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The Chinese State attacks the Bar: A Call to Arms – Lord Sandhurst QC
On 26 March, the Government of the People’s Republic of China announced sanctions against a number of British individuals and entities. Most publicity has been attracted by the inclusion of well-known...
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“One more thing”: Apple and Swatch at each other’s throats
Swatch AG v Apple Inc [2021] EWHC 719 (Ch) This case has a history: the long running trade mark dispute between Swatch and Apple about the marks ‘I-WATCH’ and ‘I-SWATCH’. I will go back to that in a...
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The Weekly Round-Up: New Police Powers and Domestic Abuse in the Family Courts
In the news On Friday, former Home Secretary Lord Blunkett raised his issues with the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, an enormous piece of legislation that reforms much existing legislation...
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Application for fresh inquest refused
Farrell v HMC for North East Hampshire [2021] EWHC 778 (Admin) Applying for a fresh inquest is not straightforward. First, the bereaved have to get permission from the Attorney General. Only once that...
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What is the true value of a companion animal?
Pendragon v Coom [2021] EW Misc 4 CC (22 March 2021) As we all know, the acquisition of puppies during lockdown has gone through the roof with the inevitable sad consequences of remorse followed by...
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Law Pod UK new episode: Courts tussle with Uber, Ola and the Gig Economy
Uber representatives celebrate after Supreme Court victory in February In Episode 139 of Law Pod UK Alasdair Henderson of 1 Crown Office Row joins Rosalind English to discuss the recent ruling by the...
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The Weekly Round-Up: Amnesty unimpressed and government care home guidance...
In the news: On Wednesday, Amnesty International released its 2020/21 report on the state of the world’s human rights. Amnesty’s UK director, Kate Allen, also called for an inquiry into the...
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Law Pod New Episode: Harriet Wistrich on Criminal Justice for Women
Following International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, Emma-Louise Fenelon spoke to Harriet Wistrich, founder of the Centre for Women’s Justice about the many ways in which the UK criminal...
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Mandatory vaccinations for care home workers – a slippery slope?
Or, as Andrew Neil put it on the Spectator TV News Channel this week, “A Dripping Roast For Lawyers”. To be fair, Neil was referring to the patchwork of mandatory vaccines across the United States....
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Latest Law Pod UK episode: 100 days since UK’s withdrawal from the EU – a review
In her latest episode of 2903cb, Professor Catherine Barnard looks back on the past 100+ days since the UK withdrew from the EU. The dire forecasts of chaos at our borders have not been realised, and...
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The Weekly Round-Up: are immigrants and asylum seekers getting their day in...
In the news: The rights of immigrants and asylum seekers have been at the forefront of the news this week, with the Home Secretary coming under fire both in the courts and in the political arena. On...
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Testing the boundaries of causation in mesothelioma deaths
Asbestos fibres viewed under an electron microscope. Image: Flickr Wandsworth BC v HMC for Inner West London [2021] EWHC 801 (Admin) — read judgment Mesothelioma deaths arising from asbestos regularly...
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Home Office Windrush decision was irrational, holds High Court
The Empire Windrush arrives at the Port of Tilbury on the River Thames on 22 June 1948. Image: The Guardian R (On the Application of Hubert Howard (deceased, substituted by Maresha Howard Rose...
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The Weekly Round-up: Home Office deaths and Post Office “thefts”
Home Secretary Priti Patel In the News: The Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) has found that Priti Patel breached her procedural obligations under Article 2 of the ECHR in respect of...
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The missing Rule 35 mechanism for immigration detention in prison
The Court of Appeal in MR (Pakistan) and Another v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 541 recently dealt with appeals regarding the absence of a process to assess the...
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Vaccine hesitancy and the Court of Protection: who decides?
Informed consent to medical treatment is at the heart of the vaccine debate. Consent is also at the centre of most of the cases that come before the Court of Protection. So now we have a very specific...
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German judge investigated by police after ruling compulsory mask-wearing in...
On 8 April 2021, the Weimar District Family Court ruled in Amtsgericht Weimar, Beschluss vom 08.04.2021, Az.: 9 F 148/21) that two Weimar schools were prohibited with immediate effect from requiring...
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Immigration removal and an Article 2 inquest
R (Lawal) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (2021), Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), Unreported, JR/626/2020 (V) — read judgment The death of an immigration detainee, as...
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The Weekly Round-Up: #KillTheBill, FPN reviews, and rights under threat in India
In the news: People aged 42 and over are now able to book their Covid-19 vaccines, joining the more than 33.8 million people in the UK who have received their first dose. The news comes as the Joint...
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Law Pod UK new episode: Henry VIII Powers undermining parliamentary supremacy
Episode 143 features Isabel McArdle and Sarabjit Singh QC of 1 Crown Office Row. Isabel practises in indirect tax, healthcare law, personal injury and public law. Sarabjit (“Sab”) specialises in tax,...
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