Archive for April, 2013
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The Week That Was
19 Apr 2013The Advertising Standards Agency ruled in favour of Cancer Research, upholding its complaints about a series of posters commissioned by…
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US Supreme Court limits human rights lawsuits
18 Apr 2013By Lyle Denniston, a reporter for scotusblog.com, an online journal of American law Taking a position close to what the…
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Crime and Courts Bill: A Brief Update
18 Apr 2013While it is the inclusion of proposed Leveson reforms in the Crime and Courts Bill which has recently attracted the…
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Breaking News: Government seek permission to appeal to the UKSC on Abu Qatada
17 Apr 2013The BBC has the report here.
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New Judgment: Jones (by Caldwell) v FTT & Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority [2013] UKSC 19
17 Apr 2013On appeal from: [2011] EWCA Civ 400. The respondent, acting by his mother, applied to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority…
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New Judgment: Public Relations Consultants Association Ltd v The Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd & Ors [2013] UKSC 18
17 Apr 2013On appeal from: [2011] EWCA Civ 890. The Court considered whether the appellant’s customers needed a licence to receive its…
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The Family Justice Modernisation Programme
16 Apr 2013The President of the Family Division issued a statement this week on the progress of the “single family court”, which,…
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US Supreme Court acts on IRA Troubles documents
16 Apr 2013By Lyle Denniston, a reporter for scotusblog.com, an online journal of American law The US Supreme Court yesterday denied two…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 15 April 2013
15 Apr 2013Listed for Monday 15 April 2013 in the Supreme Court is the appeal of Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and…
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The Week That Was
12 Apr 2013Hate crimes have been dominating the news recently, and this week the government announced plans to tackle them through an…