Archive for March, 2013
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Case Preview: R v Brown
06 Mar 2013On 7 March 2013 the Supreme Court will revisit the vexed question of strict liability for sexual offences. In R…
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New Judgment: Daejan Investments Ltd v Benson & Ors [2013] UKSC 14
06 Mar 2013On appeal from: [2011] EWCA Civ 38 Provisions in the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and the Service Charges (Consultation…
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Case Preview: Uprichard v The Scottish Ministers [2011] CSIH 59, 2012 SC 172
05 Mar 2013The Supreme Court is currently hearing an appeal from the Inner House of the Court of Session, Second Division, in…
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Case Comment: Re L and B (Children) [2013] UKSC 8
05 Mar 2013This case concerned a judge’s power to reverse his/her decision before an order has been perfected. The judge at first…
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The emergence of a devolution jurisprudence?
05 Mar 2013In late 2012 the UK Supreme Court decided two cases on the law of devolution. On the face of it…
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Smog is expected to hang over the Supreme Court . . .
04 Mar 2013. . . as it hears the most important air pollution case for a generation. The Met Office’s five day…
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Case Comment: Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland v Lloyds Banking Group plc [2013] UKSC 3
04 Mar 2013In the recent case of Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland v Lloyds Banking Group plc [2013] UKSC 3, the Supreme…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 4 March 2013
04 Mar 2013In Courtroom 1 of the Supreme Court from Tuesday 5 until Wednesday 6 March 2013 is Petrodel Resources Ltd &…
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The Week That Was
01 Mar 2013London Underground, Tube Lines Ltd and Schweerbau GMBH were fined £100,000 each after a runaway tube train came within 200m…
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Attack of the Clones: Supreme Court keeps its white male first eleven
01 Mar 2013Baroness Helena Kennedy has argued that judges have a tendency to clone themselves when choosing successors. It is hard to avoid that impression…