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Law Pod UK Episode 79: Causation in Inquests with Christopher Mellor
In Episode 79 Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Christopher Mellor about causation in inquests, and the findings of the Divisional Court in R (Chidlow) v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool and Fylde [2019]...
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The Round Up: Amnesty for Ireland and Another Anisminic
By a narrow 4-3 majority, the Supreme Court has ruled in R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal [2019] UKSC 22 that the extent of GCHQ’s powers to hack into internet services should...
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High Court considers Article 2 inquests in medical cases
R (Maguire) v HM’s Senior Coroner for Blackpool and Fylde [2019] EWHC 1232 (Admin) – Read Judgment A three-judge panel of the Divisional Court has re-affirmed that, in general, medical inquests do not...
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High Court considers causation in clinical negligence
Pomphrey v Secretary of State for Health and Anor [2019] 4 WLUK 483 –— decision not yet on Bailii but available on Lawtel. This case concerned an alleged failure to diagnose compression of nerve roots...
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Now, Alice through the Looking Glass
Biologists are fond of using the analogy of Alice and the Red Queen to explain why, in the real world of parasites and defence immune systems, you have to run to keep still. In this post I will be...
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Round Up 27.05.19 – Child asylum seekers gain greater protections,...
Theresa May resigns during a speech in Downing Street, May 24th 2019. Credit: The Guardian It would be virtually impossible for readers of this blog, unless they have recently returned from the...
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Law Pod UK Ep 80: HRLA discuss Northern Ireland, Human Rights and Brexit
The Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) recently hosted an event at UCL on the legal and human rights implications of Brexit on Northern Ireland, which we are delighted to be able to share with...
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Boris Johnson summoned to face criminal charges
District Judge Coleman, a judge sitting in the Westminster Magistrates Court, has issued a summons for Boris Johnson to appear in the Crown Court. He will face three charges alleging misconduct in a...
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Proselytising nurse’s dismissal upheld by the Court of Appeal
Kuteh v Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust [2019] EWCA Civ 818 The Court of Appeal unanimously ruled that a nurse’s dismissal for improper proselytising was not unfair and that the hospital trust’s...
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Withdrawal of life support: minimally conscious patients
A Clinical Commissioning Group v P (by her litigation friend the Official Solicitor) and TD [2019] EWCOP 18 The lesson to be learned from this case is to be careful of the hands into which you may...
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Secret Surveillance and a ‘Canadian Genocide’: the Round Up
Conor Monighan brings us the latest updates in human rights law Credit: The Guardian In the News: The High Court has granted a without-notice injunction which bans protesters from gathering outside a...
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LGBT relationships and the school curriculum: a human rights analysis
Image: The Guardian What is the scope of a school’s duty to accommodate the religion of a parent whose children attend its schools? From September 2020, it will become mandatory for “relationship...
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Enforceable ethics in the age of gene enhancement
The entanglement of law and ethics is always perilous when it involves the threat of prohibition. When Shenzhen scientists announced two years ago that they had edited the genes of twin human babies...
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The Reith Lectures: Human Rights v Democracy
Or “Human Rights and Wrongs”, as Jonathan Sumption’s third lecture is called, in his series on Law’s Expanding Empire, delivered in Edinburgh and broadcast on Radio 4 and BBC World Service. Human...
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Supreme Court gives new guidance on liability of local authorities
Poole Borough Council v GN and another [2019] UKSC 25 The Supreme Court has found that Poole Borough Council did not owe a duty of care to two children, CN and GN, who it failed to re-house, despite...
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Round Up 10/6/19: New guidance on the liability of local authorities and...
Dennis Hutchings outside the Supreme Court. Credit: The Guardian. In a week where the Prime Minister’s departure seemed to make barely a ripple, sifting out the key developments could be considered...
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Supreme Court: capping benefits does not breach human rights of children
R (DA & Ors) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; R (DS & Ors) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2019] UKSC 21 The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge by lone parents with...
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“No revolution” says the Supreme Court as it rules on defamation
Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd and another [2019] UKSC 27 The Supreme Court has unanimously held that the Defamation Act 2013 altered the common law presumption of general damage in defamation. It is...
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A Landmark Defamation Case and Child Spies: The Round Up
Conor Monighan brings us the latest updates in human rights law Credit: The Guardian In the News: The High Court has heard how MI5, which is responsible for domestic spying operations, may have...
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Law Pod UK Ep. 84: Widening access at the Bar
In Episode 84, Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Jo Moore, Head of Outreach at 1 Crown Office Row, and Laura Bruce, Head of Programmes and Partnerships at the Sutton Trust. They discuss improving equality...
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