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The Week That Was – 30th March 2012
30 Mar 2012Two reports on the topic of judicial diversity were released this week. The report from the Lords Constitution Committee suggested…
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The Right to Protest Contained by Strasbourg: An Analysis of Austin v UK & The Constitutional Pluralist Issues It Throws Up
30 Mar 2012This piece was originally posted on the UK Constitutional Law Blog and is reposted here with thanks. The last few…
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New Judgment: Employers’ Liability Insurance “Trigger” Litigation [2012] UKSC 14
28 Mar 2012On appeal from: [2010] EWCA Civ 1096 The appeals concerned the scope of the insurers’ obligations to indemnify employers against…
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Supreme Courts around the World: January and February 2012
27 Mar 2012Australia Harbour Radio Pty Limited v Trad [2012] HCATrans 009 (3 February 2012) The president of the Islamic Friendship Association…
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Judicial appointments process flawed, says new report.
27 Mar 2012Updated: Judicial appointments are under the spotlight this week, with the publication of two reports examining the current appointments process.…
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In the Supreme Court w/c 26th March 2012
26 Mar 2012Starting on Tuesday 27 March 2012 is a further three day appeal of R v Waya, which was originally the…
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R v Horncastle: Working with Strasbourg
23 Mar 2012The essay below was written by Jack Torbet, one of our two runners up in the UKSC Blog essay competition.…
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Breaking news . . . [updated]
23 Mar 2012The UKSC’s Twitter feed (@UKSupremeCourt) has announced that: “Supreme Court has refused Dept for Energy and Climate Change permission to…
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Case Comment: Flood v Times Newspapers [2012] UKSC 12, Court allows “Reynolds” appeal
21 Mar 2012In a unanimous decision ([2012] UKSC 11) the Supreme Court today allowed the appeal of Times Newspapers Ltd against a…
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New judgment: Tesco Stores Ltd v Dundee City Council [2012] UKSC 13
21 Mar 2012On appeal from: [2011] CSIH 9 The respondent council had granted planning permission for a rival superstore 800 metres from…