Archive for November, 2009
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Case comment: BA (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] UKSC 7
30 Nov 2009This decision will undoubtedly be welcomed by individuals in immigration and asylum cases. It drives a coach and horses through…
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Rights, Responsibilities and the Repeal of the Human Rights Act
29 Nov 2009The Human Rights Act 1998 (“the HRA”) has been at the centre of English public law for a decade. Its…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 30 November 2009
28 Nov 2009There are two appeals being heard in the Supreme Court. First, on 30 November and 1 December a nine judge…
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Last week’s other decisions – media coverage? [updated]
28 Nov 2009We have already commented on the widespread – and not very analytical – coverage of last week’s decision in the…
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Judicial Lectures: “Women and Children Last?” – Baroness Hale’s ALBA Lecture
27 Nov 2009Baroness Hale gave the prestigious 2009 Alba Lecture on 18 November 2009 under the “Women and Children Last?: Gender, Childhood…
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Permission Refused: Owens v City of Westminster Magistrates
27 Nov 2009Our attention has been drawn to another permission decision of the Supreme Court, given on 5 November 2009, refused permission…
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Case Comment: R (on the application of A) (FC) v London Borough of Croydon and R (on the application of M) (FC) v London Borough of Lambeth [updated]
27 Nov 2009The Supreme Court has now handed down judgment in joined cases R (on the application of A) (FC) (Appellant) v…
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The Supreme Court, the OFT and the Press [updated]
27 Nov 2009Wednesday’s bank charges judgment, OFT v Abbey National [2009] UKSC 6) (which we commented on here) was the Court’s most widely…
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New Judgment: R (A) v London Borough of Croydon; R (M) v London Borough of Lambeth [2009] UKSC 8
26 Nov 2009On appeal from: [2008] EWCA Civ 1445 Lambeth and Croydon decided respectively that the appellants M and A were adults…
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Privy Council – Four New Judgments
26 Nov 2009Having announced three judgments the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has in fact handed down four this morning in…
