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10 Mar 2021 16:47
Please donate to Advocate on PC renewal“I donate to Advocate because barristers who do pro bono work through Advocate provide a vital public service to those who would not otherwise be able to enforce their legal rights.” Derek Sweeting QC, Chair of the Bar Council Please support access to justice through Advocate, the Bar’s pro bono more...
5 Aug 2020 15:42
Brain injury case managers easing away from virtual rehabilitationBrain injury case managers are easing away from a “virtual first” approach to rehabilitation, with the majority set to make referrals to residential based programmes over the next three months. Calvert Reconnections asked brain injury case managers when they anticipate, due to scientific more...
15 Apr 2020 12:45
COVID-19 LEGISLATION: THE UNCERTAINTY IS INFECTIOUS.Crime and Regulatory specialist Thomas Sherrington has written an article looking at the uncertainty surrounding the legislation restricting movement during the coronavirus pandemic. You can read the article here. more...
9 Apr 2020 14:15
A Step Too Far? Recent Applications of Emergency LegislationAt 1pm on 26th March 2020 the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 came into force. Over the last week, the national media has seen several applications of the regulations that have proven to be controversial. The regulation providing this bone of contention is more...
17 Mar 2020 16:18
Rights in a time of quarantine – an extended look by Niall CoghlanQuarantines and lockdowns are sweeping Europe: Italy, France, Spain. Through them, states seek to contain Covid-19 and so save lives. It is difficult to imagine higher stakes from a human rights perspective: mass interferences with whole populations’ liberties on one side; the very weighty public more...
20 Feb 2020 12:07
Barristers: donating £35 to Advocate on practising certificate renewalAuthorisation to Practise renewal: a word from Advocate The last (but not least) page of practising certificate renewals through MyBar is the time of year when barristers come together by donating £35 to Advocate (formerly known as the Bar Pro Bono Unit). All you need to do is not untick the box! more...
13 Dec 2019 14:15
NOT FOR COURT TO RULE ON WHETHER PARLIAMENT SHOULD INCLUDE SIKH ETHNIC GROUP’ TICK BOX ON CENSUSThe Sikh Federation has campaigned for the inclusion of a Sikh ethnic group tick box response in the census, in the hope that funding and public services will then be more effectively focused on meeting the needs of the Sikh community. In this case, they applied for judicial review of “the more...
24 Oct 2019 09:41
FAQs: Lasting Powers of AttorneyMost of us understand the importance of making a will in order to ensure that our affairs are taken care of as we intended on our death. However, less of us consider the importance of Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) and what would happen if we are no longer able to manage our affairs during our more...
27 Jun 2019 09:03
Alison Meacher involved in significant bedroom tax decision: SSWP v Hockley & Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough CouncilAlison Meacher has been acting for Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council in the important case of Secretary of State for Work & Pensions v (1) Rachel Hockley and (2) Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council. The Court of Appeal has now handed down its judgment following appeal from the Upper Tribunal. more...
16 May 2019 14:36
Majority of Supreme Court holds that benefit cap does not contravene Article 14 ECHRThe Supreme Court has today handed down its long-awaited decision in the “benefit cap” appeals. In a lengthy judgment, comprising separate judgments from five of the seven members of the panel that heard the appeals, the Court has dismissed the appeals by a majority of 5:2 (Lady Hale PSC and Lord more...
17 Apr 2019 13:00
High Court rules Sussex Police’s unlawful disclosure put vulnerable teenager ‘at greater risk’On 15 April 2019, the Administrative Court held that Sussex Police had breached the data protection rights of a 16 year old girl by disclosing details of her vulnerability to child exploitation to the local Business Crime Reduction Partnership. The girl had been excluded from a number of local more...
12 Mar 2019 16:20
Black lives matterSay the words multi-agency, holistic and early intervention and most people’s eyes glaze over. Unfortunately these are the answers to serious knife crime. I felt a depressing sense of deja vu as I read a recent report on Croydon’s (south London) most vulnerable teenagers. The trajectory of their more...
28 Feb 2019 13:39
UK Human Rights Blog: Mental capacity for social media and the internet: another Court of Protection caseRe: A (Capacity: Social Media and Internet Use: Best Interests) [2019] EWCOP 2 The patient in these proceedings was a woman in her thirties (“B”). She suffers a learning disability and epilepsy and has considerable social care needs. She currently lives at home where she spends much of her time more...
27 Feb 2019 09:27
UK Human Rights Blog: Mental capacity for handling the internet: Court of ProtectionA (Capacity: Social Media and Internet Use: Best Interests) [2019] EWCOP 2 In this case the Cobb J was asked to make declarations under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 regarding a learning disabled man’s capacity to use the internet and social media. (NB on 21 February judgment was also handed down in more...
12 Feb 2019 11:13
Chambers are delighted to Announce the appointment of three First Tier Tribunal JudgesChambers are very proud to congratulate Rupert Chapman, Elizabeth Willsteed and David Lidbury on their appointments. Rupert and Elizabeth are assigned to the Social Entitlement Chamber With David being assigned to the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber. All will continue to accepts more...
7 Feb 2019 13:18
Kark Review into NHS 'fit and proper person test' publishedThe Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, yesterday formally announced the publication of Tom Kark QC’s review of the ‘fit and proper person test’ for NHS board members. In response, Tom stated that: “I was asked to conduct a review into the ‘Fit and Proper Person test’ for more...
15 Jan 2019 14:12
Recent ruling on Universal CreditR (Johnson, Woods, Barrett and Stewart) v SSWP CO/1552/2018 (11 January 2019) – read judgment This case was brought by four social security claimants contesting the proper method of calculating the amount of universal credit payable to each claimant under the Universal Credit Regulations 2013. Singh more...
Barrister wishing (without presumption and who knows his place) to help?
Without any presumption whatever - and as an aspiring newcomer - and as a member of the Bar looking (duifully, it is hoped, and as ever, to the Judiciary for help?) - there may be an argument for some guidance or rules on the LiP situation? We all know how busy the C of A is. The Family Court is more...
23 Nov 2018 17:55
Do you recognise Deaf Discrimination?West Somerset Council are the talking point within the Deaf Community today after refusing to provide a BSL interpreter on the grounds of cost. This would have enabled a Deaf parishioner to attend meetings, which he normally does at his more local Town Council in Minehead. There is a clear more...
26 Oct 2018 09:24
Ealing Care Alliance Ltd v London Borough of Ealing [2018] EWHC 2630 (TCC)Background Ealing Care Limited (“ECA”), entered into a PFI Framework Agreement with the London Borough of Ealing (“LBE”). Under that Agreement, ECA was to provide care home services for LBE for no less than 27 years. Crucially, there was a Benchmarking procedure in the Agreement. The purpose of that more...
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