Hearings
07 Aug 2014 [2014] EWHC 2766 (QB); [2015] 1 WLR 231; [2014] WLR (D) 374, DC
Erlam v Rahman
Subject Matter
LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Election — Petition — Petition questioning mayoral election on ground of corrupt or illegal practices — Petition not setting out with sufficient particularity facts relied on — Whether nullity — Whether to be dismissed or struck out in whole or in part — Whether court entitled to order further particulars to be provided — Representation of the People Act 1983, ss 127, 129 — Election Petition Rules 1960, r 4(1)(d)
Legislation Considered
Statutes
Representation of the People Act 1983 (c 2), ss 127, 129
Statutory Instruments
Cases Considered
Cases considered in: Erlam v Rahman [2014] EWHC 2766 (QB); [2015] 1 WLR 231; [2014] WLR (D) 374, DC
Hussein v Khan [2006] EWHC 262 (QB), DC Applied
Saghir v Najib [2005] EWHC 417 (QB), DC Applied
Ahmed v Kennedy [2002] EWCA Civ 1793; [2003] 1 WLR 1820; [2003] 2 All ER 440; [2003] LGR 161, CA Distinguished
Lancaster Division (1896) 5 O’M & H 39 Applied
Cases Cited
Cases cited in: Erlam v Rahman [2014] EWHC 2766 (QB); [2015] 1 WLR 231; [2014] WLR (D) 374, DC
Ahmed v Kennedy [2002] EWCA Civ 1793; [2003] 1 WLR 1820; [2003] 2 All ER 440; [2003] LGR 161, CA
Anderson v Cawley (1868) 19 LT (NS) 500
Bank Mellat v HM Treasury (No 2) [2013] UKSC 38; [2013] UKSC 39; [2014] AC 700; [2013] 3 WLR 179; [2013] 4 All ER 495; [2013] 4 All ER 533; [2013] Lloyd's Rep FC 580; [2013] HRLR 30; [2013] WLR (D) 244, SC(E)
Beverley (1868) 1 O’M & H 143
Bolton (1874) 2 O’M & H 138
Eweida v British Airways plc [2010] EWCA Civ 80; [2010] ICR 890; [2010] WLR (D) 37, CA
Hobson v Fishburn (unreported) The Times 21 November 1988, DC
Hussein v Khan [2006] EWHC 262 (QB), DC
Lancaster Division (1896) 5 O’M & H 39
Miller v Bull [2009] EWHC 2640 (QB); [2010] 1 WLR 1861; [2010] PTSR 1737, QBD
Nomura International plc v Granada Group Ltd [2007] EWHC 642 (Comm); [2008] Bus LR 1; [2007] 2 All ER (Comm) 878, QBD
R (Afzal) v Election Court [2005] EWCA Civ 647; [2005] LGR 823, CA
R (Barclay) v Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice [2009] UKSC 9; [2010] 1 AC 464; [2009] 3 WLR 1270; [2010] 2 All ER 267; [2010] HRLR 10; [2009] WLR (D) 349; (2009) 159 NLJ 1737; The Times, 2 December 2009; Case details, SC(E)
R (Compton) v Wiltshire Primary Care Trust (Practice Note) [2008] EWCA Civ 749; [2009] 1 WLR 1436; [2009] PTSR 753; [2009] 1 All ER 978, CA
R (Corner House Research) v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry [2005] EWCA Civ 192; [2005] 1 WLR 2600; [2005] 4 All ER 1, CA
Saghir v Najib [2005] EWHC 417 (QB), DC
Scarth v Amin [2008] EWHC 2886 (QB); [2009] PTSR 827, DC
Wilkinson v Kitzinger and Her Majesty’s Attorney-General (The Lord Chancellor Intervening) [2006] EWHC 835 (Fam); [2006] 2 FLR 397, Fam D
Cases citing
Cases citing: Erlam v Rahman [2014] EWHC 2766 (QB); [2015] 1 WLR 231; [2014] WLR (D) 374, DC
Greene v Forbes [2020] EWHC 676 (QB); [2021] QB 67; [2020] 3 WLR 569; [2020] WLR(D) 202, DC