Despite the positive news about a potential vaccine for COVID-19 it remains likely that we will continue to live with the virus for some time to come. Some sectors have done well to cope with the ‘new normal’ but it is time to face up
marcuscleaver · R (Highbury Poultry Farm Produce Ltd) v CPS [2020] UKSC 39 Animal welfare concerns also enter into the slaughterhouse to ensure that animals are killed in as humane a way as possible without any unnecessary cruelty. When a slaughterhouse was charged with two
marcuscleaver · Enka Insaat Ve Sanayi AS v OOO Insurance Company Chubb [2020] UKSC 38 A fire at a Russian power plant led to the insurance company raising questions about the quality of the construction work. While there is an arbitration agreement in the contract
marcuscleaver · The Huawei and ZTE Litigation [2020] UKSC 37 A breach of several patents raises questions about the operation of intellectual property law in the mobile phone market and the behaviour of certain Chinese companies. The Supreme Court decides on a range of issues
marcuscleaver · Peninsula Securities Ltd v Dunnes Stores Ltd [2020] UKSC 36 In order to attract a major retailer to his new shopping centre Mr Shortall agreed that Dunnes Stores would not have any competitors on the site. After a few years and with the
marcuscleaver · Commissioners for HMRC v Parry [2020] UKSC 35 What were the motivations of a person who is now dead? That was the question before the court in this tax case as a dispute with HMRC arose in relation to the payment of inheritance
marcuscleaver · Shagang Shipping Company Ltd v HNA Group Company Ltd [2020] UKSC 34 A breach of a chartering contract brought up allegations of torture and the Supreme Court had to decide how such evidence should be reviewed in the English courts. Music from bensound.com
marcuscleaver · Lehtimäki v Cooper [2020] UKSC 33 When a messy divorce spilled over into the way that a charity is organised the deciding vote remained with one member. Whether the courts should step in to ensure that justice is done is the subject of
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marcuscleaver · Sutherland v HM Advocate [2020] UKSC 32 When Mark Sutherland agreed to meet up with a child he had talked to via a dating app he did not expect to be met by a group of paedophile hunters. After the correspondence was handed