Archive for the ‘Features’ Category
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Lord Neuberger lecture: What’s in a name? Privacy and anonymous speech on the Internet
04 Nov 2014Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court, recently gave a lecture at ‘Conference5RB’ in which he discussed the importance of…
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Selecting the Justices: Four suggestions
13 Oct 2014Earlier this month the UK Supreme Court celebrated its fifth anniversary. There has been a flurry of vacancies, retirements and…
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Conservative human rights and the Supreme Court
03 Oct 2014The Conservatives have today published Protecting Human Rights in the UK: the Conservatives’ proposals for changing Britain’s human rights laws.…
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UKSC Blog interviews Lord Neuberger
16 Sep 2014This summer, some of the editors of the UKSC Blog were invited to the UKSC to meet and interview Lord…
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Supreme Court Art: Stories from the JCPC
14 Aug 2014Throughout August and September 2014 the Supreme Court will be holding an exhibition on its second floor before the start…
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Supreme Courts Around the World: Australia and New Zealand
07 Aug 2014Some interesting cases have been heard by the Supreme Courts of Australia and New Zealand over the past few months,…
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The Supreme Court upholds referendum ban on prisoner voting
30 Jul 2014The Supreme Court, sitting as a bench of seven, yesterday dismissed the appeal brought by two Scottish prisoners challenging the…
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Supreme Court art: thorns and spines
25 Jul 2014The Supreme Court café sells Tunnock’s tea cakes, a Scottish delicacy, at a pound each. I buy one as an…
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Supreme Court Justices: Lady Hale Lecture
23 Jul 2014In a speech to Women in the Judiciary (the Fiona Woolf Lecture) Lady Hale fought the issue of diversity within…
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Senate press gallery ignores the evolution of journalism, denies SCOTUSblog press credentials
22 Jul 2014SUMMARY: The committee that determines who gets an official Senate press pass has denied one to SCOTUSblog because it says…