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Law Pod UK latest episode: Safe as Houses: Depriving children of their liberty
Restricting the liberty of a child is a serious step only to be taken in the most difficult of circumstances. Children may require secure accommodation by the Local Authority in a variety of...
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The Weekly Round-up: Shamima Begum, UN resolution against Russia, and new law...
Copyright: BBC/Joshua Baker In the news The UN General Assembly backed a resolution condemning Russia’s actions and calling for an end to the war on Thursday, the eve of the anniversary of the...
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Surrogacy, IVF and equality: JR176(2)’s application for judicial review
Introduction Two men are in a relationship and want to have a child. They approach a female friend who is happy to be their surrogate. She has previously had a voluntary sterilisation procedure, so...
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Law Pod UK latest episode: The Environmental Minimum with Dr Stefan Theil
In episode 180 of Law Pod UK, Lucy McCann speaks to Dr Stefan Theil, the John Thornley Fellow and Director of Studies in Law at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, about what role the law...
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The Weekly Round-up: Stopping Small Boats, Child Marriages, and the question...
In the news Rishi Sunak’s pledge to “stop the boats” crossing the Channel will see a Bill brought before Parliament this week aimed at stripping those who arrive in the UK via small boats of their...
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The Weekly Round-up: The Illegal Migration Bill, Sanctions against...
Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images/The Guardian In the news The Illegal Migration Bill has been presented in parliament and published. The bill has sparked extensive legal discussion over...
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Is Sharing Caring? Disclosures from the Family Courts to Professional Regulators
The Guardian newspaper reported the decision in Re X (Disclosure to Social Work England: Findings of Domestic Abuse) [2023] EWHC 447 (Fam) with the headline, “social worker who abused ex-partner loses...
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The Weekly Round-up: Putin’s arrest warrant, “Increasingly authoritarian” UK,...
Source: https://news.sky.com/video/putin-arrest-warrant-what-it-means-and-what-could-happen-next-12836693 In the news The ICC has issued an arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin for the war crime of...
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2023: Year of the Nuisance?
Introduction Photograph: Jeff Morgan 16/Alamy; the Guardian 2023 has already been a landmark year for nuisance, with the Supreme Court handing down its controversial decision in Fearn v Tate Gallery...
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Law Pod UK new episode: Unlawful Killing in Inquests: All Change?
In Episode 182 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Matthew Hill of 1, Crown Office Row about three recent decisions concerning unlawful killing. This episode refers to the following cases: R (Maughan) v...
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Law Pod UK: The Bill of Rights Bill is Back
In Episode 181 Jim Duffy discuss small boats and some big, constitutional changes on the horizon, with Prof Jim Murdoch, Shameem Ahmad and Angus McCullough KC After being placed briefly on ice, the...
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The Weekly Round-up: Misleading Parliament, unrest in France, and the Met review
source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/23/workers-block-paris-airport-terminal-pension-protests-continue-france In the news On Wednesday, Boris Johnson gave oral evidence to the Privileges...
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Dartmoor and the Right to Wild Camp: Whigs and Hunters for the 21st Century?
Wild Camping on Dartmoor Photo: John Ryan/Alamy originally published in the Guardian 13 January 2023. “The principal issue in this case is whether section 10(1) of the Dartmoor Commons Act 1985 (“the...
View ArticleThe Illegal Migration Bill and the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol: The...
Anurag Deb and Colin Murray This is not a post about the conflict between the provisions of the Illegal Migration Bill and the European Convention on Human Rights (an issue which has already attracted...
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Weekly Round-Up: Worldwide Protests, Climate Litigation and Human Rights in...
In the news The Illegal Migration Bill has drawn a wide range of criticism this week, including from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Council of Europe and the Weiner Holocaust...
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Weekly Round-Up: defining “sex”, facial recognition, and Windrush...
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65214494 IN THE NEWS Controversial facial recognition technology that was ruled unlawful by the Court of Appeal for breach of privacy and equality rights in...
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Weekly Round-Up: NHS strikes, Sudan in crisis, and US intelligence leaks
Source: https://news.sky.com/story/nhs-strikes-all-options-on-table-for-unprecedented-coordinated-junior-doctors-and-nurses-strikes-12857553 In the news The NHS faced further strike action this week,...
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Weekly round-up: Dominic Raab resignation, Fox news settlement, love-bombing.
Dominic Raab has resigned as deputy prime minister after a bullying inquiry vindicated a number of civil servants’ claims about his behaviour as a minister in the cabinets of Boris Johnson and Theresa...
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The Michael Schumacher “Interview”
It has been widely reported that the German magazine Die Aktuelle recently ran a front cover with a picture of a smiling Schumacher and the headline promising ‘Michael Schumacher, the first...
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Law Pod UK new episode: Multi-defendant cases: the more the merrier?
In Episode 183 Lucy McCann speaks to Cara Guthrie and Matthew Flinn of 1 Crown Office Row about multi-defendant litigation in the field of clinical negligence. The discussion covers, who to sue, the...
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