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The Next Lord Chief Justice
24 Jul 2012Joshua Rozenberg has predicted that the current lord chief justice, Lord Judge, will retire soon – probably in September 2013…
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Case Comment: Health & Safety Executive v Wolverhampton City Council [2012] UKSC 34
24 Jul 2012It’s all about the money Riddle me this – what type of real estate asset cannot be bought or sold when it is created…
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Supreme Courts Around the World: The United States and Canada, April – June 2012
24 Jul 2012Of the many decisions handed down by the Supreme Courts of Canada and the US over the past few months,…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 23rd July 2012
23 Jul 2012In Courtroom 1 of the Supreme Court on Monday 23 July 2012 is the further hearing after the ECJ reference…
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Case Preview: The Catholic Child Welfare Society & Ors v Various claimants & Ors – or, “social convenience and rough justice”
23 Jul 2012“The doctrine of vicarious liability has not grown from any very clear, logical or legal principle but from social convenience…
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Law v Non-Law Degrees
20 Jul 2012Following Lord Sumption’s comments regarding the relative value of a law versus non law degrees the UKSC blog decided to…
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The Week That Was
20 Jul 2012A police officer who hit Ian Tomlinson with a baton and pushed him to the ground at the G20 protests…
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Case Preview: Day v Hosebay Ltd; Howard de Walden Estates Ltd v Lexgorge Ltd
19 Jul 2012This appeal (from the Court of Appeal [2010] EWCA Civ 748) concerns what is capable of constituting a “house” for…
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Supreme court strikes down Home Office’s back-door changes to immigration rules
19 Jul 2012Just over a week since far-reaching new immigration rules took effect – which will permanently separate many British citizens or…
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New Judgment: The Health and Safety Executive v Wolverhampton City Council [2012] UKSC 34
18 Jul 2012On appeal from [2010] EWCA Civ 892 The case concerned the whether it is open to a local planning authority,…