JOURNALS HOUSE OF LORDS - United Kingdom Parliament

2005 7th-13th April
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Given at Our Court at Windsor Castle, this eleventh day of April in the Year of our Lord two
thousand and five and in the fifty-fourth year of Our Reign.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
HoVman, L.
Hope of Craighead, L.
[Judicial Sittings during the Dissolution of Parliament, by the
Lords of Appeal in the name of the House of Lords authorised
by virtue of a Writing by Her Majesty The Queen under Her Sign Manual,
dated 11th April 2005, pursuant to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876]
Wednesday 13th April 2005
Their Lordships met at half-past ten o’clock in Committee Room No. 1
The following Lords of Appeal were present:
Nicholls of Birkenhead, L.
Steyn, L.
Walker of Gestingthorpe, L.
1. Hearing and determination of appeals—Parliament having been dissolved by Her Majesty by
Proclamation under the Great Seal dated in the morning of 11th April 2005, the Lord Speaker
(Lord Bingham of Cornhill) acquainted their Lordships that Her Majesty had issued a Writing
(pursuant to section 9 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876) authorising the Lords of Appeal
to hear and determine appeals during the dissolution of Parliament and for that purpose to
sit in the House of Lords; and to act in all matters in relation thereto as if such sittings were
a continuation of the sittings of the House of Lords and, in the name of the House of Lords,
to exercise the jurisdiction of the House of Lords accordingly (see Appendix), which Writing
was read.
2. Appeal Committee—A Committee was appointed, which shall include all Lords qualified under
the provisions of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876, to hear such petitions as shall be referred
to it during the dissolution of Parliament.
3. Appellate Committee—A Committee was appointed, which shall include all Lords qualified under
the provisions of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876, to hear such appeals as shall be referred
to it during the dissolution of Parliament.
4. J & H Ritchie Limited (Appellants) v. Lloyd Limited (Respondents) (Scotland)—The appeal of J
& H Ritchie Limited was presented and it was ordered that in accordance with Standing Order
VI the statement and appendix thereto be lodged on or before 25th May (lodged 8th April).
5. Mayne Pharma Pty Limited and others (Petitioners) v. Pharmacia Italia SpA (Respondents)—The
petition of Mayne Pharma Pty Limited praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred
to an Appeal Committee.
6. Majrowski (Respondent) v. Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Trust (Petitioners)—The petition of
Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Trust praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to
an Appeal Committee.
7. Hare (Petitioner) v. Leeds City Council and others (Respondents)—The petition of Margaret Hare
praying for leave to appeal notwithstanding that the time limited by Standing Order II has
expired was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee.
8. Thornhill (trustee of Clive W Atherton) (Respondent) v. Atherton (Petitioner) and others
(Respondents)—The petition of Clive William Atherton praying for leave to appeal was
presented without payment of the fee, such fee having been waived by the Appeal Committee
pursuant to Standing Order XIII; the said petition was referred to an Appeal Committee
(lodged 8th April).
9. Ntiamoah-Kumah (Petitioners) v. Osbournes (a firm) (Respondents)—The petition of Jackson
Ntiamoah-Kumah and Comfort Ntiamoah-Kumah praying for leave to appeal
notwithstanding that the time limited by Standing Order II has expired was presented without
payment of the fee, such fee having been waived by the Appeal Committee pursuant to
Standing Order XIII; the said petition was referred to an Appeal Committee.
10. Ali (FC) (Respondent) v. Headteacher and Governors of Lord Grey School (Appellants)—The
appeal was set down for hearing and referred to an Appellate Committee.
11. R (on the application of Hammond) (FC) (Respondent) v. Secretary of State for the Home
Department (Appellant) (Criminal Appeal from Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice)—The
appeal was set down for hearing and referred to an Appellate Committee.
12. Standard Commercial Property Securities Limited and others (Respondents) v. Glasgow City
Council (Appellants) and others (Scotland)—