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For 15 years, there has been extensive dispute over whether Article 10 ECHR applies to, or affects, requests under information access legislation (the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“FOIA”) and Environmental Information Regulations 2004). The latest word is the decision... Read more
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We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for 2 awards at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2026: Sean Jones KC – Employment Silk of the Year Human Rights and Public Law Set of the Year The shortlist... Read more
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The EAT (Lord Fairley) handed down judgment on 4 August 2026 in Fieldfisher LLP v Rustambekov [2026] EAT 99, allowing Fieldfisher’s appeal. The claimant was a senior associate at Fieldfisher. He was summarily dismissed on the basis that he had... Read more
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The EAT (Lord Fairley) has handed down judgment in University of Bristol v Miller [2026] EAT 84, an appeal from the widely publicised judgment of the Bristol ET which held that Dr Miller’s belief that Zionism is inherently racist, colonial,... Read more
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On 22 July 2026, Aidan Eardley KC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, dismissed a claim by Dr Dean Patterson (“the Doctor”) challenging a decision of the Interim Orders Tribunal (“IOT”) of the General Medical Council (“GMC”) to suspend... Read more
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On Friday 31 July 2026 Mr Justice Chamberlain refused permission in the High Court for a judicial review challenging the regulatory approvals granted to the PATHWAYS clinical trial, and refused an application for interim relief seeking to prevent the trial... Read more
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Judy Stone KC represents the former chief executive of Britain’s largest estate agency, in his successful claims of constructive unfair dismissal and for age discrimination against Connells and its parent company Skipton Mr Livesey had spent 33 years at Connells,... Read more
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Remi Reichhold is delivering a lecture today at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg for the IFLOS Summer Academy on Climate Change and Law of the Sea. Remi acted for Mauritius in the ITLOS and... Read more
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On 29th July 2026, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Crabb and others v TUI [2026] EWCA Civ 988 – in what is now the leading modern authority on the normative effect of collective agreements. The case relates to... Read more
