‘The Law Society has called for four reforms which it says would reduce the need for citizens to resort to judicial review, in its submission to the Independent Review of Administrative Law (IRAL).’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th October 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘New mothers are having their babies taken into care during remote video and phone hearings from hospital, according to a report on justice during the coronavirus pandemic.’
The Guardian, 27th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The question the court had to decide recently was what was the test to be applied by the court in those cases where the parties had agreed to arbitration, but one party was dissatisfied with the award?’
Transparency Project, 26th October 2020
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘An electrician who was wrongly classified as being an illegal immigrant, despite living in London for more than 45 years, was destitute as he waited a year for the Windrush taskforce to decide on his application to stay in the UK, the parliamentary ombudsman has ruled.’
The Guardian, 25th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This was an appeal from an FTT rent repayment order decision. The FTT decision was made before the Upper Tribunal decision in Vadamalayan v Stewart and others (2020) UKUT 0183 (LC) (our report) and this appeal succeeded pretty much on that basis alone – the FTT decision was wrong in law in the way the Tribunal had approached the award – but it also involves the UT putting down another firm marker to FTTs on the correct approach to awards in rent repayment orders.’
Nearly Legal, 24th October 2020
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A man and a woman have been convicted of the first known murder in Britain using a poison known as “devil’s breath”.’
The Guardian, 23rd October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In this post, I am going to explain two recent decisions by the Court of Appeal about adoption. These are Re Y – which is about leave to oppose (I will explain), and Re JL which is about leave to revoke a placement order (I really will explain). These decisions are nothing special in terms of their wider relevance – they do not change the law in a landmark way, nor are they “disruptive judgments”. They are, however, useful in understanding what the law requires of local authorities and the courts in deciding whether a child should be adopted.’
Transparency Project, 26th October 2020
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘A Care Quality Commission review has found “undignified and inhumane” care in some hospital settings providing complex care for autistic people, and people with a learning disability and/or mental health condition.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th October 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In Episode 128 Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Marina Wheeler QC about the Cumberlege Review, which investigated the response of England’s healthcare system to patients’ reports of harm from drugs and medical devices.’
Law Pod UK, 22nd October 2020
Source: audioboom.com
‘The family of a woman murdered by a double killer have won a legal battle for a new inquest into her death to consider potential police failings.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd October 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Anyone who is affected by the decisions of public bodies must be able to raise a challenge in the courts, the Law Society said today as it proposed reforms to the judicial review process.’
Law Society's Gazette, 26th October 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Two teenagers who tortured and murdered a vulnerable woman in her own home would be at “risk of harm” if their identities are not kept secret for life, the High Court has heard.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Too many hospitals for people with learning disabilities or autism are providing poor care which is, at times, undignified and inhumane, the care regulator for England has said.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘When the stay on possession proceedings first came into force on 27 March 2020, it appeared to be a straight-forward (albeit blunt) tool to help the Courts manage the effects of the Coronavirus.’
Tanfield Chambers, 5th October 2020
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Prisoners) Amendment Regulations 2020
The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2020
The Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Directives) (Offshore) Order 2020
The British Nationality (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Supreme Court
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Haley v Haley [2020] EWCA Civ 1369 (23 October 2020)
Hoque & Ors v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 1357 (22 October 2020)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Hollings v R. [2020] EWCA Crim 1363 (23 October 2020)
High Court (Administrative Court)
CC, R (On the Application Of) v HM Treasury & Anor [2020] EWHC 2817 (Admin) (23 October 2020)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Tibbs v Tibbs & Anor [2020] EWHC 2769 (Ch) (22 October 2020)
L & N D Development and Design Ltd [2020] EWHC 2803 (Ch) (22 October 2020)
Ganoun v Joshi & Anor [2020] EWHC 2743 (Ch) (21 October 2020)
High Court (Patents Court)
AMGEN Inc v Sanofi-Aventis Groupe S.A. & Ors [2020] EWHC 2818 (Pat) (22 October 2020)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Jamous v Mercouris [2020] EWHC 2814 (QB) (23 October 2020)
Sarayiah v University of Durham & Ors [2020] EWHC 2792 (QB) (23 October 2020)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Questions around government responsibility for food systems, churning away during the Brexit debates, long ignored, sometimes derided, are meeting stark realities in the coronavirus pandemic. This week we are back to free school meals (FSM).’
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd October 2020
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
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