Archive for July, 2010
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Case Preview: R v Rollins, R v McInerney
08 Jul 2010This appeal is listed before a seven justice Supreme Court (including the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge) on 12-13 July…
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Permission Decisions, May-June 2010
08 Jul 2010In previous posts (here, here and here) we reviewed the then available permission decisions for Michaelmas Term 2009 and Hilary…
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Case Comment: Austin v Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Southwark [2010] UKSC 28
07 Jul 2010In a decision handed down on 23 June 2010, the Supreme Court, comprising Lords Hope and Walker, Lady Hale and…
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Case Comment: Roberts v Gill & Co & Anor [2010] UKSC 22
07 Jul 2010On 19 May 2010 the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Roberts v Gill & Co and another, the first…
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New Judgment: Southern Pacific Securities 05-2 Plc (in substitution for Southern Pacific Personal Loans Ltd) v Walker & Anor [2010] UKSC 32
07 Jul 2010On appeal from: [2009] EWCA Civ 1218 Considers (1) the correct definition of an “amount of credit” under the Consumer…
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New Judgment: HJ (Iran) v SSHD; HT (Cameroon) v SSHD [2010] UKSC 31
07 Jul 2010On appeal from: [2009] EWCA Civ 172 Under the Convention on the Status of Refugees, members of particular social groups…
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“The Right to Education and the Supreme Court”
07 Jul 2010As Brian Simpson explains in his Human Rights and the end of empire: Britain and the genesis of European Convention…
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Case Preview: Oceanbulk Shipping & Trading SA v TMT Asia Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 79
06 Jul 2010The Supreme Court will next week hear an appeal, the outcome of which may significantly alter the scope of without…
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Opinion: “Iraq Human Rights Jurisdiction”
06 Jul 2010Private Jason Smith had been in the Territorial Army for over ten years when the call came to go to…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 5 July 2010
04 Jul 2010It’s a relatively quiet week in the Supreme Court this week with only one appeal scheduled albeit lasting four days.…