Willers v Joyce [2016] UKSC 43 & 44
In this case the Supreme Court made a decision as to whether malicious prosecution should be available in civil litigation. Music from bensound.com
Daily Archives: May 6, 2017
Patel v Mirza [2016] UKSC 42
In Patel v Mirza [2016] UKSC 42 a panel of nine judges were asked when illegality should bar a claim. The question goes back almost 250 years to the case of Holman v Johnson (1775) where Lord Mansfield said “no court will lend its aid
Edwards v Kumarasamy [2016] UKSC 40
When a tenant trips up on the paved area just outside his block of flats is it the landlord who is to blame? The Supreme Court investigates with reference to section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1986. Music from bensound.com
R (on the application of The Public Law Project) v Lord Chancellor [2016] UKSC 39
After the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 reduced the availability of legal aid in the UK the Lord Chancellor sought to take this further by preparing a draft order that would introduce a residency test. The Public Law Project challenged this
Campbell v Gordon [2016] UKSC 38
When does criminal liability lead to civil liability? That was the question the Supreme Court had to answer in the Scottish case of Campbell v Gordon [2016] UKSC 38 in the context of the Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969. A literalist approach to the