Archive for the ‘Case Comments’ Category
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Case Comment: Human Genome Sciences v Eli Lilly [2011] UKSC 51
15 Dec 2011In order to be patented, an invention must be “susceptible of industrial application”; this is provided by Art 52(1) of…
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Case Comment: LucasFilm Ltd & Ors v Ainsworth & Anor [2011] UKSC 39
13 Dec 2011“Help me, Lord Walker! You’re my only hope!” The Justices at the end of last term handed down a decisive…
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Case Comment: Kernott v Jones [2011] UKSC 53
24 Nov 2011In this appeal (from [2010] EWCA Civ 578) – their Lordships were charged with revisiting the decision in Stack v…
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Case Comment: O’Brien v MoJ [2010] UKSC 34, Opinion of Advocate General Kokott (C-393/10)
21 Nov 2011In August 2010, the Supreme Court unanimously referred the appeal of Mr O’Brien QC, a former fee-paid part-time Judge who…
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Case Comment: Gale v Serious Organised Crime Agency [2011] UKSC 49
21 Nov 2011In Gale v Serious Organised Crime Agency, the UK Supreme Court sent a simple message to Strasbourg: if we are…
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Case Comment: Berrisford v Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd [2011] UKSC 52
15 Nov 2011In this test case – the parties having settled the substantive possession claim prior to the Court of Appeal hearing…
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Case Comment: Re Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Ltd and Re the Insolvency Act 1986 [2011] UKSC 48
09 Nov 2011In its recent decision in Re Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Ltd and Re the Insolvency Act 1986 [2011] UKSC 48,…
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Case Comment: Rainy Sky S.A. & Ors v Kookmin Bank [2011] UKSC 50
08 Nov 2011In Rainy Sky v Kookmin Bank, in which judgment was handed down on Wednesday, the Supreme Court has confirmed that it…
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Case Comment: R (Davies & Anor) v HMRC; R (Gaines-Cooper) v HMRC [2011] UKSC 47
30 Oct 2011On 19 October 2011, the Supreme Court (Lord Hope, Lord Walker, Lord Mance, Lord Clarke and Lord Wilson) released its…
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Case Comment: AXA v Lord Advocate – Insurers’ human right not to pay for putting asbestos in employees’ lungs?
21 Oct 2011This post was orginally posted on the UKHR blog and is reposted here with permission and thanks. AXA General Insurance…