Court Report

Articles

Daly and Keir v HM Advocate: Supreme Court rules Scottish evidence law breaches fair trial rights

Sexual offence trials: restrictive approach to admitting evidence incompatible with Article 6 ECHR

Supreme Court rejects Mackay v Dick principle in King Crude Carriers v Ridgebury

Supreme Court definitively rules deemed fulfilment doctrine has no place in English contract law

A and B v C Limited: EAT identifies errors in remedy assessment for harassment and victimisation claims

Employment tribunal applied wrong causation test and overlooked findings on disciplinary failings

Al-Haq v Secretary of State for Business and Trade: Court of Appeal refuses permission to appeal F-35 export licensing decision

Court dismisses challenge to F-35 component export exemption from Israel licensing suspension.

Hague Convention return order set aside where receiving court declines protective measures

Court sets aside return order after US court declined protective measures

Haytop Country Park v Amber Valley: Site licensing must harmonise with planning control

Court of Appeal confirms site licences cannot circumvent planning enforcement decisions.

Epping Forest District Council v Somani Hotels Limited: High Court refuses planning injunction for asylum accommodation

Injunction denied despite alleged breach; conventional enforcement measures not exhausted, environmental harm limited.

Nefelia Shipping v Mosaic Fertilizantes: Extension of time for service upheld despite procedural difficulties

High Court dismisses challenge to extension order in general average dispute involving Brazilian defendants.