This Week in the Supreme Court – week commencing 27th February 2023 – UKSCBlog

Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website.

On Tuesday 28th February 2023the Court will hear the case of JTI POLSKA Sp. Zoo and others v Jakubowski and otherson appeal from [2021] EWHC 1465. The case concerns whether the Supreme Court should depart from the judgment of the House of Lords in Buchanan (under the Practice Statement (Judicial Precedent) [1966] 1 WLR 1234) and hold that excise duty payable in respect of goods which are stolen in the course of international carriage by road cannot be claimed under Article 23(4) of the CMR

Biden in Kyiv, pledges $500 million more in aid

President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Kyiv, Japan announced a generous financial aid package, and a “people’s court” put Russian President Vladimir Putin on trial for the crime of aggression Monday as the war with Ukraine followed up the one-year mark with no end in sight.

Biden also announced an additional $500 million in weaponry for Ukraine. The State Department pegged the figure at $450 million, plus another $10 million in emergency aid for Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, which has been damaged by Russian attacks.

“Putin thought Ukraine was weak and the West was divided. He thought he could

This Week in the Supreme Court – week commencing 20th February 2023 – UKSCBlog

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 the liability of a director, or senior executive employee, for causing a company to commit a civil wrong, for which a claim can be brought without a finding of fault by the wrongdoer (eg a ‘strict liability tort’)? Here, the strict