Archive for April, 2013
-
Modernising the Supreme Court
30 Apr 2013On 6 February 2012, the UK Supreme Court joined Twitter. A year later, the Supreme Court’s official account had 30,000…
-
In the Supreme Court w/c 29 April 2013
29 Apr 2013Running from Monday 29 until Tuesday 30 April 2013 is the matter of Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd v Zodiac Seats…
-
Supreme Court Art: Service and the Eyes of a Child
24 Apr 2013The new Supreme Court encourages visitors to the Court. Those who visit come away with a variety of impressions of…
-
New Judgment: Salvesen v Riddell & Anor, Lord Advocate intervening [2013] UKSC 22
24 Apr 2013On appeal from: [2012] CSIH 26. The issue in this appeal is whether, in terms of the Scotland Act 1998,…
-
New Judgment: Uprichard v Scottish Ministers & Anor [2013] UKSC 21
24 Apr 2013On appeal from: [2011] CSIH 59. The appellant challenged the adequacy of the reasons given by the Scottish Ministers for…
-
New Judgment: Barts and the London NHS Trust v Verma [2013] UKSC 20
24 Apr 2013On appeal from: [2011] EWCA Civ 1129. The appellant brought a claim against the NHS Trust arguing, inter alia, that…
-
Supreme courts around the world: Australian High Court finds that Google is not responsible for inaccuracies in advertisements
23 Apr 2013On 11 September 2012, the High Court of Australia (the Australian UKSC equivalent) heard the case of Google Inc v…
-
Northern Circuit on strike
23 Apr 2013Yesterday Northern Circuit barristers went on strike, causing 15 trials and 42 other matters to be adjourned. Earlier in the…
-
In the Supreme Court w/c 22 April 2013
22 Apr 2013It’s another busy week in the Supreme Court. On Monday 22 April 2013 the linked Northern Irish appeals of Public…
-
Case Preview: Public Prosecution Service v McKee
22 Apr 2013On 22nd April, the Supreme Court will revisit a topic that concerns many criminal and human rights advocates; improperly obtained…
