Archive for October, 2011
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New Judgment: Re Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Ltd (in administration) & In Re the Insolvency Act 1986 [2011] UKSC 48
19 Oct 2011On appeal from: [2009] EWHC 3377 (Ch) Whether the rule in Cherry v Boultbee (1839) 4 My & Cr 442…
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R (Davies & Anor) v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2011] UKSC 47
19 Oct 2011On appeal from: [2010] EWCA Civ 95; [2010] EWCA Civ 83 Considered the interpretation of IR20, a booklet designed to…
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Case Comment: R (Bibi & Anor) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKSC 45
18 Oct 2011In 2008 the government adopted a new policy to combat forced marriages. It amended paragraph 277 of the Immigration Rules…
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Case Preview: Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd
16 Oct 2011On Monday and Tuesday 17 and 18 October 2011 the Supreme Court (Lords Phillips, Brown, Mance, Clarke and Dyson) will…
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The Week That Was
14 Oct 2011It has been an unfortunate week for the Cabinet. Minister Oliver Letwin was forced to issue an apology after being…
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Case Comment: Scottish Widows plc v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Scotland) [2011] UKSC 32
12 Oct 2011On 6 July 2011, the UKSC delivered its judgment in Scottish Widows plc v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and…
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Roger Masterman and Jo Murkens: What Kind of a Court is the UK Supreme Court?
12 Oct 2011This post was originally published on the UK Constitutional Law Group Blog and is reposted here with thanks. The United…
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New Judgment: AXA General Insurance Ltd & Ors v Lord Advocate & Ors (Scotland) [2011] UKSC 46
12 Oct 2011On appeal from: [2011] CSIH 31 Insurance companies which had undertaken to indemnify employers against liability for negligence seeking to…
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New Judgment: R (Quila & Anor) v SSHD; R (Bibi & Anor) v SSHD [2011] UKSC 45
12 Oct 2011On appeal from: [2010] EWCA Civ 1482 Considered whether the ban on the entry for settlement of foreign spouses or…
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Lord Phillips, President of the Supreme Court, to retire next summer
11 Oct 2011The Supreme Court has just issued a press release announcing that Lord Phillips, President of the Supreme Court, will retire…
