Archive for August, 2015
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Case comment: R (Cornwall Council) v Secretary of State for Health [2015] UKSC 46 [2015] 3 WLR 213
28 Aug 2015It is not uncommon for a local authority to secure care and accommodation outside its area for a child in…
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Case Previews: Shahid v Scottish Ministers (Scotland), R (Ali & Anor) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Mirga v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another case, and Mandalia v Secretary of State for the Home Department
27 Aug 2015Shahid v Scottish Ministers (Scotland), heard 18 February 2015. The appellant, a prisoner serving a life sentence of 25 years,…
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Treason? The Trial of the Magna Carta Barons
26 Aug 2015On the last day of the Trinity Term, and as part of the ongoing celebrations commemorating the 800th anniversary of…
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Case Comment: The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd & Anor v United Utilities Water plc; & anor case [2014] UKSC 40
25 Aug 2015Whether sewerage undertakers under the Water Industry Act 1991 have the statutory right to discharge surface water and treated effluent…
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Case Preview: R v McGeough
24 Aug 2015The Supreme Court was due to hear the appeal in R v McGeough on 9 July 2015, which challenges the…
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Case Preview: Hainsworth v Ministry of Defence
20 Aug 2015Background The appellant was employed by the Ministry of Defence as an Inclusion Support Development Teacher, and was required to…
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Case Comment: R (Tigere) v Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills [2015] UKSC 57
19 Aug 2015In R (Tigere) v Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills [2015] UKSC 57 the Supreme Court held, by…
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Case comment: R (Bourgass & Anor) v Secretary of State for Justice [2015] UKSC 54
17 Aug 2015Background This began as three similar cases challenged procedures relating to decisions to move prisoners or detainees into cellular confinement…
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Case Comment: Aspect Contracts (Asbestos) Ltd v Higgins Construction PLC [2015] UKSC 38
14 Aug 2015Background On 17 June the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of Aspect Contracts (Asbestos) Limited v…
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Case Comment: Coventry & Ors v Lawrence & Ors [2015] UKSC 50
13 Aug 2015A majority of the Supreme Court has ruled that a successful claimant’s right, under the pre-Jackson regime for litigation funding,…
