‘The government intends to revisit the role of lord chancellor as part of a ‘careful review’ of the Blair administration’s 2005 Constitutional Reform Act, current incumbent Robert Buckland QC MP has revealed.’
Law Society's Gazette, 14th June 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Greenpeace has launched legal action against the UK government over ministers’ failure to disclose information over the first deep sea mining exploration licences to be made public.’
The Independent, 13th June 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government is currently pursuing reform of judicial review remedies. Out of the many possibilities canvassed over the last year or so, two proposals in particular have emerged as likely contenders for legislative action: suspended quashing orders and prospective quashing orders. In this post, I examine these proposals, alongside the court’s existing powers in relation to issuing quashing orders, in order to discern what the real impact of any legislative intervention would be.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 7th June 2021
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Controversial immigration reforms that could see lawyers hit with wasted costs looks set to be the centre of a High Court showdown. High-profile firm Duncan Lewis announced yesterday that it has issued judicial review proceedings on behalf of five clients over the Home Office’s New Plan for Immigration consultation, which closed last month.’
Law Society's Gazette, 10th June 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘An employment tribunal has said that it was “deeply concerned” about Home Office contractors who deport people from the UK having used the racist term “cotton pickers” to describe their black colleagues, but threw out a claim of race and disability discrimination.’
The Guardian, 7th June 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The number of applications for judicial review fell 16% in 2020 to 2,800, data from National Statistics has revealed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th June 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Majority of the abuse is never reported, finds report, which also shows one in 20 boys are reportedly sexually abused before 16th birthday.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th June 2021
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government has lost a legal battle to prevent the release of documents about an “Orwellian” unit that is accused of obstructing the release of material requested by the public under the Freedom of Information Act.’
The Guardian, 8th June 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A minister privately expressed concerns that Aids was being transmitted by contaminated blood products while the government publicly insisted there was no “conclusive evidence”, newly uncovered documents from 1983 show.’
The Guardian, 7th June 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Office made repeated errors that caused a man who had lived in the UK for more than 50 years to be classified as an illegal immigrant and threatened with arrest, prison and forcible removal, the parliamentary ombudsman has found.’
The Guardian, 8th June 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Labour has urged the NHS and Matt Hancock to pause their plan to share medical records from GPs to allow time for greater consultation on how the idea would work, saying that maintaining patients’ trust must be paramount.’
The Guardian, 6th June 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Kent County Council is threatening the home secretary with legal action as it warns its services for unaccompanied child migrants are at breaking point for the second time in less than a year.’
The Independent, 6th June 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Home Office’s decision to house cross-channel migrants in a “squalid” barracks in Folkestone was unlawful, the High Court has ruled.’
BBC News, 3rd June 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A one-year-old baby and her mother have won a high court challenge granting her the right to access a healthy food and vitamins scheme from which she was previously barred. Thousands of babies and toddlers similarly denied access to the scheme will now be able to benefit from it.’
The Guardian, 3rd June 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Conservative government’s response to the IRAL report has raised plenty of alarm bells from UK constitutional scholars. The widespread observation that the government’s judicial review reform plans appear to go well beyond what the Independent Panel recommended points to a more fundamental problem: that the government seems to proceed from a very partial understanding (at best) of the UK “constitution”.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 1st June 2021
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘A report into the unsolved murder of a private investigator killed in south London will be released next month.’
BBC News, 28th May 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Nearly £30m has been offered in compensation to victims of the Windrush scandal, it has been confirmed, amid criticism over slow payments.’
BBC News, 27th May 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A government-led review into the collapse of rape prosecutions in England and Wales has failed to “meaningfully engage” with rape survivors, despite assurances from a minister that they had been consulted, according to groups representing victims.’
The Guardian, 27th May 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A 10-year-old girl has been refused EU settled status despite the fact that all of her immediate family members have been granted it.’
The Independent, 28th May 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘EU citizens have won the right to get full access to records about them held by the Home Office or any other body after a legal battle by campaigners. Three judges at the court of appeal unanimously overturned an earlier high court decision that their case had no legal merit and ruled the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) unlawfully denied them access to their data through an “immigration exemption” clause.’
The Guardian, 26th May 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
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