Archive for the ‘Case Comments’ Category
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Case Comment: ClientEarth v The Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2015] UKSC 28
03 Aug 2015They say timing is everything and it certainly was when the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in ClientEarth v…
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Case Comment: Starbucks (HK) Limited & Anor v British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC & Ors [2015] UKSC 31
30 Jul 2015Background The appellants, (compendiously ‘PCCM’), are members of the substantial PCCW group based in Hong Kong. The respondents, (compendiously ‘Sky’)…
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Case Comment: R (Hemming (t/a Simply Pleasure Ltd) and Ors) v Westminster City Council [2015] UKSC 25
23 Jul 2015Factual Background The respondents are the purveyors of sex shops in Westminster. In order to run said sex shops, they…
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Case Comment: In re an application by JR38 for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2015] UKSC 42
06 Jul 2015The UK Supreme Court was divided 3-2 in the recent appeal of Re an application by JR 38 for Judicial…
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Case Comment: Zurich Insurance plc UK Branch v International Energy Group Ltd [2015] UKSC 33
02 Jul 2015Factual and Legal Background This appeal adds to a growing body of case law which governs the legal principles of…
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Case Comment: R (Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council & Ors) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills [2015] UKSC 6
11 Jun 2015On 25 February 2015, the Supreme Court handed down its judgments in R (Rotherham Metropolitan BC and Ors) v Secretary…
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Case Comment: Haile v London Borough of Waltham Forest [2015] UKSC 34
01 Jun 2015The Supreme Court has held that, for the purposes of Housing Act 1996, s 191(1), an applicant who had initially…
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Case Comment: VB v Westminster Magistrates’ Court [2014] UKSC 59
21 May 2015Factual background The four appellants were wanted by the Government of Rwanda to stand trial for crimes allegedly committed during…
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Case Comment: Rhodes v OPO (by his litigation friend BHM) & Anor [2015] UKSC 32
20 May 2015The Supreme Court has given judgment today on the proper scope of the tort of intentionally causing physical or psychological…
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Case Comment: R v GH [2015] UKSC 24
19 May 2015Factual background The case arose from the activities of a fraudster, known as “B”, who established four ‘ghost’ websites falsely…