Dec 22, 2021 Deportation order does not terminate EU right to reside By Agata Patyna Simon Cox In Silva v SSHD, 11 November 2021, the High Court declared that a decision to deport under the Immigration (European Economic Area)...
Dec 15, 2021 The COVID-19 Inquiry: Witnesses and Evidence By Amelia Nice Shanthi Sivakumaran Obtaining evidence Once the Inquiry is up and running with core staff it will begin the process of gathering evidence. The Inquiry team...
Dec 13, 2021 Timed out? Time limits in employment discrimination cases under the Equality Act 2010 By Caragh Nimmo Yorkshire County Cricket Club recently settled an employment claim for race discrimination brought against it by former player Azeem...
Dec 01, 2021 Azeem Rafiq: can “banter” ever be an excuse for racism? By Finnian Clarke In August 2020, Yorkshire County Cricket Club commissioned an independent inquiry after ex-player Azeem Rafiq raised allegations of...
Nov 26, 2021 Core participants to the COVID-19 Inquiry By Amelia Nice Shanthi Sivakumaran As we set out in our previous article, issues that the Inquiry into the government’s response to COVID-19 might consider are...
Nov 24, 2021 Capacity, sex and consent – the Supreme Court decision in Re JB By Mary-Rachel McCabe The Supreme Court has today handed down judgment in A Local Authority v JB (by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) [2021] UKSC...
Oct 20, 2021 Sanctions Compliance for the Crypto World By Peter Caldwell Increased use of virtual currency as a payment method brings greater exposure to sanctions risks, whether in respect of UN and trade...
Oct 05, 2021 Why the Everard Inquiry must look far beyond Wayne Couzens By Harriet Johnson When DCI Simon Harding said that police officers viewed Wayne Couzens not as a police officer who was a murderer but as “a murderer who...
Sep 28, 2021 The long reach of the ECHR: Carter v Russia (20914/07), 21 September 2021 By Maya Sikand KC Adam Straw KC This was a successful claim against Russia regarding the killing of Alexander Litvinenko brought by his wife, Marina Litvinenko aka Maria...
Aug 16, 2021 Police putting guns into the wrong hands, again: Firearms Licencing Policy once again in the dock By Alison Gerry The shocking and tragic deaths of 5 people shot by a man with a gun he was licenced to hold by the police is revealing a chillingly...
Aug 02, 2021 The COVID-19 Inquiry: Some potential issues - Structure of a public inquiry By Amelia Nice This series of short articles reflects on some matters that may arise in relation to a public inquiry (or inquiries) into the...
Jul 27, 2021 Let there be no future doubt about it? Children's rights in the UKSC By Donnchadh Greene When the unanimous judgment in R (SC) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2021] UKSC 26 was handed down, it felt like a bit of a...