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  • R v Smith Before Lord Phillips, PresidentLord WalkerLady HaleLord CollinsLord Wilson JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 20 July 2011 Heard on 16 June 2011 AppellantTim Barnes QCSean Sullivan(Instructed by Darryl Ingram & Co)  RespondentAftab Jafferjee QCDuncan Penny(Instructed by Crown Prosecution Service Special Crime Division) LORD PHILLIPS, DELIVERING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT Introduction “225. – (1) This section applies…

  • Home Office v Tariq before Lord Phillips, PresidentLord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord RodgerLady HaleLord BrownLord ManceLord KerrLord ClarkeLord Dyson JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 13 July 2011 Heard on 26 and 27 January 2011 AppellantJames Eadie QCCatherine Callaghan(Instructed by Treasury Solicitors) RespondentRobin Allen QCPaul Troop(Instructed by Russell Jones & Walker Solicitors) AppellantRobin Allen QCPaul Troop(Instructed by Russell Jones…

  • Home Office v Tariq before Lord Phillips, PresidentLord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord RodgerLady HaleLord BrownLord ManceLord KerrLord ClarkeLord Dyson JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 13 July 2011 Heard on 26 and 27 January 2011 AppellantJames Eadie QCCatherine Callaghan(Instructed by Treasury Solicitors) RespondentRobin Allen QCPaul Troop(Instructed by Russell Jones & Walker Solicitors)  AppellantRobin Allen QCPaul Troop(Instructed by Russell Jones…

  • Al Rawi and others v The Security Service and others before Lord Phillips, PresidentLord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord RodgerLady HaleLord BrownLord ManceLord KerrLord ClarkeLord Dyson JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 13 July 2011 Heard on 24 and 25 January 2011 AppellantJonathan Crow QCRory Phillips QCKaren SteynDaniel BeardPeter Skelton(Instructed by Treasury Solicitors) Respondent (Omar Deghayes)Dinah Rose QCRichard Hermer QCCharlotte Kilroy(Instructed by…

  • R (on the application of McDonald) v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea before Lord WalkerLady HaleLord BrownLord KerrLord Dyson JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 6 July 2011 Heard on 4 and 5 April 2011 AppellantStephen CraggStephen Broach(Instructed by Disability Law Service) RespondentKelvin RutledgeSian Davies(Instructed by Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Legal Services) Intervener (Age UK)Ian Wise QC(Instructed…

  • Scottish Widows plc v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Scotland). Scottish Widows plc No 2 v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Scotland) before Lord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord WalkerLady HaleLord NeubergerLord Clarke JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 6 July 2011 Heard on 16 and 17 May 2011 AppellantJohn Gardiner QCDavid Johnston QCPhilip Walford(Instructed by Maclay Murray & Spens…

  • Scottish Widows plc v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Scotland). Scottish Widows plc v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Scotland) before Lord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord WalkerLady HaleLord NeubergerLord Clarke JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 6 July 2011 Heard on 16 and 17 May 2011 AppellantJohn Gardiner QCDavid Johnston QCPhilip Walford(Instructed by Maclay Murray & Spens LLP) RespondentAndrew…

  • Scottish Widows plc No 2 v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Scotland). Scottish Widows plc v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Scotland) before Lord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord WalkerLady HaleLord NeubergerLord Clarke JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 6 July 2011 Heard on 16 and 17 May 2011 AppellantJohn Gardiner QCDavid Johnston QCPhilip Walford(Instructed by Maclay Murray & Spens…

  • NML Capital Limited v Republic of Argentina before Lord Phillips, President Lord Walker Lord Mance Lord Collins Lord Clarke JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 6 July 2011 Heard on 29 and 30 March 2011 AppellantJonathan Sumption QCPeter RatcliffeSandy Phipps(Instructed by Dechert LLP) RespondentMark Howard QCBenjamin JohnCiaran Keller(Instructed by Travers Smith LLP) LORD PHILLIPS Introduction The bonds and the New…

  • R (on the application of G) v The Governors of X School before Lord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord WalkerLord BrownLord KerrLord Dyson JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 29 June 2011 Heard on 11 and 12 April 2011 AppellantJohn Bowers QCTim KenwardKatherine Apps(Instructed by Y City Council Legal Services) RespondentRichard Drabble QCPaul Draycott(Instructed by Keith Levin & Co)    IntervenerHelen Mountfield QC(Instructed…