Finance Ltd v Arthur Young
• Paterson Zochonis & Company Ltd v Merfarken Packaging Ltd

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• Marc Rich & Company A.G. v Bishop Rock Marine Company Ltd (Nicholas H)
• Hanna (Erro)l v University of the West Indies
• Ross v Caunters
• Tate & Lyle Food and Distribution Ltd v Greater London Council
• Perl (P) (Exporters) Ltd v Camden London Borough Council
• Anns v Merton London Borough Council
• Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire
• Mohammed-Holgate v Duke
• Barrett v Enfield London Borough Council
• Anns v Merton London Borough Council

FOLLOWED in

• Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Perai; Tropiland Sdn Bhd
• Saatchi & Saatchi Pte Ltd and Others v Tan Hun Ling (Clarke Quay Pte Ltd, Third Party)

DISTINGUISHED in

• Alexandrou v Oxford
• Ancell v McDermott
• Yuen Kun Yeu v Attorney General of Hong Kong

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• Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire
• X v Hounslow London Borough Council
• John Munroe (Acrylics) Ltd v London Fire and Civil Defence Authority and Others

NOT APPLIED in

• Lamb v Camden London Borough Council

REPORTED OPINION OF in

• [1969] 2 All ER 564
• [1969] 2 WLR 1008
• [1969] 2 QB 412

APPEAL RESOLVED in

• Dorset Yacht Company Ltd v Home Office

AFFIRMED in

• Dorset Yacht Company Ltd v Home Office

This document cites

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• Hedley Byrne & Company Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd
• Woolley v Ministry of Health; Roe v Ministry of Health
• Carmarthenshire County Council v Lewis
• Weld-Blundell v Stephens
• Ellis v Home Office



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• Weld-Blundell v Stephens
• Deyong v Shenburn
• Macrae v Clarke
• D'Arcy v Prison Commissioners
• Stansbie v Troman
• Jones v Pope
• Smith v Leurs
• Greenwell v Prison Comrs
• Richardson v Mellish
• Mental Deficiency Act 1913
• Prevention of Crime Act 1908
• Criminal Justice Act 1961