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Case Comment: Lehtimaki and Others v Cooper [2020] UKSC 33

8 October 2020 8 October 2020 / Company Law, Blog, Case Comment, Featured Posts / By Callum Reid-Hutchings

In this post, the author comments upon the recent decision of the UK Supreme Court in Lehtimaki and others v. Cooper, wherein the Court provided clarification on the interplay between company law and charity law.

UK Supreme Court Sevilleja v Marex Financial Ltd

Case Comment: Sevilleja v. Marex Financial Ltd [2020] UKSC 31

2 September 2020 6 September 2020 / Company Law, Blog, Case Comment, Commercial Law, Featured Posts, insolvency and bankruptcy / By Callum Reid-Hutchings

In this post, the author comments upon the recent landmark decision of the UK Supreme Court in Sevilleja v. Marex Financial Ltd., wherein the Court significantly curbed the scope of the “reflective loss” principle that had been steadily expanding for several decades.

Triloki Nath Singh v. Anirudh Singh: Does the bar under Order XXIII Rule 3A extend to a person who is not made a party to the suit?

27 May 2020 12 June 2020 / Blog, Case Comment, Code of Civil Procedure, Featured Posts / By Piyush Agrawal and Sunil S Singh

In this post, the authors analyse the recent decision of the Supreme Court in Triloki Nath Singh v. Anirudh Singh and argue that the Court erred in its findings by deviating from accepted legal principles regarding representative suits and compromise decree.

CHEBROLU LEELA PRASAD RAO & ORS. v. STATE OF A.P. & ORS.: Supreme Court favours Equality in Opportunity

17 May 2020 12 June 2020 / Blog, Case Comment, Constitution, Constitutional Law, Judiciary / By Animesh Upadhyay and Mudit Ahuja

In this post, the authors analyse the recent judgment of the Supreme Court scrapping 100% reservation for teacher posts in scheduled areas.

Confronting the Puzzling Question of Legal Errors and Judicial Misconduct: Sadhna Chaudhary vs State of UP

27 April 2020 21 June 2020 / Blog, Case Comment, Editorial Board Post, Featured Posts, Judiciary / By Anushka and Shashwat Awasthi

“There is no doubt that a judgment, an order or the whole decision-making process can be criticised on merits but can legal errors committed by a judge constitute judicial misconduct? If yes, when can legitimate questions regarding the breach of judicial integrity be raised on the basis of legal errors committed by a judge? Further, can mere suspicion lead to the establishment of judicial misconduct?”