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The Weekly Round-up: industrial action laws, prioritising menopause, and...
In the news On Monday 25 July, the Court of Appeal refused permission to appeal against a decision to end 12-year old Archie Battersbee’s life support treatment. The decision was stayed for 48 hours –...
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The Weekly Round-up: proposed reforms to judicial review, Truss’s promise to...
A leaked report from the Ministry of Justice has suggested that Dominic Raab is considering reforms to judicial review that would effectively limit ministers’ accountability. This comes in the context...
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The Weekly-Round up: Scottish referendums, cohabitation rights, and...
In the news The UK government has submitted its argument in the case which may settle whether Members of Scottish Parliament could legislate for a vote on Scottish independence without Westminster’s...
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Round-up 2: Rwanda documents disclosable, new UKSC justices, and Afghan...
Source of photo: https://www.supremecourt.uk/ In the news A former Afghan judge, who is fleeing from the Taliban with her son, has appealed against the Home Office rejected her application to enter...
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Local authority age assessments considered in R (HAM) v Brent LBC
This decision, handed down by Swift J in the High Court, concerns the requirements for fairness in local authority age assessments for asylum seekers and the correct approach to be adopted. Facts The...
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The Weekly Round-up: indefinite CBA strikes, Truss considers Article 16, and...
Source of image: http://www.fleetpoint.org/law-and-legislation/brexit/logistics-uk-make-the-northern-ireland-protocol-a-priority/ In the news: Members of the Criminal Bar Association have voted in...
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Supreme Court Confirms Correct Approach to Deportation Cases
In Secretary of State for the Home Department v HA (Iraq) [2022] UKSC 22, the Supreme Court has confirmed that the Court of Appeal was right to reject the idea that, when assessing whether it would be...
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The Weekly Round-up: Truss to review workers’ rights; drive for recruitment...
In the news Liz Truss has been confirmed as the new prime minister. She is expected to freeze energy bills at approximately £2,500 a year and to provide a £400 universal handout. She has reportedly...
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The Weekly Round-up: Bill of Rights halted, Rwanda defence revealed, and...
Source of image: https://news.sky.com/story/rwanda-an-authoritarian-state-that-tortures-and-murders-opponents-high-court-told-as-challenge-begins-against-asylum-policy-12690666 In the news One of the...
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Property Rights, Crypto Tokens and Digital Assets: 8 Predictions
In recent years, digital assets including cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have commanded considerable media attention. Speaking extra-judicially in the foreward to the UKJT Statement...
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Drelon v France: Collection and retention of personal data concerning...
On 8 September 2022, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) handed down its decision in Drelon v France (application nos. 3153/16 and 27758/18).[1] The Court unanimously found a violation of...
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The Weekly Round-up: Elizabeth II’s state funeral, section 28 roll-out, and...
In the news On Thursday 8 September, Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, died peacefully at Balmoral aged 96. She is succeeded by her son, King Charles III. He described the death of...
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Law Pod UK new episode – and new presenters!
This year Law Pod UK celebrates its fifth birthday. In 2017 we were amongst the very first to roll out a specialised series of podcasts about the law in the United Kingdom. And after a brief hiatus...
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The Weekly Round-up: Arbitration discrimination, sanctions against Iran, and...
Source of photo: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-56195799 In the news The Law Commission has proposed to ban discrimination in the appointment of arbitrators. At present, women are still...
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The Weekly Round-up: Contempt of Parliament, ECHR no defence for criminal...
The privileges committee. Source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-is-the-privileges-committee-meet-the-mps-who-will-decide-boris-johnsons-fate-6fkgvqp68 In the news The House of Commons...
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Court of Appeal concludes in AG referral of jury acquittal of Colston 4 that...
AG’s Reference arising from a prosecution arising in the Crown Court at Bristol 28 September 2022 Four defendants were acquitted by a jury in Bristol Crown Court following their trial for allegations...
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“Government control over the flow of information: Lord Sumption speaks out...
With the conclusion of the inquest into the death of the teenager Molly Russell, attention has turned again to the Online Safety Bill, currently making its way through the House of Commons. The bill’s...
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The Weekly Round-up: Legal advice sanctions, cannabis under consideration,...
Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-makes-14-additions-russia-sanctions-list-2022-03-31/ In the news Law firms in the UK will be banned from providing ‘transactional legal advisory services’...
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Law Pod UK latest episode: Justice from the chaos of conflict
Aonghus Kelly is the director of Irish Rule of Law International. In our latest episode Aonghus joined Jim Duffy just before he flew to Kyiv last week – before the shelling began – to talk about his...
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The Weekly Round-up: strike action, modern slavery, and electronic tagging
Source: AP In the news The Home Office has reclassified modern slavery as an “illegal immigration and asylum issue”. While it used to appear on the official list of ministerial responsibilities for...
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