Archive for May, 2013
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The Week That Was
10 May 2013The DPP announced revised CPS guidance on dangerous driving, with potential exemptions for members of the emergency services responding to…
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Case Comment: R (ClientEarth) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2013] UKSC 25
10 May 2013Earlier this month, on 1 May 2013, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of R (ClientEarth)…
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New Judgment: BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd & Ors v Eurosail-UK 2007- 3BL plc & 2 other cases [2013] UKSC 28
09 May 2013On Appeal from: [2011] EWCA Civ 227 This case concerned the proceedings commenced by the Trustee seeking a determination of…
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New Judgment: SL v Westminster City Council [2013] UKSC 27
09 May 2013On appeal from: [2011] EWCA Civ 954 The appellant is a failed asylum-seeker from Iran. Following his discharge from hospital…
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New Judgment: Futter & Anor v Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs; and another case [2013] UKSC 26
09 May 2013On appeal from: [2011] EWCA Civ 197 Two appeals raising issues about the rule in Hastings-Bass, which is concerned with…
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Be careful what you wish for? : Appeals from Scotland to the UKSC (Part Two)
08 May 2013In the final article of this series Aidan O’Neill QC discusses devolution issues and the Scottish route of appeal to…
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Be careful what you wish for? : Appeals from Scotland to the UKSC
07 May 2013In the first article of this two-part series Aidan O’Neill QC discusses the development of the Scottish route of appeal…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 6 May 2013
07 May 2013Welcome back after the bank holiday. Listed for 1.5 days from today in Courtroom 1 is the appeal of R…
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The Week That Was
03 May 2013Judge Hone QC, sitting in the Old Bailey, sentenced a conman who made millions selling fake bomb detectors based on…
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Profiles: Lord Hodge
03 May 2013On 26 February 2013, it was announced that Lord Hodge will succeed Lord Hope (who is retiring in June) as…