Archive for August, 2018
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New Judgment: Re an application by Siobhan Mclaughlin for Judicial Review (NI) [2018] UKSC 48
30 Aug 2018On appeal from: [2016] NICA 53. Appeal concerns certain requirements applicable to Widowed Parent’s Allowance (Northern Ireland) under the Social…
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Case Comment: R (Bashir & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 45 Part Two
24 Aug 2018(ii) Entitlement to Resettlement in the UK The Supreme Court held that the terms of the Convention do not entitle…
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Case Comment: R (Bashir & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 45 Part One
24 Aug 2018In a complex interim judgment dealing with threshold issues, the Supreme Court has held that both the Refugee Convention 1951 and…
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Case Preview: Warner v Scapa Flow Charters (Scotland)
21 Aug 2018The analysis below provides a preview of the decision awaited from the UK Supreme Court in the matter of Warner…
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Case Comment: Poshteh v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2017] UKSC 36
15 Aug 2018Ms Poshteh loses her appeal but “highly restrictive approach adopted in Puhlhofer … no longer necessary or appropriate.” Lords Neuberger,…
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Case Comment: R (Black) v Secretary of State for Justice [2017] UKSC 81
15 Aug 2018Supreme Court holds that the smoking ban cannot be enforced in prisons Is the Crown is bound by the prohibition…
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Case Comment: Cartier International AG & Ors v British Telecommunications Plc & Anor [2018] UKSC 28
06 Aug 2018UKSC JUDGMENT IN CARTIER – WHO PAYS FOR WEBSITE BLOCKING ORDERS? In a blow for rights-holders, the UK Supreme Court…
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Case Comment: R (Coll) v Secretary of State for Justice [2017] UKSC 40
06 Aug 2018Gender Inequality in 21st Century Britain: Using litigation as a tool Direct Sex Discrimination and Disadvantage to women: R (Coll)…
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Case Comment: Mills v Mills [2018] UKSC 38
06 Aug 2018Mills v Mills: Businessman Is Successful In Supreme Court Decision Supreme Court Overturns Court Of Appeal Decision The UK Supreme…
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Case Comment: Walker v Innospec Ltd [2017] UKSC 47
06 Aug 2018A Vanishing Breed? Walker v Innospec Ltd – The UK Supreme Court Disapplies a Statutory Provision on the Grounds of…