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  • What Boris told us about the “sovereignty plan”

    Carl Gardner
    March 7, 2016

    Boris MarrSince I wrote about David Cameron’s “sovereignty plan”, it seems to have been forgotten. It’s clear the idea was aimed at keeping politicians in the Remain camp, and has failed.

    Tags: constitution, eu law, parliamentary sovereignty, UK Supreme Court
  • Summary judgment: what the Supreme Court held in Sharland

    Carl Gardner
    October 14, 2015

    In Sharland v Sharland, the Supreme Court today granted the appeal of a woman who wanted to reopen her divorce settlement on the grounds of her husband’s fraud. Here’s my technical legal analysis, in a […]

    Tags: divorce, family, fraud, UK Supreme Court
  • Fraud unravels all: the Supreme Court divorce judgments in Sharland and Gohil

    Carl Gardner
    October 14, 2015


    The Supreme Court has today given two judgments (Sharland v Sharland, and Gohil v Gohil) about re-opening divorce settlements on the grounds of fraud. Sharland lays down a new test in […]

    Tags: divorce, family, fraud, UK Supreme Court
  • The Supreme Court’s JR38 judgment
    — in a few sentences

    Carl Gardner
    July 1, 2015

    In the JR38 case, the Supreme Court today dismissed the appeal of a young man who’d argued that his article 8 Convention right to respect for private life was breached where newspapers published, on the police’s request, photos of him apparently […]

    Tags: bitesize, human rights, private life, UK Supreme Court
  • Supreme Court: Publication of child rioter’s photo doesn’t interfere with private life

    Carl Gardner
    July 1, 2015



    In the JR38 case, the Supreme Court today unanimously dismissed the appeal
    of a young man who’d argued that his article 8 Convention right to respect for private life was breached […]

    Tags: human rights, private life, UK Supreme Court
  • Proportionality, at length: the Supreme Court’s “QASA” ruling

    Carl Gardner
    June 24, 2015

    The Supreme Court has in today’s judgment in R (Lumsdon) v Legal Services Board ruled lawful the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates, as approved by the Legal Services Board. The scheme will require […]

    Tags: advocacy, barristers, eu law, judicial review, proportionality, regulation, UK Supreme Court
  • Why Michael Gove must think carefully about the Human Rights Act

    Carl Gardner
    May 26, 2015

    Policy Exchange | Creative CommonsA fair amount’s been written about the problems ministers face as they aim to “scrap” the Human Rights Act (to use […]

    Tags: government, human rights, parliament, UK Supreme Court
  • The Prince Charles letters judgment – in a few sentences

    Carl Gardner
    March 26, 2015

    For a while I’ve wondered if it might be helpful to summarise key Supreme Court and other major judgments in a few sentences. So I thought I’d have a go at it as an experiment, while I’m gathering my fuller […]

    Tags: constitution, eu law, freedom of information, government, UK Supreme Court
  • UK Supreme Court judgment: R (Chester) v Justice Secretary, McGeoch v Lord President

    Carl Gardner
    October 16, 2013

    It’s no surprise that the Supreme Court has today unanimously dismissed appeals by two prisoners who wanted various remedies under the Human Rights Act and EU law for being denied the vote in Parliamentary, […]

    Tags: human rights, prisons, UK Supreme Court
  • That Reprieve press release: a response from Clive Stafford Smith

    Carl Gardner
    November 7, 2012

    Following my post yesterday which was critical of Reprieve’s press release about the recent Rahmatullah case in the Supreme Court, Reprieve’s Director Clive Stafford Smith has contacted me to respond.

    I’ll set out my own comments on his response […]

    Tags: habeas corpus, UK Supreme Court
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