Bocardo SA v Star Energy UK Onshore Ltd

[2010] UKSC 35; [2011] 1 AC 380; [2010] 3 All ER 975; [2010] All ER (D) 975; [2010] 3 WLR 654

United Kingdom Supreme Court

United Kingdom

28th July, 2010

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Legislation Cited

Legislation Name	Provision
Constitution
Gas Act 1986 (NSW)
Petroleum Act 1998 (Vic)	s3, s9

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text	Citation Index
Bocardo SA v Star Engery UK Onshore Ltd	[2010] Ch 100; [2010] 1 All ER 26; [2009] All ER (D) 132; [2009] 3 WLR 1010	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	circa 2010	LexisNexis / Westlaw
Pell Frischmann Engineering Ltd v Bow Valley Iran Ltd	[2009] UKPC 45; [2010] BLR 73	Privy Council	United Kingdom	26 Nov 2009	BAILII
Transport for London (formerly London Underground Ltd) v Spirerose Ltd	[2009] UKHL 44; [2009] 4 All ER 810; [2009] 1 WLR 1797; [2009] All ER (D) 324; [2009] RVR 225	House of Lords	United Kingdom	30 Jul 2009	BAILII
Star Energy UK Onshore Ltd v Bocardo SA	[2009] EWCA Civ 579	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	15 Jun 2009	BAILII
Field Common Ltd v Elmbridge Borough Council	[2008] EWHC 2079	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	circa 2008	BAILII
"Owning The Center Of The Earth"	(2008) 55 UCLA Law Review 979	UCLA Law Review	United States	circa 2008	HeinOnline / LexisNexis
Bocardo SA v Star Energy UK Onshore Ltd	[2008] EWHC 1756	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	circa 2008	BAILII
"Owning the Center of the Earth" (2008) 55 University of California at Los Angeles Law Review 979				circa 2009
Sempra Metals Ltd (formerly Metallgesellschaft Ltd) v Inland Revenue Commissioners	[2007] UKHL 34; [2008] 1 AC 561; [2007] 4 All ER 657; [2007] 3 WLR 354; [2007] All ER (D) 294; [2007] BTC 509; 151 Sol Jo 985	House of Lords	United Kingdom	18 Jul 2007	BAILII
WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature v World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc	[2007] EWCA Civ 286; [2008] 1 All ER 74; [2008] 1 WLR 445; [2008] 1 All ER (Comm) 129; [2007] All ER (D) 13	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	2 Apr 2007	BAILII
Lunn Poly Ltd v Liverpool & Lancashire Properties Ltd	[2006] EWCA Civ 430; [2006] 2 EGLR 29; [2007] L & TR 6	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	15 Mar 2006	BAILII
Horsford v Bird	[2006] UKPC 3; [2006] 1 EGLR 75	Privy Council	United Kingdom	17 Jan 2006	BAILII
Logan v Scottish Water	[2005] ScotCS CSIH_73; [2005] CSIH 73; [2006] SC 178	Scottish Court of Session	United Kingdom - Scotland	1 Nov 2005	BAILII
"Pepper v Hart and Matters of Constitutional Principle"	(2005) 121 Law Quarterly Review 98	Law Quarterly Review	United Kingdom	circa 2005	Westlaw
Waters v Welsh Development Agency	[2004] UKHL 19; [2004] 2 All ER 915; [2004] 1 WLR 1304; [2004] RVR 153	House of Lords	United Kingdom	29 Apr 2004	BAILII
Société Eram Shipping Co Ltd v Cie Internationale de Navigation	[2003] UKHL 30; [2004] 1 AC 260; [2003] 3 All ER 465; [2003] 2 Lloyds Rep 405; [2003] 2 All ER (Comm) 65; [2003] 3 WLR 21	House of Lords	United Kingdom	12 Jun 2003	BAILII
Experience Hendrix LLC v PPX Enterprises Inc	[2003] EWCA Civ 1804; [2003] 1 WLR 2868; [2003] All ER (D) 328; [2003] EMLR 25; [2003] FSR 46; [2003] 1 All ER (Comm) 830	England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division	United Kingdom - England and Wales	20 Mar 2003	BAILII
"'Subterranean Land law': Rights below the Surface of Land"	(2002) 53 Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 268	Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly	United Kingdom - Northern Ireland	circa 2002	HeinOnline
Kuwait Airways Corporation v Iraqi Airways Co (Nos 4 and 5)	[2002] UKHL 19; [2002] 2 AC 883; [2002] 3 All ER 209; [2003] 1 WLR 127; [2002] 1 All ER (Comm) 843; [2002] All ER (D) 252; 70 BMLR 40	House of Lords	United Kingdom	circa 2002	BAILII
R v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions; Ex parte Spath Holme Ltd	[2000] UKHL 61; [2001] 2 AC 349; [2001] 1 All ER 195; [2001] 2 WLR 15; [2001] 1 EGLR 129	House of Lords	United Kingdom	7 Dec 2000	BAILII
Attorney General v Blake	[2000] UKHL 45; [2001] 1 AC 268; [2000] 4 All ER 385; [2000] 3 WLR 625; [2001] IRLR 36; [2001] Emp LR 329; [2000] EMLR 949; [2000] 2 All ER (Comm) 487	House of Lords	United Kingdom	27 Jul 2000	BAILII
Fletcher Estates (Harlescott) Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment	[2000] UKHL 10; [2000] 2 AC 307; [2000] 1 All ER 929; [2000] 2 WLR 438	House of Lords	United Kingdom	17 Feb 2000	BAILII
Porter v Secretary of State for Transport	[1996] 3 All ER 693; [1995] 2 EGLR 175		United Kingdom	circa 1996	LexisNexis
Inverugie Investments Ltd v Hackett	[1995] UKPC 8; [1995] 3 All ER 841; [1995] 1 WLR 713	Privy Council	United Kingdom	27 Feb 1995	BAILII
Director of Buildings and Lands v Shun Fung Ironworks Ltd	[1995] 2 AC 111; [1995] 1 All ER 846; [1995] 2 WLR 404		United Kingdom	circa 1995	LexisNexis / Westlaw
Jaggard v Sawyer	[1995] 1 WLR 269		United Kingdom	circa 1995	LexisNexis / Westlaw
Mercury Communications Ltd v London & East India Dock Investments Ltd	[1994] 1 EGLR 229		United Kingdom	circa 1994
Pepper v Hart	[1992] UKHL 3; [1993] AC 593; [1993] 1 All ER 42; [1992] 3 WLR 1032; (1992) 65 Tax Cas 421	House of Lords	United Kingdom	26 Nov 1992	BAILII
Batchelor v Kent County Council	(1989) 59 P & CR 357		United Kingdom	circa 1989
Didow v Alberta Power Ltd	[1988] 5 WWR 606		Canada	circa 1988
Stoke-on-Trent City Council v W & J Wass Ltd	[1988] 3 All ER 394; [1988] 1 WLR 1406		United Kingdom	circa 1988	LexisNexis
BP Petroleum Developments Ltd v Ryder	[1987] 2 EGLR 233		United Kingdom	circa 1987
Chapman, Lowry & Puttick Ltd v Chichester District Council	(1984) 47 P & CR 674		United Kingdom	circa 1984
National Carriers Ltd v Panalpina (Northern) Ltd	[1980] UKHL 8; [1981] AC 675; [1981] 1 All ER 161; [1981] 2 WLR 45; [1981] ANZ Conv R 73	House of Lords	United Kingdom	11 Dec 1980	BAILII
Swordheath Properties Ltd v Tabet	[1979] 1 All ER 240; [1979] 1 WLR 285		United Kingdom	circa 1979	LexisNexis
Bernstein of Leigh (Baron) v Skyviews & General Ltd	[1977] EWHC 1	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	circa 1977	BAILII
Powell v McFarlane	(1977) 38 P & CR 452		United Kingdom	circa 1977
Bracewell v Appleby	[1975] Ch 408; [1975] 1 All ER 993	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	circa 1975	LexisNexis / Westlaw
Wrotham Park Estate Co Ltd v Parkside Homes Ltd	[1974] 2 All ER 321; [1974] 1 WLR 798		United Kingdom	circa 1974	LexisNexis
Commissioner for Railways v Valuer-General	[1974] AC 325		United Kingdom	circa 1974	LexisNexis / Westlaw
Rugby Joint Water Board v Shaw-Fox	[1973] AC 202		United Kingdom	circa 1973	LexisNexis / Westlaw
Edwards v Minister of Transport	[1964] 2 QB 134		United Kingdom	circa 1964	LexisNexis / Westlaw
Stokes v Cambridge Corporation	(1961) 13 P & CR 77		United Kingdom	circa 1961
Kelsen v Imperial Tobacco Co (of Great Britain and Ireland) Ltd	[1957] 2 QB 334; [1957] 2 All ER 343		United Kingdom	circa 1957	LexisNexis / Westlaw
Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij v War Damage Commission	(1956) 23 ILR 810			circa 1956
East End Dwellings Co Ltd v Finsbury Borough Council	[1952] AC 109		United Kingdom	circa 1952	LexisNexis / Westlaw
Pointe Gourde Quarrying and Transport Co Ltd v Sub-Intendent of Crown Lands	[1947] AC 565; (1947) 63 TLR 486		United Kingdom	circa 1947	LexisNexis / Westlaw
United States v Causby	328 US 256; 90 L Ed 1206; [1946] USAv R 235; 99 Idaho 262; 66 SCt 1062; 106 Ct Cl 854; 90 L Ed 206	United States Supreme Court	United States	27 May 1946	WorldLII
Vyricheria Narayana Gajapatiraju v The Revenue Divisional Officer, Vizagapatam	[1939] UKPC 15; [1939] AC 302; [1939] 2 All ER 317	Privy Council	United Kingdom	23 Feb 1939	BAILII
South Eastern Railway Co v London County Council	[1915] 2 Ch 252	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	circa 1915	LexisNexis / Westlaw
Inland Revenue Commissioners v Clay	[1914] UKLawRpKQB 141; [1914] 3 KB 466; [1914-15] All ER 882; (1915) 52 ScotLR 414		United Kingdom - Scotland	10 Jun 1914	CommonLII
Sidney v North Eastern Railway Co (No 1)	[1914] UKLawRpKQB 120; (1914) 3 KB 629		United Kingdom	13 May 1914	CommonLII
Mitchell v Mosley	[1913] UKLawRpCh 107; [1914] 1 Ch 438		United Kingdom	23 Oct 1913	CommonLII
Re Lucas and Chesterfield Gas and Water Board	[1908] UKLawRpKQB 128; [1909] 1 KB 16; [1908-10] All ER 251		United Kingdom	31 Jul 1908	CommonLII
Whitwham v Westminster Brymbo Coal and Coke Co	[1896] UKLawRpCh 112; [1896] 2 Ch 538	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	24 Jun 1896	CommonLII
Elwes v Brigg Gas Co	[1886] UKLawRpCh 157; (1886) 33 Ch D 562; 55 LJCh 734; 55 LT 831	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	6 Jul 1886	CommonLII
Pountney v Clayton	[1883] UKLawRpKQB 83; 11 QBD 820		United Kingdom	1 May 1883	CommonLII
Ellis v Loftus Iron Co	[1874] UKLawRpCP 81; LR 10 CP 10	Court of Common Pleas	United Kingdom	19 Nov 1874	CommonLII
Corbett v Hill	[1870] UKLawRpEq 60; (1870) 9 Eq 671		United Kingdom	18 Feb 1870	CommonLII
Stebbing v Metropolitan Board of Works	(1870) LR 6 QB 37		United Kingdom	circa 1870	LexisNexis / Westlaw
Henry Rowbotham, ,-Plaintiffs in Error; William Wilson,-Defendant in Error	[1860] EngR 892; 8 HLCas 348; 30 LJQB 49; 11 ER 463	House of Lords	United Kingdom	circa 1860	CommonLII
Bowser v Maclean	[1860] EngR 1170; 45 ER 682; (1860) 2 De GF & J 415	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	circa 1860	CommonLII
Pickering v Rudd	(1815) 4 Camp 219			circa 1815
Bury v Pope	[1587] Cro Eliz 118	King's Bench	United Kingdom	circa 1587
Kankakee County Board of Review v Property Tax Appeal Board	871 NE2d 38		United States
Orr v Mortvedt	735 NW2d 610		United States
Chance v BP Chemicals Inc	670 NE2d 985		United States
Willoughby Hills v Corrigan	278 NE2d 658		United States
Boehringer v Montalto	142 Misc 560		United States - New York
2 QB 612	2 QB 612		United Kingdom		LexisNexis / Westlaw
LR 2 QB 630	LR 2 QB 630		United Kingdom		LexisNexis / Westlaw

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