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Examples of subject matter which have been the subject of changing views on criminality over time in various societies and countries include: Abortion (see: abortion law and abortion-rights movements) Breastfeeding in public; Drug possession, and recreational drug use (see: drug liberalization) Euthanasia (see: legality of euthanasia)
The case summaries below are not official or authoritative. Unless otherwise noted, cases were heard by a panel of 5 judges. Cases involving Scots law are highlighted in orange. Cases involving Northern Irish law are highlighted in green. List of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom delivered in 2009
The court ruled that section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013 imposed a new threshold over the common law interpretation of defamation, being that the harm caused had to be serious. It was found that the damage to reputation of the individual in this case did not cause serious harm. [27] Samuels v Birmingham City Council [2019] UKSC 28: 12 June
Tax Law, Advance corporation tax, Limitation Act 1980: The Limitation Act 1980 applies to claims for restitution of monies paid under a mistake of law. The six-year period allowed under the Limitation Act applies from the date on which the claimant has discovered the mistake (or could have reasonably discovered it) rather than the date on which ...
The law was extended to Scotland in the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980, which took effect on 1 February 1981. [28] As a result of the 1981 European Court of Human Rights case Dudgeon v. United Kingdom, the law was extended to Northern Ireland in the Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982.
UK Tax Law, Value Added Tax: Judgment following a referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union [d] (CJEU) in a previous supreme court case (see 2020 UKSC 15). The CJEU had confirmed that a trader could not recover VAT on supplies made to it where the original supplier and HMRC had mistakenly treated the original supplies as exempt ...
An Act to amend the law of England and Wales relating to suicide and for purposes connected therewith. Citation: 9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 60: Territorial extent England and Wales, except as regards the amendments made by Part II of the First Schedule and except that the Interments (felo de se) Act 1882, is repealed also for the Channel Islands. [1] Dates
The Order was adopted as a result of a European Court of Human Rights case, Dudgeon v. United Kingdom (1981), which ruled that Northern Ireland's criminalisation of homosexual acts between consenting adults was a violation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights .