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5 Jul 2010, 10:08 pm by Rosalind English
Right to liberty: Entick v Carrington (1765) Prohibition on retrospective liability: Philips v Eyre (1870) 6 QB 1 (see our recent post on this principle) Prohibition of torture has long been a “constitutional principle”, according to Lord Bingham in A & Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2006] 2 AC 221 The right to fair trail, defined in the Magna Carter as “due process of the law” (Chapter 29 of the 1354… [read post]
2 Jul 2010, 10:00 pm by Rosalind English
Although the precise circumstances of the instant applications appeared not to have previously arisen, in analogous circumstances where a conviction was based on the law as it was understood to be, a subsequent change in the law would not be a valid ground for leave to appeal out of time unless substantial injustice had been done: R v Benjafield (Karl Robert) (Confiscation Order) (2002) UKHL 2, (2003) 1 AC 1099. [read post]
25 Jun 2010, 3:31 am
In Alden v Maine, 527 US 706, the Supreme Court of the United States found that State sovereign immunity is "implicit in the constitutional design. [read post]
16 Jun 2010, 4:11 am by Adam Wagner
By way of introduction, Lord Brown noted that the majority in the House of Lords in Secretary of State for the Home Department v JJ [2008] 1 AC 385 held that deprivation of liberty might take a variety of forms other than classic detention in prison or strict arrest. [read post]
15 Jun 2010, 11:06 pm by Adam Wagner
As Lord Bingham put it in R (Amin) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] 1 AC, HL [31] The purposes of such an investigation are clear: to ensure so far as possible that the full facts are brought to light; that culpable and discreditable conduct is exposed and brought to public notice; that suspicion of deliberate wrongdoing (if unjustified) is allayed; that dangerous practices and procedures are rectified; and that those who have lost their relative may at… [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 10:00 pm by Rosalind English
In the alternative – if that analysis was wrong – the judge found that the decision to make and affirm the Order must be part of a process of determination of the bank’s civil rights of the kind analysed by Lord Clyde in R (Alconbury) Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment [2003] 2 AC 295 in paragraphs 145 to 160. [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 2:15 am by INFORRM
  As the Privy Council said in Gleaner v Abrahams ([2004] 1 AC 628) “[Defamation] damages often serve not only as compensation but also as an effective and necessary deterrent. [read post]
10 Jun 2010, 4:02 am
Final administrative determination for the purposes of determining the statute of limitationsSkiptunas v State of New York, App. [read post]
8 Jun 2010, 7:11 am by Jay Willis
Also at the Sentencing Law Blog, Berman examines the question that the Court certified to the Montana Supreme Court in United States v. [read post]