Archive for January, 2011
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Strasbourg Case: MGN v United Kingdom, victory for Mirror Group on success fees, defeat on privacy
21 Jan 2011On 18 January 2011 the Fourth Section of the Court of Human Rights handed down its long awaited judgment in…
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The Week That Was
21 Jan 2011The current Secretary of State for Justice, Ken Clarke, gave evidence before the House of Lords Constitution Committee this week.…
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Supreme Court hosts launch of student project seeking a ‘Big Voice’
21 Jan 2011Last night more than forty young people drawn from a diverse range of London schools and colleges gathered at the…
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What’s in a name..?
20 Jan 2011Following confusion about and discrepancies over the titles of the Justices of the UK Supreme Court (namely the fact that legal counsel…
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Case Preview: Farstad Supply A/S v Enviroco Limited – Case ID: UKSC 2010/0008
20 Jan 2011This two day hearing is being heard on 19 and 20 January 2011. The dispute in question surrounds the issue…
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New Judgment: Morge v Hampshire County Council [2011] UKSC 2
19 Jan 2011On appeal from: [2010] EWCA Civ 608 This appeal concerns, first, the meaning of the obligation imposed on the UK…
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New Judgment: Coke-Wallis v Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales [2011] UKSC 1
19 Jan 2011On appeal from: [2009] EWCA Civ 730 The appellant accountant was convicted in Jersey of failing to comply with a…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 17 January 2011
16 Jan 2011The Supreme Court will hear two appeals this week. On Monday and Tuesday 17 to 18 January 2011 Lord Rodger,…
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The Week That Was
14 Jan 2011The Supreme Court began Hilary term sittings this week. Jones v Kaney [2010] EWHC 61 (QB), concerning the immunity of…
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Case Comment: Holland v HMRC [2010] UKSC 51
12 Jan 2011On 24 November 2010, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Holland v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and…