Archive for the ‘Case Comments’ Category
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In the matter of an application by Geraldine Finucane for Judicial Revewi (NI) [2019] UKSC 7 Part One
26 Mar 2019On 27 February 2019 the Supreme Court gave judgment in the appeal brought by the widow of the Belfast solicitor,…
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Case Comment: An NHS Trust v Y (Intensive Care Society & Ors intervening) [2018] UKSC 46
21 Mar 2019On 30 July 2018, the Supreme Court gave an important judgment in relation to whether it was always necessary to…
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Case Comment: KV (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] UKSC 10 Part Two
19 Mar 2019In SA (Somalia) [2006] EWCA Civ 1302, concerning alleged torture, the Court of Appeal held that the task for which an asylum-seeker…
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Case Comment: KV (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] UKSC 10 Part One
19 Mar 2019Supreme Court allows tortured Tamil asylum-seeker’s appeal KV (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] UKSC 10 (6…
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Case Comment: Perry v Raleys Solicitors [2019] UKSC 5
18 Feb 2019Rory Thomson, a senior associate in the disputes team at CMS, comments on the judgment of the UK Supreme Court…
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Case Comment: In the matter of an application by Siobhan McLaughlin for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2018] UKSC 48
31 Jan 2019It may seem somewhat Dickensian that an unmarried parent would be ineligible for social benefits as a widow/er upon the…
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Case Comment: Michalak v GMC [2017] UKSC 71
29 Jan 2019Background The case was about the meaning of the Equality Act 2010, s 120(7), which removes from the jurisdiction of the…
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Case Comment: R v Mackinlay & Ors [2018] UKSC 42
29 Jan 2019Summary This case relates to a point of statutory construction in the Representation of the People Act 1983, s 90C(1)(a).…
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Case Comment: Williams & Anor v London Borough of Hackney [2018] UKSC 37
22 Jan 2019In the case of Williams v The London Borough of Hackney [2018] UKSC 37, the Supreme Court has reviewed the…
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Case Comment: R (Stott) v Secretary of State for Justice [2018] UKSC 59
22 Jan 2019Public law analysis: The Supreme Court in R (Stott) v Secretary of State for Justice [2018] UKSC 59 has ruled that…
