The Aboriginal Victorians Bill 2018 clearly identifies that the state of Victoria “acknowledges Victorian traditional owners as the first peoples”. In addition, that the state recognizes “the diversity of Aboriginal Victorians, their communities and cultures, and the intrinsic connection of traditional owners to the Country.” It also outlines the understanding between the Aboriginal representative body […]
Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. On monday 20th and Tuesday 21st February 2023the Court will hear the case of Lifestyle Equities CV and another v Ahmed and anotheron appeal from [2021] EWCA Civ 675. The case concerns two issues; 1) What is the nature and extent of […]
WALTERBORO, SC — Alex Murdaugh’s high-powered legal team is renting an extravagant wedding venue on 500 acres in Walterboro, South Carolina, during their client’s sensational double murder trial, Fox News Digital has learned. The property, called Eden at Gracefield, is the temporary home of Murdaugh’s lead defense attorneys, Dick Harpootlian, Jim Griffin and their entourage. […]
On appeal from [2020] EWCA Civ 104 The Tate Modern (the Tate), a public art gallery in London, opened a new extension in 2016 called the Blavatnik Building. This building is ten stories high and, on its top floor, has a viewing platform which offers panoramic views of London. The claimants own flats in a […]
In this post, Jack Prytherch, Of Counsel in the Tax team at CMS, previews the decision awaited from the Supreme Court in Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Vermilion Holdings Limited. The appeal was heard by the Supreme Court on 7 February 2023. The Supreme Court was asked to consider whether the grant […]
In this post, Frankie McPeanne, a trainee solicitor, and Emma Pinkerton, a Partner, both in the Real Estate Disputes team at CMS, preview the decision awaited from the Supreme Court in Wolverhampton City Council and others (Respondents) v London Gypsies and Travelers and others (Appellants), which is due to be heard on 8 February 2023. […]
Harvard Law School professor Daphna Renan gave a critique of judicial supremacy — the idea that the Supreme Court is the final authority on the interpretation of the US Constitution — at an event on Thursday. Renan delivered the inaugural lecture, hosted by the Law School, as the newly appointed Peter B. Munroe and Mary […]
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