marcuscleaver · [2024] UKSC 4 & 5 This week on the podcast we cover one case about when prisoners can be recalled to jail and another about the application of tax law in the Channel Islands. uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com
marcuscleaver · R (Worcestershire County Council) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2023] UKSC 31 A dispute arose between two local authorities about who should provide after-care services for a patient who had moved between detentions under the Mental Health Act 1983.
marcuscleaver · R (VIP Communications Ltd) v SoS for the Home Department [2023] UKSC 10 When Ofcom proposed to licence a piece of telecommunications equipment, the Home Secretary stepped in because of national security concerns. A judicial review challenged that decision by the Secretary of
marcuscleaver · Allister v Secretary of State for Northern Ireland [2023] UKSC 5 This week the Northern Ireland Protocol found its way before the Supreme Court where its legal status was debated. uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com
marcuscleaver · R (Coughlan) v Minister for the Cabinet Office [2022] UKSC 11 A challenge to the legality of a voter ID pilot scheme found its way before the Supreme Court and so in this episode of the podcast we use that as a jumping
marcuscleaver · R (O) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] UKSC 3 How much should a child have to pay to apply to become a British citizen? You might think that it is free but the Home Office charges about £1,000 per
marcuscleaver · References by the Attorney General and Advocate General for Scotland [2021] UKSC 42 Two bills from the Scottish Parliament are questioned before the Supreme Court for fear that they go beyond the legislative competence of Holyrood. Music from bensound.com uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe
marcuscleaver · R (A) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] UKSC 37 To what extent should guidance and policy document produced by a public authority be legally binding and challengeable by judicial review? That is the question asked of the Supreme Court
Nobody likes to be told that they are wrong but we all make mistakes that sometimes need correcting. That is the essence of judicial review whereby mistakes made by the government can be challenged and rectified. However this government has got so used to being
The term ‘elective dictatorship’ has worked its way into a number of think pieces in recent weeks but what does it mean? Really it should be a contradiction in terms; how can a dictator be subject to elections? In the UK the term gained prominence