Archive for the ‘Case Previews’ Category
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Case Preview: Sadovska & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department
13 Jul 2017These proceedings relate to a “sham marriage” between Violeta Sadovska, a Lithuanian, and Saleem Malik, a Pakistani. She entered the…
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Case Preview: Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v DSD & Anor
10 Jul 2017In March 2017, the Supreme Court (sitting in a panel comprising Lord Neuberger, Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr and…
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Case Preview: R (HC) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
06 Jul 2017On 21 and 22 Jun 2017, the Supreme Court heard HC’s appeal against the Court of Appeal’s judgment ([2015] EWCA…
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Case preview: R (Unison) v Lord Chancellor and Anor
09 Jun 2017On 27 and 28 March 2017, the Supreme Court heard the appeal of R (Unison) v Lord Chancellor & Another…
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Case Preview: R (Kiarie) v SSHD; R (Byndloss) v SSHD Part Two
03 May 2017Certification is not possible unless the condition in s 94B(2) is met. Accordingly, the risk of serious irreversible harm is…
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Case Preview: R (Kiarie) v SSHD; R (Byndloss) v SSHD Part One
03 May 2017After a raft of cases on the “foreign criminal” theme – such as Nouazli [2016] UKSC 16, Johnson [2016] UKSC 56, Makhlouf [2016] UKSC 59 and Hesham Ali [2016]…
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Case Preview: SM (Algeria) v Entry Clearance Officer, UK Visa Section
20 Apr 2017Background Three years ago in AA (Somalia) v ECO (Addis Ababa) [2013] UKSC 81, the Supreme Court considered whether a Somali child…
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Case Preview: Home Office v Essop & Ors
03 Apr 2017Giving up on (Indirect) Discrimination Law Some readers might be surprised if told that one of the most significant cases on…
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Case Preview: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority v Energy Solutions EU Ltd
02 Mar 2017Introduction On Wednesday 1 Mar 2017 and Thursday 2 Mar 2017, the Supreme Court hears the appeal of Nuclear Decommissioning…
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Case preview: Isle of Wight Council v Platt
13 Feb 2017Introduction A parent who fails “to secure regular attendance of a pupil at a registered school” is guilty of…