Archive for the ‘Case Comments’ Category
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Case Comment: AR v RN (Scotland) [2015] UKSC 35
25 Sep 2015Habitual residence: a question of fact International relocation is not uncommon for many families today. Business needs, family ties, the…
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Case Comment: Secretary of State for Work & Pensions v Tolley (Deceased acting by her personal representative) [2015] UKSC 55
24 Sep 2015Introduction The Supreme Court has unanimously decided to refer questions to the CJEU in relation to the portability of Disability…
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Case Comment: R (Lumsdon & Ors) v Legal Services Board [2015] UKSC 41
15 Sep 2015R (Lumsdon & Ors) v Legal Services Board [2015] UKSC 41, 24 June 2015 (see judgment). The Supreme Court has…
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Case Comment: John Mander Pension Trustees Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2015] UKSC 56
11 Sep 2015The Supreme Court has held by a 3:2 majority that a tax charge arising under the Income & Corporation Act…
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Case Comment: Woolway v Mazars [2015] UKSC 53
10 Sep 2015In the recent appeal of Woolway v Mazars, the Supreme Court ruled that non-contiguous floors within the same office block…
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Case Comment: David T Morrison & Co Ltd (t/a Gael Home Interiors) v ICL Plastics Ltd & Ors [2014] UKSC 48
09 Sep 2015Prescription law in Scotland – not such a grey area Not a statement I had envisaged making any time soon.…
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Case Comment: Henderson v Foxworth Investments Ltd & Anor [2014] UKSC 41
08 Sep 2015Background On the 2nd July 2014 the Supreme Court allowed an appeal from Foxworth Investments Limited (‘FIL’) and Nova Scotia…
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Case comment: R (Cornwall Council) v Secretary of State for Health [2015] UKSC 46 [2015] 3 WLR 213
28 Aug 2015It is not uncommon for a local authority to secure care and accommodation outside its area for a child in…
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Case Comment: The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd & Anor v United Utilities Water plc; & anor case [2014] UKSC 40
25 Aug 2015Whether sewerage undertakers under the Water Industry Act 1991 have the statutory right to discharge surface water and treated effluent…
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Case Comment: R (Tigere) v Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills [2015] UKSC 57
19 Aug 2015In R (Tigere) v Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills [2015] UKSC 57 the Supreme Court held, by…