Jun 24, 2020 Children’s right to live in the community By Oliver Lewis The Lancet has today published a set of papers on institutionalisation and deinstitutionalisation of children. They will receive a...
Jun 23, 2020 A robust approach to discrimination allegations in police misconduct proceedings By Frederick Powell R. (Chief Constable of the West Midlands) v Panel Chair (Police Misconduct Panel) [2020] EWHC 1400 (Admin) concerned the approach of a...
Jun 17, 2020 Offer early offer often - Morrow v Shrewsbury Union Football Club Ltd [2020] EWHC 999 (QB) By Martin Westgate KC One of the few clear rules about costs is that the losing party normally pays the costs of the successful party (CPR 44.2(2)(a)). If a...
Jun 14, 2020 A brief guide to sources for the 2020 police complaints system By Stephen Cragg KC From 1 February 2020 all police complaints will be dealt with under a revised framework overseen by the Independent Office of Police...
Jun 14, 2020 Deaths of vulnerable persons in the community after Maguire: when is Article 2 engaged? By Stephen Cragg KC Frederick Powell This article analyses the recent Court of Appeal case of R (Maguire) v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool & Fylde [2020] 6 WLUK 90, [2019]...
Jun 12, 2020 Supreme Court rules on defamation "public interest" defence By Heather Rogers KC Jonathan Price On 3 June 2020, in Serafin v Malciewicz and others [2020] UKSC 23, the Supreme Court delivered helpful guidance about the scope of the...
Jun 11, 2020 Capacity, sexual relations and consent- the latest from the Court of Appeal By Sophy Miles Lord Justice Baker has handed down judgment in the appeal against judgment of Mrs Justice Roberts in A Local Authority v JB. The issue...
Jun 11, 2020 Capacity, DOLS and Covid-19- Updated Guidance By Sophy Miles The Government has provided additional guidance on looking after those who may lack capacity in the pandemic. You can read it here....
Jun 10, 2020 BVer Judgment of the Second Senate German Constitutional Court 5 May 2020 2BvR 859/15 By John Walsh The German Constitutional Court has recently given its judgment on the drawn out case of 2BvR 859/15, a challenge by a large number of...
Jun 07, 2020 Masks confusion By Oliver Lewis What are the implications for care homes and home care in the UK of the new WHO guidance on masks? On Friday 5 June 2020, the World...
Jun 03, 2020 The Equal Justice roadblock on the road to Barnard Castle By Kirsty Brimelow KC “It’s time to move on" was Boris Johnson’s pronouncement on Durham police’s finding that, if Mr. Cummings had been stopped he would have...
Jun 03, 2020 An uncivil matter: Unlawful eviction and the police By Doughty Street Chambers Daniel Clarke With fears that the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to a rise in unlawful evictions, and local authorities’ ability to take action limited,...