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Bloomsbury International Ltd v Sea Fish Industry Authority and DEFRA [2011] UKSC 25 has its origins in a claim brought by importers unhappy with the imposition of a levy. For the purpose of financing its activities, the Authority has the power, pursuan…

The practice of tail docking is contentious. It involves the amputation of a puppy’s tail and is performed without…

By Daniel West
On 14 March 2012, the Supreme Court handed down their long-awaited judgment in the case of AB v…

On 24 November 2010, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Holland v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and another [2010] UKSC 51.  The panel consisted of Lords Hope, Saville, Walker, Collins and Clarke.
The case concer…

Southern Pacific Securities 05-2 Plc v Walker & Anor [2010] UKSC 32 A brief note on this case, which concerned the enforceability of a credit agreement secured on the Walker’s property. Our report on the Court of Appeal decision is here, and there is little to add in this note, because the Supreme Court in [...]

By Oliver Gayner and Cathryn Hopkins, Olswang

In Rainy Sky v Kookmin Bank, in which judgment was handed down on Wednesday, the…

The Argentinian debt crisis of 2001 – 2003, and subsequent restructurings, have kept commercial lawyers busy all over the globe as investors have sought to recoup as much of their investments into the country as possible.  In NML Capital v Argentina…

By Dan Tench
The Supreme Court has had its first (and perhaps last) look at an issue arising from the phone…

By Stephen Smith and Sean Mackenzie, Olswang LLP
Summary
The Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the appeal of Humphreys v…

Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) have become buzz words used by litigators over the past few years. Sadly…

The Supreme Court (by a 4:1 majority) has allowed an appeal by The Governors of X School, overturning the Court of Appeal’s decision that a teaching assistant’s rights under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights  had been breached b…

This post was originally posted on the EUtopia Blog and is reposted here with thanks.
On 25 April 2012 the Supreme…

In its recent decision in Re Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Ltd and Re the Insolvency Act 1986 [2011] UKSC 48, the Supreme Court unanimously overturned the High Court’s decision in Mill & Ors v HSBC Trustee (C.I.) Ltd & Ors [2009] EW…

The Supreme Court has decided that guidance is needed from the CJEU on a number of issues relating to the scope of the principle of equivalence.
This is the principle of EU law which requires that the procedural rules relating to the domestic enforceme…

By Marilyn Stowe
This piece was originally posted on the Marilyn Stowe Blog and is reposted here with thanks.
I first wrote…

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Restrictive covenants are, in broad terms, contractual restrictions imposed on the current user/owner of land, often imposed by a former…