Archive for December, 2016
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Merry Christmas from the UKSC Blog!
23 Dec 2016The Supreme Court is now in recess until 11 January 2017. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy…
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Case Comment: R (Mirza & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] UKSC 63
22 Dec 2016Summary The provisions of the Immigration Act 1971 have haunted the courts for a number of years. This judgment triggered some further recriminations…
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Christmas gifts from the Supreme Court
20 Dec 2016Still looking for those last-minute Christmas gifts? The Supreme Court could be the one-stop shop you’re looking for. Since its…
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Case Comment: MP (Sri Lanka) v SSHD [2016] UKSC 32
20 Dec 2016This case concerns subsidiary protection (known domestically as “humanitarian protection”) under EU Council Directive 2004/83/EC (the Qualification Directive). The issue…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 19 December 2016
19 Dec 2016Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. On Monday 19 December, the Privy Council will…
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Case Comment: R (Carmichael & Rourke & Ors) v SSWP [2016] UKSC 58, Part 2
15 Dec 2016Lord Toulson (for the majority) expressed some doubt as to the soundness of the reasoning in Burnip, noting it would…
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Case Comment: R (Carmichael and Rourke & Ors) v SSWP [2016] UKSC 58, Part 1
15 Dec 2016Introduction Eight months ago these cases – all concerning exceptions to the “bedroom tax”, and then known as MA v…
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Case Preview: McCann v State Hospitals Board for Scotland
15 Dec 2016Introduction This case concerns the lawfulness of a ban on smoking and tobacco in the buildings and grounds of the…
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New Judgment: R v Guraj [2016] UKSC 65
14 Dec 2016On appeal from [2015] EWCA Crim 305 This appeal considered, where a deprivation or forfeiture order is wrongly made during a…
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New Judgment: Habib Khan v General Pharmaceutical Council [2016] UKSC 64
14 Dec 2016On appeal from [2014] CSIH 61 This appeal considered whether there is an intermediate sanction open to the GPC Fitness to…
