Archive for March, 2015
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Case Comment: R (Newhaven Port and Properties Ltd) v East Sussex County Council & Anor [2015] UKSC 7; R (Barkas) v North Yorkshire County Council & Anor [2014] UKSC 31
30 Mar 2015Two recent decisions of the UKSC have considered the meaning of the phrase “as of right” in the Commons Act…
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Case Comment: Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11
27 Mar 2015The appellant, Nadine Montgomery, gave birth on 1 October 1999 and, as a result of complications during delivery, her son…
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Case Comment: Tael One Partners Limited v Morgan Stanley & Co International plc [2015] UKSC 12
27 Mar 2015Tael’s appeal, which was heard in the Supreme Court on 17 November 2014, raised a question of contractual interpretation in…
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New Judgment: R (Evans) v Information Commissioner [2015] UKSC 21
26 Mar 2015On appeal from: [2014] EWCA Civ 254 The Supreme Court dismissed the Attorney General’s appeal by a majority of 5:2…
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New Judgment: In the matter of S (a Child) [2015] UKSC 20
25 Mar 2015On appeal from: [2014] EWCA Civ 135 The Supreme Court unanimously allowed the appeal by the local authority regarding a…
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New Judgment: Secretary of State for the Home Department v Pham (formerly known as B2) [2015] UKSC 19
25 Mar 2015On appeal from: [2013] EWCA Civ 616 The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the appeal regarding the respondent’s order to deprive…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 23 Mar 2015
23 Mar 2015On Tuesday 24 March 2015 the Court will hear the appeal of R v Harvey concerning whether VAT, paid or…
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Case Comment: Jackson v Murray [2015] UKSC 5
18 Mar 2015The opening paragraph of Lord Reed’s leading judgment allowing the appellant’s appeal in Jackson v Murray sets the scene for…
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New Judgment: R (Trail Riders Fellowship & Anor) v Dorset County Council [2015] UKSC 18
18 Mar 2015On appeal from: [2013] EWCA Civ 553 The Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, s 67, extinguished all unrecorded…
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New Judgment: BP Shipping Ltd & Anor v Braganza [2015] UKSC 17
18 Mar 2015On appeal from: [2013] EWCA Civ 230 The Supreme Court allowed an appeal by a majority of 3-2 involving the…