G v G [2021] UKSC 9
marcuscleaver · G v G [2021] UKSC 9 What happens when a child abduction case runs up against an asylum claim? Which should take priority? Music from bensound.com uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe
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Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake [2021] UKSC 8
marcuscleaver · Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake [2021] UKSC 8 Should a shift where you have to sleep at or near your place of work count as working time for the purposes of the national minimum wage? That is the question the Supreme Court has
Begum v SoS for the Home Department [2021] UKSC 7
marcuscleaver · Begum v SoS for the Home Department [2021] UKSC 7 In 2015 Shamima Begum left the UK to join Islamic State. Now, with the UK government intending to deprive her of British citizenship, she intended to return to the UK in order to
Uber v Aslam [2021] UKSC 5
marcuscleaver · Uber v Aslam [2021] UKSC 5 In this landmark case the Supreme Court decided upon the fate of Uber drivers. While Uber argued that the drivers were self-employed and that the app was equivalent to a booking agent, the drivers submitted that they
TW Logistics Ltd v Essex County Council [2021] UKSC 4
marcuscleaver · TW Logistics Ltd v Essex County Council [2021] UKSC 4 What does it mean to describe an area of land as a village green? The words conjure up beautiful greenery in the imagination but what happens when someone tries to register a patch
Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell Plc [2021] UKSC 3
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
R (KBR, Inc) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2021] UKSC 2
marcuscleaver · R (KBR, Inc) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2021] UKSC 2 In a recent investigation the Serious Fraud Office wanted to access documents held abroad by a U.S. company. Does the department have the power to reach across the Atlantic for
COVID Insurance Cases [2021] UKSC 1
marcuscleaver · COVID Insurance Cases [2021] UKSC 1 The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc for almost every business in the UK. In this case the Supreme Court looked at a range of insurance policies and answered some fundamental questions of interpretation so that claims could
Three Case Special: [2020] UKSC 51, 52 and 53
marcuscleaver · Three Case Special: [2020] UKSC 51, 52 and 53 This week we finish off 2020 by looking at three cases in one episode. The first is about when the courts should allow collective actions by multiple claimants to proceed, the second is about
R (Gourlay) v Parole Board [2020] UKSC 50
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