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Assange v The Swedish Prosecution Authority

Assange v The Swedish Prosecution Authority before Lord Phillips, PresidentLord WalkerLady HaleLord BrownLord ManceLord KerrLord Dyson JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 30 May 2012 Heard on 1 and 2 February 2012 AppellantDinah Rose QCMark SummersHelen Law(Instructed by Birnberg Peirce and Partners) RespondentClare Montgomery QCAaron WatkinsHannah Pye(Instructed by Special Crime Division, Crown Prosecution Service) Interveners (Mr Gerard Batten MEP and […]

NJDB v JEG and another (Scotland)

NJDB v JEG and another (Scotland) before Lord Hope, Deputy President Lady Hale Lord Clarke Lord Wilson Lord Reed JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 23 May 2012 Heard on 13 and 14 March 2012 AppellantAndrew Smith QCJohn Halley(Instructed by Jardine Donaldson Solicitors) RespondentSimon di Rollo QCStuart Buchanan(Instructed by Virgil Crawford & Co Solicitors)  RespondentAndrew Hajducki QCMaggie Hughes(Instructed […]

Rozanski v Regional Court 3 Penal Department Poland

Rozanski v Regional Court 3 Penal Department Poland before Lord Phillips, PresidentLady HaleLord ManceLord KerrLord Wilson JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 23 May 2012 Heard on 21 and 22 February 2012 AppellantEdward Fitzgerald QCBen WatsonAmelia Nice(Instructed by Kaim Todner Solicitors Ltd) RespondentJohn Hardy QCBen Lloyd(Instructed by Crown Prosecution Service, Special Crime Division Extradition Unit)    AppellantEdward Fitzgerald QCBen WatsonAmelia Nice(Instructed […]

Pomiechowski v District Court of Legunica 59-220 Poland

Pomiechowski v District Court of Legunica 59-220 Poland before Lord Phillips, President Lady Hale Lord Mance Lord Kerr Lord Wilson JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 23 May 2012 Heard on 21 and 22 February 2012 AppellantEdward Fitzgerald QCBen WatsonAmelia Nice(Instructed by Kaim Todner Solicitors Ltd)  RespondentJohn Hardy QCBen Lloyd(Instructed by Crown Prosecution Service, Special Crime Division Extradition Unit AppellantEdward […]

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

R (on the application of Halligen) v Secretary of State for the Home Department before Lord Phillips, President Lady Hale Lord Mance Lord Kerr Lord Wilson JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 23 May 2012 Heard on 21 and 22 February 2012 AppellantEdward Fitzgerald QCBen WatsonAmelia Nice(Instructed by Kaim Todner Solicitors Ltd) RespondentJohn Hardy QCBen Lloyd(Instructed by Crown Prosecution Service, […]

Lukaszewski v The District Court in Torun, Poland

Lukaszewski v The District Court in Torun, Poland before Lord Phillips, President Lady Hale Lord Mance Lord Kerr Lord Wilson JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 23 May 2012 Heard on 21 and 22 February 2012 AppellantEdward Fitzgerald QCBen WatsonAmelia Nice(Instructed by Kaim Todner Solicitors Ltd) RespondentJohn Hardy QCBen Lloyd(Instructed by Crown Prosecution Service, Special Crime Division Extradition Unit) AppellantEdward […]

Test Claimants in the Franked Investment Income Group Litigation v Commissioners of Inland Revenue and another

Test Claimants in the Franked Investment Income Group Litigation v Commissioners of Inland Revenue and another before Lord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord WalkerLord BrownLord ClarkeLord DysonLord SumptionLord Reed JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 23 May 2012 Heard on 21, 22, 23, 27, 28 and 29 February 2012 AppellantGraham Aaronson QCLaurence Rabinowitz QCDavid Cavender QC(Instructed by Dorsey & Whitney (Europe) LLP) […]

Humphreys (FC) v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs

Humphreys (FC) v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs before Lord Walker Lady Hale Lord Clarke Lord Wilson Lord Reed JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 16 May 2012 Heard on 14 and 15 March 2012 AppellantRichard Drabble QCSasha Blackmore(Instructed by Ford Simey LLP)  RespondentJason CoppelKatherine Eddy(Instructed by HMRC Solicitors Office) LADY HALE (with whom Lord […]

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. v E.N.E. Kos 1 Limited

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. v E.N.E. Kos 1 Limited before Lord Phillips, PresidentLord WalkerLord ManceLord ClarkeLord Sumption JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 2 May 2012 Heard on 12 January 2012 AppellantTimothy Brenton QC(Instructed by Ince & Co LLP) RespondentAndrew Baker QCHenry Byam-Cook(Instructed by Thomas Cooper Solicitors) LORD SUMPTION (WITH WHOM LORD WALKER AGREES) New contract after withdrawal Implications of the […]

Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes (A Partnership)

Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes (A Partnership) before Lord Hope, Deputy President Lady Hale Lord Brown Lord Mance Lord Kerr JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 25 April 2012 Heard on 17 and 18 January 2012 AppellantRobin Allen QCRichard O’DairDee Masters(Instructed by Equality & Human Rights Commission) RespondentThomas CroxfordEmily Neill(Instructed by Clarkson Wright and Jakes LLP) Intervener […]