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ALBA Summer Conference 2018: A Review (Part 2)
Conor Monighan reviews the Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA) Summer Conference 2018 ‘The relevance of unincorporated international law’. Speakers: John Larkin QC (Attorney General for Northern...
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The Round up: statelessness, Romanian prisons, parental vaccine dispute and UN
This week, two Scottish children are playing a key role in the development of the UN Day of General Discussion (Friday, Sept 28). They are the only children from the UK represented, working alongside...
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ALBA Summer Conference 2018: A Review (Part 3)
Conor Monighan reviews the Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA) Summer Conference 2018 Brexit update – Chair: Mr Justice Lewis; Speakers: Professor Alison Young (Sir David Williams Professor of...
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Who is reading your email…?
BIG BROTHER WATCH AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM In an exhaustive and detailed judgment coming to over 200 pages, the ECtHR held that both the bulk electronic communications interception regime...
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Court of Appeal quashes finding that doctor was dishonest — Sapan Maini-Thompson
Raychaudhuri v General Medical Council [2018] EWCA Civ 2027 On 14th September 2018 the Court of Appeal allowed an appeal by a doctor against a finding that his fitness to practice was impaired by...
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Human trafficking: is our system for combating it fit for purpose?
Human trafficking or modern slavery is one of the most appalling forms of criminal activity today. It’s also one of the most widespread and fastest-growing. The International Labour Organisation...
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The Round-Up: Child Spies, Equal Opportunity for Fertility Treatment, and...
The European Court of Justice. Image Credit: The Guardian The courts open again for Michaelmas term today, but in the meantime the round-up has the latest on a fresh set of challenges to government and...
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New podcasts
With the start of the legal term, we’ve posted three great podcasts on Law Pod UK. Episode 42 looks at the influence of international law on individual rights after Brexit. In Episode 43 Clare...
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Coroner not required to investigate identities of Birmingham bombers
Emergency service personnel in the aftermath of the Birmingham bombings, November 1974 (Credit, The Guardian). Coroner for the Birmingham Inquests v Hambleton & Ors [2018] EWCA Civ 2081 (26...
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Drug wars about macular degeneration
Bayer Plc v NHS Darlington Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) and others [2018] EWHC 2465 (Admin) – read judgment This judicial review concerned whether it was lawful for NHS clinical commissioning...
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Rejection of unaccompanied asylum seeking children unlawful for lack of...
Help Refugees Ltd, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Secretary [2018] EWCA Civ 2098 – read judgment This was an appeal by Help Refugees Ltd against the refusal of its...
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Round Up- Civil Partnerships for all and the Unlawfulness of Hardial Singh.
Conor Monighan brings us the latest updates in human rights law Credit: The Guardian In the News: The Government has announced that civil partnerships will be available to all couples, not just those...
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We need a new, enforceable international climate change agreement — Dr Linda...
Today it was announced that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has published a special report on the impact of climate change which warns that the world is wildly off track from the...
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No compensation for Google data breaches
Lloyd v Google LLC [2018] EWHC 2599 (QB) 8 October 2018 – read judgment This is a novel form of action, but everything was new once (Warby J para 100) Already today we are becoming tiny chips inside...
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Supreme Court rules that hospital receptionist owes a duty of care to a...
The Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the appeal of Michael Darnley in Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2018] UKSC 50, holding that a hospital receptionist owed a duty of care to a...
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Climate change human rights claim wins in the Dutch courts
State of Netherlands v. Urgenda Foundation, The Hague Court of Appeal, 9 October 2018, read judgment here The Hague Court of Appeal has just upheld a decision by the District Court that the Dutch...
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The Weekly Round up: cakes, emergency services and legal advice all in the...
Baking takes up supreme court time on both sides of the Atlantic, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees makes an appearance in the Court of Appeal, Unexplained Wealth Orders make an...
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Conscience and cake: the final chapter
The cake at the centre of the controversy — Image: The Guardian Lee v. Ashers Baking Company Ltd – read judgment here. On Wednesday the Supreme Court handed down its much-anticipated judgment in the...
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Three new podcasts: NHS, Brexit and Brexit
The Supreme Court’s judgment on the liability of hospitals for the actions and misstatements of their non-medical staff is an important line in the sand for the NHS. Owain Thomas QC discusses the...
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Interview with Philip Havers QC
After 12 years as Head of Chambers at One Crown Office Row, during which Chambers grew steadily and the number of silks almost doubled, Philip Havers QC this month handed over the reins to his...
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