Doughty Street Chambers Insights

2/8/2021 12:00:00 AM

D and F v Persons Unknown: anonymity under the Venables jurisdiction

By Claire Overman

In D and F v Persons Unknown [2021] EWHC 157 (QB), handed down on 4th February, Tipples J granted an order permanently preventing the...

7/25/2020 12:00:00 AM

By Simon Cox

Mr Connor, a litigant in person, yesterday persuaded the High Court to strike down a benefit review rule as a breach of Article 6 of the...

4/3/2020 12:00:00 AM

By Oliver Lewis

On 2 April 2020, Hayden J published a judgment following a Skype hearing in the Court of Protection ("CoP") about contact with a person...

3/22/2020 12:00:00 AM

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...

3/20/2020 12:00:00 AM

By Sophy Miles Aswini Weereratne KC Oliver Lewis

Update 29 March 2020: This post relates to the Coronavirus Bill 2020. For more on the Coronavirus Act 2020, and when the below provisions...

6/5/2019 1:35:24 PM

By Susie Alegre

Last month, the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly for a resolution that the UK must withdraw its administration of the Chagos...