Archive for February, 2010
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Robert Gaines-Cooper’s fight against HMRC: will it reach the UK Supreme Court?
18 Feb 2010Mr Robert-Gaines Cooper may be up to £30 million poorer after the Court of Appeal ruled that the HMRC were…
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UKIP wins right to Appeal to Supreme Court
18 Feb 2010UKIP has been granted leave to appeal to the Supreme Court by an appeal panel comprising Lady Hale, Lord Hope…
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New Judgment: Tomlinson & Ors v Birmingham City Council [2010] UKSC 8
17 Feb 2010On appeal from: [2008] EWCA Civ 1228. Concerned Birmingham City Council’s refusal to provide local authority accommodation to three homeless…
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Case Preview: Roberts v Gill & Co & Anor
17 Feb 2010On 22 and 23 February 2010, the Supreme Court (Lords Hope, Rodger, Walker, Collins and Clarke) will hear a case…
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“Rights, Responsibilities and the Human Rights Act”, Part 3, The UK dimension
17 Feb 2010The debate about the Conservative Party’s proposal for a new British Bill of Rights and is likely to be one…
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Judicial Lectures: Is the Convention Ours?
16 Feb 2010On 29 January 2010, Lady Justice Arden took part in a “Seminar to mark the official Opening of the Legal…
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Supreme Courts Around the World: the last three months in Australia and New Zealand [updated]
15 Feb 2010The Supreme Courts of Australia and New Zealand had a busy time in November and December, but no new judgments…
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Anonymity versus Openness – why do parties need to be named?
15 Feb 2010The recent decision of the Supreme Court in the case of In Re Guardian News and Media ([2010] UKSC 1; [2010] 2…
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The End of the Independent Scottish Criminal Legal System? The constitutional significance of Allison and McInnes
15 Feb 2010At one level the decisions of the UK Supreme Court in HM Advocate v Allison and HM Advocate v McInnes…
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Case Comments: Allison v Her Majesty’s Advocate [2010] UKSC 6 and McInnes v Her Majesty’s Advocate [2010] UKSC 7
14 Feb 2010In Allison v HM Advocate ([2010] UKSC 6) the UK Supreme Court heard argument upon, and determined the merits of,…
