Archive for July, 2011
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In the Supreme Court w/c 25 July 2011
24 Jul 2011This week, the Supreme Court was due to hear the appeal in R (on the application of Greater Manchester Police)…
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The Week that Was
22 Jul 2011The phone hacking scandal has continued to dominate the headlines, as a number of News International figures line dup to…
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“The Supreme Court would be improved by having more members under 40.” Discuss.
22 Jul 2011The essay below was written in response to a competition run by the Big Voice Project with the support of…
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New Judgment: R v Maxwell [2010] UKSC 48
20 Jul 2011On appeal from: [2009] EWCA 2552 The question in this appeal was whether the Court of Appeal was right to…
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New Judgment: R v Smith [2011] UKSC 37
20 Jul 2011On appeal from: [2010] EWCA Crim 530 The issue was whether it was appropriate to impose a sentence of imprisonment…
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Case Preview: Human Genome Sciences Inc v Eli Lilly [2010] EWCA Civ 33
19 Jul 2011What is the nature of our relationship with legal decisions from Europe? How much scope do national courts within a…
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Case Comment: R (G) v The Governors of X School [2011] UKSC 30
18 Jul 2011The Supreme Court (by a 4:1 majority) has allowed an appeal by The Governors of X School, overturning the Court…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 18 July 2011
17 Jul 2011This is a busy week for both the Supreme Court and the Privy Council. There are two appeals in the…
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The Week That Was
15 Jul 2011It has been a week dominated by the fall out from the phone hacking scandal. Following sustained media and parliamentary…
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Germany’s participation in bailouts for struggling EU countries in court – A preliminary estimation after the first hearing at the German Constitutional Court
13 Jul 2011In our previous article posted in May 2010 (see here), we initially reported about the challenge at the German Constitutional…