Archive for April, 2010
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Case Preview: AP v SSHD
30 Apr 2010On Wednesday and Thursday, 5 and 6 May, a seven judge panel (Lords Phillips, Saville, Rodger, Walker, Brown and Clarke…
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Report: Times/Matrix Bill of Rights Debate: 20 April 2010
28 Apr 2010The Times/Matrix debate on the motion “Should the Human Rights Act be scrapped and replaced by a British Bill of…
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New book on the Supreme Court
26 Apr 2010Merrell Publishers have announced a new book on the Supreme Court entitled The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, History,…
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Case Comment: R (F) (by his litigation friend F) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] UKSC 17 [updated]
26 Apr 2010In its first judgment of the Easter Term, a unanimous Supreme Court (Lords Phillips, Hope and Rodger, Lady Hale and…
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Case Preview: MS (Palestinian Territories) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
25 Apr 2010On Monday and Tuesday, 26 and 27 April 2010 a five judge bench, Lord Rodger, Lady Hale, Lords Mance and…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 26 April 2010 [updated]
24 Apr 2010The Supreme Court will only hear one appeal this week. On Monday and Tuesday morning, 26 and 27 April, a…
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US Supreme Court: United States v Stevens – restrictions on depictions of animal cruelty held unconstitutional
23 Apr 2010A decision handed down this week by the United States Supreme Court in United States v Stevens shows the rather…
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Sir John Dyson sworn in as Twelfth Justice
22 Apr 2010On Monday 19 April 2010 Sir John Dyson was sworn in as the twelfth justice of the Supreme Court. The…
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Case Preview: Austin v The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Southwark
21 Apr 2010The Supreme Court is today and tomorrow (21 and 22 April) hearing an appeal brought by Mr Barry Austin against …
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New Judgment: R (JF (by his litigation friend OF)) & Anor v SSHD [2010] UKSC 17
21 Apr 2010On appeal from: [2009] EWCA Civ 792. The claimants submitted that to impose notification requirements for an indefinite period without…
