Archive for the ‘Case Comments’ Category
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Case Comment: R (A & B) v Secretary of State for Health [2017] UKSC 41
14 Jul 2017Judgment in this case was handed down on 14 June 2017. Background The appeal considered whether the Secretary of State’s…
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Case Comment: Isle of Wight v Platt [2017] UKSC 28 Part Two
13 Jul 2017The Supreme Court judgment Baroness Hale gave the only judgment. Lords Neuberger, Mance, Reed and Hughes agreed with it. Baroness…
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Case Comment: Isle of Wight v Platt [2017] UKSC 28 Part One
13 Jul 2017Introduction A parent who fails “to secure regular attendance of a pupil at a registered school” is guilty of a…
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Case Comment: R (Byndloss) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (Kiarie) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] UKSC 42 Part Two
10 Jul 2017Lord Wilson (Continued) On the issue of video link or Skype evidence, Lord Wilson held that although on screen evidence…
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Case Comment: R (Byndloss) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (Kiarie) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] UKSC 42 Part One
10 Jul 2017In 2013, as home secretary, Theresa May pledged to her party that foreign criminals with outstanding appeals would no longer…
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Case Comment: R (MM (Lebanon)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] UKSC 10 Part Two
21 Jun 2017The decision on the main challenge is legally defensible but taken with other recent cases relating to ECHR, art 8…
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Case Comment: R (MM (Lebanon)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] UKSC 10 Part One
21 Jun 2017The controversial and stringent financial requirements for spouse entry clearance applications, as inserted by a new Appendix FM in the…
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Case Comment: R (Agyarko) v Secretary of state for the Home Department; R (Ikuga) v Secretary of state for the Home Department [2017] UKSC 11
19 Jun 2017The judgment in Agyarko and Ikuga is the last in a trio of cases heard last year which addressed ECHR,…
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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…