Archive for April, 2013
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Reminder – 2013 UKSC Blog Essay Competition
12 Apr 2013There is still time to enter our annual essay competition which this year is being run in conjunction with the Supreme Court and…
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Profiles: Lord Toulson
12 Apr 2013Born on 23 September 1946, Roger Grenfell Toulson was on Tuesday formally appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court…
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Case on IRA Troubles escalates in US Supreme Court
12 Apr 2013By Lyle Denniston, reporter for scotusblog.com, an online journal of American law A case of two academic researchers who sought…
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“More open, more transparent, and more powerful” – communications challenges and innovations at the Supreme Court
11 Apr 2013Max Hastings greeted the new Supreme Court with the prediction that it was a “constitutional disaster in the making.” For…
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Case Comment: HMRC v Aimia Coalition Loyalty UK Ltd [2013] UKSC 15
10 Apr 2013Last month the Supreme Court decided, by a majority of 3-2, to dismiss the appeal of the Commissioners for Her…
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Case Preview: BNY Corporate Trustees Services Ltd & Ors v Neuberger Berman Europe Ltd & Anor
10 Apr 2013At the end of February, Lords Hope, Walker, Mance, Sumption and Carnworth heard an appeal against the Court of Appeal’s…
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Easter Term starts today
09 Apr 2013The Easter Term starts today and runs until Friday 24 May 2013. It’s one of the shorter terms, but the…
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The US Supreme Court – Same-Sex Marriage Cases: The Next Loving or Wait and See?
09 Apr 2013On March 26 and 27, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two potentially historic cases asking whether…
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Lady Hale – Should judges be socio-legal scholars?
08 Apr 2013In a lecture at the Socio-Legal Studies Association 2013 Conference last week, Lady Hale explored the difficult issue of the…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 8 April 2013
08 Apr 2013The Easter Term starts on Wednesday 10 April 2013 – watch this space for a preview of some of the…