RM v. Scottish Ministers, [2012] UKSC 58 was a relatively straightforward case for the UK Supreme Court. The applicant/appellant is currently detained in a mental health facility under a compulsion order and wishes to apply to the Mental Health Tribunal for an order declaring that he is being held in conditions of excessive security. The […] Read more

Quick and brutal. The webcast of the hearing in Canada (Attorney General) v. Kane, 2012 SCC 64, was barely up on the Supreme Court’s website before the appeal was allowed. Only 17 days elapsed between the hearing on November 6 and this morning’s per curiam opinion.Evans J.A. delivered a complex judgment in the Court of […] Read more