Archive for the ‘Case Previews’ Category
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Case Preview: McDonald (Deceased) v National Grid Electricity Transmission plc
22 Jul 2014A case involving liability for alleged exposure to asbestos was recently heard by the Supreme Court, raising interesting issues as…
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Case Previews: FHR European Ventures LLP & Ors v Cedar Capital Partners LLC, R (ZH & CN) v London Boroughs of Newham and Lewisham and Healthcare at Home Ltd v The Common Services Agency
23 Jun 2014FHR European Ventures LLP & Ors v Cedar Capital Partners LLC, heard 17-19 June 2014. Court of Appeal judgment: [2013]…
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Case Previews: R (Sandiford) v SSFCA, AIB Group v MRC, Les Laboratoires Servier v Apotex Inc and VB v Westminster Magistrates’ Court
13 Jun 2014R (Sandiford) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, heard 4 June 2014. Court of Appeal judgment: [2013]…
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Case Preview: R (Whiston) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
10 Apr 2014Article 5 of the ECHR must be a frontrunner for the award of “most analysed Convention Article”*. Part of the…
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Case Previews: R v O’Brien, R (T & Anor) v SSHD & Anor, and R v Mackle (Nos. 1, 2 and 3), and R v McLaughlin
23 Jan 2014R v O’Brien, heard 5 December 2013. Court of Appeal judgment: [2012] EWCA Civ 501 The appellant was investigated by…
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Case Preview: Kennedy v The Charity Commission
10 Dec 2013The Supreme Court recently heard an appeal relating to the Freedom of Information Act 2000, s 32(2), under which information…
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Case Preview: I. A.v Secretary of State for the Home Department ([2011] CSIH 28, 2011 SC 625)
05 Dec 2013On Tuesday November 26, 2013 the Supreme Court heard the appeal in I. A. v Secretary of State for the…
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Case Preview: R (HS2 Action Alliance Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport & Anor
02 Dec 2013In this appeal, the Supreme Court is tasked with resolving a difficult tension between the Government’s obligations under EU law…
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Case Preview: Hook v British Airways and Stott v Thomas Cook
18 Nov 2013Montreal Exclusivity versus EU law – Round II The Montreal Convention of 1999 (‘MC’) lays down uniform rules governing liability…
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Case Preview: Richardson & Anor v DPP
11 Nov 2013This case before the Supreme Court will mark the latest development in the law surrounding protest. Following a number of…