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Ruth Kennedy has co-authored an article with Chris Lavey at Bird & Bird on ECtHR Grand Chamber’s judgment in Semenya v Switzerland. The article is of interest to those who practice in sport and human rights. The article considers the possible... Read more
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Ruth Kennedy has co-authored an article with Rachel Nolloth and Siobhan Murray from Farrer & Co outlining the implications for sports organisations following the judgments in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers and Haynes v English Blackball Pool Federation.... Read more
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Philip Kolvin KC has written an article for Local Government Lawyer explaining how the Night Time Industries Association’s publication Darkest Before the Dawn, a Manifesto for the Night Time Economy, which he co-wrote, provided the inspiration for the recent Licensing... Read more
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The High Court (Calver J) has handed down judgment in R (Ingold) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2023] EWHC 3207 (Admin), concerning a challenge to the lawfulness of the functioning of the Child Maintenance Service. The Child... Read more
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The High Court (HHJ Pearce KC) has given judgment addressing a number of points of interest regarding the duty to provide adequate reasons and Roche early disclosure of evaluation documents in a substantial dispute relating to a £260m NHS estates... Read more
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Before the detention of mentally unwell patients in hospital or subject to guardianship can be renewed, or before Community Treatment Orders can be extended, the patient must be “examined” by a clinician. In Derbyshire NHS Trust v Secretary of State... Read more
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The COVID-19 pandemic is obviously relevant to those who act in the area of Inquests and Inquiries. There will inevitably be a dramatic rise in the workload of coroners and, ultimately, in the number of full inquests being heard. Due... Read more
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In January 2016, Panopticon brought you a post entitled “Employer was entitled to access employee’s private Yahoo! messages (and to sack him)”. It concerned an eye-catching judgment of the Fourth Section of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Barbulescu... Read more
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Papers by Akhlaq Choudhury KC entitled “The Modern Slavery Act 2015” delivered at the 11KBW Employment Law Conference 2017. Read the paper here.
