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  • Supreme Court judgment: Prix v Work and Pensions Secretary

    Carl Gardner
    October 31, 2012

    In what amounts to a defeat for the government, the Supreme Court has decided in this case to refer to the European Court of Justice questions on the interpretation of the EU Citizenship Directive, 2004/38.

    From the government’s point of view, […]

    Tags: benefits, cjeu, ecj, eu law, government, UK Supreme Court
  • Lord Kerr on the Assange case

    Carl Gardner
    June 28, 2012

    Two weeks ago now at Inner Temple, the Supreme Court Justice Lord Kerr gave the fifth annual Boydell Lecture – and chose as his title A European Understanding of “Judicial Authority” as highlighted in Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority. The […]

    Tags: eu law, human rights, UK Supreme Court
  • Could Assange apply to set aside the Supreme Court judgment?

    Carl Gardner
    May 30, 2012

    In my post earlier today about Julian Assange’s Supreme Court appeal, today’s judgment and the unusual procedural turn that followed it. To remind you, the suggestion made by Dinah Rose QC, for Julian Assange, was that she might apply to […]

    Tags: crime, eu law, human rights, UK Supreme Court
  • Supreme Court judgment: Assange v Swedish Judicial Authority

    Carl Gardner
    May 30, 2012

    Here’s today’s Supreme Court judgment: the Justices decide by a majority of 5 to 2 to dismiss Julian Assange’s appeal against extradition. The term “judicial authority” in Part 1 of the Extradition Act 2003 does include public prosecutors such […]

    Tags: crime, eu law, human rights, UK Supreme Court
  • What if Julian Assange loses in the Supreme Court?

    Carl Gardner
    May 29, 2012

    Tomorrow the UK Supreme Court gives its eagerly-awaited judgment in Assange v Swedish Judicial Authority, in which it will decide whether the Swedish prosecutor is indeed a judicial authority for the purposes of Part 1 of the Extradition Act […]

    Tags: crime, eu law, extradition, human rights, UK Supreme Court
  • Supreme Court judgment: Humphreys v HMRC

    Carl Gardner
    May 16, 2012

    If you’re in the business of predicting court judgments, you can sometimes end up looking a mug. My last prediction wasn’t the best. Oh, well. At least the judges agreed with me on the time limit.

    Anyway, while the […]

    Tags: benefits, discrimination, family, government, human rights, tax, UK Supreme Court
  • Humphreys v HMRC: Supreme Court, Day 2

    Carl Gardner
    March 15, 2012

    Yesterday I explained the facts and legal background to this case, and a short account of the first day of the hearing, which concluded just after 1 pm today. I was again in court to hear Jason Coppel complete […]

    Tags: benefits, discrimination, human rights, tax, UK Supreme Court
  • Humphreys v HMRC: Supreme Court hearing

    Carl Gardner
    March 14, 2012

    Today was the first day of the Supreme Court’s hearing in the case of Humphreys v HMRC, about sex discrimination in the child tax credit system.

    Mr Humphreys is complaining about the fact that HMRC refused him child tax credit in […]

    Tags: children, discrimination, human rights, UK Supreme Court
  • Supreme Court judgment: Sugar v BBC

    Carl Gardner
    February 15, 2012

    The Supreme Court has today given judgment in this case, about the extent to which the Freedom of Information Act 2000 applies to information the BBC holds for journalistic purposes.

    I’m afraid the case has something of the Dickensian […]

    Tags: freedom of information, media law, precedent, UK Supreme Court
  • Julian Assange in the Supreme Court

    Carl Gardner
    February 1, 2012

    Julian Assange today takes his argument against extradition to Sweden to the UK Supreme Court. The hearing is due to finish tomorrow – it’s not clear yet when the Court is likely to publish its judgment.

    There’s one question only being […]

    Tags: crime, eu law, extradition, human rights, UK Supreme Court
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