Archive for December, 2014
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In the Supreme Court w/c 15 Dec 2014
12 Dec 2014Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. On Monday 15 December 2014 the Court…
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Case Preview: Jackson v Murray & Anor
11 Dec 2014The Supreme Court has a rare opportunity to consider the proper approach to the assessment of contributory negligence after hearing…
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News: OPO v MLA, banned memoir case – Supreme Court grants permission to appeal, expedites hearing
11 Dec 2014The Supreme Court has granted the artist in the “banned memoir” case, OPO v MLA, permission to appeal and ordered…
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Case Comment: Plevin v Paragon Personal Finance Ltd [2014] UKSC 61
11 Dec 2014Factual Background This appeal arose in the context of a payment protection insurance (“PPI”) dispute between Mrs Plevin (the respondent)…
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New Judgment: R (Haney, Kaiyam & Massey) v Secretary of State for Justice and another case [2014] UKSC 66
10 Dec 2014On appeal from: [2013] EWCA Civ 1587; [2013] EWHC 3777 (Admin) The Supreme Court had to consider if it…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 8 Dec 2014
08 Dec 2014Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. On Monday 8 December 2014 the Court…
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Case Comment: Mrs Scott v Southern Pacific Mortgages Limited [2014] UKSC 52
04 Dec 2014Background This is an appeal in a test case dealing with a series of “sale and rent back” transactions known…
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Case Preview: BP Shipping Ltd & Anor v Braganza
03 Dec 2014This case deals with an important and interesting contractual question regarding whether the reasonableness of the exercise of a contractual…
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New Judgment: Loveridge v Mayor and Burgess of the London Borough of Lambeth [2014] UKSC 65
03 Dec 2014On appeal from: [2013] EWCA Civ 494 The Supreme Court unanimously allowed the appeal challenging the Court of Appeal’s decision…
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Postponed judgment hand-down
02 Dec 2014The scheduled judgment in Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill – Reference by the Counsel General for…