After a protest blocked the road the campaigners were arrested under the Highways Act. This case examines the right to protest in the context of human rights and the defence of lawful excuse. Music from bensound.com https://uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe

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DPP v Ziegler [2021] UKSC 23

What happens when you sue a country? In particular how do you serve notice on that country and what rules apply? Music from bensound.com https://uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe

General Dynamics UK Ltd v State of Libya [2021] UKSC 22

In this double episode we look at two tort cases and reflect on the SAAMCO decision. Music from bensound.com https://uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe

Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton [2021] UKSC 20 & Khan v Meadows [2021] UKSC 21

The law doesn't recognise a fraction of a day but what happens when the clock starts at midnight? Does that count as a full day or only part of the a day? Music from bensound.com https://uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe

Matthew v Sedman [2021] UKSC 19

When a company near Blackpool wanted to challenge a new neighbourhood plan by way of judicial review questions were raised about whether the claim was brought within the time limit. Music from bensound.com https://uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe

R (Fylde Coast Farms Ltd) v Fylde Borough Council [2021] UKSC 18

What does it mean to be deliberately inaccurate? Does it just mean a deliberate attempt to mislead or can it also include deliberate errors that are explained? This tax case seeks an answer. Music from bensound.com https://uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe

Commissioners for HMRC v Tooth [2021] UKSC 17

Can the Supreme Court close up a loophole that allows companies to avoid paying local business rates? Music from bensound.com https://uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe

Hurstwood Properties (A) Ltd v Rossendale BC [2021] UKSC 16

What happens when a Supreme Court judgment is leaked to the press? Music from bensound.com https://uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe

HM Attorney General v Crosland [2021] UKSC 15

When Zabolotnyi was due to be extradited to Hungary under a European Arrest Warrant, questions were asked about whether the prison conditions would represent a breach of human rights. Even after the Hungarian Ministry of Justice made promises that they would comply with the Convention, the English courts had to decide whether that would truly be the case. https://uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com

Zabolotnyi v The Mateszalka District Court, Hungary [2021] UKSC 14

When a school in Oxfordshire moved to a new site, the heirs of the landowner who donated the original plot came out of the woodwork to argue that they should be entitled to the proceeds based on an old law from 1841. In this episode we consider the response from the Supreme Court and also how judges should interpret statutes that are so old. https://uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com

Rittson-Thomas v Oxfordshire County Council [2021] UKSC 13

After a doorman inadvertently killed a man outside of a bar in Aberdeen, his widow brought a claim against the security firm's insurers. An exclusion caluse in the policy meant that the case turned on whether the actions of the doorman constituted a "deliberate act". As the Supreme Court came to answer we also analyse how exactly the Justices arrive at a conclusion. Music from bensound.com https://uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe

Burnett or Grant v International Insurance Company of Hanover Ltd [2021] UKSC 12

When HMRC tried to claw-back money from the purchase of a care home that was zero-rated for VAT purposes, the question for the Supreme Court was whether the care home had disposed of their entire interest as part of a sale and lease agreement. Music from bensound.com https://uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe

Balhousie Holdings Ltd v Commissioners for HMRC [2021] UKSC 11

As part of an equal pay claim, a claimant has to find another employee to compare themselves with. In this episode we examine what the approach should be if that comparator is working at a different site to the claimant. Music from bensound.com https://uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe

Asda Stores Ltd v Brierley [2021] UKSC 10

What happens when a child abduction case runs up against an asylum claim? Which should take priority? Music from bensound.com https://uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe

G v G [2021] UKSC 9

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 to answer this week as we also explore the distinction between politics and interpretation of the law. Music from bensound.com https://uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe

Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake [2021] UKSC 8

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