Archive for the ‘Case Comments’ Category
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Case Comments: KO (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 53 and Rhuppiah v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 58
04 Dec 2018Introduction ECHR, art 8 prevents someone from being removed from the UK where doing so would have a disproportionate impact…
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Case Comment: Rhuppiah v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 58 Part Two
30 Nov 2018In Agyarko [2017] UKSC 11, Lord Reed examined Jeunesse and judged that the persistence of family life would be precarious if created when an…
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Case Comment: Rhuppiah v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 58 Part One
30 Nov 2018Art 8 and Private Life: Supreme Court Confirms Bright-line Interpretation of ‘Precarious’ in s 117B(5) of NIAA 2002 In interpreting the…
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Case Comment: Permission to appeal determination in the matter of Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union v Wightman and others
23 Nov 2018This week, the UK Supreme Court refused permission to appeal in the matter of Secretary of State for Exiting the…
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Case Comment: Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd & Ors [2018] UKSC 49
12 Nov 2018It must be a rare moment in legal history, when cakes are at the centre of Supreme Court decisions in…
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Case Comment: KO (Nigeria) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 53 Part Two
09 Nov 2018(ii) Undue Harshness Next, the court opined that the structure of s 117C was difficult to follow as it begins…
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Case Comment: KO (Nigeria) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 53 Part One
09 Nov 2018Seven Year Rule: Child-Centred Decision By Supreme Court The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed these appeals. But thankfully Lord Carnwath’s meticulous judgment clarified…
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Case Comment: Gavin Edmondson Solicitors Limited v Haven Insurance Company Limited [2018] UKSC 21
19 Oct 2018In February 2018 the Supreme Court heard the appeal by Haven Insurance (the “Appellant”) contending that it did not cheat…
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Case Comment: Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd & Ors [2018] UKSC 49
15 Oct 2018Last week, in Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd & Ors [2018] UKSC 49, the Supreme Court upheld a baker’s…
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Case Comment: R v Sally Lane & John Letts (AB & CD) [2018] UKSC 36
04 Oct 2018Summary On 11 July 2018, the Supreme Court gave judgment in the case of AB and CD, addressing whether the…
