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[1987] 1 WLR. 379
Neutral citation format (OSCOLA). Always confirm against the official judgment.
“…ourt must, however, reach its own view on this issue, independently of the parties’ arguments, and so I must also consider this issue (cf Ainsbury v Millington [1987] 1 WLR 379). It is both logical and convenient for me to address it before the two main legal issues which I intend to consider. Its resolution depends on the complicated…”
“…A also submitted that there is a live issue which affects the incidence of costs. He relied on a statement by Lord Bridge in Ainsbury v Millington [1987] 1 WLR 379 at page 381 C-D. Ainsbury concerned a point of law which different decisions of the Court of Appeal had left in doubt. Neither party had any interest in the ou…”
“…11, Viscount Simon LC referred to “an academic question, the answer to which cannot affect the respondent in any way”, while in another, Ainsbury v. Millington [1987] 1 WLR. 379, Lord Bridge described the case as one where “neither party can have any interest at all in the outcome of the appeal”. In the public law case of R v. Board of…”