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Supreme Court endorses judicial review over other remedies – in some cases
McKleenon, re Application for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) 2024 UKSC 31 Following our recent Law Pod UK episode on judicial review, this case contains some useful guidelines to the differences...
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The Weekly Round-Up: UNRWA banned & safe access zones come into force
In UK News Last Thursday, legislation providing for safe access zones around abortion clinics came intoforce. Within these safe access zones, it is now a criminal offence to intentionally...
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No, legislating to allow euthanasia would not breach the European Convention...
Anurag Deb and Lewis Graham Introduction There are many well-tuned arguments both for and against the liberalisation of the UK’s strict euthanasia laws, some more helpful than others. This piece is...
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Police not liable for failing to protect someone from injury: Supreme Court
Tindall and another (Appellants) v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police (Respondent) [2024] UKSC 33, on appeal from [2022] EWCA Civ 25 Justices: Lord Hodge, Lord Briggs, Lord Leggatt, Lord Burrows...
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The Supreme Court prioritises substance over form in protecting the welfare...
In CAO (Respondent) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) (Northern Ireland) [2024] UKSC 32, the Supreme Court considered an appeal from the Home Secretary against a decision of the...
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The Weekly Round-up: Assisted dying bill, automated immigration decisions,...
In UK news This week the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was published, with the second reading vote scheduled for 29 November 2024. The bill would allow terminally ill adults, who have...
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Rejoinder to Deb and Graham: Yes, the ECHR prohibits States from euthanising...
Deb and Graham characterise my argument as follows: “the right to life under Article 2 is absolute and allows no exception; there is a negative obligation upon the UK not to take life; any euthanasia...
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Cheshire West revisited: deprivation of liberty and children
Introduction Ten years on from Cheshire West [2014] UKSC 19 (covered on this blog at the time), the seminal decision on deprivation of liberty by the Supreme Court, the Family Court faces an...
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Father allowed to proceed with embryo surrogate treatment after death of...
EF v Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority [2024] EWHC 3004 (Fam) This was an application by a father for a declaration that it should be lawful for him to use an embryo created using his sperm...
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Law Pod UK Latest: A Beginner’s Guide to Extradition
Benjamin Seifert of 1 Crown Office Row joins Lucy McCann to introduce our listeners to extradition law. Listen to Episode 207 to find out about the statutory framework that governs extradition, the...
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The Weekly Round-Up: ICC Arrest Warrants, Landmines in Ukraine, & Defining...
In the News US President Joe Biden agreed last week to provide Ukraine with anti-personnel land mines as part of their 70th military aid package to Ukraine. The decision represents a significant...
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Law Pod UK Ep.208. Vicarious Liability: Where Are We Now?
Following the recent allegations of abuse surrounding former owner of Harrods, Mohamed Al-Fayed, vicarious liability has been in the news once again. In Episode 208, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to...
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No Recourse to Public Funds and Article 3: Proving Systems Duty Breaches
Background In SAG & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 2984 (Admin), the High Court considered challenges to the Secretary of State’s determination of applications to...
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The Weekly Round-up: Assisted dying bill advances, ICJ looks at climate...
In UK news The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill passed its second reading debate on 29 November 2024. The current draft of the bill is available here. The dates for the Committee Stage have...
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Have you renewed your MOT? RTA claims and “ex turpi causa”
Ali v HSF Logistics Polska SP ZOO [2024] EWCA 1479 This was a very simple case that illustrates in a nutshell the courts’ approach to the principle of “ex turpi causa”: the notion that prevents a...
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Law Pod UK Ep.209. Gender critical belief: A legal debrief
In Episode 209, Jim Duffy is joined by fellow 1COR barristers Alasdair Henderson and Paula Kelly to examine recent judicial attempts to grapple with questions of gender in the workplace. How do the UK...
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Misuse of private information: Google and DeepMind Technologies
Prismall v Google UK Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 1516 This was not a class action but a representative action, pursuant to what is now Civil Procedure Rule (CPR) 19.8, for the tort of misuse of private...
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The Weekly Round-Up: Puberty Blockers Banned Indefinitely, Assad Regime...
In UK News Health Secretary Wes Streeting revealed last week that the Government has placed an indefinite ban on the use of puberty blockers for trans youth, following advice from the Commission on...
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Law Pod UK: The most significant cases of 2024
Join Rosalind English in Episode 211 as she discusses with Lucy McCann and Jonathan Metzer of 1 Crown Office Row the cases that have been decided at all levels in the courts in 2024 that have had, or...
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Young persons’ consent for cross-sex hormone treatment
O v P and Q [2024] EWCA Civ 1577 (Jeremy Hyam KC and Alasdair Henderson of 1 Crown Office Row represented the mother in this case) This was an appeal from a decision in the Divisional Court by Judd J...
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