Archive for the ‘Case Comments’ Category
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Case Comment: R (HC) v Secretary of State for Works and Pensions & Ors [2017] UKSC 73 Part Two
29 Dec 2017Baumbast (Case C-413/99, EU:C:2002:493), as subsequently applied in Ibrahim (C-310/08, EU:C:2010:80) and Teixeira (C-480/08, EU:C:2010:83) did not assist HC because these authorities concerned the interpretation of EU Regulation 1612/68 on the…
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Case Comment: R (HC) v Secretary of State for Works and Pensions & Ors [2017] UKSC 73 Part One
29 Dec 2017Zambrano carers: ‘Benefits tourism’ appeal dismissed In the judgment, Lady Hale found this to be a “very troubling” case but…
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Case Comment: Reyes v Al-Malki & Anor [2017] UKSC 61
21 Dec 2017A diplomatic agent and his wife are posted to London. They subsequently employ a foreign domestic worker to look after…
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Case Comment: DB v Chief Constable of Police of Northern Ireland [2017] UKSC 7, Part Two
21 Dec 2017The Supreme Court’s Decision But life was actually quite simple for the PSNI, and yet the Force insisted on making…
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Case Comment: DB v Chief Constable of Police of Northern Ireland [2017] UKSC 7, Part One
21 Dec 2017Simplicity could have been a virtue for the well-meaning PSNI… Sometimes, in law as in life, keeping things simple is…
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Case Comment: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority v Energy Solutions EU Ltd [2017] UKSC 34
21 Dec 2017Supreme Court makes claiming for damages that bit harder An unsuccessful bidder wishing to challenge a procurement decision might be…
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Case Comment: Dover District Council v CPRE Kent [2017] UKSC 79
21 Dec 2017In Dover District Council v CPRE Kent [2017] UKSC 79, Lord Carnwath offered some important observations on the duty to give reasons…
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Case Comment: Taurus Petroleum Ltd v State Oil Marketing Company of the Ministry of Oil, Republic of Iraq [2017] UKSC 64, Part Two
21 Dec 2017The Supreme Court [2017] UKSC 64 (Lords Neuberger, Mance, Clarke, Sumption and Hodge) The decision of the Supreme Court was…
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Case Comment: Taurus Petroleum Ltd v State Oil Marketing Company of the Ministry of Oil, Republic of Iraq [2017] UKSC 64, Part One
21 Dec 2017In an important judgment given on Wednesday 25 October 2017, the Supreme Court has laid down important principles for the…
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Case Comment: In re Loughlin’s application for judicial review [2017] UKSC 63, Part Two
21 Dec 2017‘The right legal analysis but the wrong result’ Raj Chada concludes: ‘The prosecutor considered “interests of justice” in the light…