“Today, 24 January 2019, five Supreme Court judges (Lord Reed, Lord Kerr, Lady Black, Lord Briggs and Lord Kitchin) will hear Stocker v Stocker UKSC 2018/0045, an appeal against the 12 February 2018 Court of Appeal decision of Lady Justice Sharp, with whom Lord Justice McFarlane and Sir John Laws concurred ([2018] EWCA Civ 170). The case has attracted some media attention in light of recent suggestions that English law, particularly libel law, is being abused by wealthier males to silence female accusers …” (more)
[Oliver Cox, UKSC Blog, 24 January]
First posted 2019-01-24 13:12:21
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