Archive for December, 2013
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Case Comment: Chester v Secretary of State for Justice; McGeoch v The Lord President of the Council & Anor [2013] UKSC 63
20 Dec 2013The judgments in R (Chester) v Secretary of State for Justice; R (McGeogh) v The Lord President of the Council…
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New Judgment: AA (Somalia) v Entry Clearance Officer (Addis Ababa) [2013] UKSC 81
18 Dec 2013On appeal from: 2012 EWCA Civ 563. The question in this appeal was whether the appellant could be considered an…
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New Judgment: West London Mental Health NHS Trust v Chhabra [2013] UKSC 80
18 Dec 2013On appeal from: [2013] EWCA Civ 11. Concerns the roles of the case investigator and the case manager when handling…
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New Judgment: G v Scottish Ministers & Anor [2013] UKSC 79
18 Dec 2013On appeal from: [2011] CSIH 55. The appellant, detained in a state hospital under a ‘compulsion order’ and ‘restriction order’…
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Lord Kerr on miscarriages of justice
17 Dec 2013Last week Lord Kerr gave this year’s Justice Scotland International Human Rights Day Lecture, on the topic of miscarriages of…
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Changes to the Supreme Court’s Practice Directions
17 Dec 2013Last month the Supreme Court announced a number of changes to its Practice Directions. The changes include: a new paragraph…
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Case Comment: Al Jedda v SSHD [2013] UKSC 62
17 Dec 2013The judgment in Secretary of State for the Home Department v Al-Jedda [2013] UKSC 62 was handed down in October.…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 16 December 2013
16 Dec 2013It’s the last week of the Michaelmas Term. The only hearings listed are the linked appeals of R (AM) v…
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The Week That Was
13 Dec 2013The Lord Chief Justice published a Judicial Diversity Statement, announcing that the Judges’ Council has endorsed the creation of a…
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New judgment: R (Edwards & Anor) v Environment Agency & Ors (No 2) [2013] UKSC 78
11 Dec 2013The dispute arose out of an order for costs of an appeal in the House of Lords made in favour…
