Submitted by Colin on 1 February 2017 - 5:21pm
The media caravan has moved on from the Supreme Court, and attention is now focused back on Parliament. This piece picks out a handful of paragraphs from the High Court's judgment as referred to in my earlier article. These paragraphs might provide some enlightenment set against the political rhetoric that is now again in full flow.
My reading of the Supreme Court judgment is that the judgment does not contradict or qualify any of the statements in the paragraphs referred to below.
Submitted by Colin on 8 November 2016 - 12:17pm
More popular media heat than light has been generated by the High Court's decision on 3rd November. This article attempts to report objectively and in plain terms what the Court said by way of key points. It does not take sides in the Brexit debate, nor comment on any political issues arising from the judgment.
Background
The case was heard in the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, Divisional Court, on 13th, 17th and 18th October.
Submitted by Colin on 24 November 2012 - 11:25am
“Read all about it – senior judge tells his colleagues to write clearer judgements!”.
In a lecture this month, President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, urged judges to improve the clarity of their judgements. The catalyst has been the increasing appearance of self-represented litigants in proceedings.
Neuberger is reported as describing limiting readership of judgements to lawyers, judges and academics as “myopic”.
Submitted by Colin on 5 April 2012 - 4:28pm
It’s been a bad time for Twitter abusers. First, in well-publicised news, 21 year old Swansea University student Liam Stacey lost his appeal against conviction for racially aggravated public disorder as a result of tweets he sent following Premier League footballer Fabrice Muamba collapsing on the football field with cardiac arrest.
