This week, we examine the limits of inherent jurisdiction, and when an unfair procedure might or might not be the fairest way to decide a case. Closed material proceedings and public interest immunity abound!

Link to case: [2023] UKPC 9, Cay

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This week, we examine how to construct a contract that doesn’t seem to cover the whole of the actual agreement. Plus, an argument about consideration!

Link to case: [2023] UKPC 6, Cay

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This week, we look at an important constitutional case about the interaction between anti-money laundering rules and legal professional privilege. Plus, the Oakes test makes a cameo!

Link to case: [2023] UKPC 6

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This week, we consider how the rules about default judgments should be interpreted. Does a court have to take all the facts as claimed? Plus, Lord Leggatt makes a sporting metaphor! 

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This week, we consider how public interest litigation interacts with rules about security for costs. 

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Link to case: [2023] UKPC 2, Bah

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This week, we return to an old friend: the rule in Devi v Roy, and also consider the reasons for appellate deference by the Board.

Link to case: [2023] UKPC 1, Grd

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This week, we go to Bermuda for a case about the improper exercise of a trust power. When is a fiduciary's use of a power considered to be outside the settlor's purpose? 

Link to case: [2022] UKPC, 47 Bda

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This week, we have our first Mauritian case of the podcast, and consider what 'promptness' means when bringing a judicial review.

Link to case: [2022] UKPC 58, Mrc

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This week, we get our first judicial smackdowns of the podcast, as Lord Leggatt rejects an appeal that manifestly shouldn't have been brought, and discuss the rule in Devi v Roy [1946] AC 508, PC (Bengal).  

Link to case: [2022] UKPC 56

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On this episode, we discuss a Trinidadian constitutional case about the right to legal protection.

Link to case: [2022] UKPC 49, T&T

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