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Today the Supreme Court has handed down a landmark judgment on the meaning of deprivation of liberty under article 5(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights: see A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue... Read more
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Joanne Clement KC and Zoe Gannon will be appearing in the Supreme Court 20, 21 and 22 October in The Reference by the Attorney General for Norther Ireland (UKSC/2025/0042). In the Reference the Minister asks the Supreme Court to confirm that a proposed revision to... Read more
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11KBW members are instructed in the judicial review challenge to the Government’s approach to Physician Associates and Anaesthesia Associates (PAs/AAs). At a hearing on Friday 15 August 2025, Mr Justice Dove refused to grant interim injunctions that would have prevented... Read more
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On Thursday 31 July 2025 the High Court (Eady J) handed down judgment in R (Evans) v Care Quality Commission [2025] EWHC 2015 (Admin). The claim challenged the decision of the Care Quality Commission to register a private provider, Gender Plus,... Read more
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The High Court has today handed down judgment in R (Evans) v Aneurin Bevan Health Board and others [2025] EWHC 1518 (Admin), the high profile challenge to the proposed reorganisation of the Welsh Air Ambulance Service. In the first judgment... Read more
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Tom Cross KC and Ruth Kennedy’s legal Opinion on the compatibility of the Assisted Dying Bill with the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”) has been published. The Bill is at the Report stage in the House of Commons. As... Read more
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The Supreme Court has handed down judgment in Abbasi v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Haastrup v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2025] UKSC 15. The judgment contains important guidance on injunctions restraining speech on matters of... Read more
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Joanne Clement KC and Zoe Gannon have successfully represented the Local Authority, Birmingham City Council in a challenge to its decision making with regard to its policy of charging for care under the Care Act 2014. The Claimant was a... Read more
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We are delighted to announce that Cecilia Ivimy and Tom Cross have today been appointed as King’s Counsel, at a ceremony at the Palace of Westminster. Cecilia practices in public law, with a focus on judicial review, human rights and... Read more
