Jul 07, 2023 Maguire, Detention, and Article 2 Inquests By Cian Murphy Maguire [2023] UKSC 20 is the most recent, and highest, authority on the engagement of Article 2 ECHR in inquests. The Supreme Court’s...
Jun 19, 2023 What AB v Worcestershire CC Does and Doesn’t Mean for Victims By Cian Murphy The Court of Appeal’s recent decision in AB v Worcestershire County Council [2023] EWCA Civ 529 reaffirmed a basic principle of law on...
Mar 24, 2023 Dove (Part 2): Article 2 ECHR, Rabone, and Responsibility By Cian Murphy Last week the Court of Appeal gave judgment in Dove [2023] EWCA Civ 289, an appeal against the Divisional Court’s decision not to order a...
Mar 09, 2023 Community Care Law Reports - latest cases By Stephen Cragg KC Stephen Cragg KC, general editor of the Community Care Law Reports (CCLR), reviews the six cases featured in the March 2023 issue. CCLR...
Oct 10, 2022 What is Mediation and is it the right choice for you? – Doughty Street’s Mediators By Doughty Street Chambers Hear Doughty Street’s Mediators explain how the process of Mediation works, how this may benefit you or your clients, and the criteria...
Jul 25, 2022 Recasting age assessments: a return to form? Case comment on R (HAM) v Brent LBC By Donnchadh Greene Introduction This article will provide a brief summary and comment on the recent decision of Mr Justice Swift in R (HAM) v Brent LBC...
Feb 09, 2022 Donnchadh Greene and Gabriel Tan: Statutory Interpretation and Citizenship: D4 v SSHD and PRCBC v SSHD – UK Constitutional Law Association By Donnchadh Greene This piece considers two recent decisions – one by the Court of Appeal (“CA”): D4 v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022]...
Jan 19, 2022 Home Office acted unlawfully in detaining unaccompanied young people for age assessments at port in Kent By Shu Shin Luh Since September 2020, hundreds of unaccompanied young people arriving in Kent have been detained by the Home Secretary for the purposes...
Jul 13, 2021 Putting MWRF in its corner By Adam Straw KC In R (SC and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2021] UKSC 26 the Supreme Court decided that legislation which limited...
Mar 29, 2020 The Coronavirus Act 2020: a (very) brief overview By Mary-Rachel McCabe The Coronavirus Act 2020 was given royal assent by the Queen on 25 March 2020, and so it is now on our statute books. The 329-page...
Mar 22, 2020 The Coronavirus Bill and Adult Social Care By Mary-Rachel McCabe Jamie Burton KC Update 29 March 2020: This post relates to the Coronavirus Bill 2020. For more on the Coronavirus Act 2020, and when the below provisions...
Aug 15, 2018 Sophy Miles and Ulele Burnham discuss the Supreme Court's decision in Re Y By Doughty Street Chambers What now for the Mental Capacity Act? In this short video, Sophy Miles and Ulele Burnham from the Community Care & Health team at...