Archive for August, 2015
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Case Comment: Nzolameso v City of Westminster [2015] UKSC 22
12 Aug 2015Section 206 of the Housing Act 1996 (‘the 1996 Act’) provides that a housing authority, when discharging its duty to…
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Case Comment: Gaughran v The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland [2015] UKSC 29
11 Aug 2015The Supreme Court handed down judgment on 13 May 2015, dismissing the appeal. Lord Clarke (with whom Lord Neuberger, Lady…
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Case Comment: Cameron Mathieson, a deceased child (by his father Craig Mathieson) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2015] UKSC 47
10 Aug 2015The government had breached its obligation to treat children’s best interests as a primary consideration under Article 3(1) of the…
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Case Comment: Trustees of the Olympic Airlines SA Pension & Life Assurance Scheme v Olympic Airlines SA [2015] UKSC 27
10 Aug 2015Olympic Airlines, entered into winding up proceedings in Greece in 2009. It had operations in England and staff who were…
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Case Comment: TN and MA (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; AA (Afghanistan) v same [2014] UKSC 40
07 Aug 2015The Supreme Court yesterday handed down judgment in TN, MA and AA (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015]…
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Case Comment: Secretary of State for the Home Department v Pham (formerly known as B2) [2015] UKSC 19
06 Aug 2015In the case of Pham (formerly “B2”), Lord Neuberger PSC, Lady Hale DPSC and Lord Mance, Lord Wilson, Lord Sumption,…
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Case Comment: Hunt v North Somerset Council [2015] UKSC 51
05 Aug 2015Background The appellant, Mr Hunt, is a young adult with ADHD and other learning difficulties and behavioural problems. He brought…
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Case Preview: British American Tobacco Denmark A/S & Ors v Kazemier Transport BV and another case
04 Aug 2015This case concerns the interpretation of an exclusive jurisdiction clause in favour of England and its proper interaction with the…
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Case Comment: ClientEarth v The Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2015] UKSC 28
03 Aug 2015They say timing is everything and it certainly was when the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in ClientEarth v…
