Archive for October, 2010
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In the Supreme Court w/c 25 October 2010
24 Oct 2010The Supreme Court will hear two appeals this week, starting on Monday 25 October with The Child Poverty Action Group…
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Radmacher: Pre Nuptial Agreement decision in the news and on video
23 Oct 2010The Court’s decision Radmacher v Granatino ([2010] UKSC 42) was widely reported in the media and the video footage, was…
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New Judgment: Radmacher (formerly Granatino) v Granatino [2010] UKSC 42
20 Oct 2010On appeal from: [2009] EWCA Civ 649 Concerned the principles to be applied when a court, in considering the financial…
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Case Preview: R v Chaytor & Ors
19 Oct 2010If members of Parliament are accused of dishonesty in relation to their expenses claims, should they face prosecution in front…
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Parliamentary privilege not an attempt to take MPs “above or outside the law”
19 Oct 2010The Telegraph reports that Nigel Pleming QC, representing two of the former Labour MPs, has told the Supreme Court that…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 18 October 2010
17 Oct 2010There are two appeals being heard this week in the Supreme Court. On Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 October R…
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New Judgment: Gisda Cyf v Barratt [2010] UKSC 41
13 Oct 2010On appeal from: [2009] EWCA Civ 648 The question before the Court what was “the effective date of termination” of…
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Case Preview: Multi-Link Developments Limited v North Lanarkshire Council
13 Oct 2010On 12 October 2010, the Supreme Court heard an appeal from the Extra Division, Inner House of the Scottish Court…
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Judicial Lectures: “Treating like cases alike and unlike cases differently: some problems of anti-discrimination law” – Lord Walker
13 Oct 2010On 16 August 2010 Supreme Court Justice Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe gave a speech at the University of Otago, New…
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Case Preview: MA (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
11 Oct 2010The hearing of the appeal by the Home Secretary in the Article 3 deportation case of MA (Somalia) began in…