Archive for February, 2011
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The First Step Towards a Diverse Judiciary: Access to Legal Education
28 Feb 2011In an interview last year Lady Hale was asked what could be done to improve judicial diversity, and how to…
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Parenthetically speaking: paragraph numbers in judgments in Ireland
28 Feb 2011Paul McMahon on Ex Tempore has an excellent post musing on the use of paragraph numbers in judgments in the…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 28 February 2011
27 Feb 2011There are two linked appeals in the Supreme Court this week. From Tuesday 1 to Thursday 3 March 2011, Lords…
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Supreme Court of Canada: Bou Malhab v Diffusion Métromedia CMR Inc – group libel
26 Feb 2011In the case of Bou Malhab v Diffusion Métromedia CMR Inc (2011 SCC 9) the Supreme Court of Canada refused…
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The Week That Was
26 Feb 2011Lord Judge, the Lord Chief Justice, has warned the government that cuts in legal aid will lead to a massive…
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Case Comment: Global Process Systems Inc & Anor v Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Berhad [2011] UKSC 5
23 Feb 2011As we reported in our case preview, at issue in Global Process Systems is the meaning of “inherent vice”, which…
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New Judgment: R v Mabey; R v Forsyth [2011] UKSC 9
23 Feb 2011On appeal from: [2010] EWCA Crim 2437 Concerns the question whether the power to create criminal offences by order, granted…
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New Judgment: Birmingham City Council v Frisby; & conjoined cases [2011] UKSC 8
23 Feb 2011On appeal from: [2010] EWCA Civ 336 The issue was whether, in circumstances where the occupier was not a secure…
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Case Preview: R (Adams) v Secretary of State for Justice: when are the “not-guilty” not “innocent”?
21 Feb 2011Judgments as to the moral culpability and answerability of agents for their conduct turn centrally on the judgments as to…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 21 February 2011
21 Feb 2011There are two appeals being heard in the Supreme Court this week. In Courtroom 1, Lords Hope, Rodger, Walker, Collins,…
