Archive for the ‘Case Comments’ Category
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Case Comment: North & Ors v Dumfries and Galloway Council (Scotland) [2013] UKSC 45
06 Aug 2013As previously reported on this blog the Supreme Court has handed down judgment in the case of North & Ors…
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Case Comment: Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC v AES Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant LLP [2013] UKSC 35
30 Jul 2013On 12 June 2013, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed an appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision in AES Ust-Kamenogorsk…
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Case Comment: R (Sturnham) v The Parole Board & Anor (No. 2) [2013] UKSC 47
23 Jul 2013On appeal from: [2012] EWCA Civ 452. To paraphrase Lord Mance’s opening observations, this is another case considering the practical…
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Case Comment: Bank Mellat v Her Majesty’s Treasury (Nos. 1 and 2) [2013] UKSC 38 and UKSC 39
16 Jul 2013The Supreme Court handed down judgment in Bank Mellat v Her Majesty’s Treasury (No 1) and (No 2) on the…
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Case Comment: BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd & Ors v Neuberger Berman Europe Ltd & Anor [2013] UKSC 28
16 Jul 2013On 9 May 2013 the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the appeal and cross-appeal in BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd &…
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Case Comment: Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland v Elliott; Prosecution Service v McKee [2013] UKSC 32
15 Jul 2013On 22nd May 2013, The Supreme Court returned to the thorny topic of unlawfully obtained evidence. The current position hasn’t…
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Case Comment: Kapri v The Lord Advocate representing the Government of the Republic of Albania [2013] UKSC 48
12 Jul 2013The judgment in Kapri v The Lord Advocate representing The Government of the Republic of Albania [2013] UKSC 48 has a number…
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Case Comment: Cusack v London Borough of Harrow [2013] UKSC 40
04 Jul 2013The Supreme Court decision in Cusack v London Borough of Harrow [2013] UKSC 40 holds that, given a choice of…
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Case Comment: Re B (a child) [2013] UKSC 33
02 Jul 2013A little over fifty-five years ago, the paediatrician and psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott introduced the concept of the “good enough” parent:…
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Case Comment: Smith & Ors v Ministry of Defence [2013] UKSC 41
28 Jun 2013On the 19th June the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Smith. These proceedings arose out of the deaths of…