Archive for May, 2014
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Supreme Court art: Museums at Night event
30 May 2014I’ve spoken in desiccated meeting rooms, ill-converted sweatshops and a pub in Farringdon where the post-punk audience smuggled in supermarket…
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In the Court w/c 27 May 2014
27 May 2014This week there are no hearings as the Court is in recess. The following Supreme Court judgments were handed…
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The case for gender quotas for appointments to the Supreme Court
23 May 2014Professor Kate Malleson, Queen Mary University Last month the shadow Lord Chancellor, Sadiq Khan, appointed Geoffrey Bindman QC and Karon…
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Case Comment: Salvesen v Riddell & Anor [2013] UKSC 22
21 May 2014We have been awaiting the Supreme Court’s appeal decision in Salvesen v Riddell with great interest. Issued on 24 April…
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Case Comment: McGraddie v McGraddie & Anr [2013] UKSC 58
21 May 2014In McGraddie v McGraddie & Anr [2013] UKSC 58 the Supreme Court confirmed that matters of credibility and reliability of witnesses were…
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New Judgment: SSHD v MN and KY [2014] UKSC 30
21 May 2014On appeal from: [2013] CSIH 68. Summary: The Court was asked whether weight should be given to linguistic opinion evidence…
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New Judgment: R (Barkas) v North Yorkshire County Council and another [2014] UKSC 31
21 May 2014On appeal from: [2012] EWCA Civ 1373. The court was asked to consider whether a playing field situated in Whitby…
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New Judgment: Clyde & Co LLP & Anor v Winkelhof [2014] UKSC 32
21 May 2014On appeal from: [2012] EWCA Civ 1207. Summary: The Court were asked whether a member of a limited liability partnership…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 19 May 2014
19 May 2014On Monday 19 May and Tuesday 20 May is the appeal of R (Robinson) v The Governor of HMP Whatton…
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New Judgment: K (A Child) (Northern Ireland) [2014] UKSC 29
15 May 2014On appeal from: [2014] NICA 15. The appeal concerned the correct interpretation of the ‘rights of custody’ in the Hague…
