Archive for March, 2012
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New judgment: Tesco Stores Ltd v Dundee City Council [2012] UKSC 13
21 Mar 2012On appeal from: [2011] CSIH 9 The respondent council had granted planning permission for a rival superstore 800 metres from…
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New Judgment: R (ST (Eritrea)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 12
21 Mar 2012On appeal from [2010] EWCA Civ 643 The question in this case was whether Article 32 of the 1951 Refugee…
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New Judgment: Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd [2012] UKSC 11
21 Mar 2012On appeal from: [2010] EWCA Civ 804 The respondent police officer issued a claim for libel against the appellant publisher,…
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A refresh-ing change?
20 Mar 2012The observant amongst you will have noticed that we have spruced up the blog – now that we are almost…
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Case Comment: Re S [2012] UKSC 10
19 Mar 2012Just 9 months after dealing with its last Hague Convention case, Re E [2011] UKSC 27, the Supreme Court has…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 19th March 2012
19 Mar 2012From Tuesday 20 March 2012 over three days are the linked appeals of Perry & Ors v Serious Organised Crime…
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Independence: where will the judges stand at Bannockburn?
16 Mar 2012AXA General Insurance Ltd & Ors v Lord Advocate & Ors (Scotland) [2011] UKSC 46 As the prospect of a…
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And the winner is……
16 Mar 2012Congratulations to the winner of the UKSC blog’s essay competition, Edward Granger! Edward’s essay on why AXA General Insurance Ltd…
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Case Comment: Fairness versus diplomacy: protecting witnesses in national security cases, W (Algeria) v SSHD [2012] UKSC 8
15 Mar 2012On 7 March 2012, the Supreme Court gave judgment in seven linked cases, now known as W (Algeria) v Secretary…
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New Judgment: Re S (a Child) [2012] UKSC 10
14 Mar 2012On appeal from: [2011] EWCA Civ 1385 A mother appealed an order that she should immediately return her son, W,…
