Tag: UK Supreme Court

• Tuesday, January 25th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Assange may appeal his extradition before the UK's Supreme Court

  

  British magistrates Ian Burnett and Tim Holroyde Monday ruled there was a legal technicality in Julian Assange's case worth reviewing by the country's highest court and therefore cleared the way for the latter's extradition to the United States to be appealed against.

• Monday, December 20th 2021 - 22:20 UTC

  UK Supreme Court rules Guaidó is Venezuela's president, but the case is not over

  

  The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Monday maintained opposition leader Juan Guaidó should be recognized as the truthful President of Venezuela, which would grant him access to his country's gold in custody at the Bank of England. But instead of making a decision on that issue, the case was sent back to a lower court for further judicial proceedings.

• Monday, December 20th 2021 - 11:45 UTC

  UK Court ruling to decide on Venezuelan gold's fate

  

  The UK's Supreme Court is expected to rule Monday on the fate of 31 tons of Venezuelan gold which is currently in the hands of the Bank of England. The Venezuelan central bank turned to the British justice system in 2020 to resolve the issue.

• Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 08:13 UTC

  PM Johnson defies the opposition to call a confidence vote on Thursday, and a “snap election”

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday challenged opposition MPs to call a confidence vote in his government, in a defiant response to the Supreme Court decision to strike down his suspension of parliament.

• Tuesday, September 24th 2019 - 17:14 UTC

  Supreme Court rules suspending Parliament “unlawful”; calls for Johnson to resign; PM insists with fresh election

  

  Britain's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a decision by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to suspend parliament in the run-up to Brexit was “unlawful”, saying it was “void and of no effect”. The 11 judges of the country's highest court were unanimous in their verdict, which they said meant parliament could now immediately reconvene.

• Friday, November 9th 2018 - 08:59 UTC

  Brexit and Article 50 to be referred to the European Court of Justice

  

  The European Court of Justice will be asked if the UK can unilaterally stop Brexit after the UK Government was refused an appeal by Scotland’s highest court. The Court of Session in Edinburgh ruled in September to refer the question of whether the UK can unilaterally revoke its Article 50 request to leave the European Union to the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) after a case brought by a cross-party group of politicians.

• Wednesday, August 9th 2017 - 07:10 UTC

  UK Supreme Court calls for clarity on the EU Court of Justice after Brexit

  

  The president of the UK’s Supreme Court has called on the UK Government to provide greater clarity over the role of the European Court of Justice after Brexit. Lord Neuberger said it would be “unfair” to blame judges for making the law “when Parliament has failed to do so”.

• Monday, July 24th 2017 - 08:22 UTC

  Brenda Hale, named first woman president of the UK Supreme Court

  

  Brenda Hale was appointed as the UK Supreme Court's first female president on Friday, July 21st. The former deputy president of the court for four years will take on the role as the thirteenth President of the Supreme Court on October 2nd, following a line of twelve all-male predecessors.

• Thursday, January 26th 2017 - 20:39 UTC

  UK publishes draft legislation to trigger Brexit: parliament debate begins next week

  

  The British government published on Thursday draft legislation that will allow the UK to start the process of leaving the EU. The European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill has been produced after the Supreme Court ruled legislation would be necessary.