Supreme Court judgment of 13/05/15 - attention all Land Law students

As mentioned in my post of 6th May, the Supreme Court has launched a video on demand service.

For those Land Law students who have recently completed the essay question on human rights and homelessness, the December 2014 hearing and last week's judgment from the case of Kanu v London Borough of Southwark which focusses on the meaning of vulnerability in the 1996 Housing Act is worth a watch / read.

Thanks to Jonathan Thorpe for bringing this to my attention.

Supreme Court launches 'video on demand' service

Live streaming of cases heard in the Supreme Court has been available to view since October last year, the 'video on demand' initiative aims to complement this service.

As a news release issued yesterday explains:

Footage of the proceedings in court will be freely available via each case's page on the Supreme Court website, and will be uploaded the next working day. Once judgment is delivered, footage of the Justices' summary in court will also be published alongside the full judgment text and press summary. 

Footage will remain available for approximately one year after the court hearing, before being removed to make way for new cases. For copyright reasons, users will not be able to download the footage for long term storage or editing.

Links to both Current and Decided cases are available via the Supreme Court web site.

The Supreme Court on YouTube

If you haven't visited the UK Supreme Court's channel on YouTube, it's worth a look. 

Videos of selected judgment summaries will be of particular interest to law students. These are added on a regular basis, with the most recent currently being that of Coventry & Others (Respondents) v Lawrence & Another [2014] UKSC 46, delivered on July 23rd.

Another recent addition to the channel is an address by Lord Toulson to government lawyers entitled 'Good Law: A Judicial Perspective' in which he talks about how legislation which is not drafted clearly impacts on the rule of law.

Supreme Court proceedings streamed online

In contrast to other courts in England, Wales & Northern Ireland, the Supreme Court allows cameras into the court room.

The court is currently in recess, but the 2011/12 legal year will commence on Monday 3rd October. A live stream of the court's hearings and judgments is provided by Sky News. If you wish to view the stream, please note that during the week the court usually sits between 10.30am - 4pm.

Once the term starts, future sitting details will be available on the Supreme Court web site.