Archive for the ‘Case Comments’ Category
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Case Comment: R (Nunn) v Chief Constable of Suffolk Constabulary [2014] UKSC 37
24 Jul 2014The Supreme Court refused the appeal of Mr Nunn, holding that the police and prosecution’s duty of disclosure post-conviction is…
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Case Comment: R (T) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] UKSC 35
26 Jun 2014Background Last week the Supreme Court handed down judgment in R (T) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014]…
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Case Comment: R (Nicklinson & Anor) v Ministry of Justice; R (AM) v DPP [2014] UKSC 38
25 Jun 2014The Supreme Court has this morning handed down a landmark nine-justice judgment on the right-to-die, relating to cases brought by…
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Case Comment: Salvesen v Riddell & Anor [2013] UKSC 22
21 May 2014We have been awaiting the Supreme Court’s appeal decision in Salvesen v Riddell with great interest. Issued on 24 April…
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Case Comment: McGraddie v McGraddie & Anr [2013] UKSC 58
21 May 2014In McGraddie v McGraddie & Anr [2013] UKSC 58 the Supreme Court confirmed that matters of credibility and reliability of witnesses were…
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Case Comment: R (Reilly & Anor) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
15 Apr 2014On 30 October 2013, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in R (Reilly & Anor) v Secretary of State…
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Case Comment: Raymond Brownlee’s application for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2014] UKSC 4
08 Apr 2014The Supreme Court allowed the appeal of Mr Brownlee, who had applied for judicial review of the Northern Ireland Legal…
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Case Comment: Richardson & Anor v DPP [2014] UKSC 8
07 Apr 2014The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of two protestors, Richardson and Wilkinson, for aggravated trespass. They had obstructed the trading…
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Joint Administrators of Heritable Bank plc (Respondent) v The Winding-Up Board of Landsbanki Islands hf (Appellant) (Scotland) [2013] UKSC 13
26 Mar 2014On appeal from [2011] CSIH 61 On 27 February 2013, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld a decision of the Inner…
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Case Comment: R (BSkyB) v Commissioner of Police [2014] UKSC 17
24 Mar 2014On 12 March 2014, the Supreme Court gave judgment in the case of R (BSkyB) v Commissioner of Police [2014]…