Archive for the ‘Case Comments’ Category
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Case Comment: Essop v Home Office; Naeem v Secretary of State for Justice [2017] UKSC 27
16 May 2017‘The law on discrimination ought to be easy’, declared Lady Hale giving judgment on behalf of the Supreme Court in…
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Case Comment: AB v Her Majesty’s Advocate (Scotland) [2017] UKSC 25
10 May 2017Judgment in this case was handed down by the Supreme Court in April 2017. Background AB, at the age of…
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Case Comment: SXH v The CPS [2017] UKSC 30
08 May 2017To what extent does a decision to prosecute a person interfere with her private rights under ECHR, art 8? That…
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Case Comment: SXH v The CPS [2017] UKSC 30 Part Two
25 Apr 2017The Supreme Court The court did not allow the oral introduction of a new argument that SXH’s prosecution constituted a…
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Case Comment: SXH v The CPS [2017] UKSC 30 Part One
25 Apr 2017‘The Duty of the CPS is to the Public’: Article 8 and Prosecuting Refugees for False Documents Background “This woman, in…
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Case Comment: N v ACCG & Ors [2017] UKSC 22
24 Apr 2017The Supreme Court handed down judgment in N v ACCG & Ors [2017] UKSC 22 on 22 Mar 2017. Background…
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Case Comment: Miller v Associated Newspapers; Flood v Times Newspapers; Frost v Mirror Group Newspapers [2017] UKSC 33 Part Two
19 Apr 2017(2b) Application of the rule in MGN v UK: Frost The Court dealt separately with the Frost appeal. Lord Neuberger…
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Case Comment: Miller v Associated Newspapers; Flood v Times Newspapers; Frost v Mirror Group Newspapers [2017] UKSC 33 Part One
19 Apr 2017Introduction On 11 Apr 2017 the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed three appeals brought by media organisations challenging the ECHR, art…
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Case Comment: R v Guraj [2016] UKSC 65 Part Two
15 Mar 2017Analysis On its own this decision once again concludes the arguments about postponement of confiscation proceedings, but it should be…
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Case Comment: R v Guraj [2016] UKSC 65 Part One
15 Mar 2017R v Guraj – Back to the Future or Part of Something Bigger? The decision in R v Guraj [2016]…