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The High Court has ordered the Secretary of State for Justice to conduct a consultation on amendments to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. Since 2012, the Scheme has contained a blanket rule that prevents anyone with unspent convictions from receiving... Read more
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Julian Blake is instructed by the Metropolitan Police in the Inquest into the Death of Sudesh Amman who was shot by police whilst carrying out an apparent terrorist attack in Streatham in February 2020. The deceased had recently been released... Read more
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Joanne Clement and Hannah acted for the Secretary of State for Education in this landmark case about the use of the inherent jurisdiction to deprive children of their liberty. The appeal raised important questions of law about the use of... Read more
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In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has, for the first time in 35 years, considered the correct approach to the judicial review of policies. In R (A) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] UKSC 37, the... Read more
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On 27 July 2021 the Independent Inquiry published its report on the ‘Children in the care of Lambeth Council’ strand of the Inquiry. ‘Children in the care of Lambeth Council’ examined the scale and nature of the sexual abuse experienced by... Read more
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Joanne Clement and Leo Davidson represented the Governing Body of Yew Tree Primary School in the first successful challenge to the Secretary of State’s refusal to revoke an Academy Order: see R (Governing Body of Yew Tree Primary School) v... Read more
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Zac Sammour, instructed by DLA Piper, acts for intended defendants in important judgment on anonymity and open justice in data breach cases. Please find an article with further information here. Please find the judgment here.
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In a recent confidential sports arbitration, Daniel Stilitz KC and Michael White acted for a client who had been “bumped” from Team GB’s Tokyo 2021 line-up following a challenge from a teammate. Having initially been selected to represent Team GB,... Read more
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Biffa Waste Services Limited v Leicestershire County Council [2021] EWHC 1764 (TCC) On 28 May 2021, the High Court (Joanna Smith J) dismissed Biffa’s application for summary judgment on claims under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (“the PCR 2015”) for... Read more
