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The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, ruled that the interpretation of joint enterprise that had been used to in cases since 1985. The court decided that a person having foresight of a crime did not mean they had automatically agreed or assisted in the crime taking place….</p> <a class="read-more" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2016/02/criminal-law-supreme-court-rules-joint-enterprise-law-wrongly-interpreted.html ">Read More</a> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor/criminal-law" rel="category tag">Criminal law</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor/england" rel="category tag">England</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor" rel="category tag">The Solicitor</a> </span> <span class="tags-links"> Tagged <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/joint-enterprise" rel="tag">"joint enterprise"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/supreme-court" rel="tag">"supreme court"</a> </span> </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <!--<h1>ANTHONY:content.php</h1>--> <h2 class="su-post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/11/international-supreme-court-may-rule-on-two-cases-that-could-drastically-change-abortion-laws-in-the-us.html ">International: Supreme Court may rule on two cases that could drastically change abortion laws in the US</a></h2> <article class="findlaw-archive-page" id="post-5799" class="post-5799 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-international category-solicitor tag-supreme-court tag-abortion"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/11/international-supreme-court-may-rule-on-two-cases-that-could-drastically-change-abortion-laws-in-the-us.html" rel="bookmark">International: Supreme Court may rule on two cases that could drastically change abortion laws in the US</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/11/international-supreme-court-may-rule-on-two-cases-that-could-drastically-change-abortion-laws-in-the-us.html" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2015-11-06T15:32:14+00:00">November 6, 2015</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/author/alex-keller">Alex Keller</a></span></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="post-thumb"> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The Supreme Court will be deciding whether to hear two cases that could have a major impact on the provision of abortion facilities across the US. The court will be looking at two cases, one from Texas and the other from Mississipi. In both states laws are being contested by abortion providers that have have forced clinics to shut down or reduce its ability to offer abortions to women seeking them. The first case in…</p> <a class="read-more" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/11/international-supreme-court-may-rule-on-two-cases-that-could-drastically-change-abortion-laws-in-the-us.html ">Read More</a> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor/international" rel="category tag">International</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor" rel="category tag">The Solicitor</a> </span> <span class="tags-links"> Tagged <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/supreme-court" rel="tag">"supreme court"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/abortion" rel="tag">abortion</a> </span> </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <!--<h1>ANTHONY:content.php</h1>--> <h2 class="su-post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/10/criminal-law-supreme-court-to-rule-on-joint-enterprise-murder.html ">Criminal law: Supreme Court to rule on ‘joint enterprise’ murder</a></h2> <article class="findlaw-archive-page" id="post-5754" class="post-5754 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-criminal-law category-solicitor tag-joint-enterprise tag-supreme-court tag-ameen-jogee tag-mohammed-hirsi tag-paul-fyfe"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/10/criminal-law-supreme-court-to-rule-on-joint-enterprise-murder.html" rel="bookmark">Criminal law: Supreme Court to rule on ‘joint enterprise’ murder</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/10/criminal-law-supreme-court-to-rule-on-joint-enterprise-murder.html" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2015-10-29T13:51:00+00:00">October 29, 2015</time><time class="updated" datetime="2015-10-29T14:15:40+00:00">October 29, 2015</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/author/alex-keller">Alex Keller</a></span></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="post-thumb"> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Ameen Jogee, who received a 20-year minimum prison term after he was found guilt of murder through ‘joint enterprise’ despite not carrying out the act himself, is taking his case to the Supreme Court to contest his sentence. Jogee, from Leicester, was found guilty of murder through ‘joint enterprise’ after he encouraged his friend, Mohammed Hirsi, to stab police officer Paul Fyfe in 2011 during a domestic disturbance on 9 June 2011. Jogee and Hirsi had visited a…</p> <a class="read-more" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/10/criminal-law-supreme-court-to-rule-on-joint-enterprise-murder.html ">Read More</a> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor/criminal-law" rel="category tag">Criminal law</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor" rel="category tag">The Solicitor</a> </span> <span class="tags-links"> Tagged <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/joint-enterprise" rel="tag">"joint enterprise"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/supreme-court" rel="tag">"supreme court"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/ameen-jogee" rel="tag">Ameen Jogee</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/mohammed-hirsi" rel="tag">Mohammed Hirsi</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/paul-fyfe" rel="tag">Paul Fyfe</a> </span> </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <!--<h1>ANTHONY:content.php</h1>--> <h2 class="su-post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/10/human-rights-racist-murderer-wins-human-rights-case.html ">Human rights: Racist murderer wins human rights case</a></h2> <article class="findlaw-archive-page" id="post-5666" class="post-5666 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-human-rights category-scotland category-solicitor tag-supreme-court tag-european-convention-on-human-rights tag-imran-shahid tag-kriss-donald"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/10/human-rights-racist-murderer-wins-human-rights-case.html" rel="bookmark">Human rights: Racist murderer wins human rights case</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/10/human-rights-racist-murderer-wins-human-rights-case.html" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2015-10-14T14:36:51+00:00">October 14, 2015</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/author/alex-keller">Alex Keller</a></span></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="post-thumb"> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Imran Shahid, the murderer of Scottish boy, Kriss Donald, has won his human rights case at the Supreme Court. Shadid, who murdered Donald in March 2004, claimed his human rights were breached by being kept in solitary confinement. During his time in prison Shahid has been placed in solitary confinement on a number of occasions. Judges in the Supreme Court agreed that solitary confinement periods totalling 14 months had been a violation of Shadid’s human rights as stated in the…</p> <a class="read-more" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/10/human-rights-racist-murderer-wins-human-rights-case.html ">Read More</a> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor/human-rights" rel="category tag">Human Rights</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor/scotland" rel="category tag">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor" rel="category tag">The Solicitor</a> </span> <span class="tags-links"> Tagged <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/supreme-court" rel="tag">"supreme court"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/european-convention-on-human-rights" rel="tag">european convention on human rights</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/imran-shahid" rel="tag">Imran Shahid</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/kriss-donald" rel="tag">Kriss Donald</a> </span> </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <!--<h1>ANTHONY:content.php</h1>--> <h2 class="su-post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/10/in-the-courts-trump-to-fight-windfarm-proposals-in-uk-supreme-court.html ">In the courts: Trump to fight windfarm proposals in UK Supreme Court</a></h2> <article class="findlaw-archive-page" id="post-5627" class="post-5627 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-disputes-solicitor category-in-the-courts-solicitor category-solicitor tag-donald-trump tag-menie-golf-resort tag-supreme-court tag-aberdeen-offshore-wind-farm-limited tag-aberdeenshire tag-electricity-act-1989 tag-lang-bank tag-wwf-scotland"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/10/in-the-courts-trump-to-fight-windfarm-proposals-in-uk-supreme-court.html" rel="bookmark">In the courts: Trump to fight windfarm proposals in UK Supreme Court</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/10/in-the-courts-trump-to-fight-windfarm-proposals-in-uk-supreme-court.html" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2015-10-08T13:21:54+00:00">October 8, 2015</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/author/alex-keller">Alex Keller</a></span></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="post-thumb"> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Donald Trump, businessman and Republican presidential candidate, is attempting to bring his campaign against the construction of wind farms near his Aberdeenshire development to the UK Supreme Court. The move is an attempt to block the construction of an off-shore wind farm near his Menie golf resort in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The location of the resort was purchased by Trump in 2006 and converted into a golf course. However, in 2011, Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Limited applied to…</p> <a class="read-more" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/10/in-the-courts-trump-to-fight-windfarm-proposals-in-uk-supreme-court.html ">Read More</a> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor/disputes-solicitor" rel="category tag">Disputes</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor/in-the-courts-solicitor" rel="category tag">In the Courts</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor" rel="category tag">The Solicitor</a> </span> <span class="tags-links"> Tagged <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/donald-trump" rel="tag">"Donald Trump"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/menie-golf-resort" rel="tag">"Menie golf resort"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/supreme-court" rel="tag">"supreme court"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/aberdeen-offshore-wind-farm-limited" rel="tag">Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Limited</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/aberdeenshire" rel="tag">Aberdeenshire</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/electricity-act-1989" rel="tag">Electricity Act 1989</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/lang-bank" rel="tag">Lang Bank</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/wwf-scotland" rel="tag">WWF Scotland</a> </span> </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <!--<h1>ANTHONY:content.php</h1>--> <h2 class="su-post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/09/equality-supreme-court-judges-warns-of-rushing-to-place-more-women-in-senior-judiciary-roles.html ">Equality: Supreme Court judges warns of rushing to place more women in senior judiciary roles</a></h2> <article class="findlaw-archive-page" id="post-5547" class="post-5547 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-england category-equality category-solicitor tag-bar-council tag-supreme-court tag-charlotte-proudman tag-jonathan-sumption"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/09/equality-supreme-court-judges-warns-of-rushing-to-place-more-women-in-senior-judiciary-roles.html" rel="bookmark">Equality: Supreme Court judges warns of rushing to place more women in senior judiciary roles</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/09/equality-supreme-court-judges-warns-of-rushing-to-place-more-women-in-senior-judiciary-roles.html" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2015-09-24T13:52:04+00:00">September 24, 2015</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/author/alex-keller">Alex Keller</a></span></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="post-thumb"> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Jonathan Sumption, a judge sititng on the Supreme Court, has warned against premature attempts to recruit more women into senior roles in the judiciary. Sumption, in an interview with the Evening Standard newspaper, said that increasing the number of women judges could have “appalling consequences” on the the British justice system. Sumption said of women in the judiciary: “One has to look at the totality of these problems and not simply at one of them. The…</p> <a class="read-more" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/09/equality-supreme-court-judges-warns-of-rushing-to-place-more-women-in-senior-judiciary-roles.html ">Read More</a> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor/england" rel="category tag">England</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor/equality" rel="category tag">Equality</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor" rel="category tag">The Solicitor</a> </span> <span class="tags-links"> Tagged <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/bar-council" rel="tag">"bar council"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/supreme-court" rel="tag">"supreme court"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/charlotte-proudman" rel="tag">Charlotte Proudman</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/jonathan-sumption" rel="tag">Jonathan Sumption</a> </span> </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <!--<h1>ANTHONY:content.php</h1>--> <h2 class="su-post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/07/prisons-supreme-court-rules-long-periods-of-solitary-confinement-unlawful.html ">Prisons: Supreme Court rules long periods of solitary confinement unlawful</a></h2> <article class="findlaw-archive-page" id="post-5147" class="post-5147 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-england category-prisons category-solicitor tag-supreme-court tag-bourgass tag-solitary-confinement"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/07/prisons-supreme-court-rules-long-periods-of-solitary-confinement-unlawful.html" rel="bookmark">Prisons: Supreme Court rules long periods of solitary confinement unlawful</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/07/prisons-supreme-court-rules-long-periods-of-solitary-confinement-unlawful.html" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2015-07-29T12:30:03+00:00">July 29, 2015</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/author/alex-keller">Alex Keller</a></span></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="post-thumb"> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The Supreme Court has ruled that holding prisoners for long periods of time in solitary confinement is unlawful if not specifically sanctioned by an external official. The case was brought to the Supreme Court by imates Kamel Bourgass and Tanvir Hussain. Bourgass is a prison inmate currently serving a life sentence at HMP Whitemoor; while Hussain is serving a life sentence in HMP Frankland. Both men claimed they were kept in solitary confinement well beyond the…</p> <a class="read-more" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/07/prisons-supreme-court-rules-long-periods-of-solitary-confinement-unlawful.html ">Read More</a> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor/england" rel="category tag">England</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor/prisons" rel="category tag">Prisons</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor" rel="category tag">The Solicitor</a> </span> <span class="tags-links"> Tagged <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/supreme-court" rel="tag">"supreme court"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/bourgass" rel="tag">Bourgass</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/solitary-confinement" rel="tag">solitary confinement</a> </span> </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <!--<h1>ANTHONY:content.php</h1>--> <h2 class="su-post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/06/international-us-supreme-court-rules-same-sex-marriages-are-legal.html ">International: US Supreme Court rules same sex marriages are legal</a></h2> <article class="findlaw-archive-page" id="post-4735" class="post-4735 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-discrimination category-international category-solicitor tag-same-sex-marriage tag-supreme-court"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/06/international-us-supreme-court-rules-same-sex-marriages-are-legal.html" rel="bookmark">International: US Supreme Court rules same sex marriages are legal</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/06/international-us-supreme-court-rules-same-sex-marriages-are-legal.html" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2015-06-26T16:15:53+00:00">June 26, 2015</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/author/anthoang">anthoang</a></span></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="post-thumb"> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The US Supreme Court has concluded that same-sex marriages are legal across America. The case was brought to the Supreme Court after 14 same-sex couples and two men whose partners are deceased considered their rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to be breeched by officials working for the states of Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee. Specifically, the petitioners argued by refusing to allow the couples to marry or have their marriage recognised if occurred elsewhere, the…</p> <a class="read-more" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/06/international-us-supreme-court-rules-same-sex-marriages-are-legal.html ">Read More</a> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor/discrimination" rel="category tag">Discrimination</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor/international" rel="category tag">International</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/category/solicitor" rel="category tag">The Solicitor</a> </span> <span class="tags-links"> Tagged <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/same-sex-marriage" rel="tag">"same-sex marriage"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/tag/supreme-court" rel="tag">"supreme court"</a> </span> </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <!--<h1>ANTHONY:content.php</h1>--> <h2 class="su-post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/06/international-us-supreme-court-upholds-obamacare.html ">International: US Supreme Court upholds Obamacare</a></h2> <article class="findlaw-archive-page" id="post-4734" class="post-4734 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-international category-law-and-government category-medical-law category-solicitor tag-king-vs-burwell tag-supreme-court tag-obamacare"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/06/international-us-supreme-court-upholds-obamacare.html" rel="bookmark">International: US Supreme Court upholds Obamacare</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/solicitor/2015/06/international-us-supreme-court-upholds-obamacare.html" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2015-06-26T14:06:56+00:00">June 26, 2015</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160316154401/http://blogs.findlaw.co.uk/author/anthoang">anthoang</a></span></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="post-thumb"> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>A challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the new healthcare reforms initiated by current US president, Barak Obama, was thrown out of the Supreme Court yesterday. The case was brought to court by four residents of the state of Virginia. The residents argued that they should not have had to buy insurance due to the way the Act is worded with regard to the issuing of tax credits. 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