Archive for the ‘Features’ Category
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Interview with Lord Toulson
28 Jul 2016Lord Toulson has been a justice of the Supreme Court since April 2013, and will be retiring at the end…
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Lord Slynn Memorial Lecture 2016
21 Jul 2016Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court, recently gave the Lord Slynn Memorial Lecture 2016 in London. The lecture focussed…
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Pushing at an open door? Julian B. Knowles QC Discusses Joint Enterprise after Jogee and Ruddock
26 Apr 2016The recent judgment of the Supreme Court in R v Jogee; Ruddock v The Queen (Jamaica) [2016] UKSC 8 was…
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A week in the life of a judicial assistant (Part 2): Jacob Turner, Judicial Assistant to Lord Mance
04 Mar 2016Read Part 1 here. Wednesday Today we hear the second and final day of arguments in Patel v Mirza. After…
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A week in the life of a judicial assistant (Part 1): Jacob Turner, Judicial Assistant to Lord Mance
04 Mar 2016Each year the Supreme Court offers seven fixed-term posts for qualified lawyers to work as legal assistants to the Justices.…
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Supreme Court art: the sands of time
11 Feb 2016Wait for low tide. Put the strongest man on the best horse and send him to throw a javelin far…
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The UK Supreme Court Yearbook, Volume 6: Legal Year 2014-15
05 Feb 2016RRP £40 Hardbound 437 pages Appellate Press Ltd Available: online and in-store at Wildy & Sons Ltd. About the UK…
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Key Supreme Court Cases of 2015: A Retrospective
08 Jan 2016Before the Supreme Court term commences next week, Cathryn Hopkins and Ryan Dolby-Stevens take the opportunity to look back at…
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Fisher v University of Texas
05 Jan 2016The affirmative action plan used by the University of Texas has been under intense scrutiny in the past few days…
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Lord Neuberger: Reflections on the ICLR top 15 cases and the Singapore Academy of Law Annual Lecture 2015
17 Nov 2015Extra judicial speeches by sitting members of the bench can be something of a hit-or-miss affair. Those in the legal…