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)…

R (on the application of L) (FC) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis before Lord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord SavilleLord ScottLord BrownLord Neuberger JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 29 October 2009 Heard on 13 and 14 July 2009 Appellant (L)Stephen CraggCharlotte Kilroy(Instructed by John Ford Solicitors)             Respondent:Fiona BartonMatthew Holdcroft(Instructed by Metropolitan Police Directorate of Legal Services) Intervener:…

In Re Sigma Finance Corporation (in administrative receivership) and In Re The Insolvency Act 1986 (Conjoined Appeals) before Lord Hope, Deputy PresidentLord ScottLord WalkerLord ManceLord Collins JUDGMENT GIVEN ON 29 October 2009 Heard on 1 and 2 July 2009 Appellant: BRichard Sheldon QCFelicity Toube(Instructed by Dechert LLP)             Respondent: AMark Howard QCJonathan Dawid(Instructed by Mayer Brown (International)…