Archive for the ‘Case Previews’ Category
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Case Preview: Arnold v Britton & Ors
28 Jan 2015Background The appellants, Britton & Ors (the lessees), represent 43 lessees under 25 long leases of holiday chalets at Oxwich…
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Case Preview: OPO (by his litigation friend BHM) & Anor v MLA
19 Jan 2015The Supreme Court will hear an appeal later today and tomorrow relating to the tort in Wilkinson v Downton [1897] QB…
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Case Preview: Jetivia SA & Anor v Bilta (UK) Ltd (in liquidation) & Ors
06 Jan 2015In October, the Court heard applications by a Swiss company Jetivia and its director appealing against decisions to reject its…
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Case Preview: Hotak v London Borough of Southwark
17 Dec 2014This week, the Supreme Court hears the appeal in Hotak v London Borough of Southwark, which is joined with the…
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Case Preview: Anson v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
16 Dec 2014On 27 and 28 October 2014 the UK Supreme Court heard Anson v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and…
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Case Preview: Jackson v Murray & Anor
11 Dec 2014The Supreme Court has a rare opportunity to consider the proper approach to the assessment of contributory negligence after hearing…
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Case Preview: BP Shipping Ltd & Anor v Braganza
03 Dec 2014This case deals with an important and interesting contractual question regarding whether the reasonableness of the exercise of a contractual…
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Case Preview: R (JB (Jamaica)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
01 Dec 2014The SSHD accepted that the treatment of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Jamaica amounted to persecution as…
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Case Preview: Fish & Fish Ltd v Sea Shepherd UK & Ors
28 Nov 2014This case considers the requirements for a party to be held liable for a tort committed by another as a…
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Case Preview: Beghal v Director of Public Prosecutions
26 Nov 2014On 12-13 November, the Supreme Court (Lords Neuberger, Kerr, Dyson, Hughes and Hodge) heard the case of Beghal v Director…