‘The Metropolitan Police is facing legal action if it fails to investigate reports of the Downing Street Christmas party in 2020, according to campaigners.’
The Independent, 19th January 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Home Office’s process for age assessing young asylum seekers when they arrive in the UK has been ruled unlawful by the High Court.’
The Independent, 19th January 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Women’s rights activists are at the high court to argue that the police’s decision to ban a vigil for Sarah Everard in London was a breach of their human rights.’
The Guardian, 19th January 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Prince Harry is seeking a judicial review against a refusal of the Home Office to allow him to personally pay for police protection when in the UK.’
BBC News, 16th January 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The High Court has dismissed a judicial review brought against the lord chancellor over immigration detainees’ access to justice.’
Law Society's Gazette, 13th January 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The decision not to prosecute a teenager accused of pushing a 13-year-old boy into a river was legally flawed and unreasonable or irrational, a court has heard.’
The Guardian, 13th January 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Ashchurch Rural Parish Council has lost a judicial review challenge it brought over construction of a bridge to access large planned housing developments.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th January 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The government’s use of a “VIP lane” to award contracts for personal protective equipment (PPE) to two companies was unlawful, the High Court has ruled.’
BBC News, 12th January 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK government is facing legal action over its decision to keep using a Malaysian company accused of using forced labour as a supplier of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the NHS.’
The Guardian, 6th January 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Office will undergo a high court battle over a HIV patient who was denied life-saving treatment while being held in an immigration detention centre for over two weeks, The Independent can reveal.’
The Independent, 1st January 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Public law specialists have begun legal proceedings against the Information Commissioner’s Office over publication of Whitehall submissions on judicial review that have influenced controversial reforms.’
Law Society's Gazette, 20th December 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘In the same week that Dominic Raab unveiled his proposals for a new Bill of Rights, Parliament’s intent when it enacted the existing human rights framework has also been the subject of scrutiny by the Supreme Court. In the matter of an application by Margaret McQuillan for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) (Nos 1, 2 and 3) [2021] UKSC 55, the Court has provided guidance on three key matters: the extent to which the investigative duty under articles 2/3 of the European Convention of Human Rights is engaged in pre-commencement deaths (the ‘Temporal Scope Issue’); when new evidence revives the investigative obligation (the ‘Brecknell Issue’); and how courts assess the independence of investigations (the ‘Independence Issue’).’
UK Police Law Blog, 20th December 2021
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘The Home Office is facing legal action over its treatment of millions of EU nationals in the UK.’
The Independent, 14th December 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A legal challenge to the Government’s mandatory quarantine hotel policy is to be taken to the Court of Appeal.’
BBC News, 9th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court ruling which found a council did not infringe upon the protections against modern slavery afforded the appellant (H) under Article 4 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR).’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th December 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Reported move triggers backlash from lawyers, with one senior QC quoted as saying the prime minister is seeking a “more compliant judiciary”‘.
The Independent, 6th December 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A Covid-vulnerable family has sent a pre-action protocol letter to a council that it says unlawfully told a headteacher to stop allowing their children to stay home during rises in case numbers.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th November 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing a court case which alleges a human rights breach that could see the Government ordered to pay £1,560 each to over two million benefits claimants.’
Each Other, 29th November 2021
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘Peters & Anor, R (On the application of) the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care & Anor [2021] EWHC 3182 (Admin), 2 November 2021. This was a renewed application by the claimants for permission to proceed with a judicial review challenge to the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021, which requires a registered person who runs a regulated activity in a care home to ensure that any person entering the premises has been vaccinated, unless for clinical reasons that person is exempt.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th November 2021
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Priti Patel is facing three legal challenges over her controversial plans to push back refugees on small boats in the Channel who are trying to reach the UK.’
The Guardian, 25th November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
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