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A patient in Northern Ireland mental healthcare can rely on relevant case regarding the England and Wales where the legislative language in the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986. [6] Lifestyle Equities CV and another v Amazon UK Services Ltd and others [2024] UKSC 8: 21 February 2024 Trade Marks Act 1994
The case summaries below are not official or authoritative. Unless otherwise noted, cases were heard by a panel of 5 judges. Cases involving Scots law are highlighted in orange. Cases involving Northern Irish law are highlighted in green. List of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom delivered in 2009
The two-stage test for vicarious liability applies equally to cases of sexual abuse. Merely satisfying the 'but-for' test does not suffice to fulfill the second stage, which is the close connection test. In complex cases, it can be helpful to assess whether the outcome aligns with the underlying policy to ensure justice is served. [1]
The High Court's inherent jurisdiction can be used to authorise the deprivation of liberty in order to keep a child safe from harm where no alternative route for safeguarding the child is available (in this case a lack of resource in the child care system). The court's may cut across relevant provisions of the Children Act 1989 when using their ...
The court ruled that section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013 imposed a new threshold over the common law interpretation of defamation, being that the harm caused had to be serious. It was found that the damage to reputation of the individual in this case did not cause serious harm. [27] Samuels v Birmingham City Council [2019] UKSC 28: 12 June
Judgment following a referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union [d] (CJEU) in a previous supreme court case (see 2020 UKSC 15). The CJEU had confirmed that a trader could not recover VAT on supplies made to it where the original supplier and HMRC had mistakenly treated the original supplies as exempt from VAT as the VAT in question ...
Allegations of abuse against Mohamed Al Fayed and his brother Salah have been heard in a UK court for the first time in a civil case being brought against Harrods. A woman is suing Harrods Ltd for ...
This is a list of the judgments given by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in 2010 and statistics associated thereupon. Since the Supreme Court began its work on 1 October 2009, this year was its first full year of operation. In total, 58 cases were heard in 2010.