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  • Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs v Meier and another (FC) and others and another (FC) and another before Lord RodgerLord WalkerLady Hale Lord Neuberger Lord Collins JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 1 December 2009 Heard on 10 and 11 June 2009 AppellantRichard Drabble QCMarc Willers(Instructed by Community Law Partnership ) RespondentJohn Hobson QCJohn Clargo(Instructed by Whitehead…

  • I (A Child) before Lord Hope, Deputy PresidentLady HaleLord CollinsLord KerrLord Clarke JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 1 December 2009 Heard on 12 and 13 October 2009 Appellant (MY)Jonathan Baker QCEdward Devereux(Instructed by Bindmans LLP) Respondent (WI)Alison H Russell QCDivya Bhatia(Instructed by Mullinger Banks Solicitors ) Respondent (QI)Judith Charlton(Instructed by Edwards Duthie) Interveners (Reunite International Child Abduction Centre…

  • R (on the application of Barclay and others) v Secretary of State for Justice and others before Lord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord ScottLord BrownLord NeubergerLord Collins JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 1 December 2009 Heard on 15 and 16 July 2009 Appellants (First & Second)Lord Pannick QCJames Dingemans QCJessica Simor(Instructed by Withers LLP) (UK)(Instructed by Ozannes Advocates) (Guernsey) RespondentsJonathan Crow…

  • R (on the application of A) (FC) v London Borough of Croydon and one other action. R (on the application of M) (FC) v London Borough of Lambeth and one other action. before Lord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord ScottLord WalkerLady HaleLord Neuberger JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 26 November 2009 Heard on 20, 21, 22 & 23 July 2009 Appellant…

  • BA (Nigeria) (FC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and others. PE (Cameroon) (FC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department(Consolidated Appeals beforeLord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord ScottLord RodgerLady HaleLord BrownJUDGMENT GIVEN ON26 November 2009Heard on 30 July 2009 AppellantElisabeth Laing QCDeok Joo Rhee(Instructed by Treasury Solicitors) Respondent (BA)Raza HusainRonan Toal(Instructed by Turpin and Miller…

  • The Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc & Others before Lord Phillips, President Lord Walker Lady Hale Lord Mance Lord Neuberger JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 25 November 2009 Heard on 23, 24 and 25 June 2009 Appellant (Abbey National plc)Ali Malek QCRichard Brent(Instructed by Ashurst LLP)   Respondent (The Office of Fair Trading)Jonathan Crow QCRichard ColemanJemima StratfordSarah…

  • In re B (A Child) (2009) (FC) before Lord Hope, Deputy PresidentLady HaleLord CollinsLord KerrLord Clarke JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 19 November 2009 Heard on 14 October 2009 Appellant (GB)Alison Ball QCPeter Horrocks(Instructed by Powleys)             Respondent (RJB)Pamela Scriven QCCherie Parnell(Instructed by Allan Rutherford Solicitors)               Respondent (GLB)In Person LORD KERR

  • Louca v A German Judicial Authority (Criminal Appeal from Her Majesty?s High Court of Justice) before Lord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord RodgerLord ManceLord CollinsLord Kerr JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 19 November 2009 Heard on 29 July 2009 AppellantConor Quigley QCJohn R W D Jones(Instructed by Cartwright King Solicitors)             RespondentJames Lewis QCDaniel Jones(Instructed by Crown Prosecution Service)…

  • Uzoho & Ors V. National Council Of Privatization & Anor (2022) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report CHIMA CENTUS NWEZE, J.S.C. The appellants, herein, commenced an action by way of Originating Summons at the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division (hereinafter, simply, referred to as “the Trial Court”). They sought both declaratory and injunctive reliefs against…

  • Usman V. State (2022) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report IBRAHIM MUHAMMED MUSA SAULAWA, J.S.C.  The present appeal is against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Akure Judicial Division delivered on December 6, 2018 in appeal no. CA/AW282C/2016. By the judgment in question, the Court below coram Danjuma, Abdullahi and Mahmoud, JJCA, dismissed the Appellant’s…