Archive for July, 2013
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New Judgment: Re Nortel Companies; Re Lehman Companies; Re Lehman Companies (No. 2) [2013] UKSC 52
24 Jul 2013On appeal from: [2011] EWCA Civ 1124. These appeals raise questions of some significance arising out of the interrelationship of…
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Case Comment: R (Sturnham) v The Parole Board & Anor (No. 2) [2013] UKSC 47
23 Jul 2013On appeal from: [2012] EWCA Civ 452. To paraphrase Lord Mance’s opening observations, this is another case considering the practical…
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Case Preview: R (Hodkin & Anor) v Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages
22 Jul 2013Angels on Pinheads? Religion in the Supreme Court At present, and pending any Order to be made by the Secretary…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 22 July 2013
22 Jul 2013In Courtroom 2 this morning is the expedited In the matter of A (Children), listed for 1.5 days in front…
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The Week That Was
19 Jul 2013The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 became law after clearing its third reading in the Lords. The Act legalises…
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New Judgment: R (New London College Ltd) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; & anor case [2013] UKSC 51
17 Jul 2013On appeal from: [2012] EWCA Civ 51; [2013] EWHC Civ 31. These appeals concerned the system for licensing educational institutions…
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New Judgment: Benedetti v Sawiris & Ors [2013] UKSC 50
17 Jul 2013On appeal from: [2010] EWCA Civ 1427. Concerned the manner in which a court should calculate the amount of money…
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Some reflections on Ruadhán Mac Cormaic’s excellent Irish Times series on the Irish Supreme Court
16 Jul 2013In Brown v Allen 344 US 443, 540 (1953), Robert H Jackson, Chief Prosecutor at Nuremburg and Associate Justice of…
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Case Comment: Bank Mellat v Her Majesty’s Treasury (Nos. 1 and 2) [2013] UKSC 38 and UKSC 39
16 Jul 2013The Supreme Court handed down judgment in Bank Mellat v Her Majesty’s Treasury (No 1) and (No 2) on the…
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Case Preview: South Lanarkshire Council v The Scottish Information Commissioner
16 Jul 2013On 8 July 2013, Lords Kerr, Wilson, Reed, Carnwath and Lady Hale heard an appeal against the judgment of the…