Archive for August, 2013
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The Week That Was
30 Aug 2013Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 was in the news again this week. In Beghal v Director of Public…
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Case Preview: Re “The Alexandros T”, “The Alexandros T” (No 2) and “The Alexandros T” (No 3)
29 Aug 2013The Supreme Court has recently heard an appeal on the interpretation of Article 27 of Regulation 44/2001 of the Council…
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Permission to Appeal Decisions – July 2013
29 Aug 2013The Supreme Court has published a list of the results of recent permission to appeal hearings. Permission was refused in…
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Case Preview: Al-Jedda v Secretary of State for the Home Department
28 Aug 2013At issue in this appeal is the interpretation of the British Nationality Act 1981, s 40(4), which precludes the Secretary…
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Essay Competition 2013 – Runners-Up
21 Aug 2013The second and third runners-up of our UKSC Blog Essay Competition 2013, run in partnership with the Supreme Court and The…
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Update on O’Brien v The Ministry of Justice
20 Aug 2013In O’Brien v The Ministry of Justice [2013] UKSC 6 the Supreme Court held that a retired recorder’s lack of…
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The Week That Was
16 Aug 2013In another big money Russian divorce case a woman was awarded a settlement totalling over £53 million by the High…
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Case Comment: R (AA) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] UKSC 49
14 Aug 2013This case concerned the lawfulness or otherwise of detaining a person believed to be an adult but subsequently assessed to…
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Supreme Court Art: the Privy Council and being prepared
13 Aug 2013The new Supreme Court encourages visitors to the Court. Those who visit come away with a variety of impressions of…
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US Supreme Court urged to be more open
13 Aug 2013USA Today has reported that the US Supreme Court is being urged to be more open in its proceedings. Members…
