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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 […]
Who Moves Out When You Separate?
If the property is in your name only, it is sometimes the belief that the other person should be the one to leave. However there are circumstances, in particular if you have children, where you may be wise to think differently. In instances where, for example, the other parent has no means to pay rent […]
Philipp (Respondent) v Barclays Bank UK PLC (Appellant) [2023] UKSC 25 – UKSC Blog
On appeal from: Mrs Philipp: [2022] EWCA Civ 318 In 2018 Mrs Fiona Philipp and her husband, Dr Robin Philipp, fell victim to a fraud. They were deceived by criminals into instructing Barclays Bank (the Bank) to transfer £700,000 in two payments from Mrs Philipp’s current account with the Bank to bank accounts in the […]
McCulloch and others (Appellants) v Forth Valley Health Board (Respondent) (Scotland) – UKSCBlog
This case is concerned with the extent to which a doctor is required, under the duty of care owed to a patient, to inform the patient about alternative possible treatments to the one that is being recommended. In Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11 (“Montgomery”), the Supreme Court held that a doctor is […]
R (on the application of Maguire) v His Majesty’s Senior Coroner for Blackpool & Fylde and another [2023] UKSC 20 – UKSC Blog
This appeal is concerned with the conduct of an request into the death of Ms Jacqueline Maguire (“Jackie”) who died in hospital on 22 February 2017, and the impact upon this of article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the “Convention ”), which concerns the right to life. Jackie, who had Down’s Syndrome, […]
Prof. Brennan on copyright in Australia – IPwars.com
Late last year, Prof. David Brennan published Copyright LawFederation Press. Those of you who have heard David speak or read any of his wide-ranging publications will no doubt appreciate that this is a book worth adding to your arsenal libraries. If you are not one of that lucky number, perhaps you will be further encouraged […]