Archive
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Permission to Appeal Decisions – July 2013
29 Aug 2013The Supreme Court has published a list of the results of recent permission to appeal hearings. Permission was refused in…
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Case Preview: Al-Jedda v Secretary of State for the Home Department
28 Aug 2013At issue in this appeal is the interpretation of the British Nationality Act 1981, s 40(4), which precludes the Secretary…
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Essay Competition 2013 – Runners-Up
21 Aug 2013The second and third runners-up of our UKSC Blog Essay Competition 2013, run in partnership with the Supreme Court and The…
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Update on O’Brien v The Ministry of Justice
20 Aug 2013In O’Brien v The Ministry of Justice [2013] UKSC 6 the Supreme Court held that a retired recorder’s lack of…
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The Week That Was
16 Aug 2013In another big money Russian divorce case a woman was awarded a settlement totalling over £53 million by the High…
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Case Comment: R (AA) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] UKSC 49
14 Aug 2013This case concerned the lawfulness or otherwise of detaining a person believed to be an adult but subsequently assessed to…
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Supreme Court Art: the Privy Council and being prepared
13 Aug 2013The new Supreme Court encourages visitors to the Court. Those who visit come away with a variety of impressions of…
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US Supreme Court urged to be more open
13 Aug 2013USA Today has reported that the US Supreme Court is being urged to be more open in its proceedings. Members…
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Case Comment:Torfaen County Borough Council v Douglas Willis Ltd [2013] UKSC 59
13 Aug 2013On 9 July 2013 a panel of five justices (Lady Hale and Lords Kerr, Wilson, Reed and Carnwath) heard a…
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Case Comment: R (New London College Ltd) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; & anor case [2013] UKSC 51
07 Aug 2013In a judgment handed down on 17 July 2013, the Supreme Court (leading opinion of Lord Sumption, with which Lords…