Archive for January, 2010
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Case Preview: R (Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd) v Wolverhampton City Council
26 Jan 2010This is an appeal against a decision of Ward, Mummery and Sullivan LJJ ([2009] EWCA Civ 835) which the Supreme…
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The Twelfth Justice – the “candidates”
26 Jan 2010Following our posting of earlier today regarding the exclusive from Joshua Rozenberg about what he tells us were the four…
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Iraq war was illegal, Dutch panel rules
26 Jan 2010The Chilcot Inquiry will today hear evidence from three legal advisers to the government about issues relating to the legality…
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Twelfth Justice – Further Update
26 Jan 2010Fellow legal blogger Joshua Rozenberg reports today that interviews for the position of (twelfth) Justice of the Supreme Court took…
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Profiles: Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore
25 Jan 2010Lord Kerr is, at 61, the youngest Justice of the Supreme Court, and was the last Law Lord to be…
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“Rights, Responsibilities and the Repeal of the Human Rights Act” (Continued) [updated]
25 Jan 2010The debate about the future of the Human Rights Act is gathering pace as the date of the General…
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A Scottish Supreme Court?
25 Jan 2010As Scots all over the world have been preparing to raise a glass to celebrate a national hero, Robert Burns, a report has been published…
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“A Case for Judicial Confirmation Hearings?”
24 Jan 2010The issue of whether the UK should have judicial confirmation hearings has been debated for a number of years. The…
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The Walker Report and the Law that Dare Not Speak its Name
23 Jan 2010On 22 January 2010 Professor Neil Walker, Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at…
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In the Supreme Court, w/c 25 January 2010 [updated]
22 Jan 2010The Supreme Court will not be sitting next week, after the parties to Gisda Cyf v Barratt have agreed to adjourn…