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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
legislation.gov.uk, formerly known as the UK Statute Law Database, is the official Web-accessible database of the statute law of the United Kingdom, hosted by The National Archives. Established in the early 2000s, [ 1 ] it contains all primary legislation in force since 1267 and all secondary legislation since 1823; it does not include ...
One such example is in the formal restructuring of corporations. Recent examples include the HSBC Investment Banking Act 2002, which facilitated the transfer of one HSBC subsidiary's businesses to two other subsidiaries, [9] and the HBOS Group Reorganisation Act 2006, which facilitated conversion of the Bank of Scotland into a public limited ...
Before the outbreak of the war with Germany, De Keyser's had been operating as a first class hotel, mainly for a continental clientele. By the time the hotel was taken for the wartime use of the Crown in May 1916, the hotel premises were held on a set of leaseholds expiring in 1961, but due to the loss of clientele in wartime, the hotel had been running at a loss.
Pepper (Inspector of Taxes) v Hart [1992] UKHL 3, is a landmark decision of the House of Lords on the use of legislative history in statutory interpretation.The court established the principle that when primary legislation is ambiguous then, in certain circumstances, the court may refer to statements made in the House of Commons or House of Lords in an attempt to interpret the meaning of the ...
The UK's Ministry of Justice publishes most acts of Parliament in an online statute law database. It is the official revised edition of the primary legislation of the United Kingdom . The database shows acts as amended by subsequent legislation and is the statute book of UK legislation.
Laws of William the Conqueror 1070–1087 [1] One God to be revered throughout the whole realm; peace and security to be preserved between English and Normans; Oath of loyalty; Protection of the King's Peace; Frenchmen to pay "scot and lot" Live cattle to be sold in cities; Defence of French allegations of offences; Hold the law of King Edward
Craies and Hardcastle. "Citation". Treatise on the Construction and Effect of Statute Law. 2nd Ed. 1892. Chapter 3. Section 6. Pages 57 to 61. Dane and Thomas. "Citation of Statutes". How to Use a Law Library. 2nd Ed. Sweet & Maxwell. 1979. Section 3-3. Page 44 et seq. Moys. "Citation of statutes". Manual of Law Librarianship. 2nd Ed. 1987. p ...