The Grand Chamber of the ECtHR has today (25 May 2021) given a 203-page judgment in the important Big Brother Watch case, in which the…
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Julian Blake and Rupert Paines in Drones FOIA challenge
The Financial Times (here) and Guardian (here) have reported on a challenge concerning the release of the Ministry of Defence’s Targeting Policy (Joint Services Publication…
Read MoreJoanne Clement acts in important case on diplomatic immunity and Article 3 and 6 of the ECHR
Diplomatic immunity does not breach Article 3 or 6 of the ECHR In London Borough of Barnet v The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth…
Read MoreRobin Hopkins, Christopher Knight, and Rupert Paines act in Lloyd v Google Supreme Court interventions
The much-anticipated appeal in Google LLC v LLoyd will be heard next week by the Supreme Court. The appeal raises two issues: · Is it legitimate to bring…
Read MoreJulian Milford QC and Daniel Isenberg act in root-and-branch challenge to non-admissibility of intercept evidence
In R (Schofield) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 902 (Admin) the Divisional Court (Singh LJ and Julian Knowles J) dismissed…
Read MoreJoseph Barrett and Rupert Paines act in major Covid-19 testing challenge
The Good Law Project recently obtained permission to bring judicial review proceedings in relation to DHSC’s award of several contracts (worth at least £90m) for…
Read MoreJulian Blake in Tommy Robinson defamation case
Syrian refugee, Jamal Hijazi, is pursuing a defamation claim against Stephen Yaxley-Lennon a.k.a Tommy Robinson. The claim follows a video of the schoolboy being attacked…
Read MoreClaire Tomlinson-Blake v Mencap – Supreme Court rules that sleeping-in at work does not constitute working time for the purposes of the national minimum wage
On 19 March 2021, the Supreme Court ruled in a landmark judgment that those engaged in “sleep-in shifts” are not entitled to the national minimum…
Read MoreFA Review: Child Sex Abuse in Football
On March 17th 2021, the Football Association has published the Independent Review into Child Sexual Abuse in Football: 1970-2005. The Review was carried out by…
Read MoreAnya Proops QC and Zac Sammour act for Labour Party in leaked antisemitism report claim
On Monday, the High Court (Tipples J) dismissed an application by a high profile former Labour Party official to force the Labour Party to disclose…
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