‘How far are the courts willing to go to intervene in matters of foreign affairs in order to protect human rights? Spoiler: they’re not.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd October 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The Claimant in R (on the application of Brooks) v LB Islington [2015] EWHC 2657 (Admin) was the mother of 3 children, who applied to the local authority as homeless following her eviction from a housing association property for rent arrears on 24/3/2015. Sadly, Ms B’s adult, terminally ill, son died two days after the offer of interim accommodation that was the subject of this judicial review.’
Nearly Legal, 27th September 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The Court of Justice of the European Union will in the next fortnight hand down a crucial ruling on local authorities’ ability to charge for access to property search information, it has been reported.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Many of you will have heard about the government’s recent decision to set up a taskforce to tackle violence against women on campus. (See the government press release here.) This move is timeous or long overdue (depending on your viewpoint) in the light of the accumulating momentum of campaigns by various individuals and organisations to highlight the high incidence of sexual violence/harassment on campus.’
Education Law Blog, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.education11kbw.com
‘A high court judge has been asked to decide whether bridge is a sport after it was refused recognition by Sport England.’
The Guardian, 22nd September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
R (Derry) v Revenue and Customs Comrs: [2015] UKUT 0416 (TCC); [2015] WLR (D) 379
‘Sections 132 and 133 of the Income Tax Act 2007 were consistent with paragraph 2 of Schedule 1B to the Taxes Management Act 1970 and the two sets of provisions could operate in conjunction.’
WLR Daily, 28th July 2015
‘The High Court has referred an immigration practice to the Solicitors Regulatory Authority after reviewing five “hopeless” judicial reviews, each of which had already been deemed to be an abuse of process.’
Legal Futures, 11th September 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has recently upheld a judicial review challenge by a campaigner over an inspector’s refusal of an application to register land in Exeter as a town green, it has been reported.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th September 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The latest in the increasingly long line of cases in which the judiciary has administered public dressings down for immigration lawyers is R (On the Application Of Akram & Anor) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 1359 (Admin). The cases are often referred to as Hamid cases, after the first such case, Hamid [2012] EWCA 3070 (Admin).’
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Free Movement, 2nd September 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘Carol Davis and Eleena Misra look at Judicial Review: what it is, when it is available, the grounds for applying for judicial review and how to apply. ‘
Littleton Chambers, 3rd August 2015
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
‘Lawyers for families who lost relatives in the Iraq war are pushing ahead with legal action aimed at forcing the chair of the inquiry, Sir John Chilcot, to set a timetable for publication of his long-delayed report. The issue could be in court within weeks.’
The Guardian, 27th August 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Government’s decision, announced by way of written ministerial statement and effected by amending National Planning Practice Guidance, to make alterations to the national policy for the provision of affordable housing, was unlawful.’
WLR Daily, 3rd July 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A London borough’s revised housing allocations policy was unlawful, a High Court judge has ruled following a judicial review challenge by a victim of domestic violence to the application of a five-year residency requirement.’
Local Govenment Lawyer, 10th August 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Families of soldiers killed during the Iraq war have have threatened legal action over the long-awaited Chilcot inquiry into the conflict if the report is not published by the end of the year.’
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The Guardian, 13th August 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘R (on the application of GB by litigation friend, Francesco Jeff) v Oxfordshire County Council (age dispute- relevance of documents) IJR [2015] UKUT 429 (IAC) is an interesting and successful judicial review challenge to an age assessment. My colleague Shu Shin Luh was Counsel, instructed by Scott-Moncrieff & Associates.
Free Movement, 10th August 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘A district council has defeated a judicial review challenge over its decision to warn a racecourse owner of “a substantial risk of unlawful activity” taking place at a meeting of private breeders of reptiles and amphibians.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th August 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘More than 150 wealthy investors in controversial film investment schemes, which HMRC says amount to tax avoidance, have lost a human rights challenge to new powers tax inspectors have been deploying to demand upfront payments.’
The Guardian, 31st July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Hunt) v North Somerset Council [2015] UKSC 51; [2015] WLR (D) 331
‘Where a claimant for judicial review had sought a quashing order but not declaratory relief and the court, having found the defendant to have acted unlawfully, refused the quashing order due to the passage of time, it was not obliged of its own initiative to grant a declaration.’
WLR Daily, 22nd July 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Coroners must send bodies for scans or blood tests rather than carry out invasive autopsies if the deceased’s religion demands the corpse must stay intact, the High Court has ruled, in a landmark legal victory for the religious rights of Jews and Muslims.’
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The Independent, 28th July 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Plans to extend a Norfolk factory should be allowed to proceed despite procedural irregularities, as proper compliance with the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process would not have led to a different conclusion, the UK’s highest court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 24th July 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
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