Archive for March, 2012
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What has been the most significant Supreme Court case to date and why?
30 Mar 2012Below is the second essay from our runners up in the UKSC Blog essay competition. Jamie Dunn from the University…
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The Week That Was – 30th March 2012
30 Mar 2012Two reports on the topic of judicial diversity were released this week. The report from the Lords Constitution Committee suggested…
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The Right to Protest Contained by Strasbourg: An Analysis of Austin v UK & The Constitutional Pluralist Issues It Throws Up
30 Mar 2012This piece was originally posted on the UK Constitutional Law Blog and is reposted here with thanks. The last few…
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New Judgment: Employers’ Liability Insurance “Trigger” Litigation [2012] UKSC 14
28 Mar 2012On appeal from: [2010] EWCA Civ 1096 The appeals concerned the scope of the insurers’ obligations to indemnify employers against…
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Supreme Courts around the World: January and February 2012
27 Mar 2012Australia Harbour Radio Pty Limited v Trad [2012] HCATrans 009 (3 February 2012) The president of the Islamic Friendship Association…
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Judicial appointments process flawed, says new report.
27 Mar 2012Updated: Judicial appointments are under the spotlight this week, with the publication of two reports examining the current appointments process.…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 26th March 2012
26 Mar 2012Starting on Tuesday 27 March 2012 is a further three day appeal of R v Waya, which was originally the…
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R v Horncastle: Working with Strasbourg
23 Mar 2012The essay below was written by Jack Torbet, one of our two runners up in the UKSC Blog essay competition.…
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Breaking news . . . [updated]
23 Mar 2012The UKSC’s Twitter feed (@UKSupremeCourt) has announced that: “Supreme Court has refused Dept for Energy and Climate Change permission to…
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Case Comment: Flood v Times Newspapers [2012] UKSC 12, Court allows “Reynolds” appeal
21 Mar 2012In a unanimous decision ([2012] UKSC 11) the Supreme Court today allowed the appeal of Times Newspapers Ltd against a…