Archive for July, 2012
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New judgment: Hewage v Grampian Health Board [2012] UKSC 37
25 Jul 2012On appeal from: [2011] CSIH 4 The respondent resigned from her employment at the appellant Health Board and commenced unfair…
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New Judgment: T (Children) [2012] UKSC 36
25 Jul 2012On appeal from: [2010] EWCA Civ 1585 The general practice of not awarding costs in care proceedings against a party,…
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New Judgment: Perry & Ors v SOCA; Perry & Ors (No. 2) v SOCA [2012] UKSC 35
25 Jul 2012On appeal from [2010] EWCA Civ 907; [2011] EWCA Civ 578 The Serious Organised Crime Agency sought to deprive Mr…
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The Next Lord Chief Justice
24 Jul 2012Joshua Rozenberg has predicted that the current lord chief justice, Lord Judge, will retire soon – probably in September 2013…
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Supreme Courts Around the World: The United States and Canada, April – June 2012
24 Jul 2012Of the many decisions handed down by the Supreme Courts of Canada and the US over the past few months,…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 23rd July 2012
23 Jul 2012In Courtroom 1 of the Supreme Court on Monday 23 July 2012 is the further hearing after the ECJ reference…
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Case Preview: The Catholic Child Welfare Society & Ors v Various claimants & Ors – or, “social convenience and rough justice”
23 Jul 2012“The doctrine of vicarious liability has not grown from any very clear, logical or legal principle but from social convenience…
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Law v Non-Law Degrees
20 Jul 2012Following Lord Sumption’s comments regarding the relative value of a law versus non law degrees the UKSC blog decided to…
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The Week That Was
20 Jul 2012A police officer who hit Ian Tomlinson with a baton and pushed him to the ground at the G20 protests…
