Morrisons’ data breach win
Ruling will be a relief to companies, but that relief may be misplaced.
Legal realities of an ‘extension’ to the football season
by Sport Resolutions’ panel member John Mehrzad QC and Joe Bryan, both from Littleton Chambers’ Sports Law Group.
Corporate failure to prevent abuses
Human rights.
Why did government not use the Civil Contingencies Act?
Everybody should accept that there is a public health emergency, but whether the Coronavirus Act is the best medicine is in doubt.
The relevance of pre-contract information
In PBS Energo v Bester Generacion [2020] EWHC 223 (TCC), the Technology and Construction Court concluded that asbestos contamination, encountered on a biomass energy plant construction project, had been foreseeable in light of the pre-contract information provided to the subcontractor.
Force majeure in 2020
Coronavirus, Brexit, and the climate emergency.
COVID-19: Managing health and risk whilst in police custody - an update
National Police Chiefs’ Council’s strategic overview and guidance for forces concerning custody function during pandemic is essential reading.
A new code of audit practice
Latest in local government.
Are meaning hearings the new norm?
Media law.
Judicial early neutral evaluation: part 2
Civil procedure.
Environmental law: Mapping MEES
Section 1 of the Climate Change Act 2008 (CCA 2008), as amended by the Climate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019, requires that UK carbon levels are reduced by 100% (from 1990 levels), including greenhouse gas emissions from buildings. The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) ...
Criminal law: a roundup
Police execution of duty
Financial Remedies Courts
The Good Practice Protocol sets out some important developments in respect of best practice.
Clinical negligence and PI costs
Civil procedure.
Brexit and GDPR
Freedom of information.
Planning consent and community benefits
Local government latest.
The case for judicial early neutral evaluation
Dispute resolution latest.
When to disapply subordinate legislation
It is still relatively uncontroversial to suggest that, as a matter of public law, public authorities must comply with legislation. But what should public authorities do where such compliance would actually result in a breach of a right under the European Convention on Human Rights? In RR v Secretary of ...
The Hague Rules on business and human rights arbitration
With all eyes on the general election, few noticed the significant milestone for business and human rights announced on 12 December.
Contempt and pre-action conduct
Civil procedure.
Resolving corporate wrongdoing by negotiated settlement
Do the incentives always stack up?
After the election: all change for UK sanctions litigation?
Out of chaos can come opportunity.
Public sector equality duty
Local government.
Legislating for a new framework
On 15 October the Environment Bill was published. The first half of the bill was originally published in December 2018 as the Environmental (Principles and Governance) Bill.
Criminal law: a roundup
Procedure forms, private prosecutions, sentencing errors and more.
A novel and effective costs order
Civil procedure.
Meeting income needs from capital
Family law.
Diplomatic immunity and the Dunn case
Extradition.
A (final) roundup
The last roundup of criminal justice elements with Anthony Edwards.
Use of automatic facial recognition software
Privacy and data protection.
Upholding and enforcing DR clauses
Dispute resolution.
The road to net zero
Environment.
Scope of a holiday provider’s liability
Personal injury.
Compelling parties to ADR
Civil procedure.
Buckinghamshire sees off consultation challenge
Local government latest.
Prosecuting trafficked defendants
Criminal law latest.
SFO’s approach to deferred prosecution agreements
Serious Fraud Office’s latest agreement comes at a time of increased anxiety among corporates and individuals about its use of DPAs.
Enforcing arbitral awards against foreign states
Civil procedure.
What is a highway?
Local government latest.
Precedents and guidelines
Criminal law latest.
Direct pay offer was not ‘unlawful inducement’
Latest in employment law.
Clarity on restrictive covenants?
Employment
Free speech victory or charter for higher costs?
The Supreme Court’s recent clarification of the ‘serious harm’ threshold for defamation claims has been welcomed by newspapers as a victory for free speech.
Party consent and early neutral evaluation
Civil procedure
Governance under the spotlight
Local government latest.
Did council owe claimants a duty of care?
Latest in child protection.
British MPs, drugs and the US
Can a foreign national travel to the US following an admission of prior drug use under the country’s immigration law?
SFO informants: more questions than answers
White-collar crime
‘Employing’ freelance lawyers
Latest in employment law
