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Case Preview: Poole Borough Council v GN (through his Litigation Friend ‘The Official Solicitor’) & Anor
06 Sep 2018Introduction The broad issue in this case is whether, absent a specific assumption of responsibility, a local authority owes a…
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Case Comment: Reilly v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council [2018] UKSC 16
03 Sep 2018The Supreme Court heard the case of Reilly v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council [2018] UKSC 16 in which it considered…
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Case Comment: Re an application by Kevin Maguire for Judicial Review (NI) [2018] UKSC 17
03 Sep 2018The Supreme Court heard the case of Kevin Maguire’s application for judicial review ([2018] UKSC 17) in which it considered…
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Case Comment: Mitsui & Co Ltd & Ors v Beteiligungsgesellschaft LPG Tankerflotte MBH & Co KG & Anor [2017] UKSC 68
03 Sep 2018The Supreme Court heard the case of Mitsui & Co Ltd & Ors v Beteiligungsgesellschaft LPG Tankerflotte MBH & Co…
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New Judgment: Re an application by Siobhan Mclaughlin for Judicial Review (NI) [2018] UKSC 48
30 Aug 2018On appeal from: [2016] NICA 53. Appeal concerns certain requirements applicable to Widowed Parent’s Allowance (Northern Ireland) under the Social…
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Case Comment: R (Bashir & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 45 Part Two
24 Aug 2018(ii) Entitlement to Resettlement in the UK The Supreme Court held that the terms of the Convention do not entitle…
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Case Comment: R (Bashir & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 45 Part One
24 Aug 2018In a complex interim judgment dealing with threshold issues, the Supreme Court has held that both the Refugee Convention 1951 and…
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Case Preview: Warner v Scapa Flow Charters (Scotland)
21 Aug 2018The analysis below provides a preview of the decision awaited from the UK Supreme Court in the matter of Warner…
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Case Comment: Poshteh v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2017] UKSC 36
15 Aug 2018Ms Poshteh loses her appeal but “highly restrictive approach adopted in Puhlhofer … no longer necessary or appropriate.” Lords Neuberger,…
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Case Comment: R (Black) v Secretary of State for Justice [2017] UKSC 81
15 Aug 2018Supreme Court holds that the smoking ban cannot be enforced in prisons Is the Crown is bound by the prohibition…