Archive for the ‘Case Comments’ Category
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Case Comment: R (Haney & Ors) v Secretary of State for Justice [2014] UKSC 66 – Supreme Court finds third way between Strasbourg and House of Lords
15 Dec 2014This post was originally posted on the UKHR blog and is reposted here with permission and thanks. R (Haney &…
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Case Comment: Plevin v Paragon Personal Finance Ltd [2014] UKSC 61
11 Dec 2014Factual Background This appeal arose in the context of a payment protection insurance (“PPI”) dispute between Mrs Plevin (the respondent)…
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Case Comment: Mrs Scott v Southern Pacific Mortgages Limited [2014] UKSC 52
04 Dec 2014Background This is an appeal in a test case dealing with a series of “sale and rent back” transactions known…
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Case Comment: R (Barclay & Anor) v Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor & Ors [2014] UKSC 54
01 Dec 2014Factual background As previously reported on UKSC blog (here and here), this case emerged in the aftermath of a successful…
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Case Comment: HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Mishal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud v Apex Global Management Ltd & Anor [2014] UKSC 64
01 Dec 2014Factual Background This case arose out of a disputed joint venture between Apex Global Management Ltd and Global Torch Ltd,…
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Case Comment: Les Laboratoires Servier & Anor v Apotex Inc & Ors [2014] UKSC 55
28 Nov 2014The appeal related to the defence of illegality (“ex turpi causa non oritur actio”; from a dishonourable cause an action…
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Case Comment: Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG (formerly known as Victoria) [2014] UKSC 22
27 Nov 2014Background The proceedings arose as a result of a fatal accident in Germany. On 21 May 2004 Major Cox, an…
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Case Comment: Shergill & Ors v Khaira & Ors [2014] UKSC 33
18 Nov 2014Can, and should a court refuse to determine issues of religion or religious belief in legal proceedings? The Supreme Court…
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Case Comment: R (Moseley) v Haringey London Borough Council [2014] UKSC 56, [2014] 1 WLR 3947
17 Nov 2014Overview The Supreme Court gives guidance on what fairness requires when consulting on a ‘preferred option’. Public bodies will now…
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Case Comment: AIB Group (UK) plc v Mark Redler & Co Solicitors [2014] UKSC 58
11 Nov 2014Factual Background The case concerned a re-mortgage transaction which went awry. AIB Group (UK) plc had agreed to provide Mr…