Archive for the ‘Case Comments’ Category
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Case Comment: R (Stott) v Secretary of State for Justice [2018] UKSC 59
22 Jan 2019Public law analysis: The Supreme Court in R (Stott) v Secretary of State for Justice [2018] UKSC 59 has ruled that…
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Case Comment: Iceland Foods Ltd v Berry (Valuation Officer) [2018] UKSC 15
22 Jan 2019The Supreme Court has ruled that plant and machinery used to assist cooling should not be valued for ratings purposes.…
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Case Comment: The UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill – A Reference by the Attorney General and the Advocate General for Scotland [2018] UKSC 64
11 Jan 2019Emma Boffey, associate in the disputes team at CMS, comments on the decision in the reference by the Attorney General…
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Case Comment: Dooneen Ltd (t/a McGinness Associates) and another v Mond (Scotland) [2018] UKSC 54
07 Jan 2019Jennifer Antonelli, senior assoicate in the restructuring and insolvency team at CMS Scotland, comments on the decision of the UK…
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Case Comments: KO (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 53 and Rhuppiah v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 58
04 Dec 2018Introduction ECHR, art 8 prevents someone from being removed from the UK where doing so would have a disproportionate impact…
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Case Comment: Rhuppiah v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 58 Part Two
30 Nov 2018In Agyarko [2017] UKSC 11, Lord Reed examined Jeunesse and judged that the persistence of family life would be precarious if created when an…
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Case Comment: Rhuppiah v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 58 Part One
30 Nov 2018Art 8 and Private Life: Supreme Court Confirms Bright-line Interpretation of ‘Precarious’ in s 117B(5) of NIAA 2002 In interpreting the…
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Case Comment: Permission to appeal determination in the matter of Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union v Wightman and others
23 Nov 2018This week, the UK Supreme Court refused permission to appeal in the matter of Secretary of State for Exiting the…
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Case Comment: Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd & Ors [2018] UKSC 49
12 Nov 2018It must be a rare moment in legal history, when cakes are at the centre of Supreme Court decisions in…
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Case Comment: KO (Nigeria) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 53 Part Two
09 Nov 2018(ii) Undue Harshness Next, the court opined that the structure of s 117C was difficult to follow as it begins…