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22 Jan 2021 14:27
“Wrongful Life” RevisitedIn Evie Toombes v. Dr. Philip Mitchell [2020] EWHC 3506 the High Court has given renewed consideration to claims for, so called, “wrongful life”. Can a disabled person ever claim damages on the basis that they would not have been born but for the defendant’s negligence? The Court answered that more...
21 Jan 2021 12:30
Assange cannot be extradited, but free speech arguments dismissed — an extended lookIn The Government of the United States v Julian Assange (2021), the District Judge sitting at Westminster Magistrates’ Court discharged the American extradition request against the founder of WikiLeaks because there is a substantial risk that he would commit suicide. Given Julian Assange’s political more...
Key Immigration Law Cases of the Last 6 Months: Free 1 Hour Webinar
New Video - Key Immigration Law Cases of the Last 6 Months: Free 1 Hour Webinar In this free 1 hour webinar on YouTube I run through some of the key immigration law cases from the second half of 2020. The webinar is based on my digest written for Lexis Nexis which you can download here. A PDF of the more...
20 Jan 2021 12:33
Overseas Operations Bill: Getting Away With Murder – Dr Ronan CormacainPardons versus failure to prosecute One of the many outrages perpetrated by Donald Trump in the waning of his Presidency was granting a pardon to four private military contractors for their role in the Nisour Square massacre. Those military contractors had opened fire indiscriminately, killing 14 more...
19 Jan 2021 10:19
UK Human Rights Blog: The Weekly Round-up: A British response to Uyghur forced labourFor several years, China has been enacting a policy of repression and brainwashing against over a million Uyghur Muslims in its northwest Xinjiang province. Reports include instances of forced sterilisation. Its hundreds of ‘re-education’ camps have been revealed as places where contact with more...
14 Jan 2021 11:05
Article 3 psychiatric cases: history and latest developments (Part 1) — Ruby PeacockIn this two-part article, Ruby Peacock, an aspiring barrister and currently a legal and policy intern at the Legal Resources Centre in Cape Town, examines the history of medical claims brought under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The first part analyses the history of how such more...
11 Jan 2021 13:58
ECtHR orders Turkey to immediately release pro-Kurdish opposition leaderOn 22 December 2020, the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”) published a Grand Chamber decision against Turkey, requiring the immediate release of the pro-Kurdish opposition leader Selahattin Demirtaş from pre-trial detention (Selahattin Demirtaş v Turkey, Application no. 14305/17). The ECtHR more...
Upper Tribunal (IAC) Reported Decisions: October 2020
New Video - Upper Tribunal (IAC) Reported Decisions: October 2020 In this series I summarise the reported decisions of the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber for 2020 tackling them a month at a time. In this video I look at the sole reported decision for October 2020 (plus a late entrant more...
Immigration Law Conversations: Psychologists and Social Workers in Immigration Cases
New Video - Immigration Law Conversations: Psychologists and Social Workers in Immigration Cases In this informal Immigration Law Conversation I chat to Diana Harris, Independent Social Worker and Managing Director of Harris Associates Immigration Social Work Services and Dr Leonie Campbell, more...
18 Dec 2020 09:46
The right to establish identity: donor offspring — David GollanczThis is the second of two posts by David Gollancz, a barrister at Keating Chambers and donor-conceived adult, about the UK system of birth registration and certification. The first post concerned the treatment of transgender parents. This second post deals with the position of the offspring of more...
9 Dec 2020 15:42
Challenge upheld to Covid-19 changes to care regime for childrenR (Article 39) v Secretary of State for Education [2020] EWCA Civ 1577 The issue before the Court of Appeal was whether the Secretary of State for Education had acted unlawfully in failing to consult certain bodies representing children in care, including the Children’s Commissioner for England, more...
The New General Grounds for Refusal: Immigration Rules Part 9 Replaced by HC 813
New Video - The New General Grounds for Refusal: Immigration Rules Part 9 Replaced by HC 813 In this Immigration Law update video I look at the new replacement Part 9 of the Immigration Rules introduced by HC 813. The new Part 9 will apply to applications made from 9am on 1.12.20 and it is important more...
25 Nov 2020 16:26
Successful insurers’ A1P1 claim concerning benefits reimbursement in asbestos claimsR (o.t.a of Aviva & Swiss Re) v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2020] EWHC 3118 (Admin) At first sight, a rather abstruse dispute, but the 63 page judgment of Henshaw J gives rise to a host of important and difficult human rights points. But his central conclusion is that a statute more...
Immigration Law Conversations: The New Skilled Worker Route & Current Issues under the EU Settlement Scheme
New Video - Immigration Law Conversations: The New Skilled Worker Route & Current Issues under the EU Settlement Scheme In this informal conversation I chat to Immigration Law solicitor Gemma Tracey (née Wylie) of Latitude Law. We discuss the new Skilled Worker Route which is part of the new more...
Home Office False Representation Guidance
New Video: Home Office False Representation Guidance This video looks at the guidance for Home Office caseworkers considering a refusal on grounds of false representation. The guidance is important and contains material which can be cited in representations and grounds: False Representation Guidance more...
Immigration Rule 320(11) Refusals: Forever Frustrating!
New Video: Immigration Rule 320(11) Refusals: Forever Frustrating! In this Immigration Law Update video I consider Rule 320(11) of the Immigration Rules: where the applicant has previously contrived in a significant way to frustrate the intentions of the Rules. Rule 320(11): (11) where the applicant more...
18 Nov 2020 09:05
Maughan: Suicide and Unlawful Killing Conclusions in InquestsR (Maughan) v Her Majesty’s Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire [2020] UKSC 46 The Supreme Court has now issued its judgment in this important case for Coroners and inquests dealing with the standard of proof to be applied where the death might have been caused by suicide or unlawful killing. Everyone more...
11 Nov 2020 11:59
Divisional Court gives guidance on article 2 inquestsR (Peter Skelton and anr) v Senior Coroner for West Sussex [2020] EWHC 2813 (Admin) — Judgment here. Susan Nicholson and Caroline Devlin were killed by the same man during the course of abusive relationships. They died in 2011 and 2006, but the man was not convicted – of murder and manslaughter more...
Immigration Law Conversations: ETS Cases & the Latest Home Office Guidance
New Video - Immigration Law Conversations: ETS Cases & the Latest Home Office Guidance In this Immigration Law Conversation Stephen Vokes and Emma Rutherford discuss ETS cases in the light of the August 2020 Home Office Guidance: Educational Testing Service (ETS): casework instructions (Version more...
Upper Tribunal (IAC) Reported Decisions: September 2020
New Video - Upper Tribunal (IAC) Reported Decisions: September 2020 In this series I summarise the reported decisions of the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber for 2020 tackling them a month at a time. In this video I look at the sole reported decision for September 2020 covering those of more...
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