15/03/2024 – Current Awareness

‘This article explores how legal academics approach sensitive topics in human rights law, specifically how content is chosen, curated and discussed with students. It draws on data collected as part of a small pilot study which looked at how human rights academics approach “controversial” topics and how their views on controversy and sensitivity may be reflected in their curriculum. It focuses on the wider debate around trigger warnings in higher education and explores how academics use them. It concludes that, despite their negative reputation, “trigger warnings” can play a necessary and welcome role in navigating sensitive material.’

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The Law Teacher, 1st March 2024

Source: www.tandfonline.com

How has UK extremism definition changed and why is it attracting criticism? – The Guardian

Posted March 15th, 2024 in freedom of expression, government departments, news, proscribed organisations, terrorism by sally

‘The communities secretary, Michael Gove, has laid out a new definition of extremism. Here the Guardian examines what has changed and why, and the reason it is attracting criticism.’

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The Guardian, 14th March 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com

High Court judge makes care order for teenage boy despite local authority seeking to withdraw its application – Local Government Lawyer

Posted March 15th, 2024 in adoption, care orders, children, families, local government, mental health, news by sally

‘A High Court judge has refused to allow a local authority to withdraw its application for a care order, finding that an order would be in the “best interests” of a teenage boy with complex needs.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 14th March 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Construing non-assignment – could a party be responsible for assignment arising as a matter of law? (Dassault Aviation v Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance) – Gatehouse Chambers

Posted March 15th, 2024 in appeals, assignment, chambers articles, contracts, insurance, interpretation, news by sally

‘The Court of Appeal applied ordinary black letter contractual interpretation in construing a non-assignment clause in a contract for sale.’

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Gatehouse Chambers, 14th February 2024

Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk

The UK and the ECHR After Brexit: The Challenge of Immigration Control – EIN Blog

Posted March 15th, 2024 in asylum, brexit, EC law, human rights, immigration, news by sally

‘This article examines the challenges that immigration control-related political imperatives in the United Kingdom (UK) have posed for UK compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and evaluates the challenges that the UK’s moving away from ECHR compliance pose for its post-Brexit relationship with the European Union (EU) and its member states. The contribution begins with an examination of the constitutional parameters of UK (non-)compliance with the ECHR in the field of immigration control and the implications of this for the post-Brexit arrangements with the EU and its member states. The contribution then focuses on substantive immigration and refugee law and the impact of the current situation on asylum transfer co-operation within and outside of the EU. Through these areas, the article examines how EU law has infiltrated the interpretation of the ECHR with the result of raising standards of protection for asylum seekers and migrants and hampering the exercise of state sovereignty in the field.’

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EIN Blog, 14th March 2024

Source: www.ein.org.uk

Kaylea Titford had no care plan in place when she died, review finds – The Guardian

Posted March 15th, 2024 in causing death of children or vulnerable adults, child neglect, children, disabled persons, families, homicide, imprisonment, local government, negligence, news, sentencing, social services by sally

‘A 16-year-old girl with “significant and chronic disabilities” who died in squalor at her family home in rural mid-Wales did not have a care plan in place, a child practice review into her death has found.’

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The Guardian, 14th March 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com

Madeline Gleeson & Theodore Konstadinides: The UK’s Rwanda policy and Lessons from Australia- UK Constitutional Law Association

Posted March 15th, 2024 in appeals, asylum, bills, constitutional law, deportation, government departments, human rights, immigration, international law, news, Rwanda, Supreme Court by sally

‘In November 2023, the Supreme Court of the UK dealt a critical blow to the government’s proposal to send certain asylum seekers to the Republic of Rwanda. In AAA and Others v the Home Secretary, the Court ruled that removal to Rwanda would be unlawful because that country was not, at the time, a ‘safe country’.’

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UK Constitutional Law Association, 14th March 2024

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

Former Lord Chief cautions against regulation of litigation funding – Legal Futures

Posted March 15th, 2024 in bills, civil justice, Civil Justice Council, news, third parties by sally

‘Regulation may not be answer for the future of the third-party litigation funding market, a former Lord Chief Justice has cautioned ahead of the Civil Justice Council (CJC) review of the sector.’

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Legal Futures, 15th March 2023

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Jailed bankers appeal against interest rate ‘rigging’ convictions – BBC News

Posted March 15th, 2024 in appeals, banking, Criminal Cases Review Commission, interest, miscarriage of justice, news, rates, Serious Fraud Office by sally

‘Two former bankers jailed for rigging interest rates are appealing against their convictions after an eight-year battle to clear their names.’

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BBC News, 14th March 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Trial judge appointed special examiner to hear the evidence of a sanctioned Russian litigant and his witness in Dubai (Gorbachev v Guriev) – Gatehouse Chambers

Posted March 15th, 2024 in chambers articles, dispute resolution, news, Russia, sanctions, witnesses by sally

‘Dispute Resolution analysis: HHJ Pelling, the trial judge in a piece of commercial litigation in England has approved an order by which he was appointed a special examiner to hear the evidence of sanctioned Russian Defendant and a witness on his behalf, his son in Dubai. The witnesses could not give evidence in England and Wales due to a travel ban imposed by the sanctions Regulations. This decision contrasts with a recent decision in the SKAT Litigation.’

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Gatehouse Chambers, 20th February 2024

Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk

Court of Protection declares lawfulness of care plan setting out arrangements for termination of woman’s pregnancy – Local Government Lawyer

Posted March 15th, 2024 in abortion, alcohol abuse, Court of Protection, drug abuse, local government, mental health, news, pregnancy by sally

‘A judge sitting in the Court of Protection has declared that a care plan setting out the arrangements for the termination of a woman’s pregnancy was lawful.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 14th March 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk