Archive for December, 2011
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New Judgment: R v Gnango [2011] UKSC 59
14 Dec 2011On appeal from: [2010] EWCA Crim 1691 The Crown’s appeal concerns a defendant who had been exchanging fire with another…
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New Judgment: Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Botham v MoD [2011] UKSC 58
14 Dec 2011On appeal from: [2010] EWCA Civ 571 and [2010] EWHC 646 (QB) Both cases involved the scope of damages recoverable…
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Case Comment: LucasFilm Ltd & Ors v Ainsworth & Anor [2011] UKSC 39
13 Dec 2011“Help me, Lord Walker! You’re my only hope!” The Justices at the end of last term handed down a decisive…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 12 Dec 2011
12 Dec 2011It’s the last week of sittings for the Michaelmas Term. Continuing from last week until Thursday 15 December 2011 in…
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The Week That Was
12 Dec 2011Solicitors outperformed barristers in two selection exercises for the judiciary completed earlier this year, the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) has…
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The UKSC as a policy making body?
09 Dec 2011Earlier this year Jonathan Sumption in his FA Mann lecture heavily criticised the role of the Supreme Court judges, suggesting…
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New Judgment: Russell & Ors v Transocean International Resources Ltd & Ors (Scotland) [2011] UKSC 57
07 Dec 2011On appeal from: [2010] CSIH 82 Concerns the right to a minimum period of annual leave under art 7 of…
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Supreme Court Stocking Fillers
07 Dec 2011At a loss over Christmas gifts for the lawyer in your life? Seeking to engender some judicial joie de vivre?…
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New Judgment: Aberdeen City Council v Stewart Milne Group Ltd [2011] UKSC 56
07 Dec 2011On appeal from: [2009] CSOH 80 The issue in this appeal was whether the sum received by the appellant upon…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 5 Dec 2011
05 Dec 2011Starting on the morning of 5 December 2011 Lords Phillips, Mance, Kerr, Clarke and Dyson will hear the eight day…