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Related: Covid-19
Stonehenge Tunnel approval quashed
The High Court has quashed the development consent order (“DCO”) which authorises the construction of a dual-carriageway road tunnel at Stonehenge to replace the existing A303 road. Mr Justice Holgate… Read more »
R(BF(Eritrea)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] UKSC 38
The Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the Home Secretary’s appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision, upholding the Home Secretary’s position that her policy allowing immigration officials, on initial encounter,… Read more »
Civil claims for injury and losses arising out of the Grenfell Tower fire
Susan Rodway QC, Shaman Kapoor and Emma Corkill represent 87 claimants in their civil claims for injury and losses arising out of the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower, London which… Read more »
Deprivation of liberty of a child “inappropriate, demeaning and…brutal”: best interests, Articles 3 and 5 ECHR: Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council v W and others [2021] EWHC 1982 (Fam)
Y (age 12) was removed from his father’s care and placed under an Emergency Protection Order. While in a residential placement, he self-harmed, and was transported to hospital for emergency… Read more »
Planning Law and the Historic Environment
39 Essex Chambers and the Institute of Art and Law are holding an afternoon seminar on 16 August 2021 bringing together legal and heritage experts. This unique event will bring… Read more »
Infected Blood Inquiry Continues Hearings
The Infected Blood Inquiry continues to hear evidence from a wide range of witnesses on what has been called the worst treatment disaster in NHS history. This week, Lord Kenneth… Read more »
Judgment handed down in GMC & Others v Simon Bramhall
Jenni Richards QC, on behalf of the GMC, and Fenella Morris QC, on behalf of the PSA, successful in appeal against decision of MPTS only to suspend Mr Bramhall, the… Read more »
Fluctuating capacity, fact- finding, contact, injunctive relief and Nearest Relative Displacement
Francesca Gardner represents P in complex concurrent Court of Protection proceedings and Mental Health Act 1983 proceedings before Lieven J. In this complex and unusual case the court considered substantive… Read more »
Episode 5: Standard Forms
In this episode, John Denis-Smith discusses his chapter on standard form contracts with Paul Darling QC, looking at developments in the law in respect of JCT and NEC forms and… Read more »
John Pugh-Smith co-ordinates launch of MHCLG/PINS Planning Mediation Service
In this video, John Pugh-Smith FCIArb explains how mediation can resolve, often bitter and intractable, planning disputes following the Planning Inspectorate’s launch of its joint “Pathfinder” initiative with the MHCLG… Read more »
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