marcuscleaver · Mueen-Uddin v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] UKSC 21 A defamation claim against the Home Secretary was thrown out for abuse of process, but under what circumstances should a person be able to protect their reputation? uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com
marcuscleaver · Hassam v Rabot [2024] UKSC 11 Two motor car accidents prompt the courts to examine how compensation for whiplash and non-whiplash injuries should be assessed. We then go on to discuss some of the criticisms of the Civil Liability Act 2018. uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music
marcuscleaver · [2023] UKSC 48 and 49 In this double episode we cover a case about someone who got sick on holiday and then think about whether an AI should be considered to be an inventor. uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com
marcuscleaver · Wolverhampton City Council v London Gypsies and Travellers [2023] UKSC 47 Newcomer injunctions are controversial because they enforce rights over land against people who are unnamed and have not yet committed any sort of breach. In this case, a group representing Gypsies and
marcuscleaver · Canada Square Operations Ltd v Potter [2023] UKSC 41 Another PPI claim raises questions about the way that limitation periods operate. uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com
marcuscleaver · Republic of Mozambique v Privinvest Shipbuilding [2023] UKSC 32 A serious allegation of bribery on an international scale is the background to this case. The decision of the Supreme Court could decide whether the case goes ahead in open court or behind closed
marcuscleaver · The SSAFA v Allgemeines Krankenhaus Viersen [2022] UKSC 29 A tragic injury suffered at birth is the basis for this case as we examine the status of English law and whether it should override the law in Germany. uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com
marcuscleaver · Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd v Compton Beauchamp Estates Ltd [2022] UKSC 18 Legal cases are all about the interpretation of words but what are courts to do when those words only have vague and amorphous meaning? In this telecommunications case the Supreme Court
marcuscleaver · AIC Ltd v Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria [2022] UKSC 16 In what circumstances can a court or tribunal change its mind about a decision it has made? uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com
marcuscleaver · Competition and Markets Authority v Pfizer [2022] UKSC 14 What sort of immunity should public bodies have from costs orders? Does an adverse costs order discourage them from carry out their function? In this episode we discuss the Supreme Court’s answer to that