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The Weekly Round-up: Online Safety Bill, access to abortion and religious...
In the news The Online Safety Bill returned to parliament on 5 December after a five-month delay. The bill had been postponed until after the summer recess in July in light of the confidence vote...
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Protest and proportionality in the Supreme Court: The Safe Access Zones Bill...
A pro-choice rally in Belfast in 2021. Photograph: David Young/PA Introduction Abortion in Northern Ireland has had a fraught and frequently distressing history. Until 2019 when the UK Parliament...
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Divisional Court upholds Government’s Rwanda policy – an extended look
Image: The Guardian R ((AAA) Syria and Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 3230 (Admin) On 14th April of this year, the then-Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced a new...
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The Weekly Round-up: The Rwanda ruling, NHS strikes, asylum seeker...
Source: Matthew Troke / Shutterstock.com In the news: The Divisional Court has dismissed the claim for judicial review challenging decisions made by the Home Secretary that asylum claims made in the...
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Law Pod UK latest episode: An Essential Inquest Law Update
In Episode 175, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Rory Badenoch and Rajkiran Barhey about recent developments in inquest law. This episode touches on the following important cases: Morahan v HMC for West...
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Law Pod UK latest episode: The most significant cases of 2022
In our final episode of the year, Rosalind English, Lucy McCann and Jonathan Metzer discuss some of the most important judgments that have been handed down in the last twelve months. The recording of...
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The Weekly Round-up: PPE Medpro, the Gender Recognition Bill, and contempt...
Source of image: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/mar/27/government-paid-firm-linked-to-tory-peer-122m-for-ppe-bought-for-46m In the news The Government has launched legal action to recover...
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Cases of the Year: 2022
The year passed was, unsurprisingly, another year of tumult and surprise, something that by now registers as the norm rather than an aberration. Even so, 2022 must be a standout year – even by recent...
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Law Pod UK latest: Expert Evidence
In Episode 177 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Margaret Bowron KC about how to avoid disastrous expert evidence. This episode is an update to the popular 2019 episode with Neil Sheldon KC, available...
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Weekly Round-up: Russian cease fire, ‘minimum service levels’ legislation,...
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images In the news: President Putin has ordered his troops in Ukraine to cease fire for 36 hours over Orthodox Christmas and has urged Ukrainian forces to do the same....
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The Weekly Round-up: Anti-strike laws, war crimes, and gender recognition...
Source: https://www.workersliberty.org/blogs/2022-05-23/tories-threaten-new-anti-strike-laws In the news Grant Shapps, the Business Secretary, has set out the anti-strike laws that are planned to...
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Good enough for jazz: how well does the government need to understand its...
In R (Friends of the Earth Ltd) v Secretary of State for International Trade/UK Export Finance (UKEF) [2023] EWCA Civ 14, the Court of Appeal considered the implications of the Paris Agreement on...
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The Weekly Round-up: Nadhim Zahawi, Windrush reforms, and accommodation for...
In the news Nadhim Zahawi has been sacked from the Cabinet after making what he calls a “careless and not deliberate” mistake with his taxes. He reportedly paid a 30% penalty fee on top of the money...
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Law Pod UK latest episode: How to get Pupillage
In Episode 178 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Shahram Sharghy and Jo Moore about how to become a barrister. The episode considers the kind of research that is essential to do in advance, navigating the...
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Strikes, private nuisance, protest Bill: The Weekly Round up
In the news The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill has been voted through the House of Commons amidst historic industrial action across the UK. Workers in health, education, transport and the civil...
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Schrödinger’s Defendants: Inquests, Unlawful Killing and Criminal Acquittals
Three recent cases indicate a substantial change in law and practice, with inquests now seemingly free to make a determination of unlawful killing notwithstanding the acquittal of a defendant at a...
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Open justice, Northern Ireland Protocol and protest rights: The Weekly Round Up
In the news The Public Order Bill has concluded its Report Stage in the House of Lords and is now due to return to the House of Commons. The Peers voted down several government proposed amendments...
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The Weekly Round-up: Earthquake aftermath, crimes against humanity, and Ukraine
Copyright: 2023 Anadolu Agency In the news The United States has formally determined that Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on...
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Raw sewage in the Court of Appeal
The pumping of raw, untreated sewage into Britain’s waterways is one of the defining political issues of the day. Its potency as a legal issue, however, is limited. That, at least, is the outcome of R...
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Supreme Court finally weighs in on the Tate’s viewing platform
In a headline-grabbing decision, the Supreme Court has decided that an observation platform at the Tate Modern Art Gallery (“the Tate”), which overlooks a number of nearby luxury apartments, gives...
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