marcuscleaver · CPRE Kent v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2021] UKSC 36 This week’s episode is about what costs should be paid by a losing side for mere acknowledgement of service. We also discuss how costs should be affected in environmental
marcuscleaver · General Dynamics UK Ltd v State of Libya [2021] UKSC 22 What happens when you sue a country? In particular how do you serve notice on that country and what rules apply? Music from bensound.com uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe
This week the Bar Councils of England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, as well as the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland released a statement that declared remote hearings to be a “markedly inferior experience” to in-person hearings. It comes about as coronavirus restrictions begin to
marcuscleaver · Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell Plc [2021] UKSC 3 When a number of oil spills in Nigeria caused significant ground and water contamination, the King of the local community pursued a claim against Shell and its local subsidiary. However when the claim was
marcuscleaver · R (Gourlay) v Parole Board [2020] UKSC 50 After Gourlay’s judicial review of a Parole Board decision was successful he argued that the Board should have to pay his costs for the review. This raised questions about whether the Parole Board is a
marcuscleaver · Halliburton Co. v Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd. [2020] UKSC 48 Questions arose about the impartiality of an arbitrator after he accepted appointments from one of the parties in other disputes and failed to disclose them. The Supreme Court had to decide whether this
marcuscleaver · Franked Investment Income Group Litigation [2020] UKSC 47 While the limitation period for claims is six years, the precise date on which this starts is not clear in cases of mistake. Over the years attempts to clarify the law have not moved things
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
Access to information about a legal case in open court is vitally important to any functioning democracy but is also necessarily subject to certain restrictions. In this case the Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK are seeking information about proceedings involving a former asbestos manufacturer.
Fraud and deception between cousins is the theme of this week’s case. When a forged signature was only exposed after the final judgment the question was whether the victim could return to the courts or if doing so would undermine the certainty that law in