Archive for the ‘Case Comments’ Category
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Case Comment: Woodland v Essex County Council [2013] UKSC 66
28 Nov 2013On 23 October, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of Woodland v Essex County Council. The…
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Case Comment: O’Neill No 2 v Her Majesty’s Advocate (Scotland) [2013] UKSC 36
07 Oct 2013The case concerned the scope of the right to a fair trial under ECHR, art 6, specifically the right to…
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Case Comment: R (AA) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] UKSC 49
14 Aug 2013This case concerned the lawfulness or otherwise of detaining a person believed to be an adult but subsequently assessed to…
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Case Comment:Torfaen County Borough Council v Douglas Willis Ltd [2013] UKSC 59
13 Aug 2013On 9 July 2013 a panel of five justices (Lady Hale and Lords Kerr, Wilson, Reed and Carnwath) heard a…
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Case Comment: R (New London College Ltd) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; & anor case [2013] UKSC 51
07 Aug 2013In a judgment handed down on 17 July 2013, the Supreme Court (leading opinion of Lord Sumption, with which Lords…
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Case Comment: North & Ors v Dumfries and Galloway Council (Scotland) [2013] UKSC 45
06 Aug 2013As previously reported on this blog the Supreme Court has handed down judgment in the case of North & Ors…
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Case Comment: Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC v AES Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant LLP [2013] UKSC 35
30 Jul 2013On 12 June 2013, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed an appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision in AES Ust-Kamenogorsk…
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Case Comment: R (Sturnham) v The Parole Board & Anor (No. 2) [2013] UKSC 47
23 Jul 2013On appeal from: [2012] EWCA Civ 452. To paraphrase Lord Mance’s opening observations, this is another case considering the practical…
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Case Comment: Bank Mellat v Her Majesty’s Treasury (Nos. 1 and 2) [2013] UKSC 38 and UKSC 39
16 Jul 2013The Supreme Court handed down judgment in Bank Mellat v Her Majesty’s Treasury (No 1) and (No 2) on the…
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Case Comment: BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd & Ors v Neuberger Berman Europe Ltd & Anor [2013] UKSC 28
16 Jul 2013On 9 May 2013 the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the appeal and cross-appeal in BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd &…