Amenability to judicial review
Public and regulatory
How the law protects responsible journalism
The Court of Appeal was right to back public interest journalism.
Maintenance pending suit
Family law
Duty of care at A&E
Personal injury
Strengthening investigative powers
Proceeds of crime
When property law and consumer legislation collide
Can consumer rights laws back up tenants seeking lease extensions from landlords? The question divided the Court of Appeal.
Amendments of statements of case
Civil procedure
Town hall byelaws
Local government
Legislative changes
Criminal
Tribunal reform recommendations
Employment
Multilateral interchange fees
Competition law
ADR dialogue and costs
Dispute resolution
Iniquity and the cloak of privilege
Tribunal rules on scope of legal privilege.
The cost of failing to calculate a rent review
Court of Appeal judgment in Trillium (Prime) Property GP Limited v Elmfield Road Limited [HC] 2018 335.
SFO v ENRC in the Court of Appeal
On 5 September the Court of Appeal handed down an important judgment on both legal advice privilege and litigation privilege. We will summarise the background to the case, the approach of the first instance judge, the contrasting approach of the Court of Appeal, and finally offer some thoughts about where ...
Disability and the Equality Act
School exclusions and human rights.
Independent persons and the FOIA
Local government.
Safeguarding – legislation and regulation
Child protection.
UN mediation convention
Alternative dispute resolution.
‘Same-roof’ rule in criminal injuries compensation
Personal injury.
Business property relief
Wills and probate
Brexit white paper
Legal update: immigration law
Cliff Richard vs the BBC
Media and privacy.
Assessing the adjudication pilot
Professional negligence.
Cryptocurrencies in divorce settlements
Family law.
Duty of candour
Local government.
Enforcement of arbitral awards
Civil procedure
Protecting the vulnerable
Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children or adults at risk and protect them from harm.
GDPR and those emails
Freedom of information
Boilerplate clauses and implied terms
Legal update: commercial property
Interim orders for sale
Family law
What now for the discount rate?
Legal update: personal injury
Lawfulness of fracking works
Legal update: local government
QOCS transitional provisions
Important questions concerning the interpretation and application of the provisions under the qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) regime (CPR 44.130-44.17) came before the Court of Appeal in Jacob Corstorphine v Liverpool City Council [2018] EWCA Civ 270 (Sir Geoffrey Vos PQBD and Hamblen LJ).
Waiving privilege and ‘cherry picking’
Legal update: professional privilege.
A changing sanctions regime
Does the UK need its own version of the Magnitsky Act?
Financial remedy work
Legal update: family law
Disclosure and litigation privilege
legal update: civil procedure.
Criminal law round-up
A round up of criminal justice elements with Anthony Edwards.
General power of competence
Nicholas Dobson says for local authorities that previously had seen their functional creativity significantly curtailed, the GPC in the Localism Act 2011 promised a brave new world.
Common law duty of care
Personal injury, BLC claims.
E-disclosure and party agreement
The disclosure of relevant documents during the litigation process has been a longstanding and distinctive feature of English civil procedure. However, standard disclosure under the Civil Procedure Rules does not give rise to ‘perfect justice’.
Hair strand testing in care proceedings
The case H (A Child: Hair Strand Testing) 2017 EWFC 64 concerned care proceedings to determine whether H, an eight-month-old removed at birth and then returned to the mother under supervision, should remain in her mother’s care, given a history of drug abuse and the presentation of a positive drug ...
Emerging law and procedure in Wales
Update on the latest legislative developments in Wales.
Applying for relief against forfeiture
Macmillan Cancer Support v Hayes [2017] EWHC 3110 (Ch)
EU treaty breaches and national courts
Undertakings investigated by the European Commission that offer commitments, while avoiding a formal finding of infringement binding on the national court, may not prevent those who consider themselves harmed by the conduct from bringing actions for damages.
Planning consent contrary to advice
What legal duty does a local planning authority have to state reasons behind a decision, against the advice of its own professional advisers, to grant a controversial development?
