Archive for May, 2011
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Case Comment: McCaughey and Quinn’s Application [2011] UKSC 20
31 May 2011In Re McCaughey & Anor [2011] UKSC 20 the Supreme Court, Lord Rodger dissenting, accepted the applicability of the Human…
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Case Preview: Re E [2011] EWCA Civ 361
27 May 2011This week the Supreme Court has been hearing an appeal from the Court of Appeal in Re E (Children.) The…
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Lord Justice Wilson to be sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
26 May 2011Former Court of Appeal judge Lord Justice Wilson will be sworn in this morning as a Justice of the Supreme…
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So help me God
25 May 2011The law and religion is a topic rarely out of the UK courts in recent times and, across the Atlantic,…
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New Judgment: Kambadzi (previously SK (Zimbabwe)) v SSHD [2011] UKSC 23
25 May 2011On appeal from : [2008] EWCA Civ 1204 The issue in this appeal is whether a failure by the SSHD…
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New Judgment: FA (Iraq) v SSHD [2011] UKSC 22
25 May 2011On appeal from: [2010] EWCA Civ 696 FA is an Iraqi national who arrived in the United Kingdom when he…
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A Supreme View of Legal Writing
25 May 2011Any advocate seeking to venture into the Supreme Court now has the advantage of being able to watch and learn…
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Case Comment: Sienkiewicz v Greif (UK) Ltd; Knowsley MBC v Willmore [2011] UKSC 10
24 May 2011On 9 March 2011, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the joint appeal of Sienkiewicz v Grief (UK)…
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Case Comment: R (Adams) v Secretary of State for Justice [2011] UKSC18
23 May 2011When is a wrongful conviction not a miscarriage of justice? This was the riddle that recently occupied a nine-judge panel…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 23 May 2011
22 May 2011In the final week of the Easter term, there are two appeals to be heard in the Supreme Court on…