Happy February! This week we have the last of our Human Rights case summaries from the UK Human Rights Blog. If you are not following them by now, please do check them out here Case Name: R (Catt) and R (T) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2015] UKSC 9 What's the case about? Mr … Continue reading R (Catt) and R (T) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2015] UKSC 9
Tag: Supreme Court
Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11
Case name: Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11 What is the case about? This was the case in which the Supreme Court reacted to the “changing paradigm of the doctor-patient relationship”. Montgomery was not only one of the seminal cases in the law of clinical negligence in thirty years, it also recognised the importance of patient … Continue reading Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11
Evans v HM Attorney General [2015] UKSC 21
Case name: Evans v HM Attorney General [2015] UKSC 21 What's it all about? The case involved a failed attempt by the former Attorney General to prevent the disclosure of information that the Upper Tribunal had ruled ought to be made public under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). A Guardian journalist had, ten years … Continue reading Evans v HM Attorney General [2015] UKSC 21
AM (Zimbabwe) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2020] UKSC 17
This week, I am talking about mental health, and starting with a recent case that made all the difference - AM Zimbabwe. Previous mental health cases had found that individuals had to be at risk of imminent death at the point of the proposed removal to a third country in order to successfully resist removal. … Continue reading AM (Zimbabwe) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2020] UKSC 17
R (Maughan) v Her Majesty’s Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire [2020] UKSC 46
In 2020 the Supreme Court gave judgment on the question of the standard of proof to be applied at an inquest where the death might have been caused by suicide or unlawful killing. Traditionally, in order to be satisfied that either conclusion should be returned the criminal standard of proof was required. However, that all … Continue reading R (Maughan) v Her Majesty’s Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire [2020] UKSC 46
Elgizouli v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 10
As our avid readers would know, we have a real interest in Home Office and immigration cases. This case refers to terrorists in Syria... Shafee El Sheikh is alleged to have been part of a British group of ISIL terrorists (the so-called “Beatles”), suspected of murdering British and American citizens in Syria. El Sheikh and … Continue reading Elgizouli v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 10
AM (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 17
Another day, another Home Office immigration decision... In this case, Lord Wilson gave a landmark judgment which changed the law, expanding the circumstances in which a person may resist being removed or deported from the UK on medical grounds. The appellant is a 33-year old man from Zimbabwe who has resided in the UK since … Continue reading AM (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 17
Barclays Bank v. Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 13 and WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12
The boundaries of vicarious liability had been expanding in recent years, but in April a pair of decisions from the Supreme Court indicated that there may now be a retrenchment. The Barclays case concerned Dr Bates, a self-employed practitioner who undertook unchaperoned medical examinations at his home and provided a medical report which was a … Continue reading Barclays Bank v. Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 13 and WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Robinson (Jamaica)
Hi guys, I hope that you are all safe and well. These are very interesting times that we are living in, but I have never been more grateful for all the small things that bring joy...and this blog is one of those things. I realise that I've not posted a blog in a very long … Continue reading Secretary of State for the Home Department v Robinson (Jamaica)
SA and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] CSIH 71
This is an appeal against a refusal of petition for judicial review of a decision of the Upper Tribunal. There are two issues. The first is whether the Lord Ordinary erred in his approach to the substantial merits of the case; specifically in relation to his interpretation of paragraph 276ADE(1) of the Immigration Rules and … Continue reading SA and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] CSIH 71
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