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The Menace of Child Trafficking and Abuse in Nigeria – Clacha Chiroma Wamdeo

Child trafficking in Nigeria

The Menace of Child Trafficking and Abuse in Nigeria INTRODUCTION The Children and Young Persons Act, enacted in Nigeria provides a distinction between a child and young person by providing that a ‘child’ means a person under the age of fourteen years, while ‘young’ person means a person who has attained the age of fourteen […]

How DUI Convictions Affect Employment

Many jobs will not consider an applicant with a DUI charge or conviction. However, positions that involve operating a vehicle and other jobs requiring a security clearance may be more difficult to obtain with this type of criminal record. Learn more DUI employment background checks. Transparency with your potential employer is key. Learn more about […]

R (on the application of EM (Eritrea)) (EH) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

R (on the application of EM (Eritrea)) (EH) v Secretary of State for the Home Department before Lord Neuberger, PresidentLord KerrLord CarnwathLord ToulsonLord Hodge JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 19 February 2014 Heard on 6 and 7 November 2013 AppellantMonica Carss-Frisk QCRaza Husain QCDavid ChiricoMark Symes(Instructed by Wilson Solicitors LLP; Sutovic and Hartigan Solicitors)  RespondentLisa Giovannetti QCAlan Payne(Instructed by […]

R (on the application of EM (Eritrea)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

R (on the application of EM (Eritrea)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department before Lord Neuberger, PresidentLord KerrLord CarnwathLord ToulsonLord Hodge JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 19 February 2014 Heard on 6 and 7 November 2013 AppellantMonica Carss-Frisk QCRaza Husain QCDavid ChiricoMark Symes(Instructed by Wilson Solicitors LLP; Sutovic and Hartigan Solicitors)  RespondentLisa Giovannetti QCAlan Payne(Instructed by Treasury […]

R (on the application of EM (Eritrea)) (AE) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

R (on the application of EM (Eritrea)) (AE) v Secretary of State for the Home Department before Lord Neuberger, PresidentLord KerrLord CarnwathLord ToulsonLord Hodge JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 19 February 2014 Heard on 6 and 7 November 2013 AppellantMonica Carss-Frisk QCRaza Husain QCDavid ChiricoMark Symes(Instructed by Wilson Solicitors LLP; Sutovic and Hartigan Solicitors)  RespondentLisa Giovannetti QCAlan Payne(Instructed by […]

Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Marks and Spencer plc

Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Marks and Spencer plc before Lord Neuberger, PresidentLord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord ManceLord ReedLord Carnwath JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 22 May 2013 Heard on 15 April 2013 AppellantDavid Milne QCNicola Shaw QC(Instructed by Hage Aaronson Ltd) RespondentDavid Ewart QCSarah Ford(Instructed by HMRC Solicitors Office) AppellantDavid Ewart QCSarah Ford(Instructed by HMRC Solicitors […]

Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Marks and Spencer plc

Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Marks and Spencer plc before Lord Neuberger, PresidentLord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord ManceLord ReedLord Carnwath JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 22 May 2013 Heard on 15 April 2013 AppellantDavid Milne QCNicola Shaw QC(Instructed by Hage Aaronson Ltd) RespondentDavid Ewart QCSarah Ford(Instructed by HMRC Solicitors Office) AppellantDavid Ewart QCSarah Ford(Instructed by HMRC Solicitors […]

Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria

Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria before Lord Neuberger, PresidentLord ManceLord ClarkeLord SumptionLord Hughes JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 19 February 2014 Heard on 4 and 5 November 2013 AppellantGuy Philipps QCEdward Levey(Instructed by Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP)  RespondentJonathan Adkin QC(Instructed by Alfred James & Co Solicitors LLP) LORD SUMPTION, (with whom Lord Hughes agrees) Introduction $6,020,190 in the […]

Cramaso LLP v Ogilvie-Grant, Earl of Seafield and Others (Scotland)

Cramaso LLP v Ogilvie-Grant, Earl of Seafield and Others (Scotland) before Lord ManceLord ClarkeLord ReedLord CarnwathLord Toulson JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 12 February 2014 Heard on 18 and 19 November 2013 AppellantAlan Dewar QCGraeme Hawkes(Instructed by Anderson Strathern LLP)  RespondentCraig R K Sandison QCDavid Thomson(Instructed by Brodies) LORD REED (with whom Lord Mance, Lord Clarke, Lord Carnwath and […]