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This Week in the Supreme Court – w/c 17th April 2023 – UKSCBlog
On Wednesday 19th April the Court will hand-down judgment in Morgan and others v Ministry of Justice (Northern Ireland) [2023] UKSC 14. The Court will determine whether Section 30 of the Counter Terrorism and Sentence Act 2021 is incompatible with Articles 5 and/or 7 of the European Convention on Human Rights. If so, what (if […]
This Week in the Supreme Court – w/c 15th May 2023 – UKSCBlog
Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. On Tuesday 16th to Thursday 18th may the Court will hear the case of Polmear and another v Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, on appeal from [2022] EWCA Civ 12. The Court will consider whether an individual can make a claim for […]
This Week in the Supreme Court – w/c 8th May 2023 – UKSCBlog
Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. On Wednesday 10th may the Court will hand-down judgment in Jalla and another v Shell International Trading and Shipping Company and another [2023] UKSC 16. The Court will determine whether pollution caused to land and waterways by an offshore oil spill constitutes […]
Jalla and another v Shell International Trading and Shipping Company and another [2023] UKSC 16 – UKSC Blog
This appeal concerns the tort of private nuisance (a civil wrong) in the context of a major oil spill. The question at issue is whether there is a continuing private nuisance and hence a continuing cause of action. This is an important question because it affects when the limitation period for the bringing of claims […]
Morgan and others v Ministry of Justice (Northern Ireland) [2023] UKSC 14 – UKSC Blog
The respondents in this appeal were convicted of terrorism offences. On 13 November 2020, they were sentenced to determine custodial sentences by Colton J. In accordance with the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (the ‘2008 Order’), the judge specified a “custodial period” of half of the term of their sentences which gave rise to […]
This Week in the Supreme Court – w/c 10th July 2023 – UKSCBlog
Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. On Wednesday 12th July the Court will hand-down two judgments: Philipp v Barclays Bank UK PLC [2023] UKSC 25. The Court will determine three questions, (1) Does the Quincecare duty have any application in a case where the relevant payment instruction was […]
Paul and another v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (2) Polmear and Anor v Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust and (3) Purchase v Ahmed – UKSCBlog
In this post, Isabel Emerson, Senior Associate, and Anna Walsh, Partner, in the Clinical Risk and Medical Advisory and Professional Discipline and Regulatory team at CMS preview the decision awaited from the Supreme Court in Paul and another v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (2 ) Polmear and Anor v Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust and […]