Archive for May, 2011
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Case Preview: Scottish Widows plc v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
20 May 2011The request for a preview having come late in the day I though that I might hold off, watch the…
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The Week That Was
20 May 2011Super-injunctions have again been the focus of much media attention this week. A high court judge has made it clear…
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New Judgment: R (GC) v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; R (C) v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2011] UKSC 21
18 May 2011On appeal from: [2010] EWHC 2225 (Admin) The appellants had both been acquitted of previous charges, though after their arrest…
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New Judgment: In the matter of McCaughey & Anor for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2011] UKSC 20
18 May 2011On appeal from: [2010] NICA 10 The appellants were next of kin of Martin McCaughey and Dessie Grew, who were…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 16 May 2011
16 May 2011The three linked appeals, Scottish Widows plc v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Scotland), Scottish Widows plc No.2…
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Supreme Court TV Launched
16 May 2011It appears that the Supreme Court has taken on board requests that they make footage of court proceedings more widely…
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The Week That Was
13 May 2011The Ministry of Defence has been condemned by the high court for stifling legal challenges over the treatment of detainees…
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New Judgment: HMRC v Tower MCashback LLP1 & Anor [2011] UKSC 19
11 May 2011On appeal from: [2010] EWCA Civ 32 This case raises two issues of tax law. The first (“the procedural issue”)…
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New Judgment: R (Adams) v SSJ [2011] UKSC 18
11 May 2011On appeal from: [2009] EWCA Civ 1291; [2010] NICA 3 The three appellants in this case each claimed compensation under…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 9 May 2011
09 May 2011There is only one Supreme Court appeal in the second week of the Easter Term, commencing with a two-day hearing…