A ferry crash off the coast of Egypt in February 2006 led to the deaths of 1,000 people. Since then families of victims have pursued the chairman of the ferry company Mamdouh Ismail for justice. Egyptian authorities requested that the Home Secretary serve the judgment
The case of Goluchowski v District Court in Elblag, Poland [2016] UKSC 36 distinguishes between European Arrest Warrants in accusation and conviction cases. Music from bensound.com
The people of the Chagos Islands were forcibly removed from their homes in the 1960s by the British government. For the last 50 years they have been fighting a legal battle to return and this case is the latest instalment from the UK Supreme Court.
When a case drags on for almost 15 years without a resolution something has to be done to offer some finality. The Court of Appeal hoped to do this by remitting this Nigerian enforcement action to the Commercial Court but when they also required a
When a local authority applies for parental responsibility in respect of a child what sort of investigations should the court carry out before making the order? In this podcast we answer this question and explore wider issues relating to child welfare and the role of
When S J & J Monk were redeveloping some office space a question arose as to the property’s value for rating purposes given the wording of Schedule 6 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988. The difference between the two tax bills would be around
When torts occur across national boundaries as is often the case nowadays in a globalised world there can be some dispute as to the jurisdiction that should hear the case. This was especially complicated in the context of this case where there was an exclusive
This case looks at the controversial area of compulsory purchase orders and in particular the vague regime that currently exists governing it. When one valuation of a piece of land is £50,000 and the other is £2.5 million there is clearly a problem with the
The Supreme Court dealt with yet another immigration case this week and how the Immigration Rules interact with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. In this case two women were residing unlawfully in the UK but had formed relationships during their stay.
A 2012 amendment to the Immigration Rules established a minimum income requirement of £18,600 per year for applicants outside of the European Economic Area to join their spouse or civil partner in the UK. In these appeals this amendment was challenged on the basis of