Archive
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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…
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Case Comment: BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd & Ors v Neuberger Berman Europe Ltd & Anor [2013] UKSC 28
16 Jul 2013On 9 May 2013 the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the appeal and cross-appeal in BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd &…
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Case Preview: Osborn & Booth v The Parole Board
16 Jul 2013In these linked appeals, the Appellants seek to challenge decisions of the Parole Board to refuse their request for an…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 15 July 2013
15 Jul 2013Listed on Monday 15 July 2013 is the matter of Szepietowski (Nee Seery) v The Serious Organised Crime Agency. The…
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Case Comment: Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland v Elliott; Prosecution Service v McKee [2013] UKSC 32
15 Jul 2013On 22nd May 2013, The Supreme Court returned to the thorny topic of unlawfully obtained evidence. The current position hasn’t…
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The Week That Was
12 Jul 2013Lucy Scott-Moncrieff stepped down as President of the Law Society, and was replaced by Nicholas Fluck, a partner at Stapleton…