Archive for the ‘Features’ Category
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UKSC Michaelmas Term 2009 – Statistics [updated]
07 Jan 2010UKSC Blog’s statistics department has been hard at work over the vacation and we can now present our short statistical…
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Gender agenda
06 Jan 2010In our review of two recent decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada, one feature that UKSC Blog noted was…
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Canadian Supreme Court – new responsible communication defence
05 Jan 2010As regular readers will know, from time to time, we like to review cases from other Supreme Courts around the…
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Supreme Court oversteps the mark?
20 Dec 2009In any event, as the author rightly points out, this is the second contract judgment in a row (Chartbrook v…
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The United Kingdom in Strasbourg – Autumn 2009
18 Dec 2009Although in its recent decision in R v Horncastle ([2009] UKSC 14), the Supreme Court indicated that it would not…
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Judgment from ECHR: Financial Times Ltd & Ors v UK
16 Dec 2009The European Court of Human Rights yesterday gave judgment in the Interbrew case: Financial Times Ltd & Ors v UK…
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Permission Decisions and Application: Pinnock, Axa and SRM
15 Dec 2009The Supreme Court has granted permission to appeal in the case of Manchester City Council v Pinnock [2009] EWCA Civ 852. The…
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An interview with Lord Hope
15 Dec 2009Lord Hope of Craighead has given his first interview since becoming the Deputy President of the Supreme Court. Speaking to Jean-Yves…
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Privy Council – New Judgments
14 Dec 2009The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council gave five judgments today. We have already posted on the important Gibraltar sexual…
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Civil Appeals from Scotland
11 Dec 2009Appeals from Scotland to the House of Lords in civil matters have been vigorously pursued since the 1707 Union and…