Archive for November, 2012
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Case Preview: R (Prudential plc & Anor) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax & Anor
09 Nov 2012Earlier this week, Lords Neuberger, Mance, Clarke, Sumption and Reed heard Prudential’s appeal against the Court of Appeal’s unanimous decision…
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Constitution Check: Would an Obama victory turn the Supreme Court sharply to the left?
08 Nov 2012WASHINGTON – Lyle Denniston looks at claims that a Supreme Court in a second Obama administration would be like “the…
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New Judgment: Morris v Rae [2012] UKSC 50
07 Nov 2012On appeal from: [2011] CSIH 30 The appellant was assigned the assets of a company which had gone into liquidation.…
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Case Comment: SerVaas Inc v Rafidian Bank & Ors [2012] UKSC 40
07 Nov 2012One of the main exceptions to the doctrine of restrictive state/sovereign immunity is the so-called commercial activity exception. According to…
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Spring cleaning the statute books
06 Nov 2012Yesterday the Statute Law (Repeals) Bill was given an unopposed second reading in the House of Lords. The Bill sets…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 5 November 2012
05 Nov 2012In front of a panel of seven (Lords Neuberger, Hope, Walker, Mance, Clarke, Sumption and Reed) in the Courtroom 1…
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Case Comment: Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs & Anor v Rahmatullah [2012] UKSC 48
05 Nov 2012The result of appeal will have satisfied neither side; both sides losing their appeal and cross-appeal respectively and most importantly…
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The Week That Was
02 Nov 2012Lord Justice Jackson’s proposals for a costs council fell flat, and it was announced that the Advisory Committee on Civil…
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Case Comment: Saint-Prix v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2012] UKSC 49
01 Nov 2012Hooray for Lady Hale In its judgment in St Prix, the Supreme Court referred to the CJEU the following questions…