Archive for the ‘Case Comments’ Category
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Case Comment: Paulley v FirstGroup plc [2017] UKSC 4
10 Feb 2017Most buses have spaces reserved for wheelchair users these days. However, sometimes, wheelchair users are unable to board because another…
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Case Comment: R (Miller & Anor) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union & Ors [2017] UKSC 5
27 Jan 2017This comment first appeared on Matrix’s Brexit Hub and is reproduced here with kind permission. The UK Supreme Court decided,…
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Case Comment: R v Golds [2016] UKSC 61
18 Jan 2017A Victory for Clarity: R v Golds and the meaning of ‘substantial’ in the context of diminished responsibility Rarely is…
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Case Comment: Moreno v The Motor Insurers’ Bureau [2016] UKSC 52
18 Jan 2017On 3 August 2016, the Supreme Court gave its ruling in an appeal concerning a claim for compensation against the…
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Case Comment: McDonald (by her litigation friend Duncan J McDonald) v McDonald & Ors [2016] UKSC 28
09 Jan 2017Introduction In Manchester City Council v Pinnock [2011] 2 AC 104 it was decided that, in possession proceedings brought by…
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Case Comment: R v Mitchell [2016] UKSC 55
09 Jan 2017Propensity evidence – standard of proof – non-conviction propensity evidence In a judgment handed down on 19th October 2016 by…
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Case Comment: Christian Institute & Ors v Lord Advocate (Scotland) [2016] UKSC 51
09 Jan 2017Background The Supreme Court has upheld a challenge to the “named person” provisions of the Children and Young People (Scotland)…
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Case Comment: R (Mirza & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] UKSC 63
22 Dec 2016Summary The provisions of the Immigration Act 1971 have haunted the courts for a number of years. This judgment triggered some further recriminations…
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Case Comment: MP (Sri Lanka) v SSHD [2016] UKSC 32
20 Dec 2016This case concerns subsidiary protection (known domestically as “humanitarian protection”) under EU Council Directive 2004/83/EC (the Qualification Directive). The issue…
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Case Comment: R (Carmichael & Rourke & Ors) v SSWP [2016] UKSC 58, Part 2
15 Dec 2016Lord Toulson (for the majority) expressed some doubt as to the soundness of the reasoning in Burnip, noting it would…