25 Jul 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...
09 Feb 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]...
19 Jan 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...
04 Jan 2022 Reducing mental health detention of people with autism and/or learning disabilities By Oliver Lewis On New Year's Day, the Sunday Times featured the story of 'A', a 24-year-old man with learning disabilities and autism who has been...
27 Jul 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...
16 Jul 2021 The Equality Act Series of Events By Doughty Street Chambers To celebrate 10 years of the Equality Act, Doughty Street has held a series of events over the course of the year.In case you missed it,...
14 Jun 2021 Citizens of somewhere: ‘Zambrano’ carers and the EU Settlement Scheme By Michael Spencer R (on the application of Akinsanya) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 1535 (Admin)What was this case about?The...
24 Mar 2021 Delays in finalising EHCPs following review - Court of Appeal decision on 'academic' claims By Alice Irving The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in the case of R (L, M, P) v Devon County Council [2021] EWCA Civ 358.The case concerns the...
05 Mar 2021 Fee waivers: Home Office defeated again By Alasdair Mackenzie In a fresh reversal for its long-standing practice of charging people large fees for various immigration-related processes, the Home...
12 Jun 2020 Supreme Court rules on defamation "public interest" defence By Heather Rogers QC 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...