UKSCBlog UK Supreme Court Blog

EDITORS: Dan Tench, Emma Cross, Emma Boffey, Rose Falconer, Adam Kosmalski and James Warshaw (CMS)
Hugh Tomlinson QC, Matthew Ryder QC, and Emily Campbell (Matrix)

UKSCBlog
  • Home
  • About
  • Archive
  • The UKSC
  • Table of Cases (2009-2019)
  • Table of Cases (2020 – Present)
  • Privacy & cookies

Archive for December, 2016

  • Merry Christmas from the UKSC Blog!

    23 Dec 2016

    The Supreme Court is now in recess until 11 January 2017. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy…

    Continue reading »

  • Case Comment: R (Mirza & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] UKSC 63

    22 Dec 2016

    Summary The provisions of the Immigration Act 1971 have haunted the courts for a number of years. This judgment triggered some further recriminations…

    Continue reading »

  • Christmas gifts from the Supreme Court

    20 Dec 2016

    Still looking for those last-minute Christmas gifts?  The Supreme Court could be the one-stop shop you’re looking for. Since its…

    Continue reading »

  • Case Comment: MP (Sri Lanka) v SSHD [2016] UKSC 32

    20 Dec 2016

    This case concerns subsidiary protection (known domestically as “humanitarian protection”) under EU Council Directive 2004/83/EC (the Qualification Directive). The issue…

    Continue reading »

  • In the Supreme Court w/c 19 December 2016

    19 Dec 2016

    Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. On Monday 19 December, the Privy Council will…

    Continue reading »

  • Case Comment: R (Carmichael & Rourke & Ors) v SSWP [2016] UKSC 58, Part 2

    15 Dec 2016

    Lord Toulson (for the majority) expressed some doubt as to the soundness of the reasoning in Burnip, noting it would…

    Continue reading »

  • Case Comment: R (Carmichael and Rourke & Ors) v SSWP [2016] UKSC 58, Part 1

    15 Dec 2016

    Introduction Eight months ago these cases – all concerning exceptions to the “bedroom tax”, and then known as MA v…

    Continue reading »

  • Case Preview: McCann v State Hospitals Board for Scotland

    15 Dec 2016

    Introduction This case concerns the lawfulness of a ban on smoking and tobacco in the buildings and grounds of the…

    Continue reading »

  • New Judgment: R v Guraj [2016] UKSC 65

    14 Dec 2016

    On appeal from [2015] EWCA Crim 305   This appeal considered, where a deprivation or forfeiture order is wrongly made during a…

    Continue reading »

  • New Judgment: Habib Khan v General Pharmaceutical Council [2016] UKSC 64

    14 Dec 2016

    On appeal from [2014] CSIH 61   This appeal considered whether there is an intermediate sanction open to the GPC Fitness to…

    Continue reading »

« Older Articles

  • Subscribe to our Newsletter

  • Categories

    • Article 50 (28)
    • News Articles (1,248)
    • Case Comments (514)
    • Case Previews (374)
    • New Judgments (772)
    • Features (312)
  • Archives

  • ♣ Subscribe

    • Entries (RSS)
    • Comments (RSS)
Copyright © Matrix Chambers & CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP 2012 - 2021
7ads6x98y