UK SC Archives

‘Man’, ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ defined under Equality Act, 2010 refers to biological sex and not certified sex: UK Supreme Court

The Court said that the interpretation of the EA 2010, does not cause disadvantage to trans people, with or without a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC).

Leave to Remain Art. 8 European Convention on Human Rights UK SC

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

When does refusal to grant Leave to Remain to an individual, who can’t be removed to their country of nationality, violate Art. 8 of ECHR? UK SC answers

In the instant case, the Court noted that the respondent’s own conduct thwarting the attempts by the Home Secretary to remove him to Belarus should be considered as a highly material factor for the purposes of the relevant proportionality analysis under Art. 8 of ECHR.

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

“Inventor within the meaning of Patents Act, 1977 must be a natural person”; UK SC upholds Comptroller’s refusal to regard DABUS the AI Machine as ‘inventor’

The Court unanimously stated that the Comptroller was right in determining that the appellant was not entitled to apply for the patents simply by his ownership of DABUS.