Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage
Christmas tree and limitations
Mr McGhie’s chronic back pain began when he moved a Christmas tree in 1995. Then in 1998 he moved at his request from an office to an outdoor job and soon suffered a back injury at work, for which he started proceedings in 2003. The limitation period is three years, but the judge excluded it under the discretionary power in the Limitation Act 1980, s 33. In McGhie v British Telecommunications [2005], the CA held that the judge had failed to apply the tests of balance of prejudice, proportionality and strength of the claim. It was not proper to exercise the discretion.
Definition of beer
For taxation (not drinking), “beer” includes ale, porter, stout and any other description of beer, and any liquor which is made or sold as a description of beer or as a substitute for beer and which [is] of a strength exceeding 0.5% but does not include black beer the worts whereof before fermentation were of a specific gravity of 1,200 degrees or more and “black beer” means beer
