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The Weekly Round-up: Human trafficking, climate protest and algorithmic...
In the news: In a landmark decision handed down on Tuesday, the High Court ruled that discretionary leave to remain should be granted to recognised modern slavery victims seeking asylum based on the...
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Court of Justice of the EU allows prohibition of religious symbols in the...
The Court of Justice of the European Union. Image: Flickr The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) sparked controversy with its recent judgment passed down in IX v Wabe eV and MH Müller...
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High Court: Differential standards on abortion time-limits do not breach the...
In Crowter & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Health And Social Care [2021] EWHC 2536 (Admin), the High Court considered the lawfulness of the provision in the Abortion Act...
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Supreme Court considers asylum claim decided under quashed fast track rules
In 2015, the Court of Appeal found that the fast-track procedure rules for appeals against the refusal of some types of asylum claim (the FTR) was “structurally unfair, unjust and ultra vires” (R...
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The Court of Protection and Criminal Law
Re C [2021] EWCA Civ 1527 This is an appeal from Hayden J’s judgment in Re C [2021] EWCOP 25. The appeal was allowed on the basis that care workers making arrangements to secure the services of a sex...
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Regulating the Professionals: a Shakeup in Healthcare
In the latest Episode of Law Pod UK Rosalind English talks to Robert Kellar QC of 1 Crown Office row about the proposed reforms to the regulation of doctors, nurses, opticians, chiropractors and a...
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Rehabilitation and retribution: In re JR123’s application
What happens when someone is convicted of a criminal offence and is given a custodial sentence? Sometimes, the individual will serve at least part of their sentence in prison and the remainder on...
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Law Pod UK latest: Henrietta Lacks
A “HeLa” cell is, or was, the name of a cell from a line of fast producing cancer cells that was taken from the tumour of a patient who died of cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1951. These...
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Court of Appeal upholds Universal Credit childcare rules
Image: Flickr Salvato v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2021] EWCA Civ 1482 — read judgment The Court of Appeal has allowed the Secretary of State’s appeal against a ruling that the system...
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Relocating hen harrier chicks to spare grouse for the gun
On the one hand, there are raptors. On the other there are game birds. The former are highly protected under statute. The latter bring in serious revenues to rural businesses for shoots. Hen Harriers...
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“Autonomy does not evaporate with loss of capacity”: Court of Protection
This was one of those deeply troubling cases where there was disagreement amongst the family members over whether their incapacitated brother/father should continue with clinically assisted nutrition...
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Detention of a minor for his own protection – round two
The Court of Appeal has recently upheld the High Court decision that Section 38 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (“PACE”) is not incompatible with Article 5 of the European Convention on...
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Capacity to engage in sexual relations: the relevance of the partner’s consent
A Local Authority (Respondent) v JB (by his Litigation Friend, the Official Solicitor) (Appellant) – UKSC 2020/0133 Court of Appeal (Civil Division) The Supreme Court has upheld the Court of Appeal’s...
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Mandatory vaccination for care home workers not unlawful nor in breach of ECHR
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...
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Grace period in a time of Covid
In R (Babbage) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 2995 (Admin), the Claimant applied for judicial review, claiming that his immigration detention from 27 February 2020 to 29...
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Unorthodox Covid Views and Medical Regulation – Richard Smith
White v General Medical Council [2021] EWHC 3286 (Admin) (03 December 2021) A case in which the High Court reminds the regulator of requirements for imposing curbs on free speech. Dr Samuel White is a...
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Join 1 Crown Office Row for an evening discussing Pupillage Application Tips...
For all the aspiring barristers interested in Clinical Negligence, Public Law, Professional Discipline, Inquests, Public Inquiries, Environment, Tax and more, 1 Crown Office Row are holding an online...
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USA successfully appeals Assange case
In Government of the United States v Julian Assange [2021] EWHC 3313 (Admin), the High Court allowed the appeal of the United States of America against the ruling of Westminster Magistrates’ Court,...
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Secret Justice Review: The Special Advocates respond to the Government’s...
The Special Advocates have responded to the Government’s submission to the statutory Review of closed proceedings being conducted by Sir Duncan Ouseley — but HMG’s submission remains unpublished. The...
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Tackling climate change: human rights campaigners or shareholders? Law Pod UK...
In this week’s episode of Law Pod UK Rosalind English reports from the UK Bar Council’s 19th Annual Law Reform Lecture, exploring the role of law reform in the context of climate change. You will hear...
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