Archive for November, 2009
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New Judgment: Re B (a Child) [2009] UKSC 5
19 Nov 2009Considers what priority, if any, should be given to the fact of natural (usually genetic) parenthood when deciding issues of…
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Court of Human Rights – UK judge re-elected
18 Nov 2009The United Kingdom judge on the European Court of Human Rights, Sir Nicholas Bratza, has been re-elected for another 3…
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Judicial Earnings in the Supreme Court
18 Nov 2009After coming under criticism for the amount that it cost the taxpayer, the expense of the Supreme Court has once…
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Bank charges judgment announced
18 Nov 2009The Supreme Court’s website has announced that judgment in the bank charges case (Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc…
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Three Supreme Court Permission Decisions
18 Nov 2009In the continuing absence of any public record of the Supreme Court’s permission decisions, we continue to rely on information…
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Privy Council Judgment: Save Guana Cay Reef appeal dismissed [updated]
17 Nov 2009The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council today gave judgment in the Bahamas case of Save Guana Cay Reef Association…
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Wikipedia – dissenting opinions
17 Nov 2009Many thanks to Chris Hanretty for drawing our attention to the “2009 Judgments of the Supreme Court of the United…
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Permission sought in police conviction database case
15 Nov 2009The Information Commissioner’s Office has announced that he is is seeking the permission of the Supreme Court to appeal…
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In the Supreme Court – w/c 16 November 2009
14 Nov 2009The Supreme Court is, again, hearing only one appeal this next week, in the case of Ofcom v Information Commissioner, on 17…