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Profiles: Lord Hodge
03 May 2013On 26 February 2013, it was announced that Lord Hodge will succeed Lord Hope (who is retiring in June) as…
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New Judgment: R (ClientEarth) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2013] UKSC 25
01 May 2013On appeal from: [2012] EWCA Civ 897. Concerns the Government’s obligations under the Air Quality Directive (Dir 2008/50/EC) to reduce…
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New Judgment: WHA Ltd & Anor v Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2013] UKSC 24
01 May 2013On appeal from: [2004] EWCA Civ 559; [2007] EWCA Civ 728. The supply of insurance is exempt from VAT, and…
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New Judgment: R (Faulkner) v SSJ & Anor; and R (Sturnham) v Parole Board [2013] UKSC 23
01 May 2013On appeal from: [2011] EWCA Civ 349; [2012] EWCA Civ 452. These appeals concerned the circumstances in which a prisoner…
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Modernising the Supreme Court
30 Apr 2013On 6 February 2012, the UK Supreme Court joined Twitter. A year later, the Supreme Court’s official account had 30,000…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 29 April 2013
29 Apr 2013Running from Monday 29 until Tuesday 30 April 2013 is the matter of Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd v Zodiac Seats…
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Supreme Court Art: Service and the Eyes of a Child
24 Apr 2013The new Supreme Court encourages visitors to the Court. Those who visit come away with a variety of impressions of…
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New Judgment: Salvesen v Riddell & Anor, Lord Advocate intervening [2013] UKSC 22
24 Apr 2013On appeal from: [2012] CSIH 26. The issue in this appeal is whether, in terms of the Scotland Act 1998,…
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New Judgment: Uprichard v Scottish Ministers & Anor [2013] UKSC 21
24 Apr 2013On appeal from: [2011] CSIH 59. The appellant challenged the adequacy of the reasons given by the Scottish Ministers for…
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New Judgment: Barts and the London NHS Trust v Verma [2013] UKSC 20
24 Apr 2013On appeal from: [2011] EWCA Civ 1129. The appellant brought a claim against the NHS Trust arguing, inter alia, that…