Supreme Court reverses CoA ruling on the legal definition of a house – The Lawyer

Posted October 11th, 2012 in appeals, housing, leases, news, precedent, Supreme Court by sally

“The Supreme Court has ended years of legal uncertainty by ruling on what constitutes a house in the contest of leasehold enfranchisement.”

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The Lawyer, 11th October 2012

Source: www.thelawyer.com

Legality of first Welsh bill challenged at Supreme Court – BBC News

Posted October 9th, 2012 in byelaws, devolution, illegality, legislation, news, Supreme Court, Wales by sally

“The legality of the first bill passed by the Welsh assembly under new law-making powers will be challenged at the Supreme Court by the attorney general.”

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BBC News, 9th October 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

R (on the application of Gujra) v CPS – headnotes – The Guardian

Posted October 4th, 2012 in Crown Prosecution Service, news, private prosecutions, Supreme Court by sally

“Supreme court to decide whether the CPS can take over private prosecutions in order to discontinue them.”

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The Guardian, 4th October 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Are contract clauses stating religion of arbitrator discriminatory? – The Guardian

“A complaint to the European Commission that the supreme court’s decision in Jivraj v Hashwani breaches European laws against discrimination may have major implications for equality and religious freedom.”

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The Guardian, 3rd October 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Lord Neuberger to be sworn in as new Supreme Court President – Supreme Court

Posted October 1st, 2012 in judges, news, Supreme Court by sally

“Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury will be sworn in as the new President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom later this morning (Monday 1 October), taking his seat as the most senior judge in the UK.”

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Supreme Court, 1st October 2012

Source: www.supremecourt.gov.uk

Tony Nicklinson’s family back call to carry on legal fight with new claimant – The Guardian

Posted September 3rd, 2012 in assisted suicide, euthanasia, evidence, news, public interest, Supreme Court by tracey

“Lawyers of man with locked-in syndrome who died after losing legal bid to end his life say much of their evidence was not heard.”

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The Guardian, 1st September 2012

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Dyson to succeed Neuberger as master of the rolls – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted August 30th, 2012 in judges, news, Supreme Court by tracey

“Supreme Court judge Lord Dyson will succeed Lord Neuberger as master of the rolls when the latter becomes president of the Supreme Court, the government announced today. The appointment had been widely expected.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 29th August 2012

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Guesthouse couple win right to appeal – The Guardian

Posted August 15th, 2012 in appeals, hotels, news, sexual orientation discrimination, Supreme Court by sally

“The owners of a guesthouse who refused to allow a gay couple to stay in a double-bedded room have won permission to take their case to the Supreme Court.”

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The Guardian, 14th August 2012

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Serious Organised Crime Agency v Perry and others; Serious Organised Crime Agency v Perry and others (No 2) – WLR Daily

Serious Organised Crime Agency v Perry and others; Serious Organised Crime Agency v Perry and others (No 2) [2012] UKSC 35; [2012] WLR (D) 238

“A disclosure order obtained in civil recovery proceedings did not authorise sending information notices to persons who were outside the United Kingdom.”

WLR Daily, 25th July 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Hewage v Grampian Health Board – WLR Daily

Hewage v Grampian Health Board [2012] UKSC 37; [2012] WLR (D) 235

“In considering a claim for discrimination in the employment tribunal, the statutory burden of proof provisions only required careful attention where there was room for doubt as to the facts necessary to establish discrimination.”

WLR Daily, 25th July 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

The right not to hold any belief is fundamental, says Supreme Court – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted July 26th, 2012 in belief discrimination, news, political parties, Supreme Court, treaties by sally

“It is no answer to a refugee claim to say that the individual concerned should avoid persecution by lying and feigning loyalty to a regime which he does not support.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 25th July 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Regina (Munir) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants intervening): Regina (Rahman) v Same – WLR Daily

Posted July 19th, 2012 in immigration, law reports, Supreme Court by tracey

Regina (Munir) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants intervening): Regina (Rahman) v Same: [2012] UKSC 32;  [2012] WLR (D)  213

“If a statement of an immigration policy was flexible and stated that an immigration rule relating to leave to enter and remain in the United Kingdom might, depending on the circumstances of each case, be relaxed if certain conditions were satisfied, the statement itself was not an immigration rule and therefore the Secretary of State was not required to lay it before Parliament in accordance with section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971.”

WLR Daily, 18th July 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

 

Regina (Health and Safety Executive) v Wolverhampton City Council – WLR daily

Posted July 19th, 2012 in compensation, law reports, local government, planning, Supreme Court by tracey

Regina (Health and Safety Executive) v Wolverhampton City Council: [2012] UKSC 34;  [2012] WLR (D)  212

“A local planning authority, when considering under section 97 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 whether to revoke a planning permission it had previously granted, was entitled to have regard to the cost of the compensation it would have to pay to the developer out of public funds should it decide to revoke.”

WLR Daily, 18th July 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Regina (Alvi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted July 19th, 2012 in codes of practice, employment, immigration, law reports, Supreme Court by tracey

Regina (Alvi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants intervening):[2012] UKSC 33;  [2012] WLR (D)  211

“Any requirement which, if not satisfied, would lead to an application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom being refused, was a rule ‘as to the practice to be followed’ in the administration of the Immigration Act 1971 and therefore had to be laid before Parliament in accordance with section 3(2) of the Act.”

WLR Daily, 18th July 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Supreme court strikes down Home Office’s back-door changes to immigration rules – The Guardian

Posted July 18th, 2012 in families, human rights, immigration, news, Supreme Court by tracey

“Just over a week since far-reaching new immigration rules took effect – which will permanently separate many British citizens or settled residents from their non-European spouses, children and ageing relatives – the home secretary has suffered a severe defeat in the supreme court. In the case of Alvi [2012] UKSC 33, handed down today, the court struck down a previous attempt by the Home Office to introduce substantive immigration requirements through the back door of policy, guidance or instructions, rather than in the body of the immigration rules themselves.”

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The Guardian, 18th July 2012

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G Hamilton (Tullochgribban Mains) Ltd v The Highland Council – WLR Daily

Posted July 16th, 2012 in law reports, listed buildings, planning, Supreme Court by sally

G Hamilton (Tullochgribban Mains) Ltd v The Highland Council [2012] UKSC 31; [2012] WLR (D) 200

“The procedure by which a mineral site was listed by a local planning authority, pursuant to its statutory duty to review old planning permissions for mineral working, was administrative and preliminary in nature and the extent of the site listed was not definitively determined at that stage.”

WLR Daily, 11th July 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

MoJ told to deliver fight plan in Supreme Court battle over judicial pensions – The Lawyer

Posted July 16th, 2012 in employment, judiciary, news, part-time work, pensions, Supreme Court by sally

“The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) must devise a successful objective justification defence if it is to defeat a discrimination claim being pursued against it by a part-time judge, the Supreme Court has said.”

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The Lawyer, 13th July 2012

Source: www.thelawyer.com

Lawcast 213: Carl Gardner on the appointment of Lord Neuberger as president of the UKSC and House of Lords reform – Charon QC

“Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, ex government lawyer and author of the Head of Legal blog. Downing Street announced the appointment of Lord Neuberger MR as the new President of The United Kingdom Supreme Court – taking over in September when Lord Phillips retires.

We also examine the reform of the House of Lords and the antics of our political masters this week.”

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Charon QC, 13th July 2012

Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com

“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.

Neuberger gets top job at Supreme Court – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 12th, 2012 in judges, news, Supreme Court by sally

“Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury will become the second president of the Supreme Court, Downing Street announced today.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 12th July 2012

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Lord Neuberger to be announced as supreme court president – The Guardian

Posted July 12th, 2012 in judges, news, Supreme Court by sally

“The master of the rolls, expected to succeed Lord Phillips as UK’s most senior judge, hides a razor-sharp intellect behind an easy-going manner.”

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The Guardian, 12th July 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk